ReviewIndian journal of psychiatry2019
Practical implications of Mental Healthcare Act 2017: Suicide and suicide attempt.
Review in Indian journal of psychiatry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Clinician Awareness and Attitude About Decriminalization of Suicide Attempt as per Mental Health Care Act 2017: A Cross-sectional Study.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2026Article
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- Trends and risk factors for suicide mortality in India from 2001-2019: National mortality study.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Perceptions regarding the Indian Mental Healthcare Act 2017 among psychiatrists: Review and critical appraisal in the light of CRPD guidelines.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Review
- Cross-sectional study on the psychosocial factors, the severity of depression, and coping strategies among patients attempting suicide.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Understanding the Factors Contributing to Suicide Among the Geriatric Population: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2023Review
- Establishing Self-Harm Registers: The Role of Process Mapping to Improve Quality of Surveillance Data Globally.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- "Guarding the Gatekeepers": Suicides among Mental Health Professionals and Scope of Prevention, A Review.Psychiatry research · 2020Review
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Abstract
The prevalence of suicides has been increasing in recent years. The number of persons who attempt to die by suicide is 25 times that of the number of those who die by suicide every year. Indian Government passed the Mental Healthcare Act (MHCA), 2017 in the middle of 2018. Section 115 of the act decriminalized the attempt to die by suicide, thereby reducing further stress on the victim. This has legal implications with regard to abetment laws of Sections 109, 116, 306, and 309 of Indian Penal Code. Regarding mental healthcare delivery, this act enables the person who attempted to die by suicide, to access free healthcare, treatment, and rehabilitation. The cost implications for the government are enormous. Medical professionals, mental health professionals, and general and mental health establishments involved in the care of persons who attempted to die by suicide need to update their knowledge to enhance their assessment and management skills to align with the provisions of the act. Massive public awareness programs need to be conducted to enable persons who attempted to die by suicide, to access mental healthcare as per the provisions of the MHCA 2017.
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