Main Article Content

Abstract

ABSTRACT


BACKGROUND. The place and the function occupied by, as well as the level of adaptation of, individuals, families or corporations while facing events in life are guaranteed by measures designed either to prevent the outbreak of disease or to provide appropriate responses to disease when they are detected. Psychosocial rehabilitation of the patient often addressed at the exit of the healing phase, is dominated by the tertiary prevention actions. 

METHODS. During a rapid assessment of the situation (Rapid Assessment Procedure: RAP), carried out over 12 weeks from April to June 2002 the population of the wandering mentally ill in the city of Yaoundé, we grouped 55 people in the Department of Psychiatry of the Yaoundé Jamot hospital to be followed. The overall objective was to strengthen the prevention of the phenomenon of the wandering mentally ill in the mental health national policy in Cameroun. 

RESULTS. Our sample included 21.8% of cases of women, against 78.18% male; 26-30 and 31-35 age groups were the most represented 18.18% each. Among encountered mental pathologies, the leading was depressions 36, 36%, followed by reports from social exclusion, organized around the issue of the failure process, 23, 64%; 21, 82% of the cases were presented as schizophrenia or chronic psychosis. 45.45% of families have been found; among these, 24% of families have contributed to the return of the parent. Among persons we did accompany in their family, 01 (25%) remained in family, with an incidence of relapse observed of 75%. Psychosocial considerations mentioned as being the causes of failure to reintegration rehabilitating the subject are: the absence of structures of State for psychosocial support (40%), the burden of the case against family poverty (32%) rejection with family disinvestment (20%), the family disruption (8%).

CONCLUSIONS. Support for the wandering mentally ill remains a challenge for Cameroon. Mental health policy must take into account the social and cultural characteristics; give priority to prevention in mental health programs and the appropriate involvement of families through an approach to psychiatry community-based.

Article Details

How to Cite
Ntone, F., Essi, M. J., Nguen Toto, M., & Olembe, J. (2016). La réhabilitation psychosociale du malade mental errant au Cameroun. Analyse d’une activité pilote. HEALTH SCIENCES AND DISEASE, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.5281/hsd.v17i1.619

References

  1. Fekadu A, Hanlon C, Gebre-Eyesus E, Agedew M, Solomon H, Burden of mental disorders and unmet needs among street homeless people in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 2014 Aug 20; 12:138. doi: 10.1186/s12916-014-0138-x. 15774384 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
  2. Association sénégalaise pour le Suivi et l’Assistance aux malades mentaux "2192 malades mentaux errent au Sénégal, Le rapport d’enquête sur les malades mentaux, août 2013
  3. Abdoul Karim Commune de Ouahigouya : Ces fous qui errent dans la cité, 28 juin 2011
  4. Ousmane Niapa Prolifération de malades mentaux à Port-Gentil, Publié dans SOCIÉTÉ sur mardi 17 avril 2012
  5. Malades mentaux errants au Bénin : les grands abandonnés de la République, la Nouvelle Tribune, La rédaction, 24/12/14
  6. Projet - KASWA KASIAMA J. Récupération des malades mentaux errants dans la ville de KINSHASA - Neuropsychiatre, 15/11/2010
  7. O.M.S. Rapport sur la santé dans le monde 2001
  8. Mohamed Benzerga Malades mentaux et SDF Mauvaise prise en charge, Publié le 23/12/2008 à 12:00
  9. "La santé mentale des Camerounais fait partie de notre programme d'action« Yaounde, le 27 Decembre 2002, © Cameroon-Info.Net
  10. Hodgson KJ1, Shelton KH1, van den Bree MB2. Psychopathology among young homeless people: longitudinal mental health outcomes for different subgroups. 2015 Sep; 54(3):307-25. doi: 10.1111/bjc.12075. Epub 2015 Feb 5. PMC4147171 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] © 2015 The British Psychological Society.
  11. Madras School of Social Work, Chennai, India Rehabilitation of the wandering seriously mentally ill (WSMI) women-The Banyan experience. 2004; 39(1-2):49-65. PMCID: PMC3696232
  12. H. Blain, E. Guerdoux, M. Fernandez, A. Blain. L’inhibition psychomotrice du sujet âgé : proposition d’un nouveau cadre syndromique NPG Neurologie - Psychiatrie - Gériatrie, Volume 9, Issue 50, Pages 85-94
  13. CIM-10 Chapitre 05 : Troubles mentaux et du comportement
  14. DSM-IV-TR Manuel Diagnostique et Statistique des Troubles Mentaux texte révisé
  15. Vijayalakshmi Poreddi, Ramachandra,1 Konduru Reddemma,1 and Suresh Bada Math2 People with mental illness and human rights: A developing countries perspective Indian J Psychiatry. 2013 Apr-Jun; 55(2): 117–124. 25652340 doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.111447 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
  16. Séminaire interafricain d’Etudes et de Formation Supérieure. Réhabilitation psychosociale des malades mentaux. Yaoundé Cameroun janvier 1991

Most read articles by the same author(s)

Similar Articles

<< < 1 2 3 

You may also start an advanced similarity search for this article.