scholarly journals Mental health law in Saudi Arabia

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-19
Author(s):  
Jessica Carlisle
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
International Standards ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Mental Health Law ◽  
The Past ◽  
Health Organization

During the past 30 years the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has developed an extensive hospital-based mental health system culminating in the passing of a mental health law in 2014. This legislation embodies many of the international standards promoted by the World Health Organization. However, the mechanisms for protecting the human rights of psychiatric patients are neither sufficiently independent nor adequately robust.

scholarly journals Mental health law in Colombia

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 92-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Chaskel ◽  
James M. Shultz ◽  
Silvia L. Gaviria ◽  
Eliana Taborda ◽  
Roland Vanegas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Mental Health Law ◽  
The Past ◽  
Law And Policy ◽  
Laws And Policies ◽  
Health Laws

Mental health law in Colombia has evolved over the past 50 years, in concert with worldwide recognition and prioritisation of mental healthcare. Laws and policies have become increasingly sophisticated to accommodate the ongoing transformations throughout Colombia's healthcare system and improvements in mental health screening, treatment and supportive care. Mental health law and policy development have been informed by epidemiological data on patterns of mental disorders in Colombia. Colombia is distinguished by the fact that its mental health laws and policies have been formulated during a 60-year period of continuous armed conflict. The mental health of Colombian citizens has been affected by population-wide exposure to violence and, accordingly, the mental health laws that have been enacted reflect this feature of the Colombian experience.

scholarly journals Dental prosthetic status and prosthetic needs of geriatric patients attending the College of Dentistry, Al Jouf University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (04) ◽  
pp. 526-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bader K. AlZarea
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Geriatric Patients ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
World Health ◽  
Treatment Needs ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Prosthetic Status ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Lower Arch

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the dental prosthetic status and prosthetic needs of geriatric patients attending the College of Dentistry, Al Jouf University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Materials and Methods: Patients aged 60 years and above were included in this study. The World Health Organization oral health assessment pro forma was employed to record the data pertaining to the prosthetic status and prosthetic treatment needs of participants. Data obtained were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS, Chicago, IL, USA) Version 20.0. Differences in proportions were compared using the Chi-square test. Results: Out of 286 edentulous patients, 69.06% needed some form of prosthetic treatment, 73.77% did not have any prosthesis in upper arch, and 80.06% did not have any prosthesis in lower arch. Out of 162 males, 32.09% and 26.54% had prosthesis in upper and lower arch, respectively. Among 124 females, 18.54% and 19.35% had prosthesis in upper and lower arch, respectively. In males, the need for any type of prosthesis in upper and lower arch was 68.51% and 75.92%, respectively. In females, the need for prosthesis in upper and lower arch was 57.25% and 72.58%, respectively. The need for multiunit prosthesis was more in both arches in both genders. The need for complete denture and combination of single- or multiunit prosthesis was more among the males as compared to females in maxilla and vice versa for mandible. Conclusion: The observations of this study propose that the greater part of the prosthetic needs were insufficient among the geriatric people.

scholarly journals Harnessing the power of fusion? A valiant but flawed effort to obviate the need for a distinct mental health law

2014 ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Paul S. Appelbaum
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Differential Treatment ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Involuntary Hospitalization ◽  
Mental Health Law ◽  
The Past ◽  
Medical Disorders ◽  
Current Proposal

<p>When it comes to involuntary interventions, the notion that people with mental disorders should be treated identically to persons with general medical disorders has an undoubted appeal. As Dawson and Szmukler have argued previously, principles of fairness and non-discrimination would appear to be well served by basing involuntary hospitalization and treatment in both contexts on incapacity to provide consent. In this commentary, I take note of some of the intellectual forebears of the Szmukler, Daw, and Dawson proposal, and ask why – despite the formidable intellects that have lined up behind similar approaches in the past – they have not been adopted. I also consider some aspects of the current proposal itself, including the unresolved tensions between equal and differential treatment of persons with mental disorders, and the potential practical consequences, especially for persons with general medical disorders. I conclude that the rationale for fusing two disparate bodies of law may itself be irremediably flawed, and the undesirable consequences significant.</p><p> </p><p> </p>

scholarly journals Mental health law in Algeria: new amendments, old concerns

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Zoubir Benmebarek
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Mental Health Law ◽  
Coercive Measures ◽  
The Core ◽  
Patients Rights ◽  
Health Laws

Since 2018 Algeria has had a new mental health law intended to be more practical and in line with international standards for patients’ rights and supervision of coercive measures. Despite its simpler formulation compared with the previous law it remains far from what psychiatrists need and what patients hope for. Some chapters are confusing and difficult to grasp. Like previous mental health laws, it is unlikely that the current law will actually be applied, owing to the huge gap between the core text and the available services.

