mental health services in Athens. Depression, anxiety andsymptoms related to past traumas are the main diagnoses. People using this service are aged between 20 and 49 years, and are split evenly, on average, between men and women. They come mainly from Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq. In the last months of 2018 there was an increase of people from Democratic Republic of Congo and Cameroon. Non-communicable diseases (NCD) The non-communicable diseases (NCD) activities in the DCC ran throughout 2018. The five most common NCDs treated were diabetes, hypertension, hypothyroidism, asthma and epilepsy. In 2018, 2,005 consultations were conducted, almost 90 percent of which were follow-up consultations. By the end of 2018, 217 patients were receiving treatment for NCDs. More than 68 percent of patients were aged 18 to 49, with around 31 percent over 50 years old. An overview of the patients’ underlying conditions can be seen in the graph below: 5 © Anna Pantelia
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