National Rehabilitation Centre Launches Mental Health Services Campaign On World Mental Health Day

The National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC)today launched a campaign on its social media platforms that aims to raise awareness about the centre’s guiding and therapeutic services and activities relating to the field of mental health. This campaign coincides with the World’s Mental Health Day, which is celebrated by the United Nations(UN) and the World Health Organisation (WHO)on October the 10^th of each year.

This year’s theme, as stipulated by the UN and WHO, is ‘Mental healthcare for all: let’s make it a reality,’ which aims to showcase the efforts of countries regarding mental health and encourage people to highlight positive stories as part of their own activities, as an inspiration to others battling with mental health disease. The campaign also focuses on the repercussions resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic and the toll it has taken on people’s health and wellbeing, in particular, those working on frontlines, such as teachers, nurses and doctors.

Through its campaign that includes recorded interviews with the directors of the medical, psychological, and social treatment units and sectors in the centre, the NRC has introduced to its social media followers an overview on what services it offers regarding therapeutic care, mental healthcare and societal support, which enhance the capability of patients to recover from drug addiction, as well as protecting the mental health of members, all while educating them on the prevention of addiction.

His Excellency Dr. Hamad Al-Ghafri, Director General of NRC, said: “The mental health of an individual is the foundation of a person’s ability to go on and pursue life in a healthy manner,as it is the driving force that enables us to achieve our duties and accomplish our passions and interests, as well as giving us the will to face challenges. For this reason, we are keen to provide our support to help ensure our society not only has positive mental health, but is also protected from the risk of addiction.”

He added: “In the UAE – the country that stands at the forefront of global competitiveness reports on the levels of economy and prosperity – our wise leadership have provided great opportunities for citizens and residents to live healthy, wholesome lives. Our duty today, is to thus continue our hard work in enhancing the mental health of our community, all while applying the latest findings of specialised scientific research from our centre and from around the world, in order to support the rehabilitation of addiction patients, and provide them a new lease of life.”

The NRC invites all members of the community to learn more about its activities on World Mental Health Day, by visiting its official social media pages including Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, LinkedIn, YouTube and Telegram, which all are under the name of “@nrcuae.”