9 Conditions and controls for compulsory treatment of psychiatric patients in health facilities

order The law on the care of the mentally illControls and conditions for the compulsory admission of any person for treatment in a mental health facility These conditions, according to the draft law, are as follows:

1 – No person may be admitted compulsorily for treatment in a mental health facility except with the consent of a psychiatrist, when there are clear signs that indicate that severe mental illness that requires the treatment to enter a mental health facility, in the following two cases:

There is a possibility that the psychological condition will deteriorate significantly and soon.

– If the symptoms of mental illness pose a serious threat to the safety, health or life of the patient or the safety, health or life of other people.

2 – In these two cases, the patient must refuse to enter the facility to receive the necessary treatment, as long as he is informed of his eligibility, the director of the facility, and the National Council for Health Mental or the Regional Council for Mental Health. decisions to admit the patient compulsorily within twenty-four hours of his admission, accompanied by a report containing an assessment of his health.

3 – A doctor who does not specialize in psychiatry in one of the mental health facilities specified in this law, in the two cases mentioned, can refer a patient against his will to assess his condition for a period not exceeding forty-eight hours, based on a written request submitted to the facility by any of the following persons: :

Relationship to the patient up to the second level.

A special police officer.

Social worker in the area.

Special health inspector.

The consul of the foreign patient’s country of origin.

A psychiatrist who does not work in that facility and is not related to the patient or the director of the facility up to the second degree.

The case will be presented to the prosecutor within a period not exceeding twenty-four hours to take the necessary steps.

4 – The responsible psychologist can cancel the compulsory entry before the end of the mentioned period if there is no reason for it, as long as he tells this to the director of the facility and ‘ regional mental health council, while informing the patient and his capacity. this decision.

5 – It is not allowed to give any treatment to a psychiatric patient for his condition, whether this treatment is medicinal, psychological or behavioral, or sessions to regulate the rhythm of the brain, or any of the treatments is used in psychiatry, without putting it forward with knowledge of this, and must be named with knowledge of the nature of this treatment, its purpose, the effect that may come from it, and the remedial options on it for him.

6 – If a patient refuses compulsory admission to take the prescribed treatment, the responsible psychiatrist has the right to make him undergo treatment, provided that the psychiatrist completes the compulsory treatment procedures before starting on that.

7 – When necessary, two brain rhythm management sessions can be given to the patient so that the assessment specified in this law is carried out according to the controls specified by the executive rules of this law.

8 – The psychologist must review the mandatory treatment procedures every four weeks at most, and these procedures must be reconsidered when the psychologist makes fundamental changes any in the authorized treatment plan.

9- If the compulsory treatment continues for more than three months, another independent medical assessment must be obtained.