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| Location = [[Shahdara]], [[Delhi]]<br />
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The '''Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences''' ('''IHBAS'''), formerly known as'' Hospital for Mental Diseases, Shahdara'', is a [[mental health]] and neurosciences research institute based in [[Shahdara]], [[New Delhi]], [[India]].<br />
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==History==<br />
===HMD===<br />
The Hospital for Mental Diseases in Shadhara, Dehli (HMD) was the final establishment built that started from a chain of lunatic asylums that were begun by the [[East India Company]] and [[British Raj]].{{Sfnp|Jiloha|Kukreti|2018|loc=Introduction}} The building has been described as having "a flavour of a custodial setting". Service users with mental illness were accommodated in closed cells within high hospital walls.{{Sfnp|Jiloha|Kukreti|2018|loc=State Institute of Psychiatry}}<br />
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===IHBAS===<br />
IHBAS was established in 1993, in response to a [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] verdict, transforming previous HMD into a centre for treatment, training, and research.{{Sfnp|Jiloha|Kukreti|2018|loc=State Institute of Psychiatry}} It is an Autonomous Society under administration by the [[Delhi Government]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ihbas.delhigovt.nic.in/|title=Welcome to Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences|website=ihbas.delhigovt.nic.in|access-date=3 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611033420/http://ihbas.delhigovt.nic.in/|archive-date=11 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> It has three clinical and all other para and allied branches.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}<br />
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== Controversy & Criticism ==<br />
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=== Refusal to Divulge Patient Records under RTI Act ===<br />
''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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/psychiatrists-oppose-rti-requests-for-patient-records/article5049504.ece|title=Psychiatrists oppose RTI requests for patient records|first=Aarti|last=Dhar|date=22 August 2013|via=www.thehindu.com|access-date=2 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107023202/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/psychiatrists-oppose-rti-requests-for-patient-records/article5049504.ece|archive-date=7 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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=== Evaluation and Detention of Criminal Convict ===<br />
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.<ref>[https://archive.today/20140107052345/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/newdelhi/delhi-govt-refers-case-to-home-ministry/article1-1079111.aspx Hindustan Times]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/newdelhi/delhi-govt-refers-bhullar-decision-to-home-ministry/article1-1078898.aspx|title=Delhi government refers decision on Bhullar to home ministry|url-status=dead|access-date=6 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111125746/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/newdelhi/delhi-govt-refers-bhullar-decision-to-home-ministry/article1-1078898.aspx|archive-date=11 January 2014}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Sources==<br />
* {{Cite journal|last1=Jiloha|first1=R.C.|last2=Kukreti|first2=Prerna|date=February 2018|journal=Indian Journal of Psychiatry|title=Psychiatry in Delhi: History and current status<!--|cite=Jiloha, R. C., & Kukreti, P. (2018). Psychiatry in Delhi: History and current status. Indian journal of psychiatry, 60(Suppl 2), S218–S223-->|doi=10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_452_17|volume=60|issue=Suppl 2|pages=S218–S223|id=S218–223|pmid=29527051|pmc=5836341|doi-broken-date=31 May 2021}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://ihbas.delhigovt.nic.in Official Website]<br />
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[[Category:Mental health organisations in India]]<br />
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[[Category:Research institutes established in 1993]]<br />
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