In other countries, varies outreach programmes are organised for discharged patient to help in the process. Voluntary association always play a supportive role for treated patient through outreach programmes. The organizations help to provide links with employers of labour, who have treated in mental health institution. The activities of voluntary organization have also help reduced the stigma, which is associated with several mental disorder and those treated door such disorders
Way to facilitate the process of rehabilitation
This can be achieved through the following:
- Acceptance by and strong support from the relation fro treated persons immediately they are discharge from hospital.
- Acceptance by and strong support from friends and other fro treated person
- Acceptance of treated persons by their employers after care
- Acceptance of treated persons by their network (e.g. club and association to which they belonged before ill health and
- Continuous monitoring of treated persons by relation in order to ensure that they remain in contact with mental health care facilities or health care personal and also comply with treatment regimen all of these imply that in order for the treatment of mental disorder to be effective, discharge patients require the support of their relatives and friend should accept them. They need to be gainfully employs so that they can earn a living and be in a position to fulfil their to continue to maintain regular contact with their doctors or those providing care finally treated patient need to take their medical and follow their doctors instruction. Relatives friend and employers can support treated persons and help them to meet all of these expectation. It is because of all of those that treatment and rehabilitation in the context of mental health demand the cooperation of all the key element within a community it is therefore difficult to achieve success in the management of those who suffer from and are treated for several mental disorder in society without the support of these element
General management/ treatment of mental illness
- Physically needs:
- Personal hygiene mouth, toilet bathroom/ bedroom bathing
- Nutritive food and beverages
- Weighing of patient (because of drugs)
- Monitoring of vital signs.
- Personal needs: he/she must be called by his/ patients
Sense of security and belonging should be guaranteed
- Social need:
- Visitors should be allowed and when condition
- permits he/she should go home on parole
- occupational therapy and working in group should be encourage
- in al areas patient should be watched and guided with liberty and freedom as his condition permits
- he/she should be encourages to partake in debates singing and group recreational activities
- he/she should be encourages to read papers and literature book of he is literates
- story telling for the illiterates
- Chemotherapy (drug):
- largactil phenothizine, malarial, stellazine Taractan and other phenothizine
- group of drug of choice prescribing according to the doctors wish and the condition of the patient
- physical therapy: ECT (electro- convulsive therapy) used for selected cases and it is according to physicians order
Counselling and rehabilitation
this means consulting with advice thus guiding a person professionally on social problem or recommending what is idea this is done in form of talking and listing which comprises of observations perception and action identification of acceptance tolerance and interest in order to achieve the aim for effective communication, the health worker have to understand his client culture and customer with their social background counselling aims at impacting information to determine
- the client expectation
- what he knows and what he wants know
- to learn something about his family, his work and living condition
All above will provide basis for planning future care for the Client
Rehabilitation: it restore to privilege reputation or proper condition restore to effectives by training.
