Mental Healthcare Bill 2016: Parliament gives its approval
8 years ago

Mental Healthcare Bill 2016: Parliament gives its approval

Firstpost  

The Mental Healthcare Bill 2016, which makes provision to protect, promote and fulfill the rights of persons during delivery of mental healthcare and services, secured parliamentary approval on Monday. New Delhi: The Mental Healthcare Bill 2016, which makes provision to protect, promote and fulfill the rights of persons during delivery of mental healthcare and services, secured parliamentary approval on Monday with the Lok Sabha’s assent to the legislation. The bill, passed by the Rajya Sabha in August 2016, ensures every person shall have a right to access mental health care and treatment from mental health services run or funded by the appropriate government. As a Hindu article writes, the Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016, aims to provide for mental healthcare and services for persons with mental ailments and ensure these persons have the right to live a life with dignity by not being discriminated against or harassed.

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Supreme Court Directs Union To File Affidavits On Establishment And Functioning Of Central Mental Health Authority
1 month ago

Supreme Court Directs Union To File Affidavits On Establishment And Functioning Of Central Mental Health Authority

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently asked the Union Government to file a detailed affidavit indicating the establishment and functioning of the Central Mental Health Authority, State Mental Health Authority and Mental Health Review Board under the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017. The order was passed in a writ petition filed under Article 32, seeking certain directions with respect to the persons requiring …

Why do patients who have been treated for mental illnesses continue to remain at institutions in India?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Why do patients who have been treated for mental illnesses continue to remain at institutions in India?

The Hindu  

On a rainy September morning in Karjat, on the outskirts of Mumbai, 25 patients from the Regional Mental Hospital, Yerwada, arrived at the Shraddha Rehabilitation Centre, run by an NGO, to be reunited with their families. Hundreds of patients have been residents of government-run mental health institutions for years, even after having completed their treatment, in facilities in Maharashtra and …

The government must act urgently on abuse in mental health care
1 year, 1 month ago

The government must act urgently on abuse in mental health care

The Independent  

The investigation by The Independent and Sky News, revealing that 19,899 sexual assaults and incidents have been reported in NHS-run mental health hospitals in the past five years, is a scandal that demands an immediate and wide-ranging response from the government and the NHS. The government should now offer more than its customary warm words about giving mental health parity …

How accessible and affordable is mental healthcare in India
1 year, 5 months ago

How accessible and affordable is mental healthcare in India

The Hindu  

The story so far: Mental disorders are a major cause of disability worldwide, largely due to insufficient understanding, pervasive ignorance, and social stigma. Noting the increasing burden, a recent Standing Committee report tabled in Parliament highlighted that the high treatment gap for most illnesses was due to a lack of mental health professionals, poor infrastructure and stigma. The policy landscape …

It is Time to Reboot Mental Health Care - News18
1 year, 5 months ago

It is Time to Reboot Mental Health Care - News18

News 18  

Galloping Mental Illnesses In part I of the trilogy on the eve of World Mental Health Day, I began with the consensus estimate that 1 in 7 Indians are, at any point in time, suffering from one or the other mental illnesses with humungous personal, familial, social and national consequences and a growing economic cost to the economy of India …

Decoding The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017: An In-depth Analysis Of India's Mental Health Legislation
1 year, 8 months ago

Decoding The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017: An In-depth Analysis Of India's Mental Health Legislation

Live Law  

In the coeval times, the term “health” is not limited to the physical aspect of the body but also includes mental and spiritual well-being. It Right to Access Mental Healthcare: The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 is very proactive in ensuring access to mental healthcare facilities and services that are funded partially or completely by the governmental authorities. Advance Directives: The …

Explained | Does India’s Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 protect patients’ rights and dignity in institutions?
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained | Does India’s Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 protect patients’ rights and dignity in institutions?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The National Human Rights Commission in a report flagged the “inhuman and deplorable” conditionof all 46 government-run mental healthcare institutions across the country; out of which three are run by the Union government and the remaining by State governments. The human rights body’s observations were made after visits to all operational government facilities, to assess the …

