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Mental health legislation in Egypt
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2018
Abstract
This paper first briefly reviews the history of psychiatric services in Egypt. It then details the legislation in place during the last years of the Mubarak regime and goes on to set out recent developments, in particular the Code of Practice introduced for the Mental Health Act of 2009.
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- Mental health law profiles
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- Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 2012
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