On this era of life, the Egyptian and Arab population is witnessing multiple psychological pressures because results of the several economic and political turbulences representing the current status-co. In response to it, a small grouping of Egyptian youth launched an initiative called Bazrameet to spread the notice about the mental health. The initiative is adopting an easy and smooth tone of voice using the Egyptian slang in order to achieve a greater outreach also to possess a wider influence on the youth.
Bazrameet initiative is hoping to spread the notice about the mental and psychological health to help people enjoy good emotional and behavioral levels, and enable these to lead a versatile life that balances its different aspects and activities.
Figures from the World Health Organization show most of the world population has a mental illness that affects themselves respect in addition to their work capacity in daily life. More than 1.5 million depression patients appear in Egypt, and here comes a huge role to the initiative.
The initiative is based on the belief that the mental health affects the individual’s physical health directly to result in multiple other conditions like drugs’ addiction. Maintaining a fantastic psychological health level is essential to enjoy an efficient and fruitful life, and that’s just what the society needs.
The initiative was named Bazrameet to describe the current psychological health situation in Egypt. The saying comes from french word “Bizarre”, which means “Strange” in English, to convey the misconceptions many individuals have about psychological health. The initiative role is to correct these conceptions.
Three goals Bazrameet is attempting to achieve: Increasing awareness about psychological health through explaining the several mental disorders in the easy-to-digest scientific method; helping those who are afflicted by disorders like depression, anxiety, stress as well as the three personality disorders; and providing guidance on the family members and friends supporting persons with mental disorders and psychological problems.
The initiative utilizes producing a scientific content that serves these goals in the attractive as well as simple way in which provides the information easily on the audience through its Website. This content will be also accustomed to create an interactive community about the social networking. Bazrameet shall launch its activities during May in collaboration with specialized entities inside the regions of psychological and group therapy.