Salutementale.net offers a map of services, informs you on how to get mental health care, who to contact and how to access services in each region and province
Mental suffering is invisible from the outside, often paralyzing families, who find themselves overwhelmed by doubts and fears and without orientation. How do you tell if a family member has one psychiatric illness? Who to ask for help? Where can I find the closest mental health center to home? What to do if the symptoms concern a minor? What should you absolutely not do if you are struggling with such a problem? What is the difference between a mental illness and a psychic disorder?
The Salutementale.netmade byASL Roma 2 in collaboration with the Don Luigi Di Niegro Foundation and the Harcourt Foundation, responds to frequently asked questions about mental distress and offers a map of the services present on the national territory divided by region and province. «It is a totally public tool, which does not enjoy private subsidies, and arises from the need to inform citizens about diagnosis, treatment and psychiatric assistance services and about all forms of social and work assistance to which they are entitled. Many still ignore the existence of public mental health facilities in the area and turn to the private sector – he declares Domenico Cozza, director of the mental health department of ASL Roma 2 -. Questions and answers have been created and shared by the experts with the associations of the patients’ families ».
In all 45 faq (the most frequently asked questions with relative answers), divided into nine topics. The first group concerns the recognition of the disorder, the attitude to have and the centers to turn to for immediate intervention. The second list of questions goes into the modalities of access to the centers, what to do if the person does not recognize that they are ill, to the involvement and support of relatives. Through another 18 questions it is clarified what the mental health department is, what happens when the person is hospitalized, what is a compulsory health treatment, how the day centers work, the day hospital, the “supported apartments”, the multifamily groups and self-help, what are the essential levels of assistance, and so on. Scrolling the curtain you get to the fourth point, where you face thetherapeutic alliance between doctor and patient, the rehabilitation plan, expert users and family members and health budgets for the personalization of the intervention. The following explains when and cHow to address residential facilitiesthe initiatives for socialization and social inclusion, the opportunities for professional training and work (from professional traineeships and work grants to sheltered workshops, to the role of type b cooperatives), the economic supports to benefit from are described (including the “after us“, The contribution for the home emancipation process after the disappearance of the family that up to that moment took care of the patient), what are the rems (the residences for the execution of the security measures that took place after the closure of the judicial psychiatric hospitals) and how to solve the various problems that may arise during the taking in charge.
Salutementale.net it is not just a compass for local services. But it also includes a search engine to track down all mental health rules, guidelines and judgments at the regional, national and international levels. “The latest law in evidence is that on the psychologist bonus and the collection of texts is periodically updated” comments Cozza. Under the heading “library” the user can consult a specific catalog of books on the subject of psychiatry. To request a loan of a text, you must physically go to the headquarters of the ASL study and documentation center. Another section of the site hosts videos with testimonials and interviews on mental distress, stigma and prejudice. Then there is the one dedicated to all the events on the agenda, from festivals to scientific congresses, which can be searched by entering the date, the keyword or simply consulting the list in chronological order. The portal is curated by an editorial staff made up of about ten volunteers, including six users from local services, and coordinated by Claudio Rosini, head of the study and documentation center of the Roman healthcare company.
July 16, 2022 (change July 16, 2022 | 19:46)
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