According to reports, 1 in every 5 individuals in India shows symptoms of mental illness. While 50% of mental health conditions start by the age of 14
According to WHO, more than 264 million people suffer from depression globally and the numbers are rising. Does health policy cover mental illnesses?
Thanks to the rap of the judiciary, mental patients can now hope to get their cost of treatment reimbursed.
Justice Prathiba M Singh said the Mental Healthcare Act of 2017 makes it clear that there can be no discrimination between mental and physical illnes