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Mental Healthcare Act 2017 – Aspiration to action [PDF]
Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019 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.
Suresh Bada Math +6 more
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Capacity for mental healthcare decisions under the Mental Healthcare Act [PDF]
Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019 Mental Healthcare Act (MHCA), 2017 aims to protect and promote the rights of patients during mental health care. This Act promotes patient's autonomy and choice for those with ability to make decisions on mental health care, independent of the level of ...
Vasudevan Namboodiri
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Discharge planning and Mental Healthcare Act 2017 [PDF]
Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019 Mental Healthcare Act 2017 mandates that proper discharge planning should be done and documented before any discharge is done from MHEs. Discharge planning should be based on a thorough assessment of the needs of the patient.
Mahesh Gowda +3 more
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Liabilities and penalties under Mental Healthcare Act 2017 [PDF]
Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019 Introduction: Mental Healthcare Act (MHCA) 2017 is an act passed to regulate and provide mental health care and services. The act considers psychiatrists as one of the main mental health providers.
Chandrashekar Hongally +4 more
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Mental Healthcare Act 2017, India: Child and adolescent perspectives [PDF]
Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019 India has got a new mental health legislation, the Mental Healthcare Act in 2017 (MHCA). Compared to its predecessor the Mental Health Act of 1987, this act was purported to be more patient centric and rights based.
Eesha Sharma, John Vijay Sagar Kommu
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Family matters! – The caregivers’ perspective of Mental Healthcare Act 2017 [PDF]
Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019 Mental health continues to fight for acceptance in health care all over the world. The need for a separate act for mental illnesses proves this fact even more.
KS Pavitra +3 more
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Making the most of Mental Healthcare Act 2017: Practitioners’ perspective [PDF]
Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019 The Mental Healthcare Act (MHCA) 2017, after parliamentary approval in 2017, came into effect from May 29, 2018. It is rights-based and empowers the patients to make their own choices unless they become incapacitous due to mental illness.
Vijaykumar Harbishettar +2 more
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Newer documentary practices as per Mental Healthcare Act 2017 [PDF]
Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019 Medical records form an integral part of patient care. Proper documentation and its maintenance are mandatory as part of the law. It is essential for a treating doctor to document the required details to avoid allegations of negligence.
Gopi Gajera +3 more
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Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 and homeless persons with mental illness in India [PDF]
Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019 Homeless persons with mental illness (HPMI) suffer indignities due to shirking of all obligations by the society. In addition, the HPMI is denied all rights available to citizens, such as confidentiality, privacy, safety, right to practice religion ...
Gopalrao Swaminath +4 more
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Practical implications of Mental Healthcare Act 2017: Suicide and suicide attempt [PDF]
Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019 The prevalence of suicides has been increasing in recent years. The number of persons who attempt to die by suicide is 25 times that of the number of those who die by suicide every year.
Laxmi Naresh Vadlamani, Mahesh Gowda
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