The Mental Patient Care Act specifies procedures and guarantees for the protection and care of the patient. It also defines the rights of the mental patient and stipulates that the mental patient shall enjoy the following rights:
1. Receive appropriate care in a safe and clean environment.
2. Prohibition to restrict his liberty contrary to the provisions of this Act.
3. Noting the name and status of all members of the treatment team caring for him at the facility.
4. Refusing to be interviewed or treated by anyone on the treatment team, if he responds to this right within the limits of available abilities.
5. He received complete information about the diagnosis given for his condition, the proposed treatment plan and possible improvements in his condition.
6. The treatment given to him should be in accordance with established medical standards recognized in scientific circles.
7. Necessity of obtaining Scientific Research Ethics Committee approval before undergoing any clinical research.
8 – If he agrees to undergo experiments and scientific research, if he is prohibited from conducting experiments on patients subject to compulsory admission and treatment decisions, he must receive a full explanation of the purpose of the experiment.
9 – To protect the confidentiality of information related to him and his medical file and not to disclose that information for purposes other than therapeutic purposes except in the following cases:
– Requesting information from a judicial officer.
– There is a strong possibility of serious harm or serious injury to the patient or others.
– Cases of child abuse or suspected abuse.
– Section 7 of this Act Section No. 4 The right of the National Council for Mental Health to create a technical committee of specialist doctors entitled to review patient records in accordance with s.
10 – Protection of his privacy, personal belongings and residence in the facility.
11 – Obtaining a complete medical report on his psychological condition and all the tests and treatments conducted on him during his treatment in the hospital, if he wants to scan the entire file, he can seek it. The competent Council for Mental Health may temporarily suspend this right for therapeutic reasons and the patient may complain against the practice in accordance with the provisions of this Act and its administrative regulations.
12 – Complaint against any action in accordance with the rules and procedures prescribed by the administrative regulations of this Act.
13 – Refusal to meet visitors unless interviews or interviews conflict with the treatment plan.
14- Helping him meet his lawyer.
15 – Taking medical leave as per treatment plan drawn up for him.
16 – Requesting his family members to leave the facility unaccompanied at the end of his period of compulsory admission, after having a post-discharge psychological care plan in view of his social concern.
17 – Protection from economic and sexual exploitation, physical and psychological abuse and degrading treatment.
18 – Receiving internal and external communication services in accordance with the established treatment plan in cases of voluntary treatment:
A. Obtain the information necessary to give open, free and informed consent to each treatment proposed by the treatment team.
B. He refused the treatment offered to him and was informed of the effect this refusal would have on his health.
D. He had a say in all decisions regarding his treatment and discharge and received his treatment and discharge plan in writing from facility management.
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