The Ambitious Mental Healthcare Bill Is A Step Closer To A Progressive India
by The Daily Eye Team April 5 2017, 2:18 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 21 secsBreaking away from ‘institutionalised care’, India on March 27, 2017 took a progressive step towards implementing a rights-based approach to safeguarding and protecting the interests of the mentally ill. Depression, stress, suicide — these words have become colloquial in the urban dictionary and are often used frivolously, by the media, cinema, and in daily conversations. However, the gravity of mental illness is rarely comprehended by the masses.