2023-08-30 21:36:00
Prince Nasri Thursday, August 31, 2023 12:36 AM
Dr. Menen Abdel Maqsoud, Secretary General of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment at the Ministry of Health, said that the number of demand for the hotline for addiction treatment increased following the “Matchet” episodes, reaching 100 calls per day, and browsing the pages of the national platform for mental health increased, and citizen service offices in our hospitals receive more requests.
Menen Abdel Maqsoud added, during a phone call to the “Manshet” program, which is presented by the media, Jaber Al-Qarmouti, broadcast on the CBC channel, that people have begun to resort to searching for their children for proper treatment in the right place, and we have a recovery program that we adhere to from 60% to 70% of patients, which is world number.
Menen Abdel Maqsoud continued, the recovered are proud of their recovery because they were reborn, and they have the right to remain anonymous, and Egypt is one of the first Arab countries to have a law for the care of the mentally ill, which was put in place in 2009, under which the mental patient and the addiction patient fall.
Menen Abdel Maqsoud emphasized that the most important thing is to rehabilitate the patient to adapt and integrate with society and rehabilitate him through communication skills and dealing with pressures and those around him, and we do not leave them following recovery, as we have people who recovered decades ago who go out with us on group trips, appealing to families to send their addicted children for treatment and receive them warmly. When returning home following recovery.
Menen Abdel Maqsoud explained that recoverers from Canada and France come to us for the programs that we are carrying out, and they are happy because Egypt has the treatment available in other countries.
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