The Great Universe of Kota

Download or read book The Great Universe of Kota written by G. Morris Carstairs and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1976-01-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the work of two psychiatrists in a village called Kota in the South Kanara District of the Karnataka State in India. The objective of the research was to study the prevalence and patterns of mental disorder in the community setting. Kota has a small population of Muslims and Christians, but the majority are Hindu. The book describes the way this was achieved, with the aim of facilitating better mental health care for rural populations.