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. 2022 Mar;64(Suppl 1):S185-S195.
doi: 10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_717_21. Epub 2022 Mar 22.

Disability Certification in Psychiatry

Alka A Subramanyam  1 , Sivakumar Thanapal  2 , Vivek Kirpekar  3 , Smita Deshpande  4 , Thomas John  5
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Disability Certification in Psychiatry

Alka A Subramanyam et al. Indian J Psychiatry. 2022 Mar.
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Figure 1
Types of disability certificates under Rights of Persons with Disabilities[35]
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Figure 2
Process of certification for disability (reproduced as it is from the law)[123]
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Figure 3
Assessment of children with intellectual disability replicated from the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2016 (reproduced as it is from the law)[34]
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Figure 4
The suggested assessment for certification of Children with Suspected Specific Learning Disability adapted from Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2016 (reproduced with minor changes from the law)[34]
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Figure 5
Flowchart for certifying disability due to mental illness[34]
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Figure 6
Issuing of disability certificate for mental illness[34]
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