The head of the Emirates Mental Health Division, the head of the 13th International Conference on Mental Health, launched yesterday, Dr. Samia Khoury, announced the introduction of new injections for the treatment of patients with depression and anxiety every three months, after a fortnight ago, after it proved effective in treatment Patients, which led to the reluctance of auditors hardship the frequent attendance of the department, and reduce the pressure on the Department of Mental Health.
She said that a new shock device was introduced to treat menopausal patients and proved effective in regulating the rhythm of the brain, noting that the patient is fully anesthetized before undergoing electric shocks, which do not exceed five minutes.
She stressed in a press statement on the sidelines of the conference that the most prevalent psychological disease in the UAE society is depression and less for the elderly and hyperactivity and introversion and isolation of children, warning that leaving children long hours on electronic games or social media because they are one of the most important causes of isolation and violence and tension and anxiety in children.
The Director General of the Commission, Hamid Mohammed Al Qatami, that the Authority adopted a mental health policy to provide protection and guarantee the rights of patients and mental health workers, and the establishment of a central body for the management and management of mental health oversees the implementation of all initiatives on which the Commission works.
He added that mental health is the responsibility of everyone, not only the health institutions concerned with the health of individuals, or specialized medical societies, noting that building conscious generations and innovative minds is one of the strategic objectives of societies.
The conference will discuss the latest developments in the field of psychiatry and many local and international researches and studies on how to deal with critical situations and highlight the most important results in this field in various fields.