### Consent and intrusive appraoches in mental health - ECT, consent and its role: [RCP special committee on ECT & Related Treatments](https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/ect-handbook/introduction-the-role-of-ect-in-contemporary-psychiatry-royal-college-of-psychiatrists-special-committee-on-ect-and-related-treatments/42FDCB2F72301EAAFB4F4B555AC8D112) ### Group interventions for community-based interevntions in mental health From [Mathias K, Jain S, Fraser R, Davis M, Kimijima-Dennemeyer R, Pillai P, Deshpande SN, Wolters M. Improving mental ill-health with psycho-social group interventions in South Asia-A scoping review using a realist lens. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023 Aug 28;3(8):e0001736. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001736. PMID: 37639400; PMCID: PMC10461838](https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0001736) >Psychosocial groups merit greater attention as an active ingredient in community interventions and also as an effective, relevant, acceptable and scalable platform that can promote and increase mental health in communities, through facilitation by lay community health workers. ### History of Psychiatry in India A Bangalore Science Museum exhibit on institutionalising the history of psychiatry in India; see https://bengaluru.sciencegallery.com/psyche-exhibits/the-asylum