NHRC visits found all 46 mental institutes in India in ‘deplorable conditions’
2 years, 2 months ago

NHRC visits found all 46 mental institutes in India in ‘deplorable conditions’

The Hindu  

The National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday said all the 46 government mental healthcare institutions across the country were in deplorable condition, and depicted a very pathetic handling by different stakeholders. Special Rapporteurs of the Commission visited all the institutions across the country to assess the ground situation and the status of implementation of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017. Taking …

Mental Health & Insurance Law: Locating The Flawed Discrimination
2 years, 5 months ago

Mental Health & Insurance Law: Locating The Flawed Discrimination

Live Law  

World Mental Health Day 2022 falls on 10 October. The court observed that Section 212, of the Mental Health Care Act, 2017 recognizes the right to equality and it prohibits any sort of discrimination related to mental illness thus insurance companies should make provisions for medical illness on the same basis as physical illness. The Mental Health Act of 1987, …

Patna HC Grants Last Opportunity To State Govt To File Reply On Implementation Of Provisions Of Mental Healthcare Act In Bihar
2 years, 11 months ago

Patna HC Grants Last Opportunity To State Govt To File Reply On Implementation Of Provisions Of Mental Healthcare Act In Bihar

Live Law  

The Patna High Court has granted 'one last opportunity' to the Bihar Government to file its response by April 7 over the implementation of the provisions of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 in the state.The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice S. Kumar has also asked the Union of India to file an affidavit and specify as to …

"Mental Health Least Priority Of Bihar Govt": Patna High Court Directs Establishment Of 'State Mental Health Authority'
3 years, 1 month ago

"Mental Health Least Priority Of Bihar Govt": Patna High Court Directs Establishment Of 'State Mental Health Authority'

Live Law  

The Patna High Court has directed the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, to forthwith take all steps ensuring the establishment of the State Mental Health Authority as stipulated under Section-45 of the Mental Health Care Act, 2017.In a strongly worded order, the Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice S. Kumar also observed that the mental health of a …

Implement Provisions Of Mental Healthcare Act In Letter And Spirit Within 6 Months : Manipur HC Directs State Government [Read Order]
4 years, 6 months ago

Implement Provisions Of Mental Healthcare Act In Letter And Spirit Within 6 Months : Manipur HC Directs State Government [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Manipur High Court on Tuesday directed the State Government to implement the provisions of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 and establish the necessary infrastructures expeditiously. Nobin Singh said, "We direct the State Government to implement the provisions of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 in letter and spirit preferably within a period of six months from the date of receipt …

Peace Of Mind: An Examination Of The Mental Healthcare Act Of 2017
4 years, 6 months ago

Peace Of Mind: An Examination Of The Mental Healthcare Act Of 2017

Live Law  

The times we go through has refocussed attention to the importance of maintaining good mental health and managing stress and anxiety properly. Some of the important definitions for our purpose are being reproduced below: "mental health establishment" means any health establishment, including Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy establishment, by whatever name called, either wholly or partly, meant …

State governments' obligation to protect rights of prisoners with mental health issues: NHRC
5 years, 7 months ago

State governments' obligation to protect rights of prisoners with mental health issues: NHRC

India TV News  

NHRC Chairperson Justice H L Dattu has said that protection of the rights of prisoners with mental health issues is an obligation of state governments. The protection of the rights of prisoners having mental health issues is an obligation of state governments under Section 103 of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, as also emphasised by the Supreme Court in one …

Plea in HC for enforcement of mental health care law
5 years, 8 months ago

Plea in HC for enforcement of mental health care law

India TV News  

A PIL has been filed in the Delhi High Court, seeking direction to the Delhi government to enforce the provisions of the Mental Health Care Act, 2017 with immediate effect. Petitioner advocate and social activist Amit Sahni sought a direction to the Delhi government to constitute a State Mental Health Authority and District Mental Health Review Boards and to enforce …

World Mental Health Day 2018: IRDAI must define illness for insurers; lack of clarity, policy is pushing India towards crisis
6 years, 5 months ago

