Psychosocial care should be a component of overall health care

What are the main findings of the psychosocial assessment of the Marathwada earthquake survivors?
One out of every three persons suffers from psychological distress. 65 per cent have been impaired by functional limitations. Such disability reduces a victim's functionality by one-third. So each such patient has lost 12,000 working days in the ten years since the tragedy; monetarily such people have lost at least Rs 12 lakh each