Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, and addiction treatment [PDF]
Abhijit Nadkarni +4 more
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Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, and addiction treatment: Potential pitfalls and trepidations [PDF]
The Mental Healthcare Act (MHCA), 2017, is enacted with an aim to promote and protect the rights of and improve the care and treatment for people affected by mental illness in India.
Ravindra Rao +4 more
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Perceptions regarding the Indian Mental Healthcare Act 2017 among psychiatrists: Review and critical appraisal in the light of CRPD guidelines [PDF]
Background Informed by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Indian government replaced the 1987 Mental Health Act with the transformative “Indian Mental Healthcare Act, 2017” (IMHCA 2017), which gained presidential approval ...
N.A. Uvais, Kaustubh Joag
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Implications of Mental Healthcare Act 2017 for geriatric mental health care delivery: A critical appraisal [PDF]
The prevalence of mental health problems in older adults is increasing globally as well as in India due to population ageing. Mental Healthcare Act (MHCA) 2017 has a rights-based approach and came into force in India in May 2018.
Palanimuthu Thangaraju Sivakumar +5 more
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Reorientation of postgraduate training in the background of the Mental Healthcare Act 2017 [PDF]
In India, postgraduate (PG) training in Psychiatry began in 1941 and came under the regulation of the Medical Council of India in 1956. Since then, it has evolved into a more structured objective system. Most PG courses require compulsory submission of a
Vijaykumar Harbishettar, Pratima Murthy
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Mental Healthcare Act 2017: Preface to the supplement [PDF]
Shahul Ameen +2 more
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Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 (MHCA), from Paper to Clinical Practice in the Mental Health Settings [PDF]
Sanjukta Ghosh +2 more
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Role of Mental Health Non-Governmental Organizations (MHNGOs) in Realizing the Objectives of the Mental Healthcare Act (MHCA) 2017 [PDF]
Prateek Varshney +2 more
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Mental Healthcare Act 2017 – The way ahead: Opportunities and Challenges [PDF]
A Jagadish, Furkhan Ali, Mahesh R Gowda
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Mental Healthcare Act, 2017: A Framework for Ensuring Psychosocial Interventions [PDF]
Suresh Bada Math
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