CPG for Psychosocial Interventions in Severe Mental ... - GuÃaSalud
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In homeless people with SMI, ACT reduces the psychiatric symptoms when compared<br />
with standard Case management 221 .<br />
Liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> group improves the executive functions, especially <strong>in</strong> patients with no substance<br />
abuse 223 .<br />
Recommendations<br />
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For homeless people with SMI who require psychiatric care and psychosocial <strong>in</strong>tervention,<br />
it is advisable <strong>for</strong> both to be supplied together via <strong>in</strong>tegral programmes where residential<br />
programme/hous<strong>in</strong>g is offered.<br />
When there is no active substance abuse, it would be advisable to provide grouped accommodation<br />
to homeless people with SMI <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>tegral <strong>in</strong>tervention programmes.<br />
When it is not possible to use accommodation and support programmes <strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>tegral<br />
psychosocial <strong>in</strong>tervention of homeless people with SMI, the <strong>in</strong>tervention of assertive<br />
community treatment team should be offered.<br />
5.4.3. SMI and low IQ/mental retardation<br />
There seems to be general agreement about the high prevalence of mental disorders <strong>in</strong> people with<br />
<strong>in</strong>tellectual disability or mental retardation (understood as a person whose <strong>in</strong>tellectual coefficient<br />
is 70 or below) 224 , at the same time as less access to specialised mental health services. Several<br />
factors may be <strong>in</strong>terfer<strong>in</strong>g with this, one of which may be the perception by professionals that psychological<br />
<strong>in</strong>terventions may be <strong>in</strong>efficient due to the cognitive deficits and verbal limitations 225 .<br />
On the other hand, the correct diagnosis of the symptoms, syndromes and nosological entities<br />
<strong>in</strong> this population may be limited by the use of the current diagnostic classification criteria.<br />
More specifically, the diagnosis of psychotic disorders (schizophrenia and related disorders, <strong>in</strong>cluded<br />
<strong>in</strong> SMI) is h<strong>in</strong>dered by the problem of dist<strong>in</strong>guish<strong>in</strong>g real halluc<strong>in</strong>ations from other nonpathological<br />
behaviours, such as talk<strong>in</strong>g to themselves or to imag<strong>in</strong>ary friends. Added to this is a<br />
high prevalence of symptomatology, but limited detection capacity (lack of diagnostic criteria and<br />
adapted and validated <strong>in</strong>struments <strong>for</strong> this population) of greater psychiatric disorders. The use of<br />
diagnostic criteria and <strong>in</strong>struments adapted to mental retardation has been proposed there<strong>for</strong>e 226<br />
as a way of improv<strong>in</strong>g the reliability of the diagnoses <strong>in</strong> this population.<br />
Question to be answered<br />
• Which psychosocial treatment is more effective <strong>in</strong> people with SMI and a low IQ?<br />
To be able to answer this question the RCT by Mart<strong>in</strong> et al 227 has been <strong>in</strong>cluded, which<br />
compares the efficacy of the ACT model with the standard community treatment, to treat mental<br />
illness <strong>in</strong> light to moderate mental retardation (MR) and SMI.<br />
Due to the little evidence found, which could also answer this question, a series of cases by<br />
Haddock 228 (n = 5) have been <strong>in</strong>cluded, where the people that are described, suffer from light MR<br />
and schizophrenia (they are be<strong>in</strong>g treated with antipyschotics) and chronic and resistant sensoper-<br />
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