According to the World Health Organization (WHO), one in four Spaniards will suffer a mental disorder throughout their lives. While the Spanish Society of Biological Psychiatry, evidence a serious problem in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health in the population. This is shown by the data that predict that depression will be the first cause of disability in the world in 2025 (WHO).
Aware of this situation, HLA San Carlos launches a new area dedicated to Psychiatry. The priority of this new service is to provide quality and multidisciplinary care from a biopsychosocial approach, through individualized attention and a psychopharmacological or psychotherapeutic treatment adapted to each patient.
"From the hospital we offer effective treatments aimed at avoiding medication abuse and ensuring comprehensive patient care by a team composed of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and family doctors, among other professionals. This integrative approach benefits the clinical evolution of our patients and aims to improve, at least in our region, the negative scenario that some published statistical data show " explains Julio Costa specialist in HLA psychiatry San Carlos Office.
Fight mental disorders since adolescence
The new specialty of psychiatry of HLA San Carlos, will cover both adult patients and adolescents. A sector of primordial age, since, according to the WHO, 1 of each 2 cases of mental disorder are reflected before the 14 years. And if these are underestimated, they will extend to adult life, affecting education, work and relationships with friends, couples or relatives.
Currently, mental disorders and substance use disorders are the leading cause of disability in the world. Likewise, half of people with mental illnesses are not treated or do not receive adequate treatment.
The stigmatization, the lack of resources, the scant support of some families and the ignorance surrounding mental illnesses are widespread in our society, making the care of these patients more complex. To which is added the scant awareness of disease that many patients have due to the characteristics of their illness. "In the specialty of psychiatry at HLA San Carlos we have all the tools so that patients, through personalized treatment, achieve a state of subjective, autonomous well-being and the highest quality of life possible", Concludes the specialist in psychiatry at HLA San Carlos.
