Mental Health and Mental Illness and Human Rights in India

Human rights violations among the people with mental disease werent an uncommon occurrence. the current study was aimed to match persons with psychiatric illness and their caregivers' perceptions regarding the human rights status of individuals with mental disease within the community. 80 of the population suffering with mental disease lives in low and middle income LAMI countries WHO 2009, WHO 2016 estimated that globally over 450 million people 7 10 of the globe population plagued by mental disorders. Nearly one third of the worldwide burden of mental disease and habit disorders is borne by India and China combined. consistent with the estimates DALYs loss because of mental disorders are expected to represent 15 of the world burden of diseases by 2020In India the burden of mental and behavioral disorders ranged from 9.5 to 102 per 1000 population NIMHANS 2010. By 2025 disturbance cases in India will go up by 23 . Miss Anushika Singh | Mrs. Ekjot Kaur "Mental Health and Mental Illness and Human Rights in India" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-4 , June 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd50146.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/nursing/50146/mental-health-and-mental-illness-and-human-rights-in-india/miss-anushika-singh