Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences

The Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBA&S), formerly known as Shahdara Mental Hospital, is a mental health and neurosciences research institute based in New Delhi, India. It was established in 1993, in response to a Supreme Court verdict. It is operated by the Delhi Government.^[1] It has three clinical and all other para and allied branches.

Controversy & Criticism

Refusal to Divulge Patient Records under RTI Act

The Hindu on August 2013 reported that multiple requests for a photocopy of medical records of individuals who sought treatment were refused by the Department of Psychiatry, IHBAS, New Delhi. The director of the institute stated that the verdict he maintained to requests for copies were upheld by Central Information Commission (CIC) which monitors upon the proper enforcement of Right to Information Act. The director also states that the medical records of the patients contained information about them by informants such as family members and thus could not be divulged.^[2]

Evaluation and Detention of Criminal Convict

In June, 2013, The Hindustan Times reported that Devinderpal Singh Bhullar who was accused in a 1993 bombing incident which killed 9 people was evaluated for more than 1 year in IHBAS, New Delhi there the treating psychiatrists concluded that he was suffering from severe depression and was not mentally fit for his execution in Tihar Jail.^[3]^[4]

References

External links

Official Website

Mental Healthcare in India

Psychiatric hospitals and Other In-Patient Units	National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore Vidyasagar Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, New Delhi Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi State Mental Health Institute, Uttarakhand IHBAS, New Delhi Antara, Kolkata PGIMER, Chandigarh Yerwada Mental Hospital, Pune Dharwad Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Karnataka Mon, Kolkata Lumbini Park Mental Hospital, Kolkata Calcutta Pavlov Hospital, Kolkata Berhampore Mental Hospital, Kolkata Purulia Mental Hospital, Kolkata Institute of Psychiatry, Kolkata Mental Hospital, Varanasi Mental Hospital, Indore

Mental Health Organisations	Center for Advocacy in Mental Health (funded by Bapu Trust) AASRA Lifeline Foundation Vandrevala Foundation Manas Mon Foundation The Banyan Anjali ARDSI SCARF, India

Mental Health Professional Associations	Indian Association for Social Psychiatry Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS) Indian Association of Private Psychiatry (IAPP) Indian Association of Clinical Psychology (IACP) Indian Academy of Applied Psychology National Academy Of Psychology, India Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Mental Health Journals	Indian Journal of Psychiatry (IJP), Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine (IJPM) Mens Sana Monographs Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (JIACAM)

Key People	Bhargavi Davar (Bapu Trust) Aniruddh Kala (Founder of IAPP) Shekhar Sheshadri (Professor) Ajai Singh (Psychiatrist, Writer) Alok Sarin (Psychiatrist, Activist) Indira Sharma (Former President, IPS) Jai Ranjan Ram (Consultant Psychiatrist) T S S Rao (Editor, IJP) Nimesh Desai (Professor) Achal Bhagat (Psychiatrist, Activist)

Controversy & Criticism	Ervadi Tragedy Political abuse of psychiatry in India Covert medication

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