Developing a Medical Ontology for Diabetes Treatment

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 3783-3791
Author(s):  
Hala Alrumaih ◽  
Mohammed Alawairdhi
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
World Health ◽  
Diabetes Treatment ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Medical Issues ◽  
The World ◽  
Diabetes Center ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The University

A great wave of diabetes is sweeping the world and it does not exclude continent, country or society and this has led international organizations such as the World Health Organization to sound the alarm after the high rates of deaths from complications of this epidemic. In this regard, the University Diabetes Center (UDC) was established in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to provide medical care for people with diabetes among other medical issues. As part of UDC, an ontology center has been constructed to explain the domain of the UDC using Protégé. The discussion herein will center on how emerging diabetes centers can benefit from the UDC experiment in diabetes treatment.

Community Mental Health: Description of the Patients Concerning the Uls Guarda Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health Area

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S452-S452
Author(s):  
J. Nunes ◽  
J. Feliz ◽  
D. Brigadeiro ◽  
T. Ventura Gil ◽  
A.F. Teixeita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
World Health ◽  
Mental Health Team ◽  
Mental Problems ◽  
The World ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO, 2004) stresses the importance of home patient visiting as an answer to the epidemiologic, demographic, social and economic challenges that the world is facing.The severe psychiatric patients are a risk group and often need domicile consultation and visiting. The domicile consultation approach favors the clinical, social and familiar support as well as promotes the integration and the recovering of the patients with mental problems, preventing the relapses and the hospital admissions of these patients.This study, of descriptive nature, is based on the observation and consultation of 287 clinical processes of patients inserted in the domicile consultation program designed by the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health of Sousa Martins Hospital, ULS Guarda, which covers the 7th biggest district in Portugal (in a universe of 18), between July and September 2015.The main goal of this study is to characterize and analyze the profile of the population, which is followed by the community mental health team of our Department, namely, the socio-demographic and clinic features, in order to improve the assistance practice in the future.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Physical restraint for psychiatric patients and its associations with clinical characteristics and the National Mental Health Law in China

2016 ◽  
Vol 241 ◽  
pp. 154-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng-Rong An ◽  
Sha Sha ◽  
Qing-E. Zhang ◽  
Gabor S. Ungvari ◽  
Chee H. Ng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Physical Restraint ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Mental Health Law ◽  
National Mental Health

Opinions of professionals and family members about the National mental health law regulating involuntary commitment of psychiatric patients: An international comparative study in 10 countries

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S337-S337
Author(s):  
I. Georgieva ◽  
C. Lauvrud ◽  
R. Almvik ◽  
R. Whittington
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Involuntary Commitment ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Mental Health Law ◽  
National Mental Health

IntroductionPrevious research illustrated that the laws regulating involuntary placement and treatment of persons with mental health problems are very diverse across countries: procedures for involuntary commitment and stakeholders involved in the initiation and decision making vary across countries; most laws include criteria of danger/risk, which take various forms in EU Member States’ legal frameworks, while the need for treatment in the best interests of the patient is sufficient to detain individuals in other countries, etc.ObjectivesThis study will compare the opinions of professionals and family members about the operation of the National mental health law regulating forcibly admission and treatment of psychiatric patients in ten countries: Ireland, Iceland, UK, Romania, Slovenia, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Norway and India.AimsTo gain insights into stakeholders’ satisfaction with the operation of their national legislation and to compare the effectiveness and acceptability of different legislative processes across countries. Such scientific findings are needed in order to improve and harmonize legal practices, and to enhance fundamental rights protection of persons with mental health problems, which eventually could result in a lower rate of compulsory admissions.MethodsA short anonymous questionnaire consisting of 9 items was developed, using the online software Survey Monkey. It was distributed to representative samples via e-mail to psychiatrists, general practitioners, acute and community mental health nurses, tribunal members, guards and family members in each collaborating country. The levels of agreement/disagreement were measured on a Likert- scale.Results/ConclusionsThe study's results and conclusions will be presented at the conference.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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