06:40 PM
Sunday 26 June 2022
Books – Ahmed Gomaa:
The latest statistics prepared by the General Secretariat for Mental Health and Addiction Treatment since the launch of its online mental health platform in mid-March revealed that the number of visitors to the platform’s website reached 38,850, an increase of 4,421 over last month.
In today’s statement, the secretariat stated that the number of users who registered their data amounted to 15,653 users, an increase of 1,500 compared to last month, and the number of those who completed self-reported questionnaires reached 14,414, an increase of 1,483 over last month, and the number of those who received treatment sessions on the platform reached 2,076. An increase of 705 compared to the previous month.
The results also indicated that the percentage of female users reached 71% compared to 29% of male users, and that the percentage of users’ marital status was 25% for married people compared to 75% for unmarried people, in addition to the fact that most of the non-working users reached 66% compared to 34% for workers. Until now.
The statistics also showed that the most age group used for the site is the category of teenagers and young adults, and that the users of the site are from all governorates of the Republic, and most of the users are from Cairo Governorate.
The statistical results also showed that general psychiatry with all its diseases is the most visited by users of the site, followed by child and adolescent psychiatry, followed by addiction, and then elderly psychiatry.
This comes within the framework of the efforts made by the General Secretariat for Mental Health and Addiction Treatment, under the auspices and support of the Ministry of Health and Population in the field of mental health awareness and providing psychological support services, psychological counseling and addiction treatment to citizens from their places “online” through the platform.
The national electronic platform for mental health and addiction treatment aims to provide free government services for mental health and addiction treatment for all age groups of Egyptians and non-Egyptians residing in Egypt, and it is the first of its kind in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, and it is one of the fruits of cooperation between the General Secretariat of Health Psychological and addiction treatment, the National Information Center at the Ministry of Health and Population, the World Health Organization, and the University of British Columbia in Canada, which are staffed by a group of technical and technical cadres at the Ministry of Health and Population, psychotherapists and international experts in the field of psychiatry and addiction treatment