A focus group study of Indian psychiatrists' views on electroconvulsive therapy under India's mental healthcare act 2017: 'The ground reality is different'

A focus group study of Indian psychiatrists' views on electroconvulsive therapy under India's mental healthcare act 2017: 'The ground reality is different'

Background: India's Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 (MHCA) greatly restricts the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in minors and bans unmodified ECT. Indian psychiatrists have raised concerns that these measures may deprive certain patients of life-saving treatment. This study describes the pe...

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Main Authors: Richard M Duffy, Gautam Gulati, Vasudeo Paralikar, Niket Kasar, Nishant Goyal, Avinash Desousa, Brendan D Kelly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
Subjects:
electroconvulsive therapy
human rights
india
jurisprudence
mental health legislation key messages: a) indian psychiatrists have grave concerns about legislative restrictions on ect and mental health resource limitations. b) there is a need for greater education about the mental healthcare act
2017 among all stakeholders
not least because failure to resource its ambitious changes will greatly limit ect in india.
Online Access:http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2019;volume=41;issue=6;spage=507;epage=515;aulast=Duffy

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