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The plights of the Mental Health System in Saudi Arabia - Dr Talal Alrubaie

- The plights of the Mental Health System in Saudi Arabia

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Dr Talal Alrubaie

2009 / 1 / 4 - 19:14
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Dear Sahar
Many thanks for your excellent remarks about the grave plights of the mental health system in Saudi Arabia (SA). There are several comments I wish to make in this regard in my capacity as a psychiatrist and as a human right activist, though I am afraid they, for technical reasons, have to be in English.
1. I am not sure about the nature of the Mental Health Law in Saudi Arabia and if there were one. In countries like UK, there is a mental health law and patients cannot be admitted into a psychiatric hospital against their will unless there is certification from two psychiatrists, the patient’s family physician, and a clinical Social Worker. In some other countries, even an order from court is additionally required. This law is there to ensure that the patients civil rights are not jeopardized. The law also ensures that the patient can appeal against the decision to be admitted or kept in hospital, and the government has to appoint a lawyer, paid by the government itself, to represent the patient before what is called the Mental Health tribunal (MHT). The MHT, whose

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