Mental Healthcare Act 2017: Need to Wait and Watch.
Int J Appl Basic Med Res, 2018 Mental health is different from general health as in certain circumstances mentally ill people may not be in a position to make decisions on their own. Those who suffer rarely get access to appropriate medical treatment as their families try to hide their condition out of a sense of shame. Over 300 million people are estimated to suffer from depression,
Mishra A, Galhotra A.
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Civil commitment of persons with mental illness: Comparison of the Mental Healthcare Act 2017 with corresponding legislations of the USA [PDF]
Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019 The policies and procedures for the treatment of psychiatric patients are within the boundaries of ethical and legal principles of medical practice, with equal importance to human rights and values.
Srinagesh Mannekote +2 more
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New legislation, new frontiers: Indian psychiatrists' perspective of the mental healthcare act 2017 prior to implementation [PDF]
Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2018 Context: The mental healthcare act 2017 represents a complete overhaul of Indian mental health legislation. Aims: The aim of this study was to establish the opinions of Indian psychiatrists regarding the new act.
Richard M. Duffy +3 more
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Concordance of the Indian Mental Healthcare Act 2017 with the World Health Organization’s Checklist on Mental Health Legislation [PDF]
International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2017 Background 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.
Richard M. Duffy, Brendan D. Kelly
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A Website on Mental Healthcare Act, 2017: Usage Analysis of Its First 2.5 Years [PDF]
Indian Journal of Private Psychiatry, 2022 Background and aims: Websites are valuable tools to share information with countless persons in a cost-effective manner. No previous study has assessed the performance of a website meant for Indian mental health professionals (MHPs).
Shahul Ameen
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Regulating Mobile Mental Health Apps [PDF]
, 2018 Mobile medical apps (MMAs) are a fast‐growing category of software typically installed on personal smartphones and wearable devices. A subset of MMAs are aimed at helping consumers identify mental states and/or mental illnesses.
Gunter, Tracy D., Terry, Nicolas P.
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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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Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Needs of Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Rural-Urban Comparison in Delaware, USA. [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Older adults in rural areas have unique transportation barriers to accessing medical care, which include a lack of mass transit options and considerable distances to health-related services.
Eisenstein, Amy R +8 more
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Stigma as a fundamental hindrance to the United States opioid overdose crisis response. [PDF]
, 2019 Alexander Tsai and co-authors discuss the role of stigma in responses to the US opioid ...
Barnett, Michael L +9 more
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Supporting general hospital staff to provide dementia sensitive care: A realist evaluation [PDF]
, 2019 © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0).Background: There are an increasing number of interventions to improve hospital care for ...
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