Looking back at the years 1970-1984: a personal view.

This is a psychiatrist's journey through teaching, research and making friends of professional colleagues. It also chronicles the research done in the Department of Psychiatry at KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India and the important influences over the author's life.

Psychopathology and coping in parents of chronically ill children.

Objective: To evaluate psychopathology and coping mechanisms in parents of children with a chronic illness.

Methods: 30 parents whose children had Thalassaemia were randomly selected from the Thalassaemia Day Care Centre of a teaching general hospital. The parents were interviewed on a semi structured proforma and also rated on SCL-90-R and Mechanisms of Coping scales.

Psychopathology and self-esteem in chronic illness.

Objective: To evaluate psychopathology and self-esteem in chronic illness.

Methods: 60 children and their parents were selected to participate in an open study. 30 children had epilepsy and the other 30 had thalassemia.