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Every sixth Indian needs mental health help: report

On: October 12, 2016

New Delhi: A new report suggests that nearly 15 per cent of Indian adults are in need of active interventions for one or more mental health issues. In spite of an escalating number of mental health patients, the country is facing an acute shortage of psychiatrists, psychologists and psychiatric nurses.Continue Reading

Court asks states to discharge cured mental patients

By: Matters India

On: July 20, 2016

In: National

New Delhi: The Supreme Court issued notice to six states on a PIL seeking discharge of more than 300 patients who have been cured of their mental ailments but are still lodged in hospitals with those under treatment. The bench of Chief Justice T.S. Thkaur and Justice A.M. Khanwilkar issuedContinue Reading