Mental Health
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According to the Health Insurance, the vaccination of women and men suffering from psychiatric disorders is much lower than the national average. For health professionals, individual support is essential to make up for the vaccination delay.
They embody, like those aged 80 and over, the weak point of the vaccination policy once morest Covid-19 in France. People suffering from psychiatric disorders today represent one of the population categories with the least successful vaccination coverage, even though their vulnerability puts them at particular risk of disease. The alert was issued this month following the publication of data by Health Insurance. “We have a message to pass on to these populations, to their relatives and to the health professionals who follow them, so that there is a real mobilization”, reacted the Ministry of Health, during a press briefing on February 1.
“It is more essential than ever to increase the vaccination coverage rate of populations at risk of severe forms of Covid-19, and therefore of people suffering from psychiatric illnesses”, alerted the FondaMental foundation, in a press release on February 7. “The authorities must act quickly. We must communicate strongly around this issue to remobilize the medical teams, but also to raise awareness among the people themselves, as well as their loved ones,” complete with Release its director, head of the psychiatry department at the hospital…
