After the fantastic Radio Nicosia seminar presented by Raul Velasco and Joan G ª Olera in the Aula Magna Guajara Campus of the University of La Laguna thousand conflicting ideas came to do not let me sleep ( well, maybe that one little seedy in the next room will also help it ) but the fact is that talk can not leave us indifferent (should not) who worked on this in the "mental health ".
"What are we doing?, Why we do it, for whom? ... and affected, anyone has asked them what they need?, what they say? ... And if you do not really know or what we do or what we do, and those affected by severe mental health problems or are expected in this debate ... the question is can we change the present model? For what it is increasingly clear is that we must at least try.
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The first person we spoke of his project, his experience. Project that has given voice and empowerment ( go ugly word, with English sounds pretty ), whose keys should be integrated (etched) in any socio-health system that aims to help / support these people their recovery process. Key
as respect, listening skills, use a word, affection (" cariñoterapia" called it), humility, the horizontal ... are essential and are the only concepts that should be considered LAW (" little word of the child Jesus" says the Canaries ). The rest (scales, NAND, DSMs ,...) are only tools. Tools (not forget) that arise from the consensus, nothing more. POSE have to be useful but should never blind us to what really matters. And the important thing should always be the PERSON. And I go further, if these tools keep us abreast of what's really important we should start to consider whether these tools are necessary, or rather, for who they are needed.
How important is the return call on the concerned, focus on the complaint and put aside the diagnosis. If you hear "voices" why we strive to translate into a language invented by the professionals (psychosis or thought disorder ...). Human beings are unique and our personal stories are unique and should be respected, help those affected to seek their own path to recovery from the humility and patience. Do not steal YOUR voice.
When we began the journey of this blog felt the need to put our grain of sand this way (" ... bed to flow to the river," said Alfredo Olivera as Raúl reminded us) and we thought insistently on the idea that " OTHER MENTAL HEALTH MAY ."
After more than a year trying to get his head to hear us, sometimes I find myself lowering the tone of the statement "Another Mental Health, ... you may " and even I have a gray day in which I choice but to ask:
" Another mental health possible? "
I still think something is moving, not least nikosianos far today have come to Tenerife and have shaken kicked in an environment as academic as the Aula Magna of the ULL the foundation of much dogma and a lot of preconceived idea about themselves (the affected) and on the system and even on society.
Something is moving around us and things are moving in other countries such as the Nordic and Anglo with powerful anti-stigma movements, movements of pride for the difference, comprehensive approaches to support ( Scotland, UK Tidal model ...).
I liked the truths that have brought us Raúl and Joan to Tenerife. Perhaps truths uncomfortable for some professionals, true professionals "intolerable for others", but true. Great truths.
A light ray of hope amid so much darkness never hurts.
César M. Estévez (Mental Health Nurse Specialist)
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