{"id":356695,"date":"2025-08-14T15:30:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=356695"},"modified":"2025-08-14T15:53:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T10:23:26","slug":"cmha-notifies-mental-health-establishments-classification-categorieslegal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/08\/14\/cmha-notifies-mental-health-establishments-classification-categorieslegal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Mental Health Authority notifies Classification and Categories of Mental Healthcare Establishments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p>On 12-8-2025, the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Central Mental Health Authority<\/span> notified the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Mental Healthcare (Central Mental Health Authority) Amendment Regulations, 2025<\/span> to amend the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/U81U5ggi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"Hyperlink\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Mental Healthcare (Central Mental Health Authority ) Regulations, 2020<\/span><\/a>. The provisions came into force on 13-8-2025.<\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: decimal;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Amendment Explained: What\u2019s changed and why it matters A new Chapter<\/span> has been introduced relating to<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> \u201cClassification and Categories of Mental Health Establishments\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The mental health establishments will be required to register with the Central or State Authority, as the case may be.<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Classification and Categories:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Category A- Standalone Mental Health Establishments:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;\">\u2713 It will have a standalone and dedicated center for providing in-patient mental health services, without being part of a general or multi-specialty hospital setup;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;\">\u2713 It can include standalone central and state mental hospitals or institutes, private mental hospitals or institutes, and psychiatric nursing homes;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;\">\u2713 <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Services it can provide-<\/span> in patient care, comprehensive psychiatric services, including diagnostics, pharmacological and psychosocial interventions, and rehabilitation components.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Category B- Psychiatric Department of Medical Colleges:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;\">\u2713 It will have in-patient facility as part of the psychiatric departments of medical colleges, providing integrated clinical and academic services;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;\">\u2713 It can include in-patient psychiatric wards of government and private medical colleges;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;\">\u2713 <span style=\"font-weight: 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text-indent: -18pt;\">\u2713 <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Services it can provide-<\/span> short-term detoxification to long-term residential rehabilitation, offering acute detoxification, withdrawal management, and rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Category E- Centres for Psychosocial Rehabilitation:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;\">\u2713 It will have a centre for residential psychosocial rehabilitation and long-term community-based care for persons with mental healthcare needs, including support for activities of daily living, recovery, independent living, skill development and social reintegration;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;\">\u2713 It can include quarter-way homes, halfway homes, and long-stay homes where overnight stay is provided;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;\">\u2713 <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Services it can provide-<\/span> life skills and 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Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 The instant PIL was filed by a senior citizen with regard to non-implementation of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/manipurHC.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/manipurHC.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/manipurHC.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/manipurHC.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/manipurHC.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":253640,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/09\/03\/mentally-ill-prisoners\/","url_meta":{"origin":356695,"position":1},"title":"[Mental Health] Ker HC | \u201cGood Samaritans are absent\u201d; HC issues detailed directions for handling cases of mentally ill prisoners where family\/friends shows reluctance to take their custody","author":"Editor","date":"September 3, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Kerala High Court: V.G. 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Calling it blatant violation of basic human rights as well as of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":267426,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/05\/26\/primer-on-mental-health-laws\/","url_meta":{"origin":356695,"position":2},"title":"Primer on Mental Health Laws","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"May 26, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cA hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.\" -\u00a0Christopher Reeve There are almost 1 billion such heroes worldwide who persevere to overcome their disabilities \u2013 roughly 100 million of those heroes are in India alone. This handbook is an\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/mental-health\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Mental-health.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Mental-health.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Mental-health.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Mental-health.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Mental-health.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":225265,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/02\/06\/mental-healthcare-through-government-schemes\/","url_meta":{"origin":356695,"position":3},"title":"Mental Healthcare through Government Schemes","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"February 6, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"As per the National Mental Health Survey, 2016, the prevalence of mental disorders in adults over the age of 18 years is about 10.6%. 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