A recent ruling on the protection of the Constitutional Court determined that the EPS and prepaid medicine must provide the health service against diseases such as anxiety and depression.
The Court studied the case of a 15-year-old teenager with symptoms of anxiety and depression who took her own life and to whom unjustified administrative barriers were imposed to access the treatment he required. Besides, She was not guaranteed continuity of in-hospital care in the clinic where she had been admitted.
Although the teenager was being treated at a specialized mental health center that was part of the service network attached to the prepaid medicine entity, She was transferred to another medical center linked to the EPS to which she was affiliated, where she was hospitalized.. Faced with this scenario, her mother requested protection, “since the continuity of the treatments that had already begun was abruptly altered.”
In this case, The high court reiterated that the right to mental health is an inalienable guaranteewhich includes access to clinical care in a timely, continuous and effective manner, without administrative or bureaucratic barriers on the part of the responsible entities.
“In the case of children and adolescents, this situation takes on a reinforced connotation.given that we are dealing with subjects of special constitutional protection,” he explained.
The Court has estimated that patients with mental illnesses, such as anxiety and depression disorders, are in a state of manifest weakness due to the characteristics of these pathologies. The above, because they affect multiple aspects of the lives of those who suffer from them.prevent the normal and adequate performance of daily activities, such as study or work, and imply a risk to life as they can be the cause of suicide.
So finally, The Court drew the attention of the EPS and the prepared medicine entity to whichonwards, guarantee the timely provision of physical and mental health services and technologies required by children and adolescents.
