The Mental Health Care Act, 2017 was passed as India ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by India.
Key Features of the Act
It recognises the Rights of persons with mental illness. It includes affordable and easy access to good quality of services, right to equality of treatment, protection from inhuman and degrading treatment, free legal services, access to their medical records etc.
Advance Directive: A mentally-ill person’s has the right to make an advance directive that states how he wants to be treated for the illness during a mental health situation and who his ....
