HMC providing enhanced mental health support to families

The COVID-19 pandemic related closure of schools, which led to changes in familiar routines and lack of socializing, has caused a disproportionally higher number of children and adolescents to experience more emotional and behavioural problems. 

Hamad Medical Corporation's Mental Health Service (MHS) has enhanced its Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) offering to provide more targeted support to families during these challenging times.  The Senior Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Director for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Dr. May Jasem Almeraisi said that the CAMHS team have been receiving more calls from concerned parents since the beginning of this year linked to higher levels of stress in many families with children.