Juvenile justice has been given some shape with Juvenile Justice Act 2000 AD. Persons dealing with children need to sensitize themselves with this Act. One needs to know the provisions made, to understand whether it is being properly implemented. Only on observing it being implemented, can one get insight into the problems inherent in it, and if one knows the problems, one can suggest improvements in the Act. Even if the law gives adequate guidelines, institutions are still needed to look after the children in distress or children in conflict with law. For successful compliance of Court orders, and to punish violators, monitoring bodies need to be set up, who should be given legal powers as well. Effective child protection and development depends on skills, knowledge and judgment of all professionals, personnel and staff working with children.

India is a large country with huge population. Financial status of majority is not good enough to support quality treatment. Without good planningit may not be possible to reach health care to total population.

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Do we need a diagnostic tag all the time? For communication in clinical practice, research, public health planning, the legal system, insurance reimbursement, and disability evaluation, we do need them. In the case of clinics, a good formulation may be

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