Transcript Projection of Psychiatry services By the year 2000

Projection of Psychiatry services
By the year 2000
Project Objectives
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Continue to offer psychiatric services within
The Primary Health Care Services (PHC)
Community medicine
School Health.
Ensure the availability of psychiatric care for the elderly
Ensure the availability of psychiatric care for the mentally retarded individuals
Ensure the availability of psychiatric care to juvenile delinquents
Ensure the availability of psychiatric care for the Drugs and Alcohol dependent
individuals.
Ensure psychiatric treatment for individuals with chronic mental illness in the
specialized centers.
Legislation
The current state of mental health legislation in
the country
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1 - Federal law no 28 (1981) mental health act
“ Detention and treatment of the mentally ill”
2 - Federal law no 6 (1986)
Control of Narcotic substance and the like-substances
Amended
Federal law no 14 (1995)“Federal law for illicit drug and psychotropic drugs”
3 – Federal law no 4 (1983)
Pharmaceutical professions and institutions
4 – Federal law no 43 ( 1993)
“Organization of reform institution”
5 – UAE National formally of drugs
Ministerial Decrees
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1 - Ministerial Decree no 28 (1986)
Establishment of drug dependency units
2 - Ministerial Decree no 30,(1987)
By laws of drug dependency unit
3 - Ministerial Decree no 502,(1988)
Amendment of federal law no 4 (1983)Pharmaceutical profession and
institution
4 - Ministerial Decree no 90 (1993)
Amendment of federal law no 6 (1986)Control of narcotic substance and
the like substance
5 - Ministerial Decree no 180 (1993)
Reformation of central mental health Committee in Ministry of Health
6 - Ministerial Decree no 1938 ( 1998)
New Central Mental Health Committee
Projection of Psychiatry services
By the year 2000
In collaboration with WHO Experts 1998
Targeted Populations
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The general population attending
– The psychiatric hospitals
– PHC centers
– School Health clinics
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Special populations including:– The elderly.
– The mentally handicapped.
– The juvenile delinquents.
– The addicts.
– The chronically mentally ill.
The role of the Ministry of Health in
promoting current psychiatric
departments
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The Ministerial Decree N.1444 - formatting The Central Mental Health
Committee(CMHC)
Re-formed by the Ministerial Decree N.10 (1997)
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A Sub-Committee to introduce regulations, rules and by-laws for psychiatric
hospitals
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The Ministerial Decree N.1826 (1998) - Establishment of Central
Psychiatric Register at Abu Dhabi New Psychiatry Hospital
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Ministerial Decree to set up a Technical Committee to revise job description
for Mental Health Personnel.
The Strategy, activities
and necessary procedures
* Activate the role of general practitioners in the treatment of minor
psychiatric disorder in PHC centers.
* Activate and reinforce the role of the central committee for mental
Health
* Increase the human resources of medical and paramedical
Specialties.
* Carry out a Continuous Medical Education program
* Approval of the job descriptions for the workers in the mental health
field
The Strategy, activities
and necessary procedure(Continue)
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Coordinate and cooperate with the various agencies for the care
of special needs groups: particularly with
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The Ministry of labor and social Affairs
The Ministry of interior
The Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Justice
The Ministry of Information and culture
Psychiatric services and the cooperation
with the Ministries of Justice and Interior
The Ministerial Decree N.1090.(1998) dealing with the by - Laws
and regulations of the Drugs-Dependency Units in UAE
(Federal laws N.28 (1981) and N.6 (1986) dealing with Narcotics and
Narcotic - like substances)
 The Ministerial Decree N.1350 (1994) to establish a Technical
Committee for Psychiatric Assessment of mentally ill offenders in
accordance with the Federal law N.43 (1993) for Organization the
Reform Institutions.
 The Ministerial Decree N.274 (1998) a Forensic Psychiatry Appeal
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Committee for re-evaluation of Psychiatric Medical Board Reports
The collaboration with the Ministry of
Health and the Ministry of Education in the
field of Psychiatry
Set up Psychiatric o.P. clinics to examine school children in
coordination with school health doctors and social workers. Also,
in October 1999, a child psychiatric clinic and day center unit
were opened at the New Psychiatry Hospital.
Psychiatric training course from 21Jan –2 Feb 97 according to WHO
program for training general practitioners, school health doctors and
nurses
Reviewing the Ministry of Education curricula dealing with medical
and psychiatric topics I.e. Substance abuse……….etc
A CME course (Early Detection of Psychiatric Disorders in Children)
for school psychologists , social workers and nurses working in Abu
Dhabi, AL-Ain , Dubai, Sharja
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Mental Health Services within the Primary
Health Care Program
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Conducting psychiatric training course on 21-31 December 1996 for
Primary Health doctors.
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Conducting Psychiatric O.P. clinics at Al Rawda and Al Madina
Primary Health centers
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Postgraduate Training Program in ( Psychiatry in Family Medicine )
for Arab Board candidate in general practice .
Post-graduate Training Course for Arab Board in Psychiatry
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Continuous Medical Education
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Ministry of Health has given accreditation to Abu Dhabi Psychiatry Hospital as a
training center for Arab Board examination in Psychiatry
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The New Psychiatry Hospital has been committed to the training program for all
Hospital personnel ,including doctors, psychologists, social workers and nurses
as well as organizing scientific lectures , seminars and Public Awareness
Programs in the hospital.
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At the request of the General Secretary of the Arab Council for Medical
Specialization , The Arab Board exam in psychiatry was held at the Abu Dhabi
Psychiatry Hospital form 2 - 4 Oct.1999 with the participation of external
examiners from Arab Countries ,Great Britain and America
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United Arab Emirates
Ministry of health
Psychiatric services
DR Zain Omara
Consultant psychiatrist M.B; D.P.M. ( London) M.R.C. Psyche(UK)
Mental Health Advisor, Director, Psychiatry Hospital Abu Dhabi