Minn Abdel-Maqsoud: Anxiety, tension, fears and obsessions are the most prominent psychological problems that appeared during this period
One pound is the price of an examination ticket in mental health hospitals
We provide community medicine service for the elderly by cars equipped with medical teams to conduct the examination and dispense treatment
Those looking for the trend do not know how to prove themselves on the ground, so they resorted to finger heroism
Tik Tok pioneers seek fame, attention and love of appearances
Too much mockery of each other shook our self-confidence
Artist Ahmed Helmy, with his film Sorry over the inconvenience, gave the psychiatric patient his dignity
Artists Ismail Yassin and Adel Imam attributed to the self sick and increased the stigma of disease
2021 is the year to rehabilitate the psychiatric patient and integrate him into society
25% of mentally ill patients make a full recovery, and 50% of them recur from time to time
Mental illness does not directly cause death
The secret behind mental illness in children is that their parents abuse them
20% of depressed patients contemplate suicide, and a smaller percentage actually commit suicide
We developed the first guidelines for diagnosing mental illnesses
Harassment problems are ethical and have nothing to do with sexual deprivation
Mahraganat singers spoiled the public mood, and these songs were reserved
7% of children have hyperactivity and lack of attention due to
Safety drives society to creativity, and this is what President Sisi did
Dr. Mann Abdel Maqsoud, Secretary General of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Hospitals at the Ministry of Health, revealed the decline in addiction rates in society in general, confirming that there is a new research, and Dr. Hala Zayed, Minister of Health, will reveal details soon bearing the good news of low rates of addiction in society.
Dr. Mann Abdel Maqsoud said in her interview with Al-Youm Al-Sabea TV: During the recent period, especially with the existence of the Corona pandemic, the rates of psychological problems increased, especially the increase in anxiety and depression rates among members of society not only in Egypt but throughout the world, and she continued: The Corona pandemic has raised rates of anxiety and depression in Egypt. And the world.
Dr. Mann Abdel-Maqsoud explained that one of the most prominent mental illnesses witnessed in the recent period in the presence of the Corona pandemic was anxiety, tension, fears and obsessions, which made us support efforts to confront these diseases in society and continued: It is necessary to differentiate between mental illness and psychological problems, the difference is big, but from 1 to 4 people suffer from psychological problems, meaning that 25% of society suffers from these problems such as anxiety, tension, obsessions and fear.
She said: “Frequency rates at mental health hospitals have not increased and we have implemented precautionary measures and still are, but there is a large and double increase in the question about mental illness. The hotline works 24 hours a day and the number of calls to the hotline has become great. Before April 2020, we were receiving 800 calls in the year. Now we get 1,000 calls a month. “
Dr. Mann Abdel Maqsoud added that the psychological support teams are moving to isolation, fever and chest hospitals to provide psychological support to Corona victims as they move in times of crisis, as they have moved in the oncology institute fire crisis and the Egypt station train accident and continued: Mental health hospitals provide services to citizens in exchange for a one-pound ticket inside the clinics The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, referring to the Community Medicine Unit, plays a major role in serving the elderly, especially as there is a team that moves to the patient at home to provide care, visit and provide medication on a monthly basis in private and equipped cars.
–
And she continued: “Addiction rates have decreased and decreased greatly in research and new studies, which Dr. Hala Zayed, Minister of Health and Population, will reveal its details soon and there is a change in the nature of addiction.” And about the possibility of licensing drug use, like some European countries, she said: “The addiction patient lives his best ages from As providing complete care for him, especially combating viral diseases such as AIDS and C virus, which the patient becomes infected with due to the common injection. “
And about the social media craze that afflicts some people and the desire to appear, she said: Those who want to search for the trend and control the social media have a desire to love appearing. … and those looking for the trend are people who do not know how to prove themselves in their practical life and try to prove themselves through social media in whatever behavior, so you meet them weave stories from the inspiration of imagination, for example, and we call them in psychiatry the heroes of the fingers and I do not like generalization. In themselves, for example, they resort to such matters.
And about the state of clamor that some make on the famous program TikTok, she said they seek to draw attention and the desire to appear and fame and make profits by doing any actions that attract attention and we carry out awareness campaigns and continued: The excessive mockery of each other shook our self.
On the effects of drama and cinema on mental health, she said: “Drama and cinema have to delve into understanding the personality of the Egyptian and pay attention to mental health messages, but what happens is that it focuses on negative aspects and immoral personalities at a time when people have bad sides that deserve the spotlight. There are many artistic works that push society. To the immoral aspects, but there is a respectable group of writers and directors who appreciate their work .. Artist Ahmed Helmy in the film Sorry for the inconvenience responded to the psychiatric patient his dignity and with all our respect for the artists Ismail Yassin and Adel Imam, but they negatively affected and increased the stigma.
Dr. Mann Abdel-Maqsoud explained: 25% of psychiatric patients recover completely with treatment, 50% of them recur from time to time, and 25% live with the disease continuously, meaning that they remain sick.
And she continued: “Mental illness does not directly cause death and added: Children become ill with mental illness because of their mother and father’s abuse of them. We advise all parents to reduce violence or insult to children. We have an important model in early detection of mental illnesses for children. The project has been activated in the schools of the transit area and we have specialists.” We are able to diagnose and deal with mental illnesses, and we have provided a referral center for treatment. “
On the suicide file and the high frequency of revealing its accidents in the recent period, she said: “There is media focus on these issues and the social media that contributes to its disclosure and speed of circulation among their visitors to each other. Anxiety and depression, 20% of depressed patients contemplate suicide, and lower rates actually progress to suicide.
Dr. Mann Abdel-Maqsoud commented on the phenomenon of festivals, saying: They spoil the public mood, no doubt, adding: “I am totally reserved on this type of songs for those who cannot prevent people from them, so we can hear them in a moderate way because they are not fully expressive of harassment. Sexual or related feelings and emotions, and in people who are not married at all and do not harass at all. We must teach people to respect women, for she is the mother, the wife and the sister.
–
–
–
– .
