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Mental Health & Addiction in India

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How good is India, exactly, at mental health & addiction? The domain's standing for this one country — every factor scored with its reasoning and its sources, and an honest account of the factors we have not yet assessed. The same number its country profile and the worldwide mental health & addiction ranking publish.

This specialty, assessed

Mental Health & Addiction 2.8/5 Moderate
Published · 12 of 12 factors
2.8 / 5 Moderate

India's mental health & addiction standing is the mean of the 12 of 12 factors we have assessed for it — a calibrated band, not a promise. Read each factor's reasoning below for free; the gaps are named, not papered over.

Provenance

Researched and assessed by the Epidaurus editorial pipeline against our published scale. Methodology and scale are public.

Factors assessed 12 / 12 Standing Moderate

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12 / 12 Factors assessed
0 Awaiting assessment

We publish a specialty average only when at least 3 of its factors are scored and we have covered at least half the domain. Below that floor this specialty is shown as exactly what it is — assessed factor by factor, with no domain average — never as a thin number.

The evidence

Every mental health & addiction factor, scored and sourced

Each finding carries its band and the reasoning behind it for free; the full report — detailed analysis, inline citations and the bibliography — is behind the title. Every score carries its reasoning, and links onward.

Mental Health & Addiction 12 factors 2.8Moderate Avg · 12/12

The verdict + reasoning are free · the full report is behind each title.

Psychiatric Treatment

3.5Moderate Psychiatric Care Quality 10 clinics63 terms
3.0Moderate Ketamine Therapy Availability 5 clinics27 terms
4.5Good ECT/TMS Availability 12 clinics20 terms
5.0Good Mental Health Cost Savings 5 clinics22 terms

Psychedelic-Assisted Treatment

1.0Poor Ibogaine Treatment Legality 1 clinic19 terms
1.0Poor Ayahuasca Treatment Legality 1 clinic16 terms
1.0Poor Psilocybin Treatment Legality 19 terms
1.0Poor Psychedelic Treatment Quality 8 clinics27 terms

Addiction Treatment

3.5Moderate Residential Rehab Quality 6 clinics27 terms
5.0Good Rehab Cost Savings 3 clinics8 terms
2.0Poor Medical Detox Quality 3 clinics35 terms

Infrastructure

3.5Moderate Mental Health Privacy 2 clinics22 terms

Each factor, two ways

The depth, and the field

Every factor opens two doors: into India's own report for it, and out to how the whole field ranks on it. The figure beside each is how many of the 19 countries we have assessed on that factor.

Psychiatric Treatment 4 factors

Psychedelic-Assisted Treatment 4 factors

Addiction Treatment 3 factors

Infrastructure 1 factor

Where to go from here · Mental Health & Addiction in India

Drill into a factor, back up to the country, or set the same specialty against a rival — every score links onward.