Indian Womanhood: Some Psychological Concepts*

Indian womanhood today is at crossroads. The present paper discusses the status of Indian womanhood and its psychological underpinnings. It discusses how Indian women have suffered at the hands of their families and society leaving no path but to succumb to psychiatric illness. The role of mental he...

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Autores principales: De Sousa, Dhanalakshmi, De Sousa, Avinash
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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BPS Presidential Address 1981
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4381312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25838719
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1229.153291
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spelling pubmed-43813122015-04-02 Indian Womanhood: Some Psychological Concepts* De Sousa, Dhanalakshmi De Sousa, Avinash Mens Sana Monogr BPS Presidential Address 1981 Indian womanhood today is at crossroads. The present paper discusses the status of Indian womanhood and its psychological underpinnings. It discusses how Indian women have suffered at the hands of their families and society leaving no path but to succumb to psychiatric illness. The role of mental health professionals and family members in supporting and promoting growth and development of the Indian woman is outlined. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4381312/ /pubmed/25838719 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1229.153291 Text en Copyright: © Mens Sana Monographs http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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