mental health patients. The dynamics of healthcare changed during the pandemic. In low income countries, these challenges are felt even more due to limited research and increased burden of mental disorders with perceived misconceptions on its cause and treatment. The rights of persons living with mental disorders translate into ethical issues in the provision of psychiatric care, which relate to the core ethical issues in psychiatry; Respect for autonomy, confidentiality, non-maleficence, beneficence, informed consent and boundary violation. In regard to this, health systems are faced with an important set of challenges: to improve the quality of care equity, relevance and effectiveness in mental health care delivery; to reduce the mismatch within healthcare delivery;
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The burden and inequalities in mental healthcare throughout the world are critical important health issues, and taken together present immense ethical challenges. Also, one of the key Kenyan mental health policy rationales is to promote the rights of persons suffering from mental disorders in accordance with both the local and global laws. The COVID-19 pandemic, brought to light ethical challenges in relation to mental health that can arise when a health care system is stretched to its limits. Health professionals, social workers, and the public faced challenges. There has been an increase in suicide rates and or concern at the lack of support for mental/behavioural health needs for
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