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Study Type:
Quantitative & Qualitative

Sample Size:
NA

The Research party:
1. Okasha Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt 2. St. George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon 3. Faculty of Medicine, Balamand University, Beirut, Lebanon

Main Idea or Research Questions:
This paper summarizes the current situation of mental health services in the Arab world. Out of twenty countries for which information is available, six do not have a mental health legislation and two do not have a mental health policy.