The line for psychological support is back in operation today

The free phone line 1555, for psychological support and help, is back in operation today and will be available to everyone who needs this type of support, announced the Clinical Center of Montenegro (KCCG).

The line will be available on weekdays from 18 a.m. to 15 p.m. and on weekends from XNUMX a.m. to XNUMX p.m.

KCCG said that this service was made possible in cooperation with Crnogorski Telekom, which provided all the necessary logistical and technical-technological support.

"The line will function in coordination and cooperation with other significant institutions of the system, such as the police and emergency services," the announcement states.

KCCG reminded that the line functioned during the first complete lockdown of the country, from March 30 to May 18 last year, and during that period made more than 700 calls.

"Almost a third of the total number of calls were received from our fellow citizens who had never before had problems in the field of mental health and whose first mental problems were precisely provoked by the situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic," the announcement says.

It is stated that psychological and psychiatric services have been regularly provided at all levels of health care since December of last year, and that outpatient and hospital treatment and patient treatments are proceeding smoothly.

"Psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers are available to citizens as part of their regular work duties. In this sense, the free line 1555 is certainly not the only one, but it is an important additional service, available to everyone," the announcement concludes.

Right after experts in the field of mental health, the most invited to find themselves in the role of helpers are certainly students in their final years of psychology and medicine. It is a mutual and special pleasure that these young people, our future psychologists and doctors, have gone through the training for working on the line. Their work will be continuously monitored and supervised by a team of experts.