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Mental healthcare in India is a right secured to every person in the country by law. [1] Indian mental health legislation, as per a 2017 study, meets 68% (119/175) of the World Health Organization (WHO) standards laid down in the WHO Checklist of Mental Health Legislation. [2] However, human resources and expertise in the field of mental health ...
The National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) was the result of the amalgamation of the erstwhile State Mental Hospital and the All India Institute of Mental Health (AIIMH) established by the Government of India in 1954. The institute was inaugurated on 27 December 1974, establishing it as an autonomous body under the ...
Mental Healthcare Act, 2017. A law to provide for mental healthcare and services for people with mental illness and to protect, promote and fulfil the rights of such people during delivery of mental healthcare and services and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. In India, the Mental Health Care Act 2017 was passed on 7 April ...
Medical training. Central Institute of Psychiatry is one of the premier training centers in India for mental health professionals. The erstwhile Hospital for Mental Diseases was recognized for D.P.M. of England in as far back as 1923, when postgraduate courses in Psychiatry were unheard of in India. In 1962, a postgraduate training centre was ...
Suicide prevention and intervention efforts in India are in the nascent stage. [1] According to the World Health Organization (WHO), suicide in India is a serious public health issue but it can be prevented with timely interventions that are based on evidence. [2] Suicide prevention is also one of the United Nations Sustainable Development ...
Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences. Government of NCT of Delhi. Shahdara. Vidyasagar Institute of Mental Health and Neuro and Allied Sciences. Private. Nehru Nagar. Ananda Care. Private. Samalka.
Suicide is a major national public health issue in the India. 1.71 lakh suicides were recorded in 2022, registering a 4.2% increase over 2021 and a jump of 27% compared to 2018. The rate of suicide per one lakh population has increased to 12.4 in 2022 which is the highest rate of deaths from suicides since 1967, which is the earliest recorded ...
Few more asylums are also founded by British Government in 1857 in big cities of India. In 1859, Agra asylum was also founded by British Government. The Institute of Mental Health and Hospital Agra was established in September 1859, and renamed to Mental Hospital Agra in 1925. Previously it was managed under the provisions of Indian Lunacy Act ...