CPG for Psychosocial Interventions in Severe Mental ... - GuÃaSalud
CPG for Psychosocial Interventions in Severe Mental ... - GuÃaSalud
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5. <strong>Psychosocial</strong> type rehabilitation<br />
<strong>in</strong>terventions<br />
As <strong>in</strong>dicated by Gisbert et al 11 the aim of psychosocial rehabilitation <strong>in</strong>terventions as part of the<br />
<strong>in</strong>tegral care of people with SMI is to overcome or compensate <strong>for</strong> the psychosocial and social<br />
<strong>in</strong>tegration difficulties that these people undergo, giv<strong>in</strong>g them support <strong>in</strong> their daily lives <strong>in</strong> the<br />
community <strong>in</strong> the most <strong>in</strong>dependent and decent manner, as well as <strong>in</strong> undertak<strong>in</strong>g and handl<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the different roles and demands represented by liv<strong>in</strong>g, work<strong>in</strong>g and mix<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> different community<br />
environments.<br />
This type of <strong>in</strong>tervention focuses on the function<strong>in</strong>g of persons, improv<strong>in</strong>g their personal and<br />
social skills and provid<strong>in</strong>g support to the different roles undertaken <strong>in</strong> their social and community<br />
lives. All <strong>in</strong> all, they aim to improve the quality of life of people affected and their families, support<strong>in</strong>g<br />
their social participation <strong>in</strong> the community <strong>in</strong> the most active, normalised and <strong>in</strong>dependent<br />
possible way.<br />
They are organised through an <strong>in</strong>dividualised process that comb<strong>in</strong>es, on the one hand, tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
and development of the skills and competences that each person requires to effectively function<br />
<strong>in</strong> the community and on the other hand, actions on the environment. It <strong>in</strong>cludes several<br />
aspects that vary from pyschoeducation and advice to families to the development of social supports<br />
aimed at offer<strong>in</strong>g the necessary aid to compensate or strength the level of psychosocial<br />
function<strong>in</strong>g of chronic mental patients 21 .<br />
<strong>Psychosocial</strong> <strong>in</strong>terventions <strong>in</strong> rehabilitation have ga<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> operativity and efficiency with<br />
the <strong>in</strong>corporation of different extrapolated strategies, adapted from the field of psychology, social<br />
learn<strong>in</strong>g, behaviour modification, social <strong>in</strong>tervention and human resources, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g, among others:<br />
tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g and development of personal and social skills, pyschoeducational and psychosocial<br />
<strong>in</strong>tervention strategies with families and users, development of social networks, social support,<br />
etc. This series of psychosocial <strong>in</strong>tervention strategies have proved to be efficient <strong>in</strong> improv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the psychosocial function<strong>in</strong>g of people with SMI and <strong>in</strong> their adaptation and ma<strong>in</strong>tenance <strong>in</strong> the<br />
community 11 .<br />
5.1. Psychological <strong>in</strong>terventions<br />
5.1.1. Cognitive-behavioural therapys<br />
Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) is a psychological <strong>in</strong>tervention that is based on the hypothesis<br />
that cognitive activity determ<strong>in</strong>es behaviour. Many differences can be found when approach<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the cognitive aspects, as some of them focus on structures, beliefs or basic cases as the ma<strong>in</strong><br />
causal entities of emotions and behaviour 22,23 , whilst others focus on processes such as problemsolv<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
cognitive distortions or thought content: self-<strong>in</strong>structions, automatic thoughts, etc. 23,25 In<br />
addition, there are important differences <strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>tervention strategies.<br />
Despite these differences, the follow<strong>in</strong>g characteristics, which they all have <strong>in</strong> common, can<br />
be po<strong>in</strong>ted out:<br />
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