Develop and approve by order of the Minister, a common standard of nutrition in psychiatric
institutions, which will ensure healthy and varied nutrition, the nutritional value of which
corresponds to the age, health and cultural/religious characteristics of the person and include
fruits in the daily ration.
Epidemiological conditions
Recommendations to the Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories,
Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia:
Facilitate the management of psychiatric inpatients to ensure that there are at least two isolated
wards in the facility with individual bathrooms, where it is possible to isolate the patient before
the COVID-19 test results
Examine the implementation by the institutions of the recommendations set by the Mental Health
and COVID-19 Clinical Practice Recommendation (Guide)
Treatment with antipsychotic medications
Recommendations to the Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labor,
Health and Social Affairs of Georgia:
Instruct the appropriate authority to examine whether patients are provided with treatment
information on a regular basis in a language they understand
Order the Agency for Regulation of Medical and Pharmaceutical Activities to study the practice
of using antipsychotic drugs in psychiatric institutions and managing side effects.
Psycho-social rehabilitation
Recommendations to the Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labor,
Health and Social Affairs of Georgia:
Study the existing needs in terms of providing psycho-social rehabilitation services in psychiatric
institutions and ensure the introduction of such services in cooperation with psychiatric
institutions
Provide training for all social workers employed in psychiatric hospitals who do not have a
bachelor's, master's/equal to master's, or doctoral degree in social work
Amend the mental health program to make the psycho-social rehabilitation component available
to patients on short-term treatment
Provide an assessment of the needs of patients being placed in the institution for more than 6
months in order to discharge them from the facility and refer them to community based services
Somatic health
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