Mental health is no less important than physical health, both of which are an essential factor in maintaining human health. In this context, the Ministry of Health published, on its Facebook page, an infographic that provides some tips for promoting mental health.
Those tips were as follows:
- Get in the habit of getting up and going to bed at the same time every day.
- Eat healthy meals at regular times every day.
- Make time to do the things you love.
- Set aside time for work and time for rest.
Mental health clinics
It is worth noting that the Ministry of Health and Population announced the opening of 22 new clinics specialized in women’s mental health in all hospitals and centers of the General Secretariat of Mental Health in the governorates of the Republic. The clinics provided services to 350 women, during the first half of this year.
Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, said that the first half of this year witnessed the development of Al-Dumeira Hospital in Dakahlia Governorate, by increasing the number of beds to 80 beds, and the first phase of the development of Port Said Hospital, by 100%.
Abdel Ghaffar said that the General Secretariat of Mental Health organized many events in all governorates of the Republic, to raise awareness of mental health, and to raise the level of medical service provided to patients, through holding many educational and awareness seminars, in addition to messages that are published through the pages of the Ministry of Health and Population, in all Social media.
He added that the General Secretariat for Mental Health provided training services to the treatment team of the General Authority of Hospitals and Educational Institutes, in the specialty (obstetrics and gynecology) on how to deal with mental illnesses associated with pregnancy and lactation, in addition to training workers in women’s health clinics, on how to provide first aid to battered women. .
Abdel Ghaffar pointed out that the first internal department for addiction patients was opened at Beni Suef Hospital, and an internal section for adolescents (boys) in Minya Hospital, in addition to the opening of Mit Siraj Hospital clinics for mental health services and addiction treatment, and the opening of a children’s unit at Sohag Hospital.
He explained that coordination has been made with 14 hospitals affiliated with the General Secretariat for Mental Health and Addiction Treatment, to operate the smoking cessation service, with the participation of 18 mobile clinics in hospitals (Al-Mamoura – Heliopolis – Shebin El-Kom – Abbas Helmy Center – Alwan Center).