San Antonio de los Baños, Artemisa, Cuba.- Strengthening life quality through the promotion of healthy habits and styles is the premise of the Center for Mental Health in Ariguanabo.
This health institution has a team of specialists to care for patients of all ages with different needs, so states Hamir García Fernández, Psychiatrist and Director. Points out the specialist: ‘’specialized medical service is provided as part of primary care at any stage of the disease through consultations and meetings on child and adolescent and adult psychiatry, psychology, defectology and social work, to serve patients with behavioral disorders’’.
Hamir notes that prevention is always the guarantee of public health of our society. Individualized treatment of each patient and patient-doctor family exchange are aimed at transmitting confidence, especially to consumers of alcohol, tobacco or other drugs.
He points out that prevention at the center is done through psychotherapy for the rehabilitation of mental illness through lectures, discussions and exchange of experiences, with the participation of specialists. Different preventive actions are developed at workplaces, schools and different health areas of the territory.