On 30 December 2017, the portal KrytykaPolityczna.pl published an interesting article "Cięzka depresja polskiej psychiatrii" concerning, among other things, the sad psychiatric statistics in Poland. The article is vividly written and contains many comparisons and conclusions. Let me cite some of them:- in 2017, more people died by suicide in Poland than in road accidents. At least some of them could have been prevented;- WHO points out that most mental health disorders develop before the age of 14, so they are at least partly preventable;- almost one million of our country's citizens have been diagnosed with some form of addiction (traditionally considered a mental disorder);- WHO: last year, 27 % of Europeans had an episode of a mental disorder;- 10.9 % of Poles abuse alcohol;- 6.2 % of Poles suffer from panic attacks;- 3.4 % of Poles suffer from phobias of various kinds;- 3.2 % of Poles suffer from major depression;- 10 % of Poles under the age of 18 (i.e. 10 % of 6915960 = 691 thousand ) struggle with mental problems requiring professional help.There are 25 mental health centres (CZP) in Poland, which comprehensively care for people with depression and other mental disorders.None of the CZPs in Poland help children and adolescents - this is pointed out by the authors of the Polish Map of Health Needs.
Very sad in my opinion are the statistics, which also show that in our country a child who has any kind of mental disorder will see a psychiatrist after waiting a year for an appointment. Just what happens next?
I recommend the entire article by psychiatrist Przemysław Waszak. You can find it at this address: http://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/polska-psychiatria/
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