What attention does the Ministry of Health provide to mental health?

2023-10-10 17:00:09

Today, October 10, World Mental Health Day is celebrated, a date on which we try to explain the importance of this area of ​​health. for general well-being. But what attention does the Ministry of Health provide to promote good mental health? We tell you throughout this post.

According to a study carried out by specialists from the National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñíz, 1 in 4 Mexicans (between 18 and 65 years old) has suffered, at some point in their life, from a mental disorder, but only one in five receives treatment. Depression is the most common mental illness and is characterized by the presence of sadness, feelings of guilt or lack of self-esteem, and loss of interest or pleasure.

There are three Community Mental Health Centers

From the Ministry of Health, through said institute mentioned above, the Dr. Juan N. Navarro Children’s Psychiatric Hospital, the Fray Bernardino Álvarez and Samuel Ramírez Moreno psychiatric hospitals, as well as the three Community Mental Health Centers (Cecosam), grants care for people with mental illnesses who do not have social security.

This medical care provided by the Ministry of Health is provided through specialized units and also through brigades in the community. Specialists carry out mental health promotion activities in schools, markets and homes for the elderly, all with respectful and humanitarian treatment to identify those who have a mental disorder or addiction and provide them with the medical care they require.

In 2019, 75 prevention campaigns were carried out by the ISSSTE

On the other hand, the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) has a strategy to combat mental illness and addictionsbased on the strengthening of its health promotion and prevention actions, through PrevenIMSS, a program that carries out strategies aimed at each age group.

Also, the ISSSTE (Institute of Security and Social Services for State Workers), works to contain the spread of mental illness and its complications. For example, before the pandemic, in 2019, it carried out 75 national campaigns to promote the prevention of the main mental pathologies.