Comments on the editorial on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPWD) Act 2016 and Psychiatric Care.

Authors

  • Hareesh Angothu Associate Professor in Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bangalore

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30834/KJP.33.1.2020.191

References

John T. The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 and Psychiatric Care. KJP [Internet]. 2020Feb.13 [cited 2020 April 24];. Available from: https://kjponline.com/index.php/kjp/article/view/183

Ministry Of Law And Justice (Legislative Department, The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities Act, 2016(No. 49 Of 2016). Published in the gazette on 27th December 2016. Available at https://indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/2155?view_type=browse&sam_handle=123456789/1362 last accessed on 3rd April 2020.

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Empowerment of Persons With Disabilities), Government of India, Notification dated 19th April 2017. Available at https://upload.indiacode.nic.in/showfile?actid=AC_CEN_25_54_00002_201649_1517807328299&type=notification&filename=RPwD%20Act_enforcement.pdf last accessed on 3rd April 2020.

National Trust for persons with Cerebral Palsy, Autism, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities, wide reply dated 26th April 2019. Available at https://drive.google.com/open?id=17RXyVJRr5VOZ8hbIqUTck70_Kq_Zc4pe. last accessed on 3rd April 2020.

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Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Empowerment of Persons With Disabilities) Notification: Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Amendment) Rules, 2019. New Delhi, 8th March 2019. Available at https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TaUrD9KxCL7NsmTex-JoNIkyokiGF-dZ last accessed on 3rd April 2020.

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Published

11-06-2020

How to Cite

Angothu, H. “Comments on the Editorial on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities (RPWD) Act 2016 and Psychiatric Care”. Kerala Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 33, no. 1, June 2020, pp. 76-79, doi:10.30834/KJP.33.1.2020.191.

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Letter to the Editor