Saturday 13/December/2025 – 01:52 AM
The Ministry of Health and Population stressed the importance of paying attention to the psychological symptoms associated with bouts of depression, calling on citizens to follow a set of preventive measures to maintain mental health.
Depressive episodes and offers prevention tips
The Ministry explained that the most important of these measures include: avoiding thinking about negative matters, expressing sadness, not withdrawing into oneself, seeking support from the family and those around them, and exercising regularly to improve the psychological state.
The Ministry also stressed that the psychological counseling hotline is available at 105-15335, to provide support and advice from mental health doctors to those in need.
The Ministry of Health confirmed that following these tips contributes significantly to reducing bouts of depression and improving the quality of psychological life for citizens.
Earlier, the Ministry of Health and Population closed 18 unlicensed psychiatric and addiction treatment centers in the Mokattam area in Cairo, for violating health and legal requirements and endangering the lives of inmates, in implementation of the directives of Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population, to tighten control over private medical facilities.
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the Ministry’s official spokesman, explained that the campaign was implemented by a joint committee from the Free Treatment Department of the Directorate of Health Affairs in Cairo, the General Secretariat of Mental Health, and the National Council for Mental Health, in coordination with the Anti-Narcotics Sector of the Ministry of Interior, and the necessary legal measures were taken against violators.
