Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 3 , Pages 205-212 , May 2003

Sexual coercion and abuse among women with a severe mental illness in India: an exploratory investigation

  • Prabha S Chandra

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Prabha S. Chandra, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India 560029
    • Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
    • ,
  • Michael P Carey

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health and Behavior, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Kate B Carey

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health and Behavior, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
    • ,
  • A Shalinianant

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
    • ,
  • Tinku Thomas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India

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☆ Supported by Grant No. R01-MH54929 from the National Institute of Mental Health. M.P.C. and K.B.C. were supported by separate Independent Scientist Awards from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of Drug Abuse, respectively, during the course of this study.

PII: S0010-440X(03)00004-X

doi: 10.1016/S0010-440X(03)00004-X

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 3 , Pages 205-212 , May 2003

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