Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Al Dhafra Hospitals, operated by Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA), the UAE’s largest healthcare network, have begun providing mental health services through specialized clinics at Al Dhafra Family Medicine Center in Madinat Zayed and Ghayathi Hospital. A group of renowned doctors, qualified to deal with various psychological consultations in the Al Dhafra region, will lead the clinic with the aims of providing dedicated care within the mental health sphere.

Amongst these doctors, Dr. Amna Khamis Al Mismari, specialist psychiatrist, explained that the provision of mental health services to the residents of Al Dhafra initially began three years ago through the use of telepsychiatry services.  In coordination with the Al Maqtaa and Al Zafaranah Health Care Centers, a unique project was developed with the aim of facilitating access to mental health services for patients in the Al Dhafra region. With the success of the project, the decision was made to open a specialized clinic in Al Dhafra Center for consultations and treatment services available to all cases.

Dr. Al Mesmari added by saying: “We want to encourage more patients, of all ages, to seek mental health support and treatment. The therapeutic services provided to those who are seeking the treatment are confidential, and the patient’s information is kept under the utmost discretion due to doctor-patient confidentiality.”

“The project achieved great success through the patients' acceptance of the psychiatrist's assessment. However, the increasing number of cases we’ve seen confirms the uptake and acceptance of mental health care. We provide mental health services for all cases of adults, adolescents, and children with behavioral and emotional disorders.”

The adult mental health services focus, as a specialization, on the diagnosis, treatment, and management of a wide range of psychological and behavioral disorders that affect adults. In addition, therapeutic services to children and adolescents focus on the diagnosis, treatment, and management of developmental disorders and autism, as well as emotional and behavioral problems.

The clinic also accommodates the elderly and provides geriatric treatment services, focusing on patterns, causes and effects, medical factors, and social and psychological issues.

Dr. Al Mesmari confirmed that amongst the Al Dhafra Hospitals, the Al Dhafra Family Medicine Center includes a range of distinguished medical and treatment services, especially family medicine.

To find out more about SEHA’s mental health services, please call 800 50 or visit www.seha.ae/. You can also book an appointment through the SEHA Mobile app or WhatsApp us on 02-4102200.

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About SEHA:

The Abu Dhabi Health Services Company PJSC–SEHA – is an independent, public joint stock company created to develop the curative activities of the public healthcare system in Abu Dhabi. The company owns and operates all the public hospitals and clinics of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. SEHA is a PureHealth asset, the UAE's largest integrated healthcare platform.

SEHA is committed to continuous improvement of customer care to recognized international standards and providing the community with world-class healthcare. SEHA operates 14 hospitals with over 3,000 beds, 70 ambulatory care, family care and urgent care centers and 3 blood banks. Its facilities accommodate 117,162 inpatients annually and conduct 43,262 surgeries, as well as treating more than five million outpatients.

SEHA is one of the largest integrated healthcare providers in the Middle East with more than 14,000 doctors, nurses, ancillary care, and administrative personnel. Learn more at www.seha.ae