Mental health policy
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India's mental-health governance rests on the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, which adopts a rights-based framing, and on the National Mental Health Programme and its district-level arm, the District Mental Health Programme. Key delivery instruments include Tele-MANAS and NIMHANS-led community surveillance. The National Mental Health Survey documents a persistent treatment gap and workforce shortage, raising the question of how statutory entitlement under the 2017 Act translates — or fails to translate — into actual service availability.
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