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Voluntary and Emergency Admission for Psychiatric Treatment in the Saudi Mental Health Law

الدخول الاختياري والإسعافي للعلاج النفسي — نظام الرعاية الصحية النفسية

Voluntary admission with the written consent of the patient or guardian and the right to leave whenever the patient wishes; emergency admission by the emergency doctor for no more than seventy-two hours; temporary compulsory detention by a psychiatric specialist or nurse for no more than eight hours when no doctor is available; and notifying the facility.

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