2024-03-19 23:00:00
Written by Walid Abdel Salam Wednesday, March 20, 2024 01:00 AM
The Ministry of Health and Population confirmed that it aims to strengthen mental health services while spreading full awareness of psychological problems and mechanisms to confront them to prevent complications affecting the patient, noting that more than half of psychological disorders appear in childhood and adolescence.
The Ministry of Health and Population said that one must immediately go to the doctor if there is any change in the person’s behavior, and continued: Diagnosing the condition is important, especially with children at an early age, which helps in speeding up its treatment. She continued: Mental illnesses are like any other illness, and she continued: A specialist doctor must be consulted if she is experiencing any. Psychological disorder due to rapid treatment and lack of complications of the disease.
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, said in statements to Youm7: Going to a psychiatrist is the best solution to overcome any stage of treatment for mental illness. He continued: Mood and anxiety disorders are the most common, and the percentage of those affected sometimes reaches 20%. He continued: Going to a specialist doctor. It helps in treatment and overcoming psychological disorders.
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, revealed that the new health initiative for early detection and intervention for autism spectrum disorders is based on the application of early screening and detection through the initiative official present in primary care units and centers using the M-Chat application, which is the most widely used survey in the world. With vaccination appointments at 18 months
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, continued: The survey is returned at the age of 24 months via the electronic platform for mental health or through primary care centers, based on which the decision to transfer to centers of excellence equipped according to the child’s results is made.
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said: Advice is being provided for follow-up and prevention, in addition to a new service on the National Mental Health Platform targeting “remote evaluation” for children from 6 months to 2 and a half years of age.
He pointed out that text messaging services will be activated using the birth database to remind families of the dates for early screening at the ages of 18 and 24 months. Children who are “differently able” have also been included among the children targeted for screening and treatment so that their communication skills can be enhanced and then better integrated into society.
He explained that places or centers have been prepared to communicate virtually with the injured child and his family, so that virtual treatment can be combined with treatment at the Center of Excellence and to make it easier for the families of these children to obtain the service.
He continued: Centers for autism treatment will be established in partnership between the Ministry and the private sector, provided that they are equipped electronically and technologically to become specialized schools that provide the needs of the affected child and qualify him to deal and integrate into society.
The initiative uses the Verbal Behavioral Developmental Assessment (ABA) program, which is based on the principles of applied behavior analysis, communicative science, and social skills for children with autism or other developmental disabilities.
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