Psychosomatic day-care clinic -a possible solution for improving mental health services in Romania

Abstract

Psychosomatic disorders confront a myriad of challenges, including insufficient mental health community services, on the one hand, and physician rejection and stigmatization of psychiatric symptoms on the other. Unhealthy lifestyle choices interact in a negative way with the Romanian people’s health; these choices account for around half of the country's total mortality rate. So, the rate of heavy binge drinking is greater than the same rate in the European Union. Daily smokers rate in Romania is 1:5; overweight or obese represent approximately, half of the country's adult population; ischemic heart disease stroke being the second-largest death cause. Romania ranks first at the treatable mortality rate in Europe. We sought to establish the necessary grounds for including psychosomatic day-care clinics in the Romanian healthcare system.