Abstract
Continued efforts to produce appropriate mental health legislation in Pakistan led to the Mental Health Ordinance of 2001. However, with the 18th amendment to the constitution and devolution of health responsibilities to the provincial governments, it became the task of the provinces to pass appropriate mental health legislation through their respective assemblies. Currently the mental health legislative picture is fragmented and unsatisfactory. Only the provinces of Sindh and Punjab have a mental health act in place and there is an urgent need for similar legislative frameworks in other provinces to protect the rights of those with mental illness.
Highlights
The provinces of Sindh and Punjab have a mental health act in place and there is an urgent need for similar legislative frameworks in other provinces to protect the rights of those with mental illness
When Pakistan was created by the division of the Indian subcontinent in 1947, the newly created state continued with the Lunacy Act of 1912, which had been in place in British India
A large number of psychiatrists from Pakistan have been trained in the UK and the UK currently has a large number of British Pakistani psychiatrists who maintain strong links with psychiatry in Pakistan
Summary
We would like to thank Professor Syed Haroon Ahmed for information and advice provided. Continued efforts to produce appropriate mental health legislation in Pakistan led to the Mental Health Ordinance of 2001. With the 18th amendment to the constitution and devolution of health responsibilities to the provincial governments, it became the task of the provinces to pass appropriate mental health legislation through their respective assemblies. The mental health legislative picture is fragmented and unsatisfactory. The provinces of Sindh and Punjab have a mental health act in place and there is an urgent need for similar legislative frameworks in other provinces to protect the rights of those with mental illness
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