In a detailed report, the widely circulated Haaretz newspaper revealed the dire psychological condition of various sections of Israel, including the adolescent and young Israelis in occupied Palestine, and stated that the number of young mentally ill people was increasing and that this needed to be increased.
While the wave of suicides, including self-immolation, has risen sharply among Israelis, psychiatrists have called for a 20 percent increase in inpatient wards.
Meanwhile, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper cited an example of a 46-year-old Israeli man attempting to set himself on fire.
According to the Hebrew-language newspaper, the constant incursions and escapes to shelters, on the one hand, and the long-term detention due to the outbreak of the Corona virus, on the other, caused the mental state of Israeli adolescents and young people to deteriorate.
“Professor Juaf Cohen, director of the children and youth ward at Ethanim Psychiatric Hospital, said: My colleagues informed me that child psychiatric wards in different parts of the world could not accommodate more patients, while the condition of some teenagers had pushed them to the brink of suicide.
He said in this regard: At our hospital, which is located near Quds, the admission rate is 130%.
“Yufal Bloch,” the head of the Israeli Youth and Adolescent Psychiatric Association, also said in this regard: Today we are in an unprecedented situation that has put the Israeli psychiatric system on the verge of collapse.
According to the Israeli psychiatrist, the situation is the same in clinics and clinics, and appointments have now reached six and eight months.