With this era of life, the Egyptian and Arab population is witnessing multiple psychological pressures because outcome of the various political and economic turbulences representing the current status-co. In response to this situation, a small grouping of Egyptian youth launched an initiative called Bazrameet to spread the awareness regarding the mental health. The initiative is adopting a simple and smooth tone of voice while using Egyptian slang to have a greater outreach and to possess a wider effect on the youth.
Bazrameet initiative is hoping to spread the awareness regarding the mental and psychological health to help individuals enjoy good emotional and behavioral levels, and enable these phones lead a flexible life that balances its different factors and activities.
Figures in the World Health Organization show that about 50 % around the globe population is suffering from a mental illness that affects themselves respect as well as their work capacity in everyday life. More than 1.5 million depression patients happen in Egypt, and here comes a vital role for that initiative.
The initiative will depend on the fact that the mental health affects the individual’s physical health directly and results in multiple other concerns like drugs’ addiction. Maintaining a good psychological health level is important to enjoy a productive and fruitful life, and that’s precisely what the society needs.
The initiative was named Bazrameet to describe the current psychological health situation in Egypt. The saying hails from in france they word “Bizarre”, which suggests “Strange” in English, to express 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 the various mental disorders in the easy-to-digest scientific method; helping those that have problems with disorders like depression, anxiety, stress along with the three personality disorders; and providing guidance for the family and friends supporting persons with mental disorders and psychological problems.
The initiative depends on producing a scientific content that serves the three goals in the attractive and simple method that delivers the information easily for the audience through its Website. This content will probably be also used to create an interactive community about the social media. Bazrameet shall launch its activities during May in collaboration with specialized entities inside the areas of psychological and group therapy.