Intervention of Schizophrenia From the Community Model

Schizophrenia is a complex disease for which pharmacological management is an insufficient therapeutic measure to ensure adaptation to the community and restoring the quality of life of the patient, with a multidimensional management and community interventions being necessary. Case report. This cas...

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Published in:Revista colombiana de psiquiatría 2016-01, Vol.45 (1), p.46-50
Main Authors: Taborda Zapata, Eliana María, Montoya González, Laura Elisa, Gómez Sierra, Natalia María, Arteaga Morales, Laura María, Correa Rico, Oscar Andrés
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Subjects:
Colombia
Community Mental Health Services - organization & administration
Female
Humans
Interdisciplinary Communication
Middle Aged
Quality of Life
Schizophrenia - therapy
Social Environment
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Summary:Schizophrenia is a complex disease for which pharmacological management is an insufficient therapeutic measure to ensure adaptation to the community and restoring the quality of life of the patient, with a multidimensional management and community interventions being necessary. Case report. This case report illustrates a multidisciplinary treatment response, based on a community care model for mental health from Envigado, Colombia. The management of schizophrenia requires multimodal interventions that include community screening, psychoeducation of individuals, their families and society, addressing different areas of operation that allow adaptation of the subject to his social environment. A integrated intervention that can be provided on a Community scale, with the implementation of policies that allow it to be applied.
ISSN:0034-7450
DOI:10.1016/j.rcp.2015.09.001