2023-06-19 19:36:08
A paper of demands on the conditions of persons with “psychological” disabilities and the level of services they receive in the governorates of Ajloun, Mafraq and Tafilah recommended the necessity of establishing a neutral body to receive complaints related to them and developing a national program for suicide prevention, as well as merging the National Center for Mental Health with government hospitals in the Kingdom, to mitigate what The paper described it as a “stigma” that may be inflicted on them while receiving the service. Add an advertisement
The paper considers that the National Committee for Mental Health is inactive and that there is weakness in coordination to address mental health challenges, the most important of which is reducing societal stigma and enhancing the psychological well-being of individuals.
The results indicated that the majority of people with mental disabilities, their families, and human rights activists targeted in the paper, saw that the National Center for Mental Health is considered one of the “biggest scenes of stigma for people with mental disabilities,” due to the failure to integrate other medical specialties with mental health.
This paper, of which Al-Ghad obtained a summary, was prepared by the “Our Step for People with Psychological Disabilities and Their Families” association within the project “Promoting the Rights of Vulnerable Groups with Psychological Disabilities and Raising Awareness of Their Rights”, with the support of the European Union and the supervision of the “Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development”. And its most prominent results were discussed in a meeting held yesterday with the relevant parties. Today, a closing ceremony for the project will be held.
The recommendations centered on the need to train non-specialized individuals working in the field of mental health to reduce the acute shortage of cadres in the field of mental health and build the capacity of multidisciplinary teams in tertiary care facilities on mental health interventions and the establishment of an independent and impartial national body to monitor complaints and violations once morest people with disabilities. Mental.
The paper also recommended the need to combat what it called “stigma” and increase the culture of mental health in Jordan in innovative and unfamiliar ways, initiatives and activities, in addition to activating the National Committee for Mental Health in Jordan, which the paper said plays a crucial role in facing mental health challenges and promoting well-being. mental health, and ensuring the provision of quality mental health services in the governorates.
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