460,000 people in Spain suffer from schizophrenia
25% of cases are not diagnosed
– more than 150 professionals of all Spain meet at the Centre Hospitalier Benito Menni de Valladolid to discuss on the psychosocial aspects of schizophrenia.
-35% of the investment of the State mental health corresponds to direct or indirect costs of caring for patients with schizophrenia.
-psychosocial therapies range from family intervention to job search: 90% of people who suffer this disease will not find work throughout his life
Valladolid, 2011-October more than 150 professionals from all Spain have been analysed in the Valladolid Centre Hospitalier Benito Menni, psychosocial aspects associated with schizophrenia in the III national conference devoted to this disease.
During the day have been particularly interested in analyzing the current situation of a disease that affects nearly half a million people in our country, mainly young people, and alert the enormous gap between the diagnosed patients receiving treatment, and those who do not. It is worrying to see how about 25% of people with schizophrenia are not diagnosed, and only 50 per cent are in treatment ” says Rubén de la Fuente, managing director of the centers of the hospital sisters in Castilla y León.
in addition, the economic impact of this disease has been highlighted in health expenditure in our country: of the more than 7,000 million euros that the State invests in mental health, EUR 2 billion correspond to direct or indirect costs arising from the schizophrenia.
Importance of psychosocial interventions
The various rapporteurs have emphasised the positive moment in which today is the study of this disease. They admit that very important advances in the pharmacological field, there are but it is necessary to be associated with other treatments to promote self-esteem, social reintegration of the patient, and ultimately, improve their quality of life.
In this way, has affected the importance of the development of techniques for working with families, for training in social skills or to search for employment among others. Are aware of the importance of placing the individual at their surroundings, and in particular, to help these people to lead a daily life as standardized as possible ”, continues Rubén de la Fuente. Something so obvious to us, as it is the fact of having a paid employment, is almost impossible for schizophrenia patients: 90% of people who suffer this disease will not find work throughout his life. ”
these days are developed under the sponsorship of the Fundación MarÃa Josefa Recio, institution non-profit whose goal is to help and defend the interests of people with mental disabilities or mental illness through the protection of persons with disabilities and the development of research projects and teaching.
Profile of the hospital sisters
The Congregation of the sisters hospital has treated more than 16,000 people in Castilla y León since 1889, more dependent on cases in all areas of mental illness, dementia, elderly, intellectual disability, and rehabilitation.
In our country, the hospital sisters have 28 care centres distributed in eleven autonomous regions: Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, Basque country, Castile and León, Madrid, Aragon, Catalonia, Valencia, Andalusia and Canary Islands.
Throughout its centuries-old existence, the hospital sisters have extended by 27 countries in Europe, America, Africa and Asia, offering more than 20,000 places for the care of people with mental illness and/or any pathology.
