00:03A study done by the government and experts in mental health
00:06say that in Colombia, 4 of every 10 people suffer depresion.
00:119% of adolescents and 4% of children.
00:14We see that the incidence of the disease is much higher than women.
00:18The unemployment and the conflict are the main causes.
00:21Exactly, that's why, for labor labor, stress laboral,
00:25also such an instability in the employment.
00:27That creates a lot of anger and panic in the workers.
00:29The experts say that the money from the government
00:32are insufficient to protect the mental health of the Colombians.
00:36It shows that in Colombia, different from other countries,
00:40the total of health care,
00:42what is dedicated to mental health care is only the 0.1%,
00:46while other countries in the same region,
00:47that have no conflict armed,
00:49have the 7-8% of health care for mental health.
00:52How are also deficient the treatments,
00:55according to the congressman Alba Luz Pinilla.
00:57No, they are prepared.
00:58I've never thought about health mental.
00:59The law of CIE has never thought about health mental health.
01:02No, it's not prepared.
01:03That's why we need a law that does not talk about health mental health in Colombia.
01:06That's why the Congress study a project that includes as priority health mental health in the general system.
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