--- abstract: 'Increasing division of specialisation in modern medicine has specifically unwrapped the issues of challenges of mental health. This article highlights the importance of primary care mental health, problems of awareness and under detection. Finally, challenges in the current status of mental health are highlighted.' altloc: - http://www.ojhas.org/issue46/2013-2-14.html chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: - Nagesh@uow.edu.au creators_name: - family: Pai given: Nagesh Brahmavar honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2013-08-25 date_type: published datestamp: 2014-02-25 12:42:14 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/91/62 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: 0 edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: - Kakkilaya BS editors_name: - family: Kakkilaya given: Srinivas honourific: Dr lineage: '' eprint_status: archive eprintid: 9162 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/9162/1/2013-2-14.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: ~ item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: Primary care; Mental health; India lastmod: 2014-02-25 12:42:14 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: 2(14) pagerange: ~ pubdom: TRUE publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences publisher: Kakkilaya BS refereed: TRUE referencetext: "1.\tGoldberg DP, Huxley PJ. Common mental disorders. A biosocial model. London: Routledge, 1992.\r\n2.\tWorld Health Organisation. Atlas: country profiles on mental health resources. Geneva: World Health Organisation, 2001.\r\n3.\tHirschfield R et al. The National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association Consensus Statement on the undertreatment of depression. Journal of the American Medical Association. 1997;277:333–340.\r\n4.\tÜstün TB, Sartorius N (eds.). Mental illness in general health care: an international study. Chichester,Wiley, 1995.\r\n5.\tSareen J et al. Perceived barriers to mental health service utilization in the United States, Ontario,and the Netherlands. Psychiatric Services. 2007;58:357–364.\r\n6.\tMechanic D. Barriers to help-seeking, detection, and adequate treatment for anxiety and mood disorders: implications for health care policy. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 2007;68(Suppl.2):20–26.\r\n7.\tRubin EH, Zorumski CF. Psychiatric education in an era of rapidly occurring scientific advances. Acad Med 2003;78(4):351-354." relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 8 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2014-02-25 12:42:14 subjects: - OJHAS succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: 'Psychiatry: Whither to?' type: journale userid: 4338 volume: 12