Overview
- Provides an in-depth analysis of the Indian Mental Healthcare Act 2017
- Offers a healthcare perspective rather than a legal one
- Serves as a guide for anyone using the Indian Mental Healthcare Act in a professional capacity
- Provides guidance for parties revising mental health legislation to bring it in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Mental Health Law and the Role of International Standards
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Mental Health Legislation in India
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India’s Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 and International Human Rights Standards
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Where Now?—Contribution by Dr Soumitra Pathare and Arjun Kapoor
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About this book
This book comprehensively discusses the background to the passing of India's revolutionary Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, offering a detailed description of the Act itself and a rigorous analysis in the context of the CRPD and the World Health Organization (WHO) standards for mental health law. It examines the fine balance, between complying with the CRPD while still delivering practical, humane, and implementable legislation. It explores how this legislation was shaped by the WHO standards and provides insights into areas where the Indian legislators deviated from these guidelines and why. Taking India as an example, it highlights what is possible in other low- and middle-income countries. Further it covers key issues in mental health, identifying potential competing interests and exploring the difficulties and limitations of international guidelines.
The book is a valuable resource for psychiatrists, nurses, social workers, non-governmental organizations and all mental healthcareworkers in India and anyone studying human rights law.Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Professor Brendan Kelly, M.B. B.Ch. B.A.O., M.A. M.Sc. M.A., M.D. Ph.D. D.Gov. Ph.D., MCPsychI FRCPsych FRCPI FTCD, is a Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin and Consultant Psychiatrist at Tallaght University Hospital. In addition to his medical degree (M.B. B.Ch. B.A.O.), Professor Kelly holds masters degrees in Epidemiology (M.Sc.), Healthcare Management (M.A.) and Buddhist Studies (M.A.), and doctorates in Medicine (M.D.), History (Ph.D.), Governance (D.Gov.) and Law (Ph.D.). Professor Kelly has authored and co-authored over 225 peer-reviewed publications and 450 non-peer-reviewed publications. His books include Custody, Care and Criminality: Forensic Psychiatry and Law in 19th-Century Ireland (History Press Ireland, 2014), Ada English: Patriot and Psychiatrist (Irish Academic Press, 2014), “He Lost Himself Completely”: Shell Shock and its Treatment at Dublin’s Richmond War Hospital (1916-19) (Liffey Press, 2014), Dignity, Mental Health and Human Rights: Coercion and the Law (Routledge, 2015), Mental Illness, Human Rights and the Law (RCPsych Publications, 2016), Hearing Voices: The History of Psychiatry in Ireland (Irish Academic Press, 2016) and Mental Health in Ireland: The Complete Guide for Patients, Families, Health Care Professionals and Everyone Who Wants To Be Well (Liffey Press, 2017). In 2017, Professor Kelly was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: India’s Mental Healthcare Act, 2017
Book Subtitle: Building Laws, Protecting Rights
Authors: Richard M. Duffy, Brendan D. Kelly
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5009-6
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-5008-9Published: 19 May 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-5011-9Published: 19 May 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-5009-6Published: 18 May 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVII, 272
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Psychiatry, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Disability Studies