MENTAL HEALTH AND

SOCIAL WORK

MENTAL HEALTH:
It is defined as a welfare state
in which the individual realizes
his or her own abilities You
may face tensions normal life
You can work productively and
is able to make a contribution
to their community.

OBJECTIVE
GENERAL

Analyze the situation and dynamics of

families than having household
members with mental illness. from the
method providing individual and family
intervention
tools
roles,
communication and responsibility.

OBJETIVES SPECIFIC
Theoretically deepen the dynamics of
families who have patients with mental
difficulties, taking the most common
diseases
such
as
schizophrenia,
depression and bipolar disorder.
Provide recommendations for improve
quality of life the caretaker of the
person who has a disease in the area of
mental health.

SOME
PATHOLOGIES

SCHIZOPHRENIA:
It is a psychiatric diagnosis used for a
group of people with chronic and severe
mental disorders often characterized by
behaviors that are abnormal for the
community lack of perception of reality
changes in perception and in the
expression of altered reality.

DEPRESSIO
N:
It
is
characterized by
a deep sadness,
low mood, low
self-esteem loss
of interest in
everything and
decreased
mental functions

BIPOLAR
DISORDER:
It is a severe
mental illness,
People who suffer
experience
unusual mood
changes they can
go from being
very active and
happy feel very
sad and hopeless.

PROBLEM
Caregivers of people with mental difficulties, are usually
members of the family very close to the patient, who have a
very strong bond and therefore spend much time caring for
these people.
The carer leaves his personal life and his life project, Quality
of life is a state of satisfaction generally derived from the
realization of the potentialities from the person (ARDILA, R.
2003 p. 162)
This creates in caregivers moods of sadness, anger,
powerlessness makes them vulnerable and require attention
to overcome these difficulties.

The social worker does his

work educated regarding the
pathology Stabilizing the
family, contributing to the
process of adaptation, as
well as developing the
strategies necessary for
proper quality of life for who
has the disease.

Accordingto
figuresfromtheNationalMentalHealth
Study2013,conductedin Colombia,
"forevery100peoplewhoconsultgener
alpractitioners, 26 do
soformentaldisordersbeingthemostc
ommondisordersofanxiety,affecting19
outof
100people.Thesecondplaceisoccupie
dbymooddisorderafflictingthe15%
ofthepopulationand
inthethirdplace,thepsychoactivesubs
tancein 10.6%.(AMAYA, 2015. S.p)

TheNationalStudyofMentalHealthin Colombia in
2003showedthewhichaccordingto
sex,age,educationallevel,marital
status,workingcondition,Social
SecuritySysteminHealth.Thepreviousonesarefactors
ofgreatinfluenceonthehealthofColombians

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