PM524. VEGF may have a neuroprotective role in the improvement of schizophrenia or in the treatment effects of antipsychotics
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After Indonesia’s Mental Health Law, approved by parliament in 2014, then began the movement of mental health services in Indonesia. Rehabilitation is one of the mental health effort that must be done in the context of the patient’s recovery. Mahdi Marzoeki mental hospital in Bogor is the oldest psychiatric hospital in Indonesia which has a psychosocial rehabilitation program hospital-based and community-based. Some programs are done in the hospital include: psychoeducation, social skills training, cognitive remediation, vocational training, art, music, sports and spiritual. Mahdi Marzoeki mental hospitals also developed a psychosocial rehabilitation services, communitybased, namely: ACT (assertive community treatment), case management, mental health alert village, rehabilitation and community-based institutions. These programs are expected to perform continuous rehabilitation services from the hospital to the community, the revolving door phenomenon can be rapidly reduced and many patients can recover and be productive again. Psychopharmacology as one of therapy for mental disorder also has role for recovery. Combination between psychopharmacology and rehabilitation are superior to achieve recovery. The result from the survey that have been done in Psychosocial Rehabilitation Unit show that typical antipsychotic combine with psychosocial rehabilitation increase the GAF (Global Assesment and Functioning) score of the day care patients.
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