Saudi Arabia’s mental health legislation aims to organize and improve mental healthcare provisions while protecting patients' rights, respecting their dignity, and setting a treatment framework in psychotherapy institutes. The National Transformation Program's Executive Plan is now preparing centers to provide preliminary psychological care. Ministry of Health and psychiatric patients The Ministry of Health is working to promote mental health as a vital aspect of public health, developing strategies for successful mental disorder prevention, focusing on mental health programs for children, adolescents, and school health programs.
The steps taken by the ministry for the benefit of psychiatric patients are – Primary Psychological Clinic at primary healthcare centers (PHCs) to be renamed Comprehensive Guidance Clinic. There are 99 psychiatry clinics and 14 specialty hospitals in work.…
