Obamacare Repeal and Trump's Spending Plan Put CDC Budget in Peril
The GOP health care bill would slash key funding for the agency
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Source: Scientific American - March 7, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Lev Facher STAT Tags: Health Public Health Policy & Ethics Source Type: research
Mental health, mental illness, and human rights in India and elsewhere: What are we aiming for?
Authors: Kelly BD
Abstract
The Mental Health Care Bill 2013 was introduced to the Rajya Sabha (India's upper house of parliament) in August 2013 and following 134 official amendments, passed in August 2016. Properly implemented, mental health legislation such as this plays a key role in protecting the rights of the mentally ill, ensuring access to care, and promoting social justice for the mentally ill, their families and carers. In this context, the 2006 United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) presents a real opportunity to improve the position of people with disabilit...
Source: Indian Journal of Psychiatry - February 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Indian J Psychiatry Source Type: research
Mental Health Care Bill-2016: An illusory boon; on close reading it is mostly bane.
Authors: Antony JT
PMID: 28196990 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Indian Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: Indian Journal of Psychiatry - February 20, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Indian J Psychiatry Source Type: research
Mental Health Care Bill, 2016: A boon or bane?
Authors: Rao GP, Math SB, Raju MS, Saha G, Jagiwala M, Sagar R, Sathyanarayana Rao TS
PMID: 28065999 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Indian Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: Indian Journal of Psychiatry - January 12, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Indian J Psychiatry Source Type: research
Field of Psychiatry: Current Trends and Future Directions: An Indian Perspective
Kishore P DaveMens Sana Monographs 2016 14(1):108-117Attempting to predict future is dangerous. This is particularly true in medical science where change is a result of chance discoveries. Currently, practicing psychiatrists are aware of deficiencies in psychiatric practice. However, we have a number of genuine reasons for optimism and excitement. Genetics, novel treatment approaches, new investigative techniques, large-scale treatment trials, and research in general medicine and neurology will give better insights in psychiatric disorders and its management. Psychiatric services in rural India can be reached by telemedici...
Source: Mens Sana Monographs - October 27, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kishore P Dave Source Type: research
Clinical correlates and predictors of perceived coercion among psychiatric inpatients: A prospective pilot study.
CONCLUSION: Coercion is a dynamic state and changes with treatment and care. Clinical care may result in an improvement in global functioning, insight as well as in reduction in severity of illness consequently leading to less coercion. During the time of discharge, majority of patients reported that their admission was justified, even though they felt coerced during hospital stay and agreed for treatment against their will within a safe, standardised coercive practice.
PMID: 27520892 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - August 16, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Asian J Psychiatr Source Type: research
How bad was unmodified electroconvulsive therapy! A retrospective study.
Authors: Ray AK
Abstract
"Unmodified"-electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) being considered unethical remained away from the scientific literature, but continued in practice in many parts of the world. The Mental Health Care Bill, 2011, proposed for its banning in India. The aim of this study is to retrospectively observe "how bad was unmodified-ECT" to the patients in a naturalistic setting. The study was done at the Central Institute of Psychiatry, India. Files of patients receiving unmodified ECT during 1990-1995 were retrospectively reviewed. Outcome was evaluated in terms of desired effectiveness and the s...
Source: Indian Journal of Psychiatry - July 8, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Indian J Psychiatry Source Type: research
The rights of persons with Disability Bill, 2014: How "enabling" is it for persons with mental illness?
Authors: Rao GP, Ramya VS, Bada MS
Abstract
India ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities (UNCRPD) in 2007. This is a welcome step towards realizing the rights of the persons with disability. The UNCRPD proclaims that disability results from interaction of impairments with attitudinal and environmental barriers which hinders full and active participation in society on an equal basis with others. Further, the convention also mandates the signatory governments to change their local laws, to identify and eliminate obstacles and barriers and to comply with the terms of ...
Source: Indian Journal of Psychiatry - July 8, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Indian J Psychiatry Source Type: research
Psychiatric Advance Directives in India: What will the future hold?
Authors: Ratnam A, Rudra A, Chatterjee K, Das RC
Abstract
Psychiatric Advance Directives (PADs) have been incorporated into India's Mental Health Care Bill, 2013. This is the first time any form of Advance Directive stands to receive legal sanction in India. PADs have numerous theoretical and empirically tenable therapeutic and financial advantages. Western experiences have shown high acceptance for the concept among psychiatric patients, and illustrated that most stable patients with severe mental illness retain the capacity to frame PADs consistent with community practice standards. However active psycho...
Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - July 15, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Asian J Psychiatr Source Type: research
Suicide in India
Sources of data
The current report reviews the data from the series Accidental Death and Suicide in India published by India's National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) reporting official suicide rates based on police reports over the period of 10 years from 2004 to 2013. A reference to wider literature is made to present a comprehensive picture.
Areas of agreement
Suicide in India is more prevalent in young, is likely to involve hanging and ingestion of pesticides and is related to social and economic causes. Reducing alcohol consumption, unemployment, poverty, social inequities, domestic violence and improving social justice...
Source: British Medical Bulletin - June 1, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Aggarwal, S. Tags: Psychiatry Articles Source Type: research
The Mental Health Care Bill 2013: A step leading to exclusion of psychiatry from the mainstream medicine?
Authors: Narayan CL, Shikha D, Narayan M
PMID: 25568470 [PubMed] (Source: Indian Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: Indian Journal of Psychiatry - January 9, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Indian J Psychiatry Source Type: research
Impact of Mental Health Care Bill on caregivers of mentally ill: Boon or bane.
DISCUSSION: The social, economical, physical as well as the psychological wellbeing of the caregivers are significantly affected while providing care to the mentally ill. The forthcoming Mental Health Care Bill is likely to have a noteworthy impact on the caregivers. It's high time to analyze, its projected impact on the caregivers of patients suffering from mental illness.
PMID: 25440558 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry)
Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - December 6, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Asian J Psychiatr Source Type: research
