Patients suffering from mental illnesses are set to receive better carein accordance with a new 2011-20 Government scheme valued at nearly 8.4trillion VND (400 million USD).
Around 90 percent ofmental patients, especially those prone to violence and those madehomeless, are expected to receive treatment at rehabilitation centres,according to new incentives also aimed at raising common awareness onmental health problems.
Under the Ministry of Labour,Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), three large-scale centres formentally disabled patients are planned to be set up in the north, southand centre of the country alongside an additional 20 smaller centres toadd to the 20 existing ones.
"The centres will help meetthe needs of mental patients throughout the country," said Nguyen XuanHoi, deputy head of MoLISA's Department of Social Protection.
The centres were expected to help mental patients, many of whom arerefused entry to established mental institutions, re-integrate intosociety focussing on both mental and physical aspects of management andrecovery, Hoi said.
At least 10 pilot models are set to beimplemented along with the development of new centres, rolled outaccording to demand and success.
Social and health care workers are also to receive improved training in order to better assist mental patients.
At present, around 7,700 communes have implemented training courseswith assistance from qualified doctors, said La Duc Cuong, Director ofthe National Psychiatric Hospital No 1 in Son Tay, Hanoi .
"Rehabilitation has proved very effective. While around 33 provinceshave psychiatric treatment centres, however, there are still not nearlyenough," Cuong said.
Cuong's hospital is one of only two national hospitals in the country, the other situated in southern Dong Nai province.
While there were currently around 600 patients receiving treatment atthe National Psychiatric Hospital No 1, the hospital had been trying tolower its number of inpatients to focus on outpatients instead. Lastyear, on average, each inpatient underwent two-months of treatment,which has been reduced to 48 days during the first six months of theyear, Cuong said.
Though the hospital had sufficientequipment for diagnosis, it still required more for rehabilitationpurposes, the doctor added, saying that, as a result, the hospital hascalled on the Ministry of Health to invest in its new five - yeardevelopment plan./.
Around 90 percent ofmental patients, especially those prone to violence and those madehomeless, are expected to receive treatment at rehabilitation centres,according to new incentives also aimed at raising common awareness onmental health problems.
Under the Ministry of Labour,Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), three large-scale centres formentally disabled patients are planned to be set up in the north, southand centre of the country alongside an additional 20 smaller centres toadd to the 20 existing ones.
"The centres will help meetthe needs of mental patients throughout the country," said Nguyen XuanHoi, deputy head of MoLISA's Department of Social Protection.
The centres were expected to help mental patients, many of whom arerefused entry to established mental institutions, re-integrate intosociety focussing on both mental and physical aspects of management andrecovery, Hoi said.
At least 10 pilot models are set to beimplemented along with the development of new centres, rolled outaccording to demand and success.
Social and health care workers are also to receive improved training in order to better assist mental patients.
At present, around 7,700 communes have implemented training courseswith assistance from qualified doctors, said La Duc Cuong, Director ofthe National Psychiatric Hospital No 1 in Son Tay, Hanoi .
"Rehabilitation has proved very effective. While around 33 provinceshave psychiatric treatment centres, however, there are still not nearlyenough," Cuong said.
Cuong's hospital is one of only two national hospitals in the country, the other situated in southern Dong Nai province.
While there were currently around 600 patients receiving treatment atthe National Psychiatric Hospital No 1, the hospital had been trying tolower its number of inpatients to focus on outpatients instead. Lastyear, on average, each inpatient underwent two-months of treatment,which has been reduced to 48 days during the first six months of theyear, Cuong said.
Though the hospital had sufficientequipment for diagnosis, it still required more for rehabilitationpurposes, the doctor added, saying that, as a result, the hospital hascalled on the Ministry of Health to invest in its new five - yeardevelopment plan./.
