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Locked Up and Forgotten: India’s Mental Health Crisis

Locked Up and Forgotten: India’s Mental Health Crisis

by The Daily Eye Team March 21 2016, 6:07 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 16 secs

India is currently suffering a mental health crisis. With only 43 government-run mental hospitals serving a population of 1.2 billion, resources are spread thin. What's more, mental illness is highly stigmatized in India, especially among women, who are typically committed to mental health facilities with no legal rights, receiving involuntary treatment, and sometimes without a proper diagnosis.




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