Section 3(a)(iii) of the Mental Health Care Act of 2002 (Act No. 17 of 2002) provides that mental health services must be integrated in the general health services environment, which is clinics and hospitals. In compliance with this provision all clinics provide mental health services that have been determined in the National Mental Health Policy Framework and Strategic Plan 2013-2020. Where it is beyond their capacity for one reason or the other they will refer to a facility of an appropriate level.
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