World Mental Health Day 2018: IRDAI must define illness for insurers; lack of clarity, policy is pushing India towards crisis

Firstpost  

Despite a circular issued in August asking health insurance providers to cover mental health problems with immediate effect, there’s not a single policy in the market that covers mental healthcare. Though India passed the Mental Healthcare Act 2017, in May 2018, giving citizens like Mukherjee a right to have access to “mental healthcare”, and even the Insurance Regulatory and Development …

A plan for change: on Mental Healthcare Act
6 years, 7 months ago

A plan for change: on Mental Healthcare Act

The Hindu  

For the first time in India, universal mental health care is now a justiciable right following the enforcement of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017. At the same time, promoting innovative models of community mental health care can support the MHCA using existing community resources. At a time when the global health discourse has been advocating universal health coverage and the …

World Health Day 2019: Accessibility to mental health care remains a major hurdle
6 years, 8 months ago

World Health Day 2019: Accessibility to mental health care remains a major hurdle

Firstpost  

The representation of non-Dalit/Adivasi communities dominates healthcare services in India both on the giving as well on the receiving end “If it is inaccessible to the poor, it is neither radical or revolutionary.” This quote, which is making the rounds on social media, is attributed to Jonathan Herrera, an art faculty of MCAD who may have had a different context …

Mental health and the workplace: Young Indians say aid, understanding from employers is rare
6 years, 11 months ago

Mental health and the workplace: Young Indians say aid, understanding from employers is rare

Firstpost  

In the first part of this series on mental health and the workplace, a look at the real-life experiences of people who were affected by how they were treated by their colleagues and superiors | #FirstCulture Editor’s note: When President Ram Nath Kovind delivered the 22nd convocation address at NIMHANS in December 2017, he pointed out that the number of …

The gaps in the Mental Healthcare Act
7 years, 3 months ago

The gaps in the Mental Healthcare Act

Live Mint  

The need for legislation which secures the rights of people with mental illness is a necessity for a nation like India. The enactment of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 by the current government is an attempt to protect the rights of the mentally ill and enable citizens to decide on the method of treatment in case of mental illness, lest …

Actress, BSF soldier and IT worker: Depression and anxiety on the minds of many in India
7 years, 5 months ago

Actress, BSF soldier and IT worker: Depression and anxiety on the minds of many in India

Hindustan Times  

It is not a sight we see very often in the Indian context. When celebrities such as Deepika Padukone speak openly about their struggles with depression and anxiety, it helps reduce the stigma associated with seeking help for mental health issues Unlike Padukone, Shukla never got a chance to face up to his anxieties and survive to tell the tale. …

Mental healthcare: India needs to define rehabilitation, policy must take rights-based approach
7 years, 8 months ago

Mental healthcare: India needs to define rehabilitation, policy must take rights-based approach

Firstpost  

Any guidelines on rehabilitation of mental patients need to be reviewed and strengthened to reflect a human rights-based approach without which its implementation would be incomplete and the issue of former mental health patients will continue to exist The landmark Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 was passed unanimously by the Lok Sabha in March, 2017. On 10 July, 2017, the Supreme …

Mental Healthcare Bill: Despite the positive reform, a lot more needs to be done for the mentally ill
7 years, 11 months ago

Mental Healthcare Bill: Despite the positive reform, a lot more needs to be done for the mentally ill

Firstpost  

On 27 March, Lok Sabha, in a unanimous decision, passed the landmark Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016, a legislation seeking to rectify our country’s blatant apathy hitherto towards people suffering from mental afflictions. A recent WHO report, titled ‘ Depression and Other Common Mental Disorders - Global Health Estimates ’, estimated that roughly 7.5 percent of India’s population suffers from some …

Mental Healthcare Bill decriminalising suicide receives Parliament's approval
7 years, 11 months ago

Mental Healthcare Bill decriminalising suicide receives Parliament's approval

Firstpost  

The Mental Healthcare Bill 2016, that provides for mental healthcare and services for persons with mental illness, and also decriminalises suicide, secured parliamentary approval on Monday with the Lok Sabha’s assent to the legislation. New Delhi: The Mental Healthcare Bill 2016, that provides for mental healthcare and services for persons with mental illness, and also decriminalises suicide, secured parliamentary approval …

