Irada and Mental Health Complex in Riyadh affirmed that the principle of confidentiality and maintaining the privacy of information related to a patient upon request is the strongest motivator for addicts to seek treatment service.
The director of the Al-Ikhaa Center for Psychiatric Convicts at the complex, Muhammad bin Saeed Al-Mariri, explained that the patient’s feeling of safety and confidence, with a real desire for treatment, has a positive impact on the addict’s response to the plans set by the treating team, which increases their effectiveness and achieve tangible results on the behavioral and mental health status. To him, adding that family support is a very important stage to contribute to reducing relapse and continuity of recovery, in cooperation with specialized rehabilitation centers such as midway homes and aftercare.
He explained that the real desire to get rid of addiction is one of the positive and most important advanced stages in treatment, stressing the importance of the patient receiving family support and those around him.
On the other hand, the number of beneficiaries from mental health hospitals and the recovering healthy reached (4,145) recoverers, from January to June 2022, while the number of those who were admitted to treatment centers reached (5670) patients, and the number of treatment seekers (who visited the emergency and outpatient clinics) was estimated. (22632) patients.
The Ministry of Health has activated the initiative to enhance the provision of addiction treatment services in psychiatric clinics by nominating 50 of its hospitals as psychiatric clinics, in addition to organizing an introductory workshop on the initiative, and linking clinics on the Mawwad platform and the Virtual Health Hospital, in order to provide clinical consultations to doctors through clinics. Specializing in addiction treatment.