Psychiatric Rehabilitation Case Study

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

Rationale of the study The human behavior is relatively proportional to the community that they live in. The absence of discipline and wide spread of egoism leads people to an obsessive act affecting other people, sometimes damages and hurts others. Treating this illness is a milestone of having a peaceful environment. The essential elements of psychiatric rehabilitation approach have been hinted for over century. Psychiatric rehabilitation principles and ideas have periodically moved in and out of favor around the world, highlighted almost serendipitously as the mental health field progressed through various developmental phrases. Most situation of many people having mental health conditions including their families

The case of their inclusions is compelling. People with severe stigma and discrimination; they are more likely to be subjected to abuse and violence compared to the general population; they encountered barriers to exercise their civil and political rights, and participating in societal activities. They lack access to health and social services, and services; they encounter restriction to education; and they excluded from income generating and employment opportunities. People with mental conditions are at high risk for disability. Psychiatric Rehabilitation promotes recovery, full community integration and improved quality of life for persons who have been diagnosed with any mental health condition that seriously impairs their ability to lead meaningful lives. Its services are collaborative, person-directed and

The study conducted in 2000 also said that there is an average of 88 reported cases of mental illness per 100,000 Filipinos. In a separate study by the Social Weather Stations, it was said that 0.7% of the total household in the Philippines during the year, 2004, have a member with mental disability. The most reported cases of mental illness are often linked with familial or hereditary mental disorders including schizophrenia alongside with mental illness linked with psychosocial development. Also in the Philippines, it was noted that substance abuse (narcotic drugs, other chemicals, etc.) are the leading direct and indirect causes of mental illness. What is more surprising is that a World Health Organization study revealed that in three primary health centers in Manila, one out of 5 adults and one out of 10 children ages 5 to 15 consulting to these centers have mental disorders (Department of Health,