A compendium on various psychosocial aspects related to psychiatry. The book covers both theoretical and clinical aspects related to psychosocial assessment and management; including aspects related to various illnesses.

SECTION 1: OVERVIEW History of Social PsychiatrySocial Psychiatry and Contemporary SocietySocial Psychiatry: World ScenarioHistory of Social Psychiatry in India   SECTION 2: BASICS OF SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY Concept of Social PsychiatryThe Individual, the Family and the Society in Relation to PsychiatryConcept, Relevance and Management of Social Cognition Impairments in Psychiatry: A Biopsychosocial ApproachSocial Determinants of BehaviorSocial Determinants of Personality DevelopmentInterpersonal Bonding and CommunicationPsychology of Subpopulations in the Indian SocietyCulture, Mythology, and ReligionSocial Stressors: Visible and InvisibleSpirituality and Mental HealthSocial Aspects of Marriage and Similar AffiliationsSocial Dimensions in Psychiatric Epidemiology   SECTION 3: SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS Evaluating Well-being and HealthSchizophrenia and Other Psychotic DisordersSocial Dimensions of Depressive and Bipolar DisordersAnxiety DisordersSomatoform and Dissociative DisordersSocial Dimensions of Substance Use DisordersPsychosexual Disorders: Social PerspectiveSociocultural Dimensions of Personality DisordersSuicide and Similar BehaviorsSocial Dimensions of Childhood and Adolescent Psychiatric DisordersPsychiatric Disorders in Elderly: An Indian OverviewPhysical Comorbidity in Psychiatry   SECTION 4: SOCIAL INTERVENTIONS Social Support and NetworkingCouple TherapiesFamily TherapyGroup TherapyCommunity Models of CarePsychosocial RehabilitationPreventive PsychiatryCultural Intervention   SECTION 5: SOCIAL ISSUES AND MENTAL HEALTH Stigma of Mental IllnessMigration and Mental HealthPsychiatry in Armed ForcesLegislation and Mental HealthSocial Impact of Terrorism and ExtremismMass Media, Information Technology, and Mental HealthFarmers’ Suicides in India: Three Decades of Protracted IssueRural Mental HealthUrban Mental HealthGlobalization, Market Economy, and Mental Health   Index