The draft Mental Health Act in Sudan

Mahmoud Saeed; Saoud Sultan; Abdelazim Ali

doi:10.1192/S1749367600004379

The draft Mental Health Act in Sudan

Part of: BJPsych International Mental Health Law Profile Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2018

Mahmoud Saeed ,

Saoud Sultan and

Abdelazim Ali

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Mahmoud Saeed: Affiliation:
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Saoud Sultan: Affiliation:
North East London NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Abdelazim Ali: Affiliation:
Aneurin Bevan Health Board, UK, email [email protected]

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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.

Type: Mental health law profiles
Information: International Psychiatry , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , May 2014 , pp. 41 - 42

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