On this era of life, the Egyptian and Arab population is witnessing multiple psychological pressures since the outcome of the various political and economic turbulences representing the existing status-co. As a result of this case, a small grouping of Egyptian youth launched an initiative called Bazrameet to spread the attention about the mental health. The initiative is adopting a simple and smooth tone of voice with all the Egyptian slang to experience a greater outreach and possess a wider influence on the youth.
Bazrameet initiative is planning to spread the attention about the mental and psychological health to help enjoy good emotional and behavioral levels, and enable these to lead a flexible life that balances its different aspects and activities.
Figures from the World Health Organization show that most worldwide population suffers from a mental illness that affects their self respect and their work capacity in daily life. Greater than 1.5 million depression patients happen in Egypt, and here comes a crucial role for your initiative.
The initiative is dependant on the point that the mental health affects the individual’s physical health directly to cause multiple other conditions like drugs’ addiction. Maintaining a fantastic psychological health level is vital to guide an effective and fruitful life, and that’s just what the society needs.
The initiative was named Bazrameet to describe the existing psychological health situation in Egypt. The word comes from french word “Bizarre”, this means “Strange” in English, expressing the misconceptions a lot of people have about psychological health. The initiative role can be to correct these conceptions.
Three goals Bazrameet is working to achieve: Increasing awareness about psychological health through explaining the various mental disorders within an easy-to-digest scientific method; helping those that experience disorders like depression, anxiety, stress and also the three personality disorders; and providing guidance for the family and friends supporting persons with mental disorders and psychological problems.
The initiative relies on creating a scientific content that serves the 3 goals within an attractive and straightforward method that offers the information easily for the audience through its Website. The information should be also employed to create an interactive community around the social media. Bazrameet shall launch its activities during May in collaboration with specialized entities within the areas of psychological and group therapy.