Saturday, December 5, 2020

Everyone is at risk of becoming mentally illness due to physical, mental, and emotional impacts and injuries. Therefore, knowing the causes, detecting early manifestations, timely intervention, and rehabilitation for mentally illness people, especially the rehabilitation at home is very important for the patients who recovery and integration from mental illness treatment.

Realizing that importance, Caritas Da Lat organized a rehabilitation count on community communication conference for mentally ill people on December 4, 2020. The communication session was held at the Da Lat Pastoral Center with about 50 people, the participants were from Ho Chi Minh, Dak Lak, Binh Thuan, and local people from Lam Dong province, including those people with their relatives who are currently living and suffering from mental illness. In addition, there were people in the vicinity of Da Lat who were interested to attend.

In this session, the presenter includes mental illness, its causes, early recognition signs, early prevention and treatment for quick recovery, and special features. Special emphasis is placed on the content of community-based rehabilitation of the mentally illness, in which the family's role is extremely important. Aside from those, it also provides procedures and policies to help patients enjoy their social life.

The communication session had the presence of the male and the female Trong Duc social protection facility owners. The owner of the Trong Duc Male Social Protection Facility, and together with Caritas Da Lat both organizations have supported in caring, giving treatment and providing facilities for people with mentally illness in the last 4 years.

                                                                                                                                        John Tam