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The National Observatory for the Rights of the Child (Wave), chaired by Princess Lalla Meryem, launched on Monday the first psycho-trauma cells of the child (CPTE) in the cities of Fez, Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakech, Agadir and Oujda.
This launch was carried out on the sidelines of a training on “emergency psychotraumatology”, organized by the wave for the benefit of 92 child psychiatrists and psychologists and provided by Gaelle Abgrall, president of the National Network of Medico-Psychological Emergency Cells (CUMP), said the wave in a press release.
The child’s psycho-trauma cells have the main mission to offer psychological support and support adapted to children victims of trauma following a natural or human disaster, the same source said.
The objective is to provide children in a situation of psychological distress listening and therapeutic support necessary in order to preserve their mental health and prevent frequent psychiatric disorders which can be caused by trauma, it was continued.
According to the press release, the implementation of these specialized cells is part of the deployment of the child’s psycho-trauma system, launched in October 2023 in response to Princess Lalla Meryem’s directives, president of the wave, to contribute to the protection of the mental health of children, especially in emergency situations.
By designating university referents, in this case teachers in child psychiatry, at the head of psycho-trauma cells in several major cities of the kingdom, the wave aims to strengthen the national system and improve coordination between the various actors of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection involved in the DNPTE.
The launch of the CPTs is added to a series of actions undertaken by the wave in order to contribute to the protection of the mental health of children. Among these actions, the launch on February 21, 2025 of the network of psychologists from the Listening Center and Psychological Center of the child under the wave (2511).
Remember that 105 mental health professionals from all regions of Morocco have been trained in the first child psycho-trauma module (75 executives from the Ministry of Health and Social Protection and 30 psychologists and child psychiatrists) since the creation of the DNPTE.
