As mentioned in its preamble, the Act is a step towards aligning India's laws or mental health (MH) policy with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), which India ratified in 2007. Amidst several positives, the implementation of the Act has been ...
Sir, The Mental Health Care Act, 2017,[1] was implemented in the country for ensuring the rights of persons with mental illness (PwMI).[2] Since its launch, it has been critiqued by the scientific community, highlighting its shortcomings and issues with implementation.[3]-[5] However, ...
alisation and critique. More recently, scholars have examined the political, ethical, and therapeutic processes by which people come to constitute themselves and others—for instance, through everyday practices of self-care or clinical diagnosis and treatment—as particular subjects of mental health. ...
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India is witnessing a rapid expansion of online mental health services, largely driven by the growing reliance on digital mental health platforms. However, this growth highlights two significant contradictions. First, there is a stark shortage of mental health professionals compared to the increasing pr...
This paper critiques the three models proposed in the Green Paper on the Reform of the Mental Health Act 1983 (Department of Health, 1999), which would answer concerns about the current medical member's role in the decision-making tribunal by removing the medical member, who is, or has been...
Although nearly 99% of abortions in New Zealand are permitted in order to prevent danger or injury to a woman’s mental health (the ‘mental heal
Reversing hard won victories in the name of human rights: A critique of the General Comment on Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2015, The Lancet Psychiatry Show abstract A realistic approach to assessing mental health laws' compliance with the UNCRPD 20...
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Such self-stigma can affect MHPs especially when they witness the widely prevalent myths and misconceptions about mental health, thus ‘mirroring’ the social stigma in the process. Lack of self-awareness, fear of social reactions and prejudice can act as ‘drivers’ whereas occupational inequality,...