CPG for Psychosocial Interventions in Severe Mental ... - GuÃaSalud
CPG for Psychosocial Interventions in Severe Mental ... - GuÃaSalud
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Supervised fl ats are a community hous<strong>in</strong>g and social support resource located <strong>in</strong> flats or houses<br />
where several people, with sufficient level of <strong>in</strong>dependence and with <strong>Severe</strong> <strong>Mental</strong> Illness,<br />
live together, and who do not have sufficient family support to live <strong>in</strong>dependently. They offer, on<br />
a temporary or <strong>in</strong>def<strong>in</strong>ite basis and depend<strong>in</strong>g on the needs of each case, hous<strong>in</strong>g, personal and<br />
social support, support to <strong>in</strong>tegration, and flexible and cont<strong>in</strong>ued supervision.<br />
M<strong>in</strong>i-homes are small community residential centres with around 20 places, dest<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>for</strong><br />
people with severe mental illness and with their personal and social autonomy impaired. Their<br />
ma<strong>in</strong> objective is to temporarily or <strong>in</strong>def<strong>in</strong>itely provide hous<strong>in</strong>g, ma<strong>in</strong>tenance, care, personal and<br />
social support, support to community <strong>in</strong>tegration, to people who do not have family and social<br />
support or who, due to their degree of psychosocial impairment, require the services of this type<br />
of residential centre.<br />
Supervised places <strong>in</strong> hostels are hostels where, <strong>in</strong> order to avoid marg<strong>in</strong>alisation processes,<br />
hous<strong>in</strong>g as well as the coverage of basic needs are offered to people with severe mental illness<br />
with a good level of autonomy and a very <strong>in</strong>dependent lifestyle, but with no family support or<br />
economic resources.<br />
There is a systematic review conducted by Chilvers s et al 149 with respect to which, despite<br />
obta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g 139 quotes, after select<strong>in</strong>g the studies and assess<strong>in</strong>g their quality, none were found that<br />
satisfied the <strong>in</strong>clusion criteria established <strong>in</strong> the review, so no conclusions could be drawn.<br />
Although no data have been found <strong>in</strong> systematic reviews or controlled<br />
cl<strong>in</strong>ical trials that provide any proof, there is <strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>mation to <strong>in</strong>dicate that different<br />
residential programmes are able to ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> a considerable number of<br />
people with SMI <strong>in</strong> the community, as occurs with the work carried out by<br />
Fakhoury et al 150 . These authors conduct a review of 30 studies (ma<strong>in</strong>ly descriptive)<br />
where the efficacy of the community residential programmes <strong>for</strong><br />
SMI patients is assessed. In this study, positive results are found with respect<br />
to the improvement of function<strong>in</strong>g and social <strong>in</strong>tegration, and greater satisfaction<br />
of the patients, compared with patients from mid and long stay units.<br />
Furthermore, <strong>in</strong> the cross-sectional and descriptive study by López et<br />
al 151-155, the community residential programme <strong>for</strong> people with SMI <strong>in</strong><br />
Andalusia is analysed. Practically all the devices and residents attached to<br />
this programme were assessed <strong>in</strong> this study (16 homes, 67 flats and 399<br />
residents). The results of this work, among others, <strong>in</strong>dicate that there is an<br />
improvement <strong>in</strong> the user’s satisfaction with supervised hous<strong>in</strong>g (n = 327; p<br />
= 0.035) and the pharmacological treatment adherence <strong>in</strong>creases (n = 372;<br />
p