Mental health care bill 2013: a clinician's perspective
Journal Title: Telangana Journal of Psychiatry - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Mental health care bill 2013 is being looked at with suspicion by majority of psychiatrists and has given rise to several debates on how it would impact our clinical practice in a negative way. Compared to earlier legislations, MHCB 2013 is rights based and follows the principles of the United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities which the Government of India ratified in 2007.The opinion has been divided among the psychiatrists across the country and majority are unhappy about it being legislated in the current form.” The present bill would make every psychiatrist in this country quite uncomfortable, seeing the kind of measures it is bringing in, to control this group of medical professionals ”. However very little can be done now as the bill is in parliament waiting to be passed.
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K. Chandrasekhar
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