Influence of the new mental health legislation in India

This paper discusses the influence of the Mental Healthcare Act 2017 on mental healthcare in India. The new Act was introduced to meet the recommendations of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Reforms proposed in the new legislation, challenges in their impleme...

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Autor principal: Chadda, Rakesh K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2020
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Special Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8277537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34287412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2019.18
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spelling pubmed-82775372021-07-19 Influence of the new mental health legislation in India Chadda, Rakesh K. BJPsych Int Special Paper This paper discusses the influence of the Mental Healthcare Act 2017 on mental healthcare in India. The new Act was introduced to meet the recommendations of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Reforms proposed in the new legislation, challenges in their implementation and their effects on mental healthcare in the country are further discussed. Cambridge University Press 2020-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8277537/ /pubmed/34287412 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2019.18 Text en © The Author 2019 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8277537/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2019.18
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