Literature DB >> 30681053

The right to mental healthcare: India moves forward.

Richard M Duffy1, Brendan D Kelly2.   

Abstract

In 2018, India's Mental Healthcare Act 2017 granted a legally binding right to mental healthcare to 1.3 billion people, in compliance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Many countries, including the UK, ratified the Convention but only India has stepped up to the mark so dramatically.Declaration of interestNone.

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Keywords:  Human rights; low- and middle-income countries; psychiatry and law; psychosocial interventions; service users

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Year:  2019        PMID: 30681053     DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2018.250

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Br J Psychiatry        ISSN: 0007-1250            Impact factor:   9.319


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1.  Mainstreaming medical humanities in continuing professional development and postgraduate training.

Authors:  Desmond O'Neill; Brendan Kelly; Shaun O'Keeffe; Hilary Moss
Journal:  Clin Med (Lond)       Date:  2020-03       Impact factor: 2.659

2.  A Focus Group Study of Indian Psychiatrists' Views on Electroconvulsive Therapy under India's Mental Healthcare Act 2017: 'The Ground Reality is Different'.

Authors:  Richard M Duffy; Gautam Gulati; Vasudeo Paralikar; Niket Kasar; Nishant Goyal; Avinash Desousa; Brendan D Kelly
Journal:  Indian J Psychol Med       Date:  2019-11-11
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