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Mental health services in Libya

Part of: BJPsych International Country Profiles Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Abdul Hakim Rhouma ,
Nusrat Husain ,
Nadeem Gire  and
Imran Bashir Chaudhry
Abdul Hakim Rhouma
Affiliation:
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, UK, email hakim70@doctors.org.uk
Nusrat Husain
Affiliation:
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust; Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester, UK
Nadeem Gire
Affiliation:
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Imran Bashir Chaudhry
Affiliation:
EIS, Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust University of Manchester, UK
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Despite all the internal and external criticisms of mental health services in Libya, they remain underdeveloped across the country. The World Health Organization has made efforts to improve the country's mental health services; however, until a stable government is formed, patients with mental illness will continue to be deprived of their basic needs.

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BJPsych International , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , August 2016 , pp. 70 - 71
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