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Read more informationKuwait’s First Mental Health Law: A Step Forward
Kuwait enacted the first mental health law of the country prior to which there was no mental health law in the country. The Kuwaiti Law No. 14 of 2019 is the legislated concerning mental health and defines mental health as “state of well-being of individual and realization of his potential to cope with routine stresses of life, work productively and contribute towards the community.” Moreover, the law also defines the term mental illness as “psychological or mental disorder due to impairing of mental function limiting individual’s adaptation to their social environment but without use of alcohol or any psychotropic drugs or medications.”
The salient provisions of the mental health law of Kuwait are as follows:
The law is progressive as it not just focuses on treatment of mental health but also reformation and rehabilitation. The Ministry of Health under the law would encourage establishing the patient rehabilitation centres. Also, the Ministry of Health shall grant license to private shelter as well who come forth to help treating such mental health patients. Mental Health Law is progressive step in improving the healthcare facilities for patients and de-stigmizing the patients who are successfully treated.