Mental Health Bill That Decriminalise Suicide Attempt By Persons Affected By Stress Passed By Parliament
8 years ago

Mental Health Bill That Decriminalise Suicide Attempt By Persons Affected By Stress Passed By Parliament

Live Law  

The Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016 is passed by the Parliament on Monday. The bill seeks to decriminalise suicide attempt by persons suffering from severe stress and provides for the right to better healthcare for people suffering from mental illness. The Bill guarantees every person the right to access mental health care and treatment from mental health services run or funded …

Mental Health Bill That Decriminalise Suicide Attempt By Persons Affected By Stress Passed By Parliament
8 years ago

Mental Health Bill That Decriminalise Suicide Attempt By Persons Affected By Stress Passed By Parliament

Live Law  

The Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016 is passed by the Parliament on Monday. The bill seeks to decriminalise suicide attempt by persons suffering from severe stress and provides for the right to better healthcare for people suffering from mental illness. The Bill guarantees every person the right to access mental health care and treatment from mental health services run or funded …

Mental Health: Centre should stop passing the buck and ensure rehabilitation of patients
8 years ago

Mental Health: Centre should stop passing the buck and ensure rehabilitation of patients

Firstpost  

The fact that there are so many cases that indicate similar circumstances in mental health institutions resulting in the violation of human rights, is a sound reason for the Centre to stop passing the buck, and begin formulating feasible guidelines for implementation. In February 2017, the Supreme Court asked the Union Health Ministry to formulate guidelines for the rehabilitation of …

Mental Health Care Bill prevents discrimination on the basis of sexuality, unlike Section 377
8 years, 5 months ago

Mental Health Care Bill prevents discrimination on the basis of sexuality, unlike Section 377

Firstpost  

If the nation causes duress with an inhuman, unscientific and insensitive law that is detrimental to mental health through Section 377, and then it offers the same people access to mental health without discrimination under clause 21 of the new Mental Health Care Bill Mental Health Week was observed in many countries, culminating in the World Mental Health Day on …

All you need to know about the new Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016 [Read the Bill]
8 years, 6 months ago

All you need to know about the new Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016 [Read the Bill]

Live Law  

The Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016 was passed by Rajya Sabha last week, and is expected to be discussed in Lok Sabha during next session. Whereas the Act of 1987 did not recognise the agency and capacity of a person suffering from mental illness, the Bill adopts a radically different approach empowering the individual to make decisions concerning her mental healthcare …

All you need to know about the new Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016 [Read the Bill]
8 years, 6 months ago

All you need to know about the new Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016 [Read the Bill]

Live Law  

The Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016 was passed by Rajya Sabha last week, and is expected to be discussed in Lok Sabha during next session. Whereas the Act of 1987 did not recognise the agency and capacity of a person suffering from mental illness, the Bill adopts a radically different approach empowering the individual to make decisions concerning her mental healthcare …

India needs to develop a strategy for training human resources for mental healthcare
8 years, 6 months ago

India needs to develop a strategy for training human resources for mental healthcare

Firstpost  

The emergence of suicide prevention as a public health challenge requiring urgent national action has been painfully slow globally. Global and Indian mental health India is one of the top 10 countries in the world in crude suicide rates, according to the WHO database. However, this average falls precipitously for low- and middle-income countries to less than one mental health …

For a rights-based approach
8 years, 6 months ago

For a rights-based approach

The Hindu  

IN his classic study on famines, Amartya Sen contended that avoidance of famines did not just require food stocks but also the freedom to raise one’s voice against dwindling stocks. The Bill starts on an ambitious note, promising every person the right to access mental health care and treatment from mental health services run or funded by the government. Considering …

All you need to know about the new Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016 [Read the Bill]
8 years, 7 months ago

All you need to know about the new Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016 [Read the Bill]

Live Law  

The Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016 was passed by Rajya Sabha last week, and is expected to be discussed in Lok Sabha during next session. Whereas the Act of 1987 did not recognise the agency and capacity of a person suffering from mental illness, the Bill adopts a radically different approach empowering the individual to make decisions concerning her mental healthcare …

