scholarly journals Remote mental health rehabilitation: Social Health Educators between experience and innovation

2021 ◽  
pp. 69-72
Author(s):  
Cimino Maurizio ◽  
Semisa Domenico
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Rehabilitation Centers ◽  
Human Contact ◽  
Essential Value ◽  
Containment Measures ◽  
Health Rehabilitation ◽  
Mental Health Rehabilitation ◽  
Mental Health Centers

Following the Covid-19 pandemic, in our country strict containment measures have been put in place to safeguard, first and foremost, vulnerable swathes of the population, including people affected by psychiatric disorders. Nevertheless, a large part of Mental Health Centers activities, territorial rehabilitation, counselling sessions, aid and psychoeducational activities, social skills training, workshops, as well as family support, monitoring and network activities with rehabilitation centers workers and users have been rearranged in another modality, namely the so-called “remote modality”. Despite the undisputed and essential value of human contact and face-to-face relationships, the work reported here shows the importance, for Mental Health Services, of employing communicative modalities, like the current alternative virtual ones which, after the initial difficulties were overcome, have been appreciated, further implemented and widely used by now because of their efficacy, so much so that it is thought that they could eventually be combined with traditional modalities.

scholarly journals Income Generation Programs for Persons with Mental Health Challenges: Practices from 13 Indian Mental Health Rehabilitation Centers

2020 ◽  
pp. 025371762095975
Author(s):  
Amrita Roy ◽  
Deepak Jayarajan ◽  
Thanapal Sivakumar
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Income Generation ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Labor Costs ◽  
Rehabilitation Centers ◽  
Health Rehabilitation ◽  
Mental Health Rehabilitation

Background: In India, mental health rehabilitation centers run income generation programs (IGP) for therapeutic engagement, skills training, and income generation of clients. The centers have evolved IGP models relevant to their settings. There is a paucity of published literature on practices employed by the centers. Methods: This paper compiles data gathered from visits to 13 centers between November 2018 and April 2019. Information was collected through observation and interviews with staff involved in IGP, using a semi-structured pro forma designed for study. Results: Most centers were based in south India ( n = 11) and urban areas ( n = 12). Each center ran two to seven IGP. Each center involved 20–50 clients in IGP. Clients involved in IGP were aged 20–60 years. The centers ran a range of IGP, including the manufacturing of household consumables, paper products, textile products, handicraft products, food products, and jute products; animal husbandry and horticulture initiatives; and running cafeterias and petty shops. IGP were mostly selected based on market demand and sales value of products ( n = 11); ease of doing ( n = 5); interests, abilities, exposure, and experience of clients ( n = 5); and availability of resources ( n = 3). Products were priced primarily to cover input and labor costs ( n = 8), and many centers sold products below the market rates ( n = 5). Running stalls during public events was a common strategy for the sale of products ( n = 9). Personal contacts and “word of mouth” publicity were used for advertisement ( n = 6). Four centers involved family members in IGP. Conclusion: The nature of IGP varied in terms of setting, available resources, and profile of clients availing the services. Marketing and sales were a challenge. A supportive framework of policies and schemes is essential to promote IGP at mental health rehabilitation centers. This report may be helpful for professionals and centers planning to set up an IGP.

scholarly journals Tensions and Paradoxes of Stigma: Discussing Stigma in Mental Health Rehabilitation

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (16) ◽  
pp. 5943
Author(s):  
Jenny Paananen ◽  
Camilla Lindholm ◽  
Melisa Stevanovic ◽  
Elina Weiste
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Rehabilitation Centers ◽  
Health Rehabilitation ◽  
Mental Health Rehabilitation

