尼日利亚心理健康法:对心理健康服务的挑战和影响
Gerald O Ozota1,2, Ruth N Sabastine3, Franklin C Uduji1
1Department of Pharmacy, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.
概括
尼日利亚新的心理健康法旨在通过将服务纳入初级医疗保健来保护人权和改善护理. 然而,它的成功取决于解决关键问题,如纳入医疗保险和防止对精神疾病患者的歧视.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 卫生法 法律 卫生法
- 心理健康护理政策 心理健康护理政策
背景情况:
- 尼日利亚的心理健康格局受到1958年过时的疯狂法案的控制,该法案因侵犯人权而受到批评.
- 60多年来对"疯狂法案"的不作为凸显了尼日利亚迫切需要进行立法改革的必要性.
- 政府已经注意到需要更新心理健康立法,使其与当代标准保持一致.
研究的目的:
- 分析尼日利亚新的心理健康立法对国家心理健康服务的挑战和影响.
- 为优化新心理健康法实施提供建议.
主要方法:
- 通过使用诸如ScienceDirect,PubMed和Google Scholar等数据库进行了全面的文献审查.
- 对尼日利亚心理健康立法的现有文献进行了探索,以确定关键的挑战和影响.
- 根据文献综述的发现,制定了建议.
主要成果:
- 新的心理健康法将心理健康服务纳入初级和二级医疗保健机构.
- 关键条款包括不歧视,保护基本人权,治疗标准,保密性,自主性和精神健康和物质使用障碍患者的就业权利.
- 新法律的一个重大遗漏是将心理健康服务排除在尼日利亚国家医疗保险体系之外.
结论:
- 立法对于解决心理健康需求和鼓励寻求治疗的行为至关重要.
- 对患有精神疾病的人来说,防止歧视和虐待的保护性法规是必不可少的.
- 为了有效地实施新的心理健康法,需要解决已识别的差距,使尼日利亚的心理健康服务受益.
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