Open AccessNew legislation, new frontiers: Indian psychiatrists' perspective of the mental healthcare act 2017 prior to implementation
Author(s) -
Richard M. Duffy,
Choudhary Laxmi Narayan,
Nishant Goyal,
Brendan D. Kelly
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/psychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_45_18
Subject(s) - legislation , decriminalization , autonomy , mental health , mental healthcare , focus group , mental health act , warrant , health care , medicine , psychiatry , political science , nursing , business , law , finance , marketing
The mental healthcare act 2017 represents a complete overhaul of Indian mental health legislation.