Mental health legislation in Algeria

Mental health law in Algeria originates from the French colonial era. Although several pieces of legislation deal with mental disorders, their implementation remains unsatisfactory and does not meet the real needs of healthcare providers. Amendment of the current mental health law is required to enh...

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Autor principal: Benmebarek, Zoubir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2017
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Mental Health Law Profile
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5618824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29093927
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description Mental health law in Algeria originates from the French colonial era. Although several pieces of legislation deal with mental disorders, their implementation remains unsatisfactory and does not meet the real needs of healthcare providers. Amendment of the current mental health law is required to enhance the delivery of care but also to protect those with a mental disorder from abuse.
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spelling pubmed-56188242017-11-01 Mental health legislation in Algeria Benmebarek, Zoubir BJPsych Int Mental Health Law Profile Mental health law in Algeria originates from the French colonial era. Although several pieces of legislation deal with mental disorders, their implementation remains unsatisfactory and does not meet the real needs of healthcare providers. Amendment of the current mental health law is required to enhance the delivery of care but also to protect those with a mental disorder from abuse. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2017-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5618824/ /pubmed/29093927 Text en © 2017 The Royal College of Psychiatrists http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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