youth health plan

The filmmaker André Téchiné and the athlete Stephane Diagana will participate in the "youth health plan" presented Wednesday by the Council of Ministers by the Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot, said the government spokesman. They will be charged respectively with a mission on suicide prevention and the development of sport at the university. The plan Roselyne Bachelot focuses on the prevention of risk that are anorexia, "Practical addiction or suicide. The government plans and the generalization of "Houses of adolescents", aimed at young people in a situation of "extreme vulnerability." By 2010, there will be one for each department, "said Lawrence Wauquiez. A hotline "Over youth health" will also be set up for both adolescents and parents and will be extended to calls from mobile phones. An annual consultation free for youth From 1 January 2009, the plan was finally open for all young people aged 16 to 25 the possibility of a free annual consultation at the general practitioner of their choice, "according to Lawrence Wauquiez. The annual cost of this measure is estimated at a maximum of 10 million euros. "The situation of 16-25 years is a situation which may give rise to real or psychological distress, either by lack of resources (...). The announcement of a real health plan for young people has been eagerly awaited" commented government spokesman, who added that the plan "will be further enhanced in the future". Health Minister went to the house of adolescents "La Casita" at the Ibn Sina Hospital in Bobigny, in Seine-Saint-Denis. "The use of drugs, new forms of alcohol, suicide or the importance of eating behavior disorders such as anorexia are many indicators worrying among young people," said Roselyne Bachelot, claiming that "900,000 adolescents in a state of psychological distress. "