AN ACTION PLAN with “adequate” resources, “based on scientific evidence” and implemented with the contribution of the country’s mental health professionals. This is the request sent to the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza which comes from the third National Conference of the Coordination of Directors of the Departments of Mental Health, which brings together 91 of them representing more than 75% of the Italian departments.
“We ask for an urgent meeting with the Minister to present the contents of our proposals and the draft of a proposal constituting new guidelines for the relaunch of mental health, with the Objective Project for the protection of mental health 2021-2030. – Massimo di Giannantonio and Enrico Zanalda, co-presidents of the Italian Society of Psychiatry (SIP), and founders of the National Coordination of Italian Mental Health Departments – We would like to make our voice heard as services that treat concrete mental health problems, and contribute to this delicate moment to carry out projects with a stronger adherence to scientific evidence, leaving aside ancient ideologies on battles that today no longer have any use, also in consideration of pandemic events “.
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For psychiatrists “it is necessary to redefine the share of expenditure for the DSM, nailed for over 20 years to 3.5% of the Regional Health Fund with just over 4 billion euros, to increase services and cover the growing demands of citizens in every age group “.
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According to data based on the Mental Health Report of 2018, produced by the Ministry of Health, in Italy there are over 140 mental health departments with just over 26 thousand people working in public psychiatric operating units (including 18.9 % psychiatrists and 6.3% psychologists). For ordinary hospitalization, there are 9.7 beds per 100,000 inhabitants.
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