Citation

Srivastava A. Indian J. Psychiatry 2013; 55(SPEC. Suppl): S239-S242.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Medknow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/0019-5545.105542

PMID

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Abstract

Marriage is a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law. In India, there is a tremendous social and cultural pressure to marry. It is of paramount importance to discuss the relationship between marriage and mental illness in Indian scenario as marriage is perceived to be a panacea to mental illness by many. This review aims to explore whether marriage contributes to mental-health problems; whether it has a protective role; what effect it has on pre-existing mental illnesses and its outcome in major mental illnesses.

Language: en

Keywords

human; mental health; suicide; India; Marriage; depression; schizophrenia; social support; stress; mental illness; review; alcohol consumption; mental disease; disease association; marriage; divorce; disease duration; auditory hallucination