[Unpad.ac.id, 9/10/2016] Stigma for people with mental disorders is frightening. In fact, people with mental disorders are individuals who need support, either from family, community, and society. This support is necessary that the patient is able to survive and live life with all its limitations.
Environmental support for the process of recovery of survivors with mental disorders has not widely known to the public. It encourages the role of academics in the field of nursing soul to disseminate information on the recovery process of people with mental disorders. One effort has been made by students and professors at the Master Program in Psychiatric Nursing Specialization Faculty of Nursing Unpad.
The locations of the socialization is in the area of Car Free Day (CFD) Buah Batu, Bandung, Sunday (9/10), when 20 students in 2015 and 2016 classes along with Head of Master Study Program of Nursing Unpad, Suryani, S.Kp., MHSC, PhD, performed socialization recovery efforts in survivors with mental disorders. This event was also held in commemoration of the World Mental Health Day on October 10. On the occasion, the information brochure distributed to the public in the area of CFD.
Head of the event, Krishna Wisnusakti, S.Kep., Ns., said that this event was held to provide insight to the public about the importance of the role of family, community, and the community on mental patients. In addition to providing socialization, it also opens up space for the community counseling.
“Patients with the disorder need support, because it’s useless when they have been treated in a psychiatric hospital and joined the community without any support,” Krishna said in an interview after the event.
Krishna explained that there are many survivors who feel inferior when returning to live in the community after medication in a mental hospital. This is due to the formation of the negative stigma associated with mental disorders and the lack of full support from the parties involved. Thus, vulnerable survivor disrupted again and underwent treatment in a mental hospital.
Recovery process, said Krishna, is not a treatment, but more on aspects of recovery and psychological support. This process requires the active involvement of family, friends, and community. “Recovery is a journey and a way of life where survivors of mental disorders so that they can adapt in society,” added Krishna.
Through these activities, Krishna hoped that people from different side can find out more related to the recovery process. With direct socialization to the community, this effort will be much more effective than socialize through the medium of seminars.
“This effort is expected to gradually open society hope for survivors,” he concluded. *
Laporan oleh: Arief Maulana / eh
