Perceptions regarding the Indian Mental Healthcare Act 2017 among psychiatrists: Review and critical appraisal in the light of CRPD guidelines
Abstract Background 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 on April 7, 2017. While the new act...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2024-01-01
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| Series: | Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health |
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| Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2054425124000311/type/journal_article |