2023-06-04 13:14:56
The expression “Never more” is associated with the horrors of the dictatorship and illegal repression. However, in recent days those words have been related to the area of psychiatric care, because the provincial government of Axel Kicillof closed a sector of the Alejandro Korn Neuropsychiatric Hospital, in Melchor Romero, and put a sign on the central wall with the inscription “Never Again Madhouse” stating that it worked there “a space of violation”a message that obviously made the Argentine Association of Psychiatrists angry.
“From the late 1960s to April 2023, an insane asylum ward operated here. On the day of the date it is closed definitively as a space of violation ”, points out the poster located in the place, which also honors “the memory of the hundreds of people who lived, survived and died here”.
The repudiation of the Association of Psychiatrists of Argentina It was through their social networks, emphasizing that “A psychiatric hospitalization room is not the same as a clandestine detention and torture center”. And noting that “It is not by closing devices that a new conception of care for mental disorders is built. It is not with self-celebratory posters that the foundations of a community model of understanding, caring for, and promoting mental health are laid.”
For its part, District I of the College of Physicians of the Province of Buenos Aires described the action of the Buenos Aires government as “arbitrary and unjustified.”
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“According to the techniques and procedures in force at each time, the activity that the members of the Health Team carry out and have carried out, is guided by the fundamental premise of preserving and improving the lives of their patients. Therefore, in no way can their actions be compared to the heinous crimes once morest humanity committed during the last military dictatorship, let alone in such a light and ignorant manner,” the statement completed.
Along the same lines, District I clarified that the neuropsychiatric care wards are intended to provide care to those patients who cannot be treated on an outpatient basis.
“Such an act by the Government of the Province not only unjustifiably attacks psychiatry professionals, but in turn tarnishes the work and struggle of Human Rights Organizations and of all those and those who truthfully and unwaveringly support the claim of Memory, Truth and Justice”, close the statement.
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It should be noted that according to a national survey carried out by the National Health Secretariat in 2019, 30% of the Argentine population consulted a mental health professional in the last twelve months. This number includes not only psychologists, but also psychiatrists and social workers who provide care in the area.
According to a survey conducted by UNICEF Within the framework of the pandemic and its impact on children and adolescents, they exposed that different factors such as the loss of employment of the parents, the absence of school classes, the lack of socialization among peers, the decrease in recreational outings, among others, progressively affected the mental and emotional health of this age range.
Nearly half of the households consulted in which girls and boys up to 6 years of age live, stated that the boys and girls suffered eating disorders in the last 6 months. In addition, 39% indicate that they had sleep disturbances and 27% communication difficulties.
The adolescents expressed that they feel anguished (33%), scared (25%) and depressed (18%). The most alarming thing is that all these indicators increased compared to previous surveys.
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