All you need to know about the new Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016 [Read the Bill]
8 years, 7 months ago

All you need to know about the new Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016 [Read the Bill]

Live Law  

The Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016 was passed by Rajya Sabha last week, and is expected to be discussed in Lok Sabha during next session. Whereas the Act of 1987 did not recognise the agency and capacity of a person suffering from mental illness, the Bill adopts a radically different approach empowering the individual to make decisions concerning her mental healthcare …

Mental Health Care Bill: A much-needed reform that still has a long way to go
8 years, 7 months ago

Mental Health Care Bill: A much-needed reform that still has a long way to go

Firstpost  

On 8 August, 2016, the Mental Health Care Bill, 2013 was passed in the Rajya Sabha. The new bill, when passed in the Lok Sabha, will replace the rather outdated Mental Health Act of 1987, and when compared to the existing law, it is definitely reformist. Mental illness is defined as “a substantial disorder of thinking, mood, perception, orientation or …

Mental Health Care Bill decriminalising suicide passed in Rajya Sabha
8 years, 7 months ago

Mental Health Care Bill decriminalising suicide passed in Rajya Sabha

Firstpost  

A bill which seeks to decriminalise suicide and provide better healthcare for people suffering from mental illness was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Monday. New Delhi: A bill which seeks to decriminalise suicide and provide better healthcare for people suffering from mental illness was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Monday. The Mental Health Care Bill 2013 says that …

Rajya Sabha passes Mental Health Care Bill, 2013
8 years, 7 months ago

Rajya Sabha passes Mental Health Care Bill, 2013

Firstpost  

A bill which seeks to decriminalise suicide and provide better healthcare for people suffering from mental illness was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Monday. New Delhi: A bill which seeks to decriminalise suicide and provide better healthcare for people suffering from mental illness was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Monday. The Mental Health Care Bill 2013 says that …

A much-needed mental care Bill
11 years, 7 months ago

A much-needed mental care Bill

Live Mint  

add_main_imageThe statistics about mental illness in India are grim. People with severe mental illness die earlier, both due to suicides and poor quality medical care. The lack of access to evidence-based treatment and care for mental illness has reached a critical point and a concerted national effort is needed to address this public health crisis. The long-awaited Mental Health Care …

New mental health bill decriminalises suicide
11 years, 7 months ago

New mental health bill decriminalises suicide

The Hindu  

The new mental health care bill, which seeks to decriminalise suicide and make access to affordable mental health care a right for all, was introduced in Rajya Sabha this week. For the first time in the history of criminal law reform in the country, Mental Health Care Bill, 2013 seeks to decriminalise acts of suicide by linking them to the …

New mental health bill decriminalising suicide introduced in Rajya Sabha
11 years, 7 months ago

New mental health bill decriminalising suicide introduced in Rajya Sabha

Firstpost  

For the first time in the history of criminal law reform in the country, Mental Health Care Bill, 2013 seeks to decriminalise acts of suicide by linking them to the state of mental health of the person attempting the act. New Delhi: The new mental health care bill, which seeks to decriminalise suicide and makes access to affordable mental health …

Mental health legislation must be more therapeutic, humane
12 years, 4 months ago

Mental health legislation must be more therapeutic, humane

The Hindu  

The article in The Hindu “ >Don’t shrink the scope of the Mental Health Act,” on the Mental Health Act, by Dr. Jayakumar Menon, is timely. The recent shift of providing mental health services from a specialised hospital to a general hospital setting has its advantages. The Mental Health Act, 1987: The MHA 1987 is in itself a great effort …

WHO adopts India’s resolution on mental health
13 years, 2 months ago

WHO adopts India’s resolution on mental health

The Hindu  

The World Health Organisation has adopted a resolution moved by India that focuses on the global burden of mental disorders and the need for a comprehensive, coordinated response from health and social sectors at the country level. Mental disorders account for 13 per cent of the global burden of the diseases and, in keeping with latest thinking, the resolution recognizes …

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