Seychelles revises outdated mental health law
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Mentally ill patients in Seychelles will now have a say on how they are treated and can appeal against decisions they do not approve in a court being set up for them, the health minister has said. Jean-Paul Adam said this week that a revised Mental Health AcSeychelles revises outdated mental health law
Mentally ill patients in Seychelles will now have a say on how they are treated and can appeal against decisions they do not approve in a court being set up for them, the health minister has said. Jean-Paul Adam said this week that a revised Mental Health Act is set to replace an older version criticised for being outdated and oppressive. “Mentally ill patients will now have more rights under the new law and be more actively involved in their treatment,” Adam told reporters on Wednesday. Experts and consultants from the Commonwealth had argued the current law does not conform to the United Nations Convention for the Protection of Rights of People with Disabilities, which Seychelles has ratified. “It is assumed that the rights of mentally disabled people are guaranteed by the Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles, but they are not,” an expert in a panel that reviewed the old law said. ... Read more