Meeting of the clinical committee of the SMU, NCJSC on the
«Improving the organization of suicidal care at the regional level»
On March 28, 2024, a meeting of the Clinical Committee was held in the green hall of the main building of the SMU, NCJSC.
The report was made by the Head of the Department of Psychiatry and Narcology of the SMU, NCJSC, PhD Timur Muratovich Moldagaliev on the topic: “Improving the organization of suicidal care at the regional level.”
The following people were invited to the meeting of the Clinical Committee Deputy Director for Medical work of the state municipal enterprise on the right of economic management of the Department of Health of the Abai region Sharapatova Aigul Sharapatovna and psychologists of the Semey Primary health care.
A number of problematic issues were discussed:
- Significant stigmatization of the service;
- Insufficient funding for mental health services (low tariff, compared to the tariff in neighboring areas);
- Lack of funding for the development of medical and social rehabilitation.
Work plans for 2024:
- To continue work on suicide prevention in the region by providing psychological support to citizens, as well as interaction with the Department of Education within the framework of psychological health and suicide prevention among minors;
- Further cooperation with the Department of Education on the rehabilitation of children with ASD. Strengthening measures to inform the public about the problem of autism, the peculiarities of behavior of children with ASD in order to form tolerance towards children with special needs.
In the future, an expanded meeting of the clinical committee is planned together with specialists from the Department of Education.
The meeting of the Clinical Committee was concluded by the head of the department of the clinic Dzhandybayev Arman Tursynovich, who decided to pay due attention to the problems of suicide in the region, the insufficient level of continuity between educational specialists and medical workers, as well as medical and social rehabilitation.
Organizers: Department of Psychiatry and Narcology, Department of the Clinic SMU, NCJSC.