BPS PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS 1986
Year : 2015 | Volume
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Psychiatry in Mumbai: What can be done to Expand Services?
Kishore P Dave MD
Honorary Ex Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, L.T. Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India
Correspondence Address:
Kishore P Dave
208/5644, Pant Nagar, Ghatkopar [East], Near Odeon Mall, Mumbai 400 075
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1229.153295
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Mumbai and its suburbs constitute a huge population. There are limited services here in the field of psychiatry, mainly located in major hospitals and teaching centres. There is a need to decentralize services. Psychiatrists themselves have limited resources to plan out community-based services, or set up centres, which would cater to all the requirements of the local population. Hence, it is necessary that a group like the Bombay Psychiatric Society make collective efforts to urge government and municipal authorities to create such facilities at different centres in the city and suburbs. |
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