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ON MENTAL DISORDERS,

BULLYING AND SUICIDE

special interview with psychiatrist

dr. heba fathy

And through these reasons, we get either a bully who uses the
behavior of imposing his control on others in knowi ng his identity and
enhancing his self-confidence, or we get a psychopa th that needs
immediate help.
Dr. Heba pointed out the fact that such people lack not only their self-
Cairo : Dina Ehab and Mariam Hefny
confidence, but also the freedom to express themsel ves, in addition to
Bullying can be a very painful experience for young people, and
being subjected to constant criticism. So, as a resu lt, they look for a
because bullying and suicide are both issues affect ing the public health of
way to achieve self-fulfillment, which is bullying.
not only children, but also teenagers, the Elite t eam decided to highlight

them by visiting the student ’s hospital, specifically on Wednesday,
We also discussed the issue of suicide, and the doc tor saw that its
December 25th, 2019, to conduct a interview with Dr " Heba Fathy", which
causes are the presence of severe mental illness suc h as depression,
is one of hospital ’s psychologists.
drug or alcohol addiction, family and social proble ms, personality

disorders and the impulsive nature of the person or a previous attempt
The interview started by asking the doctor about th e reason behind choosing
to self-harm. She added that the symptoms of a pers on who is about to
the field of psychiatry, and she responded that she was very influenced by
commit suicide are that he is always calm, striving to distribute his
her uncle who works in the same field. And with the passage of time and
possessions, writes letters of suicide, talks const antly about death and
age, people were consulting her permanently, which h elped her in settling on
of course has trouble in eating and sleeping. And b ecause the suicide
choosing psychiatry. Then we moved to the various ps ychiatric departments
does not take such a step without a reason, she confi rmed the existence
- which is diverse contrary towhat most people thin k – where there is a
of a treatment targeting these causes, but only on condition of
section for the difficulties of adapting to life, as well as a department for
regularity.
minor diseases such as stress and mild depression, in addition to a section

for severe mental illness such as schizophrenia, an d a section for addiction.
Finally, she expressed the necessity of the state t aking into account the
As to how to identify the psychological patient, th e doctor replied that
importance of conducting national awareness campaigns aimed at
identifying him is not difficult at all. As by notic ing his actions that different
improving mental health, which is the ability to expr ess oneself and
from the usual, where usually the patient refrains f rom studying, work, etc.,
how to deal with the diverse pressures of life thro ugh proper
we can know that. She also supported her talk with a n example of a patient
understanding of each person of his changing feeling s and what he
with depression and the appearance of symptoms as l ack of sleep, tendency
aspires to do in the future. Also, mental health aw areness includes
to isolation, loss of the taste of life and the desire to live, and all of this is
knowing how to find solutions to daily problems, deep ening the
accompanied by suicidal thoughts. Another example is a patient with severe
religious feeling of individuals, in addition to deve loping social
stress which is usually accompanied by fear, panic and a constant feeling
intelligence and removing shame from mental illness -such as the Anti
that he will die, which may even make him refuse to leave the house.
Stigma campaign which is currently prevailing-. But b earing in mind

that such campaigns are like a double-edged sword, it can educate
If we imagine feeling stressed , we will inevitably understand the suffering
some about mental illness, and push others to the i dea of suicide. She
of such a psychopath. Furthermore, she talked about those who have
also saw the necessity of delivering such messages to school students
obsessions, that cause them to do everything in a lo nger time. Due to the
to develop youth awareness and to protect them from their
constant repetition of the same act, there are those whose lives have stopped
consequences, because violence only generates viole nce.
due to such a disease. She added that we all have so me of these symptoms,

but in varying proportions, because no one can cont rol his mood or his life
circumstances, but when you cannot cope with your co ndition, that ’s when
the matter turns into mental illness.

As for bullying, she said that it is a behavioral d isorder -usually
accompanied by various symptoms-. Bullying is like a pest fed by poor
absence of family and school supervision, and it ’s usually accompanied by
annoying, harming, and disrespecting others. The re ason for this behavior is
disturbances in the chemistry of the brain, which cau ses an imbalance that
leads to the appearance of its symptoms. Also, gene s of violence and
hereditary aggression, as well as the surrounding e nvironment and the daily
way of life are also reasons for such behavior.
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