“…NABH guidelines include 10 chapters, namely the assessment of the patient, continuation of care, medication management, safety, hospital infection control, continued quality improvement, the responsibility of the management, etc. [ 20 21 ] Although NABH does not include specific guidelines for psychiatric practice, it does lay down guidelines for the documentation of procedures, the use of physical and chemical restraints, the use of psychotropic's and narcotics and the safety of the patient and protocol for falls. Furthermore, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) can be tailor-made, such as SOP for violent/aggressive patients, suicide alert SOP, ECT SOP, biofeedback SOP, etc., as per the departmental policy, with an additional consent form as per need.…”