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India's Mental Healthcare Act, 2017: Building Laws, Protecting Rights

By Richard M. Duffy, Brendan D. Kelly, Soumitra Pathare (Contribution by), Arjun Kapoor (Contribution by)
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By Richard M. Duffy, Brendan D. Kelly, Soumitra Pathare (Contribution by), Arjun Kapoor (Contribution by)
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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 a...

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