During a Meeting with a Delegation from Psychiatry Department at Rashid HospitalAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Monday, April 28th 2014 [ME NewsWire]
The Juveniles Care Center at Abu Dhabi Police indicated that providing juveniles with specialized care and rehabilitation is a shared responsibility for families and the Center.
Brigadier Ahmed Mohammed Nehkairah Al Mahrami, Head of Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Interior and Chairman of the Juvenile Care Center's Steering Committee, said: “Juveniles are not criminals but victims of their families or certain situations. Therefore, the Center is not considered a punitive authority but a department that works on reformulating juveniles, and qualifying them according to specialized and training programs that make them more responsible to respect themselves and others. These programs also contribute to assisting juveniles in learning, performing their assignments on scientific basis that make them more interested in studying and learning, in addition to psychological health, cultural and sports programs.”
Brigadier Al Mahrami had recently met a delegation from Psychiatry Department at Rashid Hospital which was headed by Dr. Adil Karrani, Consultant Psychiatrist at Rashid Hospital and President of Emirates Psychiatric Society.
This step comes in response to the Center staff members’ field visit to the Psychiatry Department at Rashid Hospital, with the aim to enhance and strengthen the foundations of cooperation, and exchange of expertise and knowledge between both parties; as well as to identify the level of services provided by the Center for juvenile inmates at both psychological and social levels.
During the meeting, the attendees organized a panel discussion that included several queries asked by the visiting delegation to the Juveniles Care Center and its employees, in order to review the work mechanisms in terms of quality and quantity to be later compared with international standards. This aims to make the Center’s employees benefit from the cumulative experiences of the Psychiatry Department at Rashid Hospital.
For his part, Dr. Adil Karrani indicated that studying a juvenile’s case and evaluating it individually is necessary to determine his health and social condition, set the remedial plans, and determine the kind of psychological and behavioral treatment that he needs. This is done through regular individual or collective meetings. He pointed out that the psychological health has become an essential part of the individual’s general health, confirming the need to change some designations that might negatively affect the juvenile while diagnosing his psychological and health condition. He also confirmed that it is so important to change the juvenile’s convictions and this is considered among the first steps of therapeutic programs.
Moreover, Dr. Karrani drew the attention of the Center’s employees to review the latest experiences and expertise attained by some developed countries in the field of psychiatry, and to make use of some studies and researches involved in this area especially in European countries, and align them to the UAE’s standards from both the familial and religious sides.
Furthermore, the members of the visiting delegation tackled the importance of cooperation between the family and the Center, as well as post-release care, the need to review the juveniles’ conditions, and to follow up with them upon being released from the Center in order to make sure of their integration with their family and society. The delegation also inquired about how the rehabilitation and vocational training centers deal with juveniles and whether they accept all the cases received from the Center.
At the end of the visit, the delegation made a field visit to the classrooms and juveniles’ residence; where they expressed their admiration for the high level of services provided to juvenile inmates. The services reflect the government’s interest in providing care to all categories without restrictions, conditions or discrimination. The delegation also had lunch with juveniles in a friendly and loving family atmosphere.
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