title: Marriage as a perceived panacea to mental illness in India: Reality check.
abstract: Marriage is a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law. In India, there is a tremendous social and cultural pressure to marry. It is of paramount importance to discuss the relationship between marriage and mental illness in Indian scenario as marriage is perceived to be a panacea to mental illness by many. This review aims to explore whether marriage contributes to mental-health problems; whether it has a protective role; what effect it has on pre-existing mental illnesses and its outcome in major mental illnesses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Bambolim, Goa, India.
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Srivastava
keywords: Marriage; mental health; mental illness