The draft Mental Health Act in Sudan. Issue 2 (May 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Saeed, Mahmoud; Sultan, Saoud; Ali, Abdelazim
• Is Part Of: International psychiatry. Volume 11:Issue 2(2014)
• Page Start: 41
• Page End: 42
• Publication Date: 2014-05
• Subjects: Psychiatry, Transcultural -- Periodicals; Psychiatry -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Psychiatry -- Periodicals; 616.89
• DOI: 10.1192/S1749367600004379
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1749-3676

Abstract

Abstract : At a workshop in 2012 in Khartoum, attended by Sudanese psychiatrists based in both the UK and Sudan, as well as psychologists, social workers and lawyers from Sudan and elsewhere, a draft Mental Health Act for Sudan was approved; it is due to be submitted to the Sudanese Parliament. We give a summary of the draft Act and outline some of the areas that need further discussion.