With You, for Mental Health: Raising Awareness and Providing Support for Mental Health Issues

2023-10-11 07:15:08

Al Ain, October 11 / WAM / Sheikha Dr. Shamma bint Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan Cultural and Educational Institutions, launched the “With You, for Mental Health Programme”, to raise awareness of mental health and its disorders in cooperation with an elite group of specialized mental health doctors. To provide interactive courses and seminars through the program at the Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan Association for Future Generations.

The program aims to attract cadres with expertise in mental health topics at the regional level. It also relies on local national cadres and their support for the expertise and precise specializations they provide to provide diverse content that serves all segments of society.

Sheikha Dr. confirmed. Shamma bint Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan, in her speech during the launch of the program coinciding with “World Mental Health Day,” said that mental health is a state of mental and emotional stability, which works to build a mental environment capable of dealing with the vocabulary of life with all its challenges; With effective positive thinking, and because ensuring a high quality of life for the Emirati citizen and for every person living on the land of the Emirates is a main goal in Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan’s cultural and educational institutions; On the occasion of World Mental Health Day, we launch the “With You for Mental Health” program with the aim of raising awareness regarding mental health and its disorders in support of the vision and contribution of our wise leadership in order to achieve well-being and reassurance for our society.”

The program seeks to raise awareness of psychological issues, provide support and assistance to individuals who need it, and offer awareness seminars and forums for them.

The program will be organized by communicating with all community institutions, training community members on the mechanism of dealing with psychological stress and various psychological disorders and their symptoms, providing the necessary guidance to face and address psychological problems, and contributing to confronting the prevailing societal view on psychological disorders. The program also aims to transfer expertise. In this field and reaching the largest segment of society to benefit from the awareness courses that will be offered and announced soon.

For his part, Dr. Muhammad Al-Ahbabi, a resident physician in psychiatry and head of the program, confirmed that the launch of this initiative reflects the growing interest in mental health care and stability and represents an important step in encouraging society to preserve it with all seriousness and awareness.

For his part, Dr. Khalifa Al-Muqbali, addiction psychiatrist consultant and lecturer at the programme, said that this initiative is a vital bridge to enhance psychological wellness and improve the quality of mental life for everyone.

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