He mentioned that the pandemic “allowed us to highlight and make mental health visible, the importance it has in comprehensive health and also the deficiencies that we have in the region’s systems.”
Dr. Juana Herrera, director of the Mental Health Institute (INSAM), spoke about the Regional Intersectoral Forum that begins this Wednesday and ends on Thursday, April 28, where mental health issues are addressed and Health Ministers from Central America and the Dominican Republic participate. Dominican.
He highlighted the five thematic axes that will be discussed in said forum, such as the consumption of alcohol and other substances, migrants and mental health, Alzheimer’s and other dementias, mental health in emergencies and suicidal risk behavior.
He mentioned that the pandemic “allowed us to highlight and make mental health visible, the importance it has in comprehensive health and also the deficiencies that we have in the region’s systems.”
Herrera recognized that the public system has come with a drag deficiency of many administrations in health matters, and to this is added the issue of the pandemic. “An approach has been made to increase the hiring of personnel, since there is a deficiency in terms of human resources.”
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