Written by Walid Abdel Salam
Wednesday, March 01, 2023 03:26 PM
The Ministry of Health and Population confirmed that the electronic platform for mental health and addiction treatment aims to provide free mental health and addiction treatment services for all age groups, Egyptians and non-Egyptians residing in Egypt, which is the first of its kind in the Eastern Mediterranean region.
The Ministry of Health and Population called on all citizens to visit the platform and benefit from the various services provided by the General Secretariat for Mental Health and Addiction Treatment via the following link: https://nmhp.mohp.gov.eg/mental/web/ar.
The Ministry of Health and Population added that the General Secretariat for Mental Health and Addiction Treatment formed a committee to discuss mechanisms for establishing policies for electronic mental health services, which included increasing therapists in virtual psychiatric clinics, means of attracting the public to psychological services “remotely” and proposing laws governing hosting the national electronic platform for mental health and mechanisms for using Service by therapists and the public abroad, the possibility of integrating virtual psychological services within the health insurance system, and the importance of laws regulating electronic drug prescriptions.
And the Ministry of Health and Population announced the arrival of the number of visitors to the electronic platform of the General Secretariat for Mental Health andaddiction cureSince its launch on March 16, 2022, it has reached 66,000 visitors.
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, added that the number of electronic questionnaires that were conducted by users exceeded 18,000 questionnaires, while the number of “virtual” treatment sessions that were provided to visitors to the platform reached more than 4,200 sessions.
