Disease, Not Crime

India's recently passed Mental Healthcare Bill marks the government`s Erst national effort to tackle depression. One of the bill`s impacts is that it decriminalises suicide, a landmark move that deserves applause. It is high time that depression and a plethora of other mental illnesses are no longer viewed as non-issues, or manifestations of weakness. It is fitting, then, that the theme of World Health Day on April 7 this year is depression.