WHO calls for increased investment in mental health care

On the 10th of this month, the World Mental Health Day, the World Health Organization appealed to all countries on the 7th to increase mental health treatment and financial input, so that more people are protected from mental health problems.

According to WHO, one out of every four people in the world needs psychiatric treatment, and most countries have a severe shortage of human and financial input in mental health. The investment in mental health in low- and middle-income countries only accounts for the entire investment in health care. 2%.

The director of WHO's Department of Mental Health, Sheiker Saksena, said that in some countries there is a bad tendency to invest limited financial resources in the construction of large mental hospitals. If more funds are put into community and primary mental health treatment institutions, there are It may allow more people suffering from mental health problems to get early treatment and avoid the extra expenses needed for hospitalization. He called on countries to adjust their investment directions and use limited resources for mental health to obtain more rational and humane deployments.

Saksena also emphasized that the mental health medical department should combine psychotherapy and drug therapy. Most mentally ill patients in low-income countries cannot receive psychotherapy, but rely solely on taking drugs, which greatly reduces the effectiveness of treatment.