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Psychiatric Morbidity in a North Indian Community

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

V. R. Thacore ,
S. C. Gupta  and
M. Suraiya
V. R. Thacore
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, King George's Medical College, Lucknow, India
S. C. Gupta
Affiliation:
Urban Health Centre, Alambagh, Lucknow, India; Medical College, Meerut, India
M. Suraiya
Affiliation:
Urban Health Centre, Alambagh, Lucknow, India
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In 1965, the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine of King George's Medical College, Lucknow, established an Urban Health Centre in the Alambagh suburb of Lucknow city and registered 500 families representing a cross-section of the resident population with the purpose of training undergraduate and postgraduate medical students in the practice of community health (Gupta, 1966).

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 126 , Issue 4 , April 1975 , pp. 364 - 369
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1975 

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