Baragur Linganna Siddeswara’s scientific contributions

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Mental health care act (MHCA) 2017: What Child mental health professionals need to know?
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July 2018

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Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Baragur Linganna Siddeswara

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Mental health care act, 2017 has adopted a rights based approach towards persons with mental illness. For the first time, child mental health related issues are given some importance in comparison to earlier Mental health act, 1987. We, bring here highlights of the act as pertinent to legal aspects of child mental health treatment. Act advocates for increased monitoring, regulation of admission, treatment and research involving minors. © 2018, Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. All rights reserved.

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... Siddeshwara et al [13] also pointed out that while the Juvenile Justice Act (JJA 2015) allows 16-to 18-year-old adolescents to be tried as adults for heinous crimes, adolescents under the age of 18 are paradoxically denied the right to make mental health choices. Though the comparison is not between heinous crimes and mental illnesses, the difference in the presumption of cognitive maturity points out the existing contradiction within the legal system. ...

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Age and autonomy: An ethical dilemma in community mental health
Mental health care act (MHCA) 2017: What Child mental health professionals need to know?
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  • July 2018

Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health