Mexico City, February 16, 2023.- Taking care of the mental health of its university community is a priority for the University of Mexico. Universidad PanamericanaFor this reason, Ciudad Panamericana launched the Clinical Psychology Unit and the University Center for Health and Wellness(CUSAB).
Pan American Community Mental Health
The event was attended on behalf of our university by Dr. Stephanie Derive, director of the Faculty of Health SciencesCecilia Canal, vice rector; María Isabel Gutiérrez Peláez, director of the School of Psychology; Tania Martínez, director of the Clinical Psychology Unit and Dr. Mariana Azcárraga, director of the CUSAB.
Post-pandemic impact
In her presentation, Ms. Gutiérrez Peláez reflected on the COVID-19 pandemic and its subsequent impact, indicating that "it had very strong repercussions, 30% of the population was affected by depression and anxiety. The most affected was the group between 20 and 21 years of age, especially young people, it was a great emotional shock".
He also invited the students present to share this information with their peers, in order to support others: "if we don't feel well, we should ask for help, it's okay to do so" .
Tania Martinez added: "After going through a pandemic, the emotional toll is being felt and Pan American is always concerned about providing safe spaces to support the community.
Timely attention
Ms. Martinez also pointed out that the Clinical Psychology unit, which has been operating for almost six years at the Mexico campus, "has had a very favorable growth in order to provide timely attention and intervention in mental health issues to the university community, professors and collaborators of Universidad Panamericana".
"In that sense, around 1,400 patients have been attended, 70% of them from the UP community and the rest external people who come to the clinic by recommendation. The main commitments we have with our patients are empathy, confidentiality and professional ethics," he said.
He also emphasized that "the purpose of this on-site service is to provide students and collaborators with a therapeutic space, where they can contain important emotional aspects, with the support of a health professional".
Dr. Azcarraga stated that "a fundamental area of mental health care is prevention, which seeks to prevent healthy people from developing mental disorders".
He added that, to achieve that goal, in 2017 Panamericana inaugurated the University Center for Health and Wellness (CUSAB) in Mixcoac and that since its foundation, it has worked jointly with the Clinical Psychology Unit.
Come to UPC and CUSAB!
Pamela Ruiz de Chávez, who will work in coordination with the staff of the UPC and CUSAB of Mixcoac.
To have a better quality of life, it is important to take care of our mental health. For more information, please contact the Clinical Psychology Unit:
WhatsApp to +52 55 7992 2313
E-mail: mx_psicologiaclinica@up.edu.mx
