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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Perceptions regarding the Indian Mental Healthcare Act 2017 among psychiatrists: Review and critical appraisal in the light of CRPD guidelines [PDF]
Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental HealthBackground 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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Capacity for mental healthcare decisions under the Mental Healthcare Act
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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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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Mental Healthcare Act 2017: Impact on addiction and addiction services [PDF]
Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019 The Mental Healthcare Act (MHCA) 2017 has been recently enacted with the objectives of providing mental health services and securing of rights of the persons with mental illness.
Ashwin Mohan, Suresh Bada Math
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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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Cost estimation for the implementation of the Mental Healthcare Act 2017 [PDF]
Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019 The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 (MHCA) was a step that was essential, once the Government of India ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2007.
Suresh Bada Math +7 more
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Implications of Mental Healthcare Act 2017 for geriatric mental health care delivery: A critical appraisal [PDF]
Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019 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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Founding and managing a mental health establishment under the Mental Healthcare Act 2017 [PDF]
Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019 The World Health Organization Atlas reveals lower bed and mental health professionals ratio per population in India. This may be due to a poor allocation of funding in the mental health sector by the Government.
Mahesh R. Gowda +5 more
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Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, and addiction treatment: Potential pitfalls and trepidations [PDF]
Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019 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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