The well being ministry “recognises the seriousness” of consuming problems, minister Michael Damianos stated on Tuesday.
Addressing a workshop geared toward making progress in the direction of the event of a authorities technique to take care of the difficulty of consuming problems, Damianos described consuming problems as “severe and probably harmful, characterised by disturbed behaviours, ideas, and emotions”.
He stated these emotions are usually associated to “physique weight and form, consuming and meals consumption”, and that they “have a major influence on the wellbeing and high quality of life of individuals with consuming problems and their households”.
He added that consuming problems are “extra frequent than usually believed”, and that their prevalence is “continuously growing”.
He added that consuming problems usually entice extra societal stigma than different psychological well being points, saying unfavorable attitudes in the direction of consuming problems are “widespread throughout the normal inhabitants, within the office, in training, in well being providers, and even among the many mates and households” of victims.
He stated that given this, his ministry is now creating a nationwide technique to take care of consuming problems as a result of it recognises Cyprus’ shortcomings of their prevention, recognition, and therapy.
“The nationwide technique will purpose to create a coordinated, gradual, and equitable care system which can reply to the multilevel wants of individuals with consuming problems and their households and caregivers, whereas on the identical time creating actions which can purpose to stop and scale back the prevalence of those problems,” he stated.
He added, “the system should be accessible to those that want it”.
