{"id":1850,"date":"2020-06-16T17:31:54","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T12:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iilsindia.com\/blogs\/?p=1850"},"modified":"2023-10-30T15:50:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T10:20:40","slug":"law-college-west-bengal-mental-healthcare-act-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iilsindia.com\/blogs\/law-college-west-bengal-mental-healthcare-act-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"ALL ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTHCARE ACT IN INDIA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mental health is different from general health as in certain circumstances mentally ill people may not be in a position to make decisions on their own. Those who suffer rarely get access to appropriate medical treatment as their families try to hide their condition out of a sense of shame. Over 300 million people are estimated to suffer from depression, equivalent to 4.4% of the world&#8217;s total population. According to a study conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, 1 in 40 are suffering from the past and current episodes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.karger.com\/Article\/PDF\/285129\"><strong>depression in India<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong> As taught in law college in west Bengal, in spite of this big burden of mental health issues, unfortunately, it continues to be misunderstood in developing countries like India. The new Mental Healthcare Act 2017 rescinds\/revoked the existing Mental Healthcare Act 1987 which had been widely criticized for not recognizing the rights of a mentally ill person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 27, 2017, Lok Sabha in a unanimous decision passed the Mental Healthcare Act 2017 which was passed in Rajya Sabha on August 2016 and got its approval from Honorable President of India on April 2017. As very minutely taught in law college in west Bengal, the new act defines \u201cmental illness\u201d as a substantial disorder of thinking, mood, perception, orientation, or memory that grossly impairs judgment or ability to meet the ordinary demands of life, mental conditions associated with the abuse of alcohol and drugs.\u201d This act rescinds\/revoked the existing Mental Healthcare Act 1987 which had been widely criticized for not recognizing the rights of a mentally ill person and paving the way for isolating such dangerous patients. This act has overturned 309 Indian Penal Code which criminalizes attempted suicide by mentally ill person. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iilsindia.com\/law-colleges-west-bengal\">As per the syllabus<\/a>, all law college in west Bengal teaches this Act. Another highlight of this Act is to protect the rights of a person with mental illness, and thereby facilitating his\/her access to treatment and by an advance directive; how he\/she wants to be treated for his\/her illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every person will have\nthe right to access mental healthcare services. Such services should be of good\nquality, convenient, affordable, and accessible. This act further seeks to\nprotect such persons from inhuman treatment, to gain access to free legal\nservices and their medical records, and have the right to complain in the event\nof deficiencies in provisions, taught in all law college in west Bengal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mental health is different from general health as in certain circumstances mentally ill people may not be in a position to make decisions on their own. 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