The right to mental healthcare: India moves forward.
Richard M DuffyBrendan Desmond KellyPublished in: The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science (2020)
In 2018, India's Mental Healthcare Act 2017 granted a legally binding right to mental healthcare to 1.3 billion people, in compliance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Many countries, including the UK, ratified the Convention but only India has stepped up to the mark so dramatically.Declaration of interestNone.