In video: The IDF established a center for mental health services 28.02.24/doc
The Medical Corps inaugurates the new Center for Mental Health Services.
The new services for soldiers will include the permanent family center and the combat response unit and a post-trauma treatment clinic for regular servicemen.
In addition, the center will be joined by the 'Liat' unit - a unit consisting of citizenship therapists who will provide an available and high-quality response in emotional care for permanent employees in the first and second permanent year.
So far, about 85% of the fighters who needed treatment in the combat response unit have returned to combat.
Since the beginning of the war, the mental health system of the medical corps has operated a network of professionals deployed in all sectors, with the aim of giving the best response to the forces in the field of mental health.
During the fighting, dozens of military personnel entered the Gaza Strip in order to provide an initial response to fighters who experienced complex events of various types, at the request of the commanders. In addition, a 24/7 telephone call center was opened as part of an emergency medical center.
Effort data from the Mental Health Unit in the Medical Corps/IDF spokesman
The IDF established a center for mental health services, February 27, 2024/IDF spokesperson
The chief medical officer, Lt. Col. Prof. Elon Glazberg: "From the first moment of the war, mental health was present in the torture from the field to the home front. In light of the great importance of the issue, we chose it as one of the main axes of focus these days - and we are now working to expand the existing torture. The opening of The center will be real news for IDF officers."
The IDF established a center for mental health services, February 27, 2024/IDF spokesperson
The IDF established a center for mental health services, February 27, 2024/IDF spokesperson
Head of the Technology and Logistics Division, Major General Michel Yanko: "The Technology and Logistics Division began the process of improving the response to all IDF servicemen, as part of the process it was decided to establish the mental health center with the understanding that we are aware of the effects of war on the mind and the difficulties that arise from it.
"The establishment of the center, and the many resources that are invested in it, expresses the expanding professional and value commitment of the ATL and the Medical Corps, to the mental health of regular and reserve IDF servants."
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