Ministry Of Health: Many Patients Have Too Late In Handling Mental Disorders

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) said that many patients with mental disorders were late in receiving treatment and treatment due to denial from family members.

"There is still a public refusal if there are family members who experience mental disorders or denial so that patients receive treatment late," said Head of the Communication and Information Bureau of the Ministry of Health, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, November 14.

He said there were also many patients who initially experienced emotional mental disorders, stress, and ansietas to severe mental disorders, such assetusia which at first were not detected early so they were late in receiving treatment.

"Initially, stress management, patients who were not handled properly or were not detected early, did not understand which mental disorders had to get help which ones had to be treated," he said.

Currently, the Ministry of Health is also improving puskesmas services by following the life cycle, not based on complaints.

He gave an example of teenagers with productive age who can currently do mental health tests or counseling.

In addition, the Ministry of Health carries out activities to the first school (SMP) and the upper school (SMA) to carry out mental health detection screening.

Based on data from the 2018 Basic Health Research (Riskesdas), one in eight people has mental disorders.

He said the target in 2023 was that 31 million people could be screened for mental health, so far 6.8 million people have been screened and 406,314 people have been declared mental disorders.

Previously, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said that one of 10 Indonesians had mental health problems.

He said mental health problems are currently in the spotlight of the world. When compared, one of the eight people in the world or about 910 million people in the world has mental health problems.

He categorizes mental health disorders into three types, namely anxiety which is characterized by feelings of anxiety and anxiety, depression, and in the final stages of becomingappropriation.