Translate Mental Health Findings To Practice ,Dr.Walubita

 

Translate Mental Health  Findings To Practice ,Dr.Walubita

By Ashton Bunda

Ministry of Health Clinical Care and Diagnostic Service Director Dr.Lisulo Walubita says un addressed mental health problems especially among adolescents and young adults ,affect their desire to education  and ability to keep a job  resulting in denying society of their talents and creativity.

Speaking during the p Official opening of the Evidence Based Interventions for Scaling Up Mental Health Care in Zambia on 20^th February 2024at Taj Pamodzi hotel ,Lusaka he said un treated individuals with mental health problems ,remain at risk of developing more severe and long term health conditions turning to substance or alcohol abuse as way of coping with their problems.

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lubita who congratulated institutions that collaborated to implement the research namely; the Center for infectious Diseases Research in Zambia (CIRDZ) ,the University Teaching Hospital  Zambia(UTH) ,John Hopkins  University and Columbia university ,urged them to translate their findings in to practice .

“ I now urge each one of us to further disseminate the information we will receive beyond this meeting ,the challenge here now is to turn these findings in to practice,” he  appealed .

And John Hopkins University Senior Scientist Clinical Psychologist  Dr.Laura Murray  who made power point presentation and video on successful rehabilitating mental  health  male individual who use to spend lots of money on alcohol to escape from reality at the expense of buying food for the family and wife  said CETA   is pioneering the integration of mental behavioral health into HIV  care ,effectiveness of in-person and telephone CETA for adolescent and young adults .