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Mental health legislation in Egypt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Nasser Loza  and
Mohamed El Nawawi
Nasser Loza
Affiliation:
Behman Hospital, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt, email nloza@behman.com
Mohamed El Nawawi
Affiliation:
Behman Hospital, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt, email nloza@behman.com
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Abstract

This paper first briefly reviews the history of psychiatric services in Egypt. It then details the legislation in place during the last years of the Mubarak regime and goes on to set out recent developments, in particular the Code of Practice introduced for the Mental Health Act of 2009.

Type
Mental health law profiles
Information
International Psychiatry , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , August 2012 , pp. 64 - 66
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 2012 

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