Congress approves mental health subcommittee that will hear from patients, experts – community

The plenary session of Congress on Thursday unanimously approved the creation of a subcommittee to improve protection and promote comprehensive mental health care, which will listen to patients and experts and prepare a document with proposals that will be sent to the government for implementation. .

This subcommittee is an initiative led by the People's Party, which already received unanimous support from the Health Committee a month ago, and aims to strengthen the state charter with proposals that arise from the contribution of medical associations, researchers, patient associations and independent bodies. Communities, given serious numbers such as the fact that suicides among people under the age of 30 have increased by 7.9%.

Based on indicators of international organizations such as the World Health Organization, the subcommittee will focus on interdisciplinary work given the presence of many conditions related to mental health, such as the socio-economic environment, job insecurity, addiction, and the new context. The epidemic.

Despite the consensus, Bildou, ERC and PNV have already made it clear in the recent discussion of the Health Committee to create this subcommittee that the document cannot conquer regional powers because in many regions there are mental health plans, as is the case in Catalonia or the region. Basque country.

According to the latest report from the National Health System, 37% of the Spanish population suffers from some mental health problems, although this percentage rises to 50% after the age of 75 years.

Anxiety is the problem par excellence, followed by depression. Specifically, according to this health report, anxiety has increased by 34%, and it attacks women at twice the rate.