Mental health legislation in Nigeria: current leanings and future yearnings

Nigeria’s current mental health legislation stems from a lunacy ordinance enacted in 1916 that assumed the status of a law in 1958. The most recent attempt to reform the law was with an unsuccessful Mental Health Bill in 2003. Currently, though, efforts are being made to represent it as an executive...

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Autores principales: Ogunlesi, Adegboyega O., Ogunwale, Adegboyega
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2012
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Mental Health Law Profile
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6735074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31508127
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description Nigeria’s current mental health legislation stems from a lunacy ordinance enacted in 1916 that assumed the status of a law in 1958. The most recent attempt to reform the law was with an unsuccessful Mental Health Bill in 2003. Currently, though, efforts are being made to represent it as an executive Bill sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Health. The present paper reviews this Bill, in particular in light of the World Health Organization’s recommendations on mental health legislation.
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spelling pubmed-67350742019-09-10 Mental health legislation in Nigeria: current leanings and future yearnings Ogunlesi, Adegboyega O. Ogunwale, Adegboyega Int Psychiatry Mental Health Law Profile Nigeria’s current mental health legislation stems from a lunacy ordinance enacted in 1916 that assumed the status of a law in 1958. The most recent attempt to reform the law was with an unsuccessful Mental Health Bill in 2003. Currently, though, efforts are being made to represent it as an executive Bill sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Health. The present paper reviews this Bill, in particular in light of the World Health Organization’s recommendations on mental health legislation. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2012-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6735074/ /pubmed/31508127 Text en © 2012 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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title_short Mental health legislation in Nigeria: current leanings and future yearnings
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