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Join on Telegram Rabat – Psyenligne.ma launches as Morocco’s first, 100% Moroccan online mental health care service provider. The online health care service will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week and “optimizes both online and on-site appointments,” according to the company’s website.
Not to be confused with the Belgian-funded Allomonpsy, Psyenligne celebrates its Moroccan roots.
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“This platform is the result of hard work by Moroccan entrepreneurs, IT developers with the support and advice of some clinical psychologists who are members of Moroccan psychology associations,” states the company in an online press release.
Psyenligne intends to streamline the mental healthcare system in Morocco by offering online consultations and expediting the scheduling process for in-person visits.
Morocco’s mental healthcare system is notorious for its shortcomings as there are currently only 16 general hospitals with a psychiatric service, six specialized psychiatric hospitals, and three psychiatric hospitals attached to University Hospital Centres combining for a total of 1725 beds.
According to a 2019 study in the Annals of General Psychiatry journal, one in five children in Morocco suffer from insomnia, depression or anxiety. In addition, mental health issues arise in children as old as 14 years old.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has proposed a 2017-2021 Country Cooperation Strategy that seeks to update Morocco’s healthcare system overall, while also giving special attention to the mental healthcare field.
The Moroccan government has also addressed the issue of mental health infrastructure. In 2015, Morocco’s House of Representatives discussed draft law 97.13 concerning disabilities such as mental disorders.
Although the draft law failed to pass in the parliament, services such as Psyenligne have worked to revamp Morocco’s mental health care sector.
The site will offer services from professional psychiatrists hailing from a variety of mental health backgrounds such as psychoanalysis, cognitive behavioral therapy, and humanistic or existential therapy.
