In this era of life, the Egyptian and Arab human population is witnessing multiple psychological pressures since the upshot of different economic and political turbulences representing the existing status-co. In response to it, several Egyptian youth launched an initiative called Bazrameet to spread the attention concerning the mental health. The initiative is adopting a straightforward and smooth words with all the Egyptian slang to have a larger outreach and use a wider impact on the youth.
Bazrameet initiative is hoping to spread the attention concerning the mental and psychological health to help people enjoy good emotional and behavioral levels, and invite them to lead an adaptable life that balances its different factors and activities.
Figures from the World Health Organization show about 50 % of of the world population is affected with a mental illness that affects their self respect and their work capacity in daily life. A lot more than 1.5 million depression patients happens to Egypt, and here comes a huge role for that initiative.
The initiative is dependant on the fact the mental health affects the individual’s physical health directly and results in multiple other issues like drugs’ addiction. Maintaining an excellent psychological health level is important to enjoy an efficient and fruitful life, and that’s what the society needs.
The initiative was named Bazrameet to describe the existing psychological health situation in Egypt. The term comes from french word “Bizarre”, which means “Strange” in English, to state the misconceptions lots of people have about psychological health. The initiative role will be to correct these conceptions.
Three goals Bazrameet is attempting to achieve: Increasing awareness about psychological health through explaining different mental disorders within an easy-to-digest scientific method; helping those who suffer from disorders like depression, anxiety, stress along with the three personality disorders; and providing guidance towards the family and friends supporting persons with mental disorders and psychological problems.
The initiative depends on producing a scientific content that serves these goals within an attractive as well as simple manner in which delivers the information easily towards the audience through its Website. This content shall be also utilized to create an interactive community around the social media marketing. Bazrameet shall launch its activities during May in collaboration with specialized entities inside the areas of psychological and group therapy.