Psychiatric health laws in Pakistan: from lunacy to mental health

PLoS Med. 2005 Nov;2(11):e317. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020317. Epub 2005 Sep 20.

Abstract

Recent changes in mental health services and in the laws governing treatment if mentally ill individuals are encouraging, but further improvement is needed.

MeSH terms

  • Attitude to Health*
  • Civil Rights
  • Cultural Characteristics
  • Ethics
  • Health Policy*
  • Humans
  • Insanity Defense
  • Islam
  • Mental Disorders / ethnology
  • Mental Disorders / therapy*
  • Mental Health Services / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Mental Health Services / organization & administration*
  • Pakistan / ethnology
  • Physicians / standards
  • Policy Making*
  • Prejudice
  • Social Conditions