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.

Andrea R Moreno A.1. IND 5626

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]

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Wellness Center

Psych Unit Housing ComplexReception Lobby

Public Semi Public Private

Reception

Offices

PatientRooms

Lobby

Studio Rooms

Community Area

Education Rooms

Counseling Rooms

Group Rooms

WELLNESS CENTER

PSYCH UNIT

HOUSING COMPLEX

GARDENS

GARDENSPSYCH MENTAL HEALTH CENTER

Programing

Wellness Center Family Education

Vocational Training

Job Training

Cognitive Therapy

Behavior Therapy

Work-Live Program

Community working Therapy.

Vocational activities Therapy.

Counseling Programs

Housing Complex

Pharmacy

Psychiatric care

Psychiatric critical unit 2 Beds

Psych Unit

Lobby / Rec Area

Gym

20 Studio Apartments

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)

Republic of India City of Mumbai

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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.