A month of free consultations!
For a period of one month, between 8 September and 6 October 2022, HoH and PROSAMCOM organised free consultations in psychology and psychiatry at the Sainte Madeleine Health Centre in Mfou. During this period, people with mental illnesses were able to benefit from free advice and consultations as well as preliminary treatment plans provided by qualified psychologists.
We also provided educational material with discussions on certain definitions such as health, mental health, mental illness, ill-being, wellbeing; what mental health problems are and their signs; and above all how to prevent them and maintain good mental health. This component of the intervention aimed to fill certain gaps in access to mental health care by offering confidential, professional, walk-in consultations in an accessible location at no cost to the patient.
The qualified psychologists consulted a total of 30 patients with various mental health problems, all of whom were treated at the health centre.
The 30 patients had the following diagnoses:
- 5 suffering from psychosis
- 10 with depression
- 15 with anxiety
Results
- 100 leaflets were distributed to promote the availability of consultations.
- The psychological consultation begins with patients arriving and being registered and triaged according to their needs.
- Some came because they needed to maintain their mental health, others because they had a mental health problem.
- The consultations were carried out at the Sainte Madeleine Health Centre in Mfou by Dr ADJANIE, Clinical Psychologist, and took place from 7.30am to 3.30pm Monday to Friday between 8 September and 6 October 2022.
- We consulted 30 patients aged between 18 and 50, i.e. 19 women and 11 men. The main complaints were insomnia, headaches, asthenia, gastric pain and poor school performance. The main diagnoses were low self-esteem, anxiety, stress and drug addiction.
- Each individual received mental health education and advice.
- 5 patients were registered and admitted for treatment at the health centre.
