The United Nations and Mental Health Law
Since its foundation in 1945, the United Nations (UN) has taken many steps to improve the well-being of people with mental illness. This has occurred through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948 ), the various other core international human rig
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India’s Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 Building Laws, Protecting Rights
India’s Mental Healthcare Act, 2017
Richard M. Duffy Brendan D. Kelly •
India’s Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 Building Laws, Protecting Rights
With contributions by Soumitra Pathare, Arjun Kapoor
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Richard M. Duffy Department of Psychiatry Trinity Centre for Health Sciences Tallaght University Hospital Trinity College Dublin Dublin, Ireland
Brendan D. Kelly Department of Psychiatry Trinity Centre for Health Sciences Tallaght University Hospital Trinity College Dublin Dublin, Ireland
ISBN 978-981-15-5008-9 ISBN 978-981-15-5009-6 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5009-6
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Acknowledgements
We are very grateful to our collaborators in this work including, but not limited to, Prof. Gautam Gulati (University of Limerick, Ireland), Dr. Valerie Murphy (University College Cork), Dr. Vasudeo Paralikar (KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, India), Dr. Niket Kasar (KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, India), Professor Choudhary L. Narayan (AN Magadh Medical College, Gaya, Bihar, India), Dr. Avinash Desousa (Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital and Medical College, Mumbai, India), Prof. Nishant Goyal (Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, India), Dr. Kaustubh Joag (The Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy, Pune, India) and Prof. Ganesan Gopalakrishnan (MVJ Medical College and Research Hospital, Bangalore, India). We also greatly appreciate the time and contributions of all the mental health professionals who attended and helped organize our focus gro
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