Interventional Psychiatry in India: Bridging Treatment Gaps and Expanding Horizons in Mental Health
Jithin Thekkelkuthiyathottil Joseph, Samir Kumar Praharaj · 2024
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Jithin Thekkelkuthiyath Joseph and Samir Kumar Praharaj argue that procedure-based treatments deserve a formal home in Indian psychiatry, in this 2024 viewpoint. Psychiatric illness ranks among the world's top ten burdens, and drug development has crawled for decades. In India, roughly 80 percent of cases lack adequate care.
Interventional psychiatry answers with tools, not just tablets: brain stimulation and related procedures guided by neuroscience, aimed at circuits rather than chemistry alone. Other medical fields already embrace interventionism; psychiatry, the authors say, is birthing the same subspecialty. Their essay lays out what the field covers, why it could narrow India's treatment gap alongside community mental health work, and what specialized training it demands. They close by sketching how the subspecialty might evolve as technology and circuit science advance.
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| CREATOR | Jithin Thekkelkuthiyathottil Joseph, Samir Kumar Praharaj |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 22 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |