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A Critique of The Uganda Mental Health Treatment Act, 1964

dc.contributor.authorNyombi, Chrispasen
dc.contributor.authorKibandama, Alexanderen
dc.contributor.authorKaddu, Ronalden
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-05T11:04:23Zen
dc.date.available2015-10-05T11:04:23Zen
dc.date.issued2014en
dc.identifier.citationNyombi C., Kibandama A & Kaddu R.(2014) 'A critique of the Uganda Mental Health Treatment Act, 1964', Mental Health Law and Policy Journal, vol. 3, pp.505-526en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10547/579233en
dc.description.abstractThe scarcity of research into the deplorable state of Uganda’s mental health laws is a grave lacuna that needs urgent redress. Firm in mind that academic scholarship is a collaborative enterprise with deep roots in constructive criticism, this paper aims to fill this gap. This paper provides a circumspect examination of mental health laws in Uganda. The paper reviews the Mental Health Treatment Act 1964 and highlights the main areas that need reform. It keeps the jurisprudential analysis of applicable international treaties and conventions such as the United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities to a minimum. This paper will inform legal, academic and healthcare circles on the current state of mental health law in Uganda.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Memphisen
dc.relation.urlhttps://web0.memphis.edu/law/currentstudents/mentalhealthjournal/MHLPJArchives/Nyombi%20Final%20Edits%206.14.14.pdfen
dc.subjectUgandaen
dc.subjectmental healthen
dc.subjectmental health lawen
dc.titleA Critique of The Uganda Mental Health Treatment Act, 1964en
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Essexen
dc.contributor.departmentHigh Court of the Republic of Ugandaen
dc.identifier.journalMental Health Law and Policy Journalen
html.description.abstractThe scarcity of research into the deplorable state of Uganda’s mental health laws is a grave lacuna that needs urgent redress. Firm in mind that academic scholarship is a collaborative enterprise with deep roots in constructive criticism, this paper aims to fill this gap. This paper provides a circumspect examination of mental health laws in Uganda. The paper reviews the Mental Health Treatment Act 1964 and highlights the main areas that need reform. It keeps the jurisprudential analysis of applicable international treaties and conventions such as the United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities to a minimum. This paper will inform legal, academic and healthcare circles on the current state of mental health law in Uganda.


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