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Human rights in mental health care: an introduction

The Right to Life is the most primordial of all rights as also the most preeminent. The very first couplet of the Ramayan...

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Mental health legislation: an Indian perspective

People with mental disorders are particularly vulnerable to abuse and violation of their rights. If a protective mechanism...

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Judicial interventions and NHRC initiatives in mental health care

Mental illness represents a range of diverse conditions...

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Health as a fundamental right: the national mental health programme initiative

Health is one of the important indicators of economic development of any society. Health is defined in the preamble of the...

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Human rights in the community: user pers-pectives & the role of NGOs

The 21st century witnessed radical changes in perspectives about mental illness (MI) and persons afflicted by it. These changes...

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