Mental health law in India: origins and proposed reforms

Although mental health legislation has existed in India since the mid-19th century, it has gone through various changes over the years and the Mental Health Care Bill 2013 has generated a lot of debate and criticism. Despite its shortcomings, the general expectation is that this bill will usher in a...

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Autores principales: Firdosi, Muhammad Mudasir, Ahmad, Zulkarnain Z.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2016
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Mental Health Law Profile
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5618879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29093906
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spelling pubmed-56188792017-11-01 Mental health law in India: origins and proposed reforms Firdosi, Muhammad Mudasir Ahmad, Zulkarnain Z. BJPsych Int Mental Health Law Profile Although mental health legislation has existed in India since the mid-19th century, it has gone through various changes over the years and the Mental Health Care Bill 2013 has generated a lot of debate and criticism. Despite its shortcomings, the general expectation is that this bill will usher in a new era of proper care and allow people with mental disorders to lead a dignified life. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2016-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5618879/ /pubmed/29093906 Text en © 2016 The Royal College of Psychiatrists http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_short Mental health law in India: origins and proposed reforms
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