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Health Ministry moves to integrate mental health centers into general hospitals
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The Health Ministry announces that it will begin integrating mental health medical centers into general medical centers nationwide, following the recommendations of the Yarkoni Committee in the Knesset.
The move is to increase accessibility to mental health care services, reduce the stigma associated with mental health treatment, and decrease involuntary hospitalizations.
“When the process is completed, psychiatric hospitalization will be among the most advanced and innovative in the world,” says Inbal Yarkoni, the committee chair and the ministry’s director of the nurses division and mental health sector.
The process is expected to be completed by June 2026.
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