This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the Indian Mental Healthcare Act 2017. It analysis the Act in accordance with the CRPD and the WHO standards for mental health law. It examines the balance between complying with CRPD to deliver practical, h
Mental Healthcare ActMental illnessRights of person with mental illness"Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease."-WHO (Constitution of the World Health OrganizationSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
There is no health without mental health. Recently conducted National Mental Health Survey quoted a prevalence of 13.7% lifetime and 10.6% current mental morbidity. To address this mammoth problem, an aspirational law was enacted titled “Mental Healthcare Act, 2017” (MHCA 201...
Massive public awareness programs need to be conducted to enable persons who attempted to die by suicide, to access mental healthcare as per the provisions of the MHCA 2017. 展开 关键词: Attempted suicide Mental Healthcare Act 2017 suicide ...
India is revising its mental health legislation with the Indian Mental Healthcare Act 2017 (IMHA). When implemented, this legislation will apply to over 1.25 billion people. In 2005, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a Resource Book (WHO-RB) on mental health, human rights and legi...
A mental health program is a national plan of action that outlines the strategies and resources needed to address mental health issues in a country. It prioritizes community-based care, deinstitutionalization, and collaboration across different sectors. These programs may also focus on specific populat...
This review's findings confirmed the existence of strong barriers to offer an appropriate and effective care. Specific factors related to patients and providers act as barriers to address the healthcare needs of women with SMD (De Hert et al., 2011). Many barriers are related to women's atti...
Mental Healthcare Act (MHCA) 2017 is the current legislation overseeing and protecting the mental healthcare of patients with mental illness. All professionals working with this vulnerable patient population must abide by this legislation. This article is an attempt to make a case for the need for...
India launched the National Mental Health Programme in 1982, which was relaunched in 1996 as the District Mental Health Programme.48 The National Mental Health Policy was introduced in 2014,5 and a rights-based Mental Healthcare Act in 2017, which replaced the Mental Healthcare Act of 1987.49...
Access to mental health care and treatment is emphasized as a fundamental right under the Mental Healthcare Act. The focus of district mental health program (DMHP) under the aegis of National Mental Health program is to provide mental health interventions for all at the community level. Women ...