AMMAN — More Jordanians are visiting psychiatric clinics, Jordanian Psychiatry and
Addiction Treatment Consultant Mohammad Shaban said, according to Khaberni.
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The number of
people suffering from mental illnesses is almost the same abroad, Shaban said,
citing a
World Health Organization report, which noted that about one billion
people worldwide suffer from mental illnesses.
Shaban said more
Jordanians are searching the Internet for diagnosis on their symptoms in the
past five years.
He said that the
increase in the number of Jordanians visiting psychiatric clinics is a positive
indication of the significant change in the negative perspective, and the
culture of shame that has marred the treatment of mental illnesses for many
years.
He explained
that patients hesitate to seek psychiatric treatment because of their
deteriorating financial condition, and the absence of insurance coverage of
mental illness treatment.
Shaban said that
there is a “noticeable increase in the number of Jordanians receiving treatment
for alcohol and drug addiction as well, due to a recent increase in the number
of addicts.”
He said that mental
illness is “not different from physical sickness, and we are all exposed to it,
and I assure you that what is called the culture of shame, along with the
social and personal stigma of mental illness among Jordanians will disappear
very soon”.
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