Mental illness remains as one of the most stigmatizing conditions in contemporary western societies. This study sheds light on how mental health professionals and rehabilitants perceive stigmatization. The qualitative study is based on stimulated focus group interviews conducted in five Finnish mental health rehabilitation centers that follow the Clubhouse model. The findings were analyzed through inductive content analysis. Both the mental health rehabilitants and the professionals perceived stigmatization as a phenomenon that concerns the majority of rehabilitants. However, whereas the professionals viewed stigma as something that is inflicted upon the mentally ill from the outside, the rehabilitants perceived stigma as something that the mentally ill themselves can influence by advancing their own confidence, shame management, and recovery. Improvements in treatment, along with media coverage, were seen as the factors that reduce stigmatization, but the same conceptualization did not hold for serious mental illnesses. As the average Clubhouse client was thought to be a person with serious mental illness, the rehabilitation context designed to normalize attitudes toward mental health problems was paradoxically perceived to enforce the concept of inevitable stigma. Therefore, it is important for professionals in rehabilitation communities to be reflexively aware of these tensions when supporting the rehabilitants.

scholarly journals Effect of COVID-19 on Mental Health Rehabilitation Centers

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alifiya Aamir ◽  
Sana Awan ◽  
Renato de Filippis ◽  
Mufaddal Najmuddin Diwan ◽  
Irfan Ullah
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Rehabilitation Centers ◽  
Health Rehabilitation ◽  
Mental Health Rehabilitation

Mieleltään haavoittuneet

Kuntoutus ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 36-48
Author(s):  
Johanna Vilppola ◽  
Markku Vanttaja
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Life Story ◽  
Rehabilitation Process ◽  
Societal Factors ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Health Rehabilitation ◽  
Mental Health Rehabilitation ◽  
Intentions To Participate ◽  
Education Work

Mielenterveyssyistä johtuvat sairauspoissaolot ja työkyvyttömyyseläkkeet ovat lisääntyneet Suomessa viime vuosikymmeninä. Sen vuoksi on tarpeen tutkia mielenterveyskuntoutujien yksilöllisiä elämäntilanteita sekä heidän kuntoutumistaan ja kiinnittymistään yhteiskuntaan. Tässä artikkelissa tarkastellaan mielenterveyskuntoutujien kuntoutusprosessia erityisesti koulutus- ja työtoimijuuden näkökulmasta. Tutkimusaineistona käytetään aikuisten mielenterveyskuntoutujien kirjoittamia elämänkerrontoja (n = 42). Elämänkerrontojen teema-analyysin ja tyypittelyn perusteella kirjoittajat jaettiin kolmeen erilaiseen ryhmään, jotka nimettiin toimijoiksi (9), taistelijoiksi (18) ja tipahtaneiksi (15). Toimijat olivat aktiivisia oman kuntoutumisensa, koulutuksensa, työnsä sekä kokonaiselämänsä suhteen. Heillä oli vahva pyrkimys hakeutua koulutukseen, palata takaisin työelämään tai ylläpitää nykyinen koulutus- ja työtilanteensa. Taistelijat olivat puolestaan omassa kuntoutusprosessissaan matkalaisia, jotka halusivat olla yhteiskunnan tarpeellisia jäseniä. Myös heillä oli koulutukseen ja työhön liittyviä haaveita, mutta keinot oman elämän hallitsemiseksi olivat toisten ihmisten tuen varassa. Tipahtaneet olivat luovuttaneet sekä oman kuntoutumisensa että koulutus- ja työtoimijuutensa suhteen. Heillä ei ollut enää koulutukseen tai työhön liittyviä tavoitteita. Abstract Mentally wounded. Research of Education and Work Agency of Mental Health Rehabilitees Mental health related sick leaves and early pensions have increased enormously in our society in the last decades. That is why it is important to study the life narratives of mental health rehabilitees, especially focusing on individual and societal factors connected to rehabilitation, education and work agency. The data of this research consisted of 42 self-written life stories of adult mental health rehabilitees. Based on theme analysis and typification, life stories were divided into three groups: agentic actors (9), warriors (18) and dropouts (15). Agentic actors were described as active agents of their own rehabilitation, education, work and life. They had strong intentions to participate in education and work. Warriors seemed to be more like passengers in their own rehabilitation process, yet they had intentions to be a necessary part of society. They had hopes and dreams towards education and work, but they seemed to be lacking concrete means to lead their independent lives.  The dropouts had given up on their agency in rehabilitation, education and work. They had no more goals or intentions concerning education and work. Keywords: mental health rehabilitation, life story, education, work, agency

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