BJPsych International (Aug 2016)

Mental health services in Libya

  • Abdul Hakim Rhouma,
  • Nusrat Husain,
  • Nadeem Gire,
  • Imran Bashir Chaudhry

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1192/S2056474000001288
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13
pp. 70 – 71

Abstract

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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.