This is guidance, not a diagnosis or treatment, and it doesn't replace a doctor. If you or someone near you isn't safe, go to the nearest emergency room straight away.
If stress or anxiety is affecting your sleep, focus or daily life, you don't have to face it alone. Start at a health centre or with a GP: they will listen and refer you to a psychologist or psychiatrist. If someone is in danger right now, go to the emergency room.
At home, before the appointment
Stress can show up as tension, trouble concentrating, poor sleep, irritability, or in the body, such as a racing heart. If anxiety makes daily life hard or feels out of control, it's worth talking to a doctor. Write it all down on a sheet so you don't forget anything.
Your local health centre or a GP's practice
On the public route, you start at the health centre or with a GP, who then refers you as needed. Things vary from city to city, so ask the health centre in your city what the next step is.
After the first appointment
The GP takes stock and points you in the right direction. A psychologist listens and assesses the situation in a professional setting. A psychiatrist is a specialist doctor. Before the appointment, ask the psychologist about their professional title, and ask AMO (Morocco's public health insurance) or your insurer whether sessions are reimbursed.
To the doctor or professional who saw you
If anxiety is weighing on your life, strong attacks keep coming back, or you feel you can't cope any more, go back to the doctor or professional. Don't try to diagnose yourself from a list of symptoms online.
Health centre, then a hospital service if needed
From the health centre or GP, you may be referred to the psychiatry service of the provincial or regional hospital, depending on what is available. Ask your health centre which service patients in your city are referred to.
Where to start
Start at a health centre or with a GP, bring the sheet where you wrote down what you feel, and ask to be referred to the right service in your city.
Each professional decides what is right for you after seeing you.
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You don't need to know exactly what to say. The sheet where you wrote down what you feel is enough to start. You can also ask:
A coach works with you towards a practical goal, not on anxiety that's making life hard. The difference is explained in our guide to personal coaching. And for a few simple ideas on hard days, read staying positive when things are hard.
If you are somewhere safe and have no worrying symptoms, sit with your back supported and place your feet on the floor. Breathe in gently through your nose, then breathe out slowly through your mouth, without forcing it. You can quietly count from 1 to 5 as you breathe in and from 1 to 5 as you breathe out, for a few minutes. If you feel dizzy, your breathlessness increases or you have chest pain, stop and ask for help. This may help you through the moment; it is not treatment and does not replace a doctor.
If you or someone near you is not safe, do not stay alone and do not drive yourself to the emergency department. Use the Morocco emergency numbers page to choose the right number. If 141 is active in your area, call it for a medical emergency; otherwise call 15 for Civil Protection, 19 for the police in cities, or 177 for the Royal Gendarmerie outside cities and on roads. These are general emergency numbers, not a national mental-health listening line.
Symptoms and warning signs: NHS. Breathing exercise: NHS. Emergency numbers: Moroccan Ministry of Health and Social Protection and ANRT. The first-care route in Morocco: Framework Law 06.22 on the national health system. We did not find a Moroccan national mental-health listening line published by an official source.
When you feel ready, browse the psychologists near you on Hdaya, read their profiles at your own pace, and get in touch with the one you feel comfortable with.
No. Stress can be a reaction to a hard time in life. But if it's getting in the way of your days or feels hard to control, talk to a doctor.
When anxiety affects your sleep or daily life, keeps coming back, or you feel you can't cope with it any more.
Start with a GP, who will assess things and refer you. Psychologists and psychiatrists have different roles; the choice depends on your situation and the referral.
We did not find a Moroccan national mental-health listening line published by an official source. If 141 is active in your area, call it for a medical emergency; otherwise use 15 for Civil Protection, or go to the nearest emergency department.
Procedures change. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will check it again.