Dr. Medhat Al-Sabahi, Consultant and Head of the Psychological Rehabilitation Unit at the Behavioral Sciences Pavilion, Sheikh Medhat Al-Sabahi, revealed that the average visits to the Behavioral Sciences Pavilion and outpatient clinics in Sheikh Khalifa Medical City annually is 50,000, divided between depression, schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder and social fear. Sexual disorders and personality disorders are noteworthy. Depression is more common in women, while the severity of schizophrenia is greater in men. Children also develop mental illnesses, including hyperactivity and autism, and are diagnosed at the age of four.
Al-Sabahi, in press statements on the sidelines of the Abu Dhabi International Conference on Mental Health, which concluded its activities yesterday evening, that psychiatry in the UAE has witnessed a great development and there has been a change in the societal perception of psychotherapy, and there is a high demand for psychiatric clinics, whether public or private As a result of increased awareness of the importance of psychotherapy, the visit of the psychiatric clinic has become not limited to psychiatric patients only, and many reviewers come to visit the psychotherapist and clinical psychologist, as a result of their need for some psychological sessions to help solve life problems. He pointed out that these clinics are not individually but be within the therapeutic system belonging to the hospital, which includes psychologists, specialists, psychiatrists and social workers.
- Depression and anxiety
And obsessive-compulsive disorder,
Most prevalent among
Young.