There is no health without mental health. Recently conducted National Mental Health Survey
quoted a prevalence of 13.7% lifetime and 10.6% current mental morbidity. To address this
mammoth problem, an aspirational law was enacted titled “Mental Healthcare Act,
2017”(MHCA 2017). The act is progressive and rights based in nature. The whole dedicated
Chapter 5 on “Rights of the person with mental illness” is the heart and soul of this
legislation. However, the act mainly focuses on the rights of the persons with mental illness …