Indians rarely treated for depression

Updated March 31, 2008 20:50:49

In India, as in much of the developing world, depression and anxiety are rarely diagnosed or treated. But with a population of more than one billion, India has fewer than four thousand psychiatrists, that's one-tenth of the United States total.

Presenter: Murali Krishnan
Speaker: Dr Achal Bhagat, a senior consultant of psychiatry in Delhi's Apollo hospital; Dr Nimesh Desai, head of psychiatry in the Institute of Human Behaviour & Allied Sciences.