Mental health legislation in Lebanon: Nonconformity to international standards and clinical dilemmas in psychiatric practice.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 7806862 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1873-6386 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 01602527 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Int J Law Psychiatry Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Amsterdam : Elsevier
      Original Publication: Elmsford, N. Y., Pergamon Press
    • Subject Terms:
      Human Rights/*legislation & jurisprudence ; Mental Disorders/*therapy ; Mental Health Services/*legislation & jurisprudence ; Mentally Ill Persons/*legislation & jurisprudence; Commitment of Mentally Ill/legislation & jurisprudence ; Humans ; Lebanon ; Mental Competency ; World Health Organization
    • Abstract:
      Mental health legislation represents an important mean of protecting the rights of persons with mental disabilities by preventing human rights violations and discrimination and by legally reinforcing the objectives of a mental health policy. The last decade has seen significant changes in the laws relating to psychiatric practice all over the world, especially with the implementation of the Convention for the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD). In this paper, we review the existing legislation in Lebanon concerning the following areas in mental health: treatment and legal protection of persons with mental disabilities, criminal laws in relation to offenders with mental disorders, and laws regulating incapacity. We will discuss these texts in comparison with international recommendations and standards on the rights of persons with disabilities, showing the recurrent contradiction between them. Throughout our article, we will address the clinical dilemmas that Lebanese psychiatrists encounter in practice, in the absence of a clear legislation that can orient their decisions and protect their patients from abuse.
      (Copyright © 2015. Published by Elsevier Ltd.)
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Human rights; Lebanese mental health legislation; World Health Organization
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20150905 Date Completed: 20161017 Latest Revision: 20161230
    • Publication Date:
      20221213
    • Accession Number:
      10.1016/j.ijlp.2015.08.031
    • Accession Number:
      26338493