Mental Healthcare Archives

Mental Healthcare Establishments Classification

Central Mental Health Authority notifies Classification and Categories of Mental Healthcare Establishments

The amendment aims to strengthen and streamline the functioning of mental health services in India by enhancing accessibility, ensuring better regulation, and improving the overall quality of care.

Resolving the Dichotomy between Section 115 of the Mental Healthcare Act and Section 309 of the Penal Code

by Harshita Gupta†

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay High Court issues directions to State highlighting the non-implementation of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 in the State of Maharashtra

Bombay High Court: In a PIL filed highlighting serious issues of the non-implementation of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, in

Case Briefs High Courts

Mental health of a person and/or treatment of those who are in need, more so during the time of Covid-19, is the least priority of the State Government: Patna HC

Patna High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjay Karol, CJ and S. Kumar, J., directed the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar to

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Mental Healthcare through Government Schemes

As per the National Mental Health Survey, 2016, the prevalence of mental disorders in adults over the age of 18 years is