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What do psychiatrists expect from the health minister? The list is long...

MedExpress Team

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Published Dec. 21, 2023 10:15

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In a letter to Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna, the General Board of the Polish Psychiatric Association expresses hope for the continuation of much-needed reforms in the area of prevention and treatment of mental disorders.

Measures taken under the National Mental Health Program over the past thirteen years have led to improvements in the quality of treatment of mental disorders in Poland. Unfortunately, a number of external factors, e.g. the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as increased demands on the individual associated with rapidly accelerating technological advances, are leading to an increased need for comprehensive prevention and treatment of mental disorders, PTP points out, and calls for further active involvement of the Ministry of Health in reforming psychiatric care in Poland.

PTP highlights the following key areas that require action in the near term:

(a) an increase in funding for the treatment and prevention of mental disorders in adults (including seniors) and in the population of children and adolescents to at least 6%...

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