Mental Illness

Constitutional Provisions

  • Article 21: The right to a dignified life extends to the right to seek Mental Health care.
  • Article 47: Duty of the state to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living and to improve public health.

Legal Provisions

  • National Mental Health Programme (NMHP) in 1982: To ensure the availability and accessibility of minimum mental healthcare for all in the foreseeable future, particularly to the most vulnerable and underprivileged sections of the population.
  • Mental Healthcare Act, 2017: The act decriminalised suicide attempts in India. It also restricted the use of electro-convulsive therapy (ECT), and banned its use ....
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