The immense stress that the people of Calcutta suffer as a result of overpopulation, migration, economic hardships, changing life styles and social structure is explored in this study. Depressive neuroses were found to be much more common - particularly among poor women - in Calcutta than in other Indian cities. However, the unique resilience of family systems was found to prevent Calcuttans having a 'culture of poverty'.
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Dean et al. (1992) studied this question.