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THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2018 – CEPIL

(8 days ago) WEBThe Mental Health Act repeals the Mental Treatment Act Cap 249 and provides for; Establishment of the Uganda Mental Health Advisory Board and to provide for its composition, tenure and functions. Mental health treatment at primary health centers. …

https://cepiluganda.org/cepil-legal-briefs/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-mental-health-act-2018/

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Acts 2018 Parliament of Uganda

(3 days ago) WEBMental Health Act 2018.pdf. Format: PDF Size: 1 MB Last Modified: 22 January 2019. Supplementary Appropriation (no 2) Act 2018.pdf. Format: PDF Uganda National …

https://www.parliament.go.ug/documents/3344/acts-2018

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Mental health care in Uganda - The Lancet Psychiatry

(3 days ago) WEBDuring the opening of mental health month (May, 2022), officials from the Ministry of Health in Uganda stated that about 14 million people of the 43·7 million population have …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(22)00305-4/fulltext

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A Critical Overview of Mental Health-Related Beliefs, Services and

(Just Now) WEBThis brief overview of the history of mental health services in Uganda seeks to provide deeper context for current reform efforts. Turning to modern legal history, …

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10597-022-00947-5

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Minister on spot over roll out of mental health law - Parliament of …

(4 days ago) WEB15 Apr 2021. The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has directed the Minister for Health to explain the delay in rolling out the Mental Health Act, 2019 despite the assent …

https://www.parliament.go.ug/news/5068/minister-spot-over-roll-out-mental-health-law

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Mental Health Atlas 2020 Country Profile: Uganda

(4 days ago) WEBMental Health Atlas 2020 Country Profile: Uganda. 15 April 2022. Technical document. Download (591.6 kB)

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/mental-health-atlas-uga-2020-country-profile

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THE MENTAL TREATMENT ACT. Statutory Instrument 279—1.

(7 days ago) WEBStatutory Instrument 279—1. The Mental Treatment Rules. (Under section 43 of the Act.) 1. Citation. These Rules may be cited as the Mental Treatment Rules. 2. Diet. The scale of …

https://www.parliament.go.ug/cmis/browser?id=73771b27-ca6a-40f9-90cf-90fbc268749c%3B1.0

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Mental health law reforms in Uganda: lessons learnt

(6 days ago) WEBUgandan mental health legislation, which dates from 1964, principally aims to remove persons with mental disorders from the community but also to protect their safety, by …

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-psychiatry/article/mental-health-law-reforms-in-uganda-lessons-learnt/600A4FE358F7D137FA8799DFD932F847

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A Critical Overview of Mental Health-Related Beliefs - Springer

(8 days ago) WEBTurning to modern legal history, Uganda’s first Mental Health Treatment Act, modelled after the Mental Health Treatment Act of 1959 in the UK, was signed into law in 1964, …

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10597-022-00947-5.pdf

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Analysis of the Uganda Mental Treatment Act from a …

(4 days ago) WEBIt critically considers the Uganda Mental Health Treatment Act as an example subjecting it to the test of human rights standards as spelled out in the United Nations Human Rights Instruments

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228295100_Analysis_of_the_Uganda_Mental_Treatment_Act_from_a_Human_Rights_and_Public_Health_Perspective

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An overview of Uganda's mental health care system: results from …

(2 days ago) WEBThe Ugandan government recognizes mental health as a serious public health and development concern, and has of recent implemented a number of reforms …

https://ijmhs.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1752-4458-4-1

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Mental health services in Uganda - PMC - National Center for

(3 days ago) WEBUganda has had a Mental Health Act since independence in 1962; it was revised in 1964. The main emphasis was custodial care, safeguarding the security of …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6733109/

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Mental healthcare in Uganda: desperate challenges but real

(3 days ago) WEBUganda spends 9.8% of gross domestic product on healthcare, or US$146 annually per person. Less than 1% of this goes into mental healthcare, compared with …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5663025/

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Mental Treatment Act - ULII

(5 days ago) WEBAn Act to make provision for the care of persons of unsound mind and for the management of mental hospitals in Uganda. 1. Interpretation In this Act, unless the …

https://ulii.org/akn/ug/act/ord/1938/5/eng%402000-12-31

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Mental health in Uganda - American Psychological Association (APA)

(Just Now) WEBIn Uganda, mental, neurological and substance use disorders are a major public health burden (Mugisha et al., 2019). Depression, anxiety disorders, and elevated …

https://www.apa.org/international/global-insights/uganda-mental-health

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Mental Health Crisis in Uganda - Northwestern University

(2 days ago) WEBThe estimated incidence of mental illnesses is massive: 35% of Ugandans suffer from a mental illness, and 15% of Ugandans require treatment. It is likely that the …

https://sites.northwestern.edu/globemed/2020/08/25/mental-health-crisis-in-uganda/

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Policy, Legislation & Rights Advocacy - Mental Health Uganda

(Just Now) WEBPolicy, Legislation & Rights Advocacy. The advocacy program is the core function of MHU. MHU has worked with other partners in the review processes of the Mental Health Act …

https://www.mentalhealthuganda.org/policy-legislation-rights-advocacy/

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Uganda’s mental health system and the rule of no law

(7 days ago) WEBA new mental health act? A Mental Health Bill was produced in 2009. A new draft was produced in 2011. Law-making is largely done by Uganda’s political elite …

https://mdac.org/en/olivertalks/2014/04/07/ugandas-mental-health-system-and-rule-no-law

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THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA IN THE HIGH COURT OF …

(Just Now) WEBThe Act did not define who a person of unsound mind is, but instead referred to other legislation by stating under section 1 that, a person of unsound mind means any person …

https://media.ulii.org/files/judgments/ughc/2020/193/2020-ughc-193.pdf

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A Critique of the Uganda Mental Health Treatment Act, 1964 - SSRN

(9 days ago) WEBFirm in mind that academic scholarship is a collaborative enterprise with deep roots in constructive criticism, this paper aims to fill this gap. This paper provides a …

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2644767

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Home - Mental Health Uganda

(5 days ago) WEBMental Health is a major concern because it affects our relations, general wellbeing and all aspects of life RAISING AWARENESS IN UGANDA . MHU provides an environment & …

https://www.mentalhealthuganda.org/

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MEMORANDUM Object of the Bill - Parliament of Uganda

(7 days ago) WEBidentifies mental health services as an essential aspect of health care. The policy advocates for mental health services at all levels to be integrated into general health …

https://www.parliament.go.ug/cmis/browser?id=48254ef7-9a0f-4cc1-829f-f441b80c5da2%3B1.0

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Federal Register :: Agency Information Collection Activities: …

(Just Now) WEBThe term “collection of information” is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502 (3) and 5 CFR 1320.3 (c) and includes agency requests or requirements that members of the public …

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/17/2024-10900/agency-information-collection-activities-proposed-collection-comment-request

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