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Involuntary Admission for Psychiatric Treatment in the Saudi Mental Health Law

الدخول الإلزامي للعلاج النفسي — نظام الرعاية الصحية النفسية

Conditions: a severe mental disorder posing a danger, approved by two psychiatrists. Duration is seventy-two hours, extendable to thirty days and beyond. Also grievance against the admission decision, the facility's duty to notify the local monitoring board within forty-eight working hours and keep a register, and returning an absconding patient in coordination with security authorities.

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