<p>Mental Health in South Asia: Ethics, Resources, Programs and Legislation; An Appraisal of Current Status and future directions.- SECTION I- ETHICAL ISSUES.- 1. HUMAN RIGHTS AND PSYCHIATRY IN SOUTH ASIA; Ajit Awasthi & Subhmohan Singh.- 2. ETHICAL ISSUES IN PSYCHIATRY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE; Suresh Bada Math, Biju Viswanath, Ami Sebastian Maroky.- 3. ETHICAL HANDLING OF RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL ISSUES: A SOUTH ASIAN PERSPECTIVE; Gurvinder S. Kalra, Nilesh Shah, Nicholas Deakin and Dinesh Bhugra.- 4. ETHICS AND PSYCHIATRY: EAST VERSUS WEST; T. Maniam & Fifa Rahman.- 5. ETHICS IN COUNSELLING AND PSYCHO-THERAPY: WHAT WE NEED TO LEARN – A SOUTH ASIAN PERSPECTIVE; Arun Kumar Gupta & Anuradha Menon.- SECTION II- RESOURCES & OPPORTUNITIES; a) .Mental Health Programs & Policies (their current status and future prospects).- 6. PROGRAMS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND POLICIES IN SOUTH ASIA: ORIGIN AND</p><p>CURRENT STATUS; Muhammad Afzal Javed .- 7. PROGRAMS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND POLICIES IN SOUTH ASIA: INITIATIVES AND OBSTACLES; Rahul Shidhaye, Siham Sikander, Mark Jordans, Prasantha De Silva, Sudipto Chatterjee.- 8. MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE USA: POLICIES AND PROGRAMS - WHAT CAN INDIA LEARN FROM WESTERN MODELS? Anand K. Pandurangi, Antony Fernandez, Jagannathan Srinivasaraghavan.- 9. MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE USA: ETHICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS – WHAT INDIA CAN LEARN FROM WESTERN MODELS?; Jagannathan Srinivasaraghavan, Antony Fernandez, Anand K. Pandurangi; b) . Community Psychiatry 10. MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL IN SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES: PROGRESS, PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS; R. Srinivasa Murthy.- 11. MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES IN SOUTH ASIA; Anju Kuruvilla, K.S. Jacob.- 12. ALLIED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS, PSYCHIATRIC NURSES AND PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKERS: AVAILABILITY AND COMPETENCY; R.K. Chadda & R. Prashanth.- 13. PRIVATE SECTOR PSYCHIATRY: WHAT IT HAS TO OFFER TO MENTALLY ILL PERSONS IN SOUTH ASIA?; Charles Pinto & Malay Dave.- 14. NGOs AND MENTAL HEALTH: INITIATIVES AND PROGRESS; R.Thara.- 15. ROADMAP FOR THE FUTURE: WHAT IS NEEDED IN THE REGION?; Pratap Sharan & T Sivakumar.- 16. MENTAL HEALTH IN THE CONTEXT OF EAST AND WEST: BEYOND RESOURCES AND GEOGRAPHICAL REALITIES; Levent Küey & ElifKırmızı Alsan.- SECTION III- MENTAL HEALTH LEGISLATION.- 17. A MENTAL HEALTH LAW FOR LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES; George Szmukler, Adarsh Tripathi, Rowena Daw, John Dawson.- 18. MENTAL HEALTH LEGISLATION IN SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES: SHORTCOMINGS AND</p><p>POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; Mohan Isaac.- 19. MENTAL HEALTH LEGISLATION: EVOLUTION AND IMPLEMENTATION IN SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES; V.K Varma, Harishchandra Gambheera & Nitin Gupta.- 20. MENTAL HEALTH LEGISLATION: COMPARISON OF SOUTH ASIAN AND WESTERN COUNTRIES; J.K. Trivedi, Adarsh Tripathi and Sujit Kar.</p>
