Topic: Expanding Mental Health Resources
Country: Moldova
Delegate Name: Alexa Banning
School: Williamston High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Moldova position papers GLIMUN 2018 committees
Mental health is something continuously mentioned every day, who has not heard about it? Yet, the resources to aid these health issues are very minimal. Some of the mental disorders have become so terrible that they can be referred to as disabilities, but the accommodations still are not taking place. One of the major factors contributing to this problem is not having qualified mental health care specialists and physiatrists. Another very big issue is that those, even those who are not mental health specialists do not receiving training. If these individuals would receive the training they would have the ability to aid those with mental health problems. The main objective of the WHO committee should be to expand the resources to those with these different mental health issues. The Republic of Moldova is continuing to reform their mental health resources to the best of their abilities. They are working just as diligently as the next nation to prevent this issue from continuously repeating itself. Similar to other nations, they suffer from having inadequate resources for those with mental health issues. There are currently no funds that are going towards Moldova for mental health, but starting one is definitly a realistic goal. The reason for there being no funds is that mental health disorders accounts for about 14% of worldwide diseases. Because of these statistics the amount of funding that they have is not a large amount. The Movement for Global Mental Health (MGHM) is a program that alerts others of the struggle of those with mental health issues and to also improve their services. The two main fundamentals of the program are scientific evidence and human rights. The Republic of Moldova believes that this problem can be assisted and become closer to being solved through multiple aspects. Some of the ways that Moldova believes the mental health issue can be solved are through governmental ministries, international donors, governmental and intergovernmental agencies must strengthening their data-collection and monitoring mechanisms, and national and international stakeholders in health research.
