GENERAL SPEAKERS LIST [usually 1-1.

5 mins]

Can yield excess time to the chair.

Start with “Thankyou chair for recognizing the delegate of Lebanon”.

Mental illness is now considered as one of the leading causes of disease and injury
across the world. People are affected at important developmental stages, such as late
adolescence, early adulthood, and in the most productive years of life.
In a country such as Lebanon, mental health (especially of the country's refugees and
most vulnerable groups) remain unaddressed. The viral outbreak of Covid 19 and its
confinement measures in an already struggling economy, eventually leads to
additional pressure on the vulnerable country and its population.
Although, considering the increasing prominence given to mental health by the
society and its awareness created through media, even a country such as Lebanon
has dedicated efforts to implement A TELEMENTAL health approach that seeks to
provide mental health assessment and treatment at a distance, in response to the
Covid 19 pandemic
With that being said, Protective factors can operate at individual, family and
community levels as well as broader social, cultural, institutional levels. Addressing
systems and processes that encourage social exclusion, stigma and discrimination
can help reduce exposure to risk factors and support mental health and wellbeing.