Mental Healthcare Act 2017 "The purpose of this act is to provide mental healthcare and services for persons with mental illness, and to protect, promote, fulfillment of rights of such persons during healthcare period". What is Mental illness? Given in clause (s) of sub-section (1) of Section 2 of the said Act: "A substantial disorder of thinking, mood, perception, orientation or memory that grossly impairs judgement, behaviour, capacity to recognise reality or ability to meet the ordinary demands of life, mental conditions associated with the abuse of alcohol and drugs, but does not include mental retardation which is a condition of arrested or incomplete development of mind of a person, especially characterised by subnormality of intelligence". Provision of Act- Right to live with dignity- within community and society and family, protection from degrading treatment, treatment equal to persons with physical illness, relevant information concerning treat...