A forensic mental health assessment center was opened

According to Fars News Agency, ‌ Masoud Ghadi Pasha, Deputy Medical and Laboratory of the Forensic Medicine Organization, stated: The Forensic Psychiatry Health Assessment Center will be set up as an independent unit to perform a number of specialized psychiatric consultations in the Forensic Medicine Organization so that, if necessary, clients Refer to this center for consultation.

He added: “A number of clients of the forensic psychiatry department will be referred to outside the organization in the process of examinations to complete the case and for additional examinations and specialized consultations. And their consultations will be done in the organization.

Emphasizing that conducting specialized consultations in this center reduces the length of proceedings and the problems of clients, the deputy director of medicine and laboratory of the organization said: In many cases, referring people for consultation outside the organization while imposing additional costs on people, prolongs the process. It is possible and people have to spend a lot of money, time and energy to wait for weeks to get an appointment from a counselor, but with the establishment of this specialized center, the problem of procrastination in referral cases to this center is solved and faster response is done.

Qadi Pasha stated: This center is supposed to operate with the presence of trusted psychiatry professors and psychologists from outside the organization, which, while processing cases faster and honoring the client, will cause the organization to interact more with scientific and academic centers in the field of psychiatry.

Regarding the center’s activities, the organization’s deputy director of medicine and laboratory added: “The forensic psychiatry health assessment center will start its activities in the field of child psychiatry and will expand to other fields of psychiatry after the initial stages and elimination of possible problems and shortcomings.”

It is worth mentioning that the inauguration ceremony of the Forensic Psychiatry Health Assessment Center was held this morning, Sunday, February 6, in the presence of the High Advisor to the President, deputies, the head of the think tank, the head of the research center, a group of general managers and a director general and a group of forensic officials. held.

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