Al-Harthi told Al-Madina: He went to a new hospital to treat addicts in Jeddah with a capacity of 500 beds
The general supervisor of the Irada and Mental Health Complex in Jeddah, Dr. Nawwaf Al Harthy, a psychiatric consultant, told Al-Madina “the intention to open a new hope hospital with a capacity of 500 beds to treat addiction, which is one of the priorities of the Ministry of Health, which is expected to start in the coming period to start locating The new project and announcing the details of its implementation stages.
Al-Harthi explained in his meeting yesterday with a number of journalists and the media that the number of auditors for mental health in Jeddah is approximately 5 thousand patients per month, while the number of Al Amal Hospital auditors reaches nearly 3 thousand references per month at a rate that reaches nearly 100,000 references during the past year, indicating that this total percentage of auditors represents Only 5% of real patients, with about 95% remaining, did not go to the hospital due to various justifications, including fear of society''s misconception about people with mental illness.
He pointed out that the summary of the results of the national survey of mental health in the Kingdom may include that the incidence of any mental disorder according to the fourth diagnostic and statistical guide for mental disorders during a person’s life in Saudi Arabia is 34.2% (less than the United States of America 46.4% and more than some Arab countries such as Iraq 25.8% and Lebanon 18.8%.).
Anxiety disorders also accounted for 23.2% which is in line with most WHO statistics, followed by motivation disorders 11.2% , mood disorders 9.2% , eating disorders 6.1% , substance abuse disorders 4 %, And the most common single disorders were separation anxiety 11.9% , hyperactivity disorder and attention deficit 8% , severe depression disorder 6% , social phobia 5.6% , obsessive-compulsive disorder 4.1% .
He explained that the state established a committee that later turned into a center (the National Center for Mental Health Promotion) that works to break down the barrier and provide treatment for people with mental disorders and to teach them that there is the ability to take psychological counseling by phone at any time without knowing the identity, and deals with the caller specialized consultants for free and must From the media and highlight this process.
