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Andrea R Moreno A.1. IND 5626. Schizophrenia: Programming Needs for Humanized Environments . “If we plant a seed in a desert and it fails to grow, do we ask, "What is wrong with the seed?" No. The real conspiracy lies in this: to look at the environment around the seed and to ask, "What must
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Andrea R Moreno A.1. IND 5626 Schizophrenia: Programming Needs for Humanized Environments “If we plant a seed in a desert and it fails to grow, do we ask, "What is wrong with the seed?" No. The real conspiracy lies in this: to look at the environment around the seed and to ask, "What must change in this environment such that the seed can grow?" The real conspiracy that we are participating in here today is to stop saying what's wrong with psychiatric survivors and to start asking: "How do we create hope filled, humanized environments and relationships in which people can grow?" - Patricia E. Deegan, Ph.D.
Mental Health / HealthCare Source: Schizophrenia.com
Typology • Health Care Design - Mental Health Clinic and Wellness Center for young adults with Schizophrenia. • There is twice the amount of people suffering from schizophrenia than those affected by Alzheimer’s (Schizoprhenia.com). Schizophrenia is commonly developed in early adulthood. Early intervention can result in better treatment and can prevent severe damage caused by re occurring episodes(WHO). Schizophrenia is a mental illness characterized by the evidence of delusions, hallucinations, thought disorder and cognitive deficits (Meyer & MacCabe, 2012). 1% of Americans have Schizophrenia(NIMH). Young adults with untreated schizophrenia are in higher risk of suicide. By providing a wellness facility equipped with a psychiatric unit and an on-site living accommodation facility, people with schizophrenia can be encourage to attend and participate in on-site wellness center and can be treated in the psychiatric unit in case of re-lapse or episodes manifestation. Rehabilitation and wellness centers emphasize in providing people with schizophrenia with social and vocational skills training to help them cope with their day-to day lives, and integration I society (NIMH). Because schizophrenia is such difficult illness, people with schizophrenia are in dire need of assisted living accommodations. Nearly 70 % of people with schizophrenia do not live independently (Schizofrenia.com).
Location • Republic of India City of Mumbai. Four million people in India are diagnosed with schizophrenia (WHO). Schizophrenia affects 25 million Indian families average (WHO). India has a population of 1 billion people, and only approximately 40 mental hospitals. • India is already a participant of the pilot study including mental health in the Primary Health Care System. (NIMH) In India population of 1.1 billion 3/1000 Suffer from Schizophrenia (Gururaj, Girish, & Isaac, 2005). Pilot Study in India: training of the primary health care practitioners, essential drugs, families for home care assistance and training, mental health professionals, public education, and Stigma reduction (NIMH).
… SCHIZOPHRENIA, depression, epilepsy, dementia, etc… make up13% of the global disease burden, surpassing both cardiovascular disease and cancer. [National Institutes of Health] http://video-subtitle.tedcdn.com/talk/podcast/2012G/None/VikramPatel_2012G-low-en.mp4 Minute 5:00 – 7:00
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Republic of India City of Mumbai • India is already a participant of the pilot study including mental health in the Primary Health Care System. (NIMH) • In India population of 1.1 billion 3/1000 Suffer from Schizophrenia(Gururaj, Girish, & Isaac, 2005) • Pilot Study in India: • training of the primary health care practitioners • essential drugs • families for home care assistance and training • mental health professionals • public education • Stigma reduction • (NIMH)
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Citations • http://www.schizophrenia.com/szfacts.htm • Schizophrenia.com • http://www.who.int/mental_health/management/schizophrenia/en/ • World Health Organization • http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia/index.shtml • Gururaj G, Girish N, Isaac MK. NCMH Background papers- Burden of disease in India. New Delhi: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare; 2005. Mental, neurological and substance abuse disorders: Strategies towards a systems approach.