Comprehensive support service for people with a mental health or dual diagnosis (Barcelona metropolitan area)

The comprehensive support service is aimed at people over the age of eighteen with a mental health or dual diagnosis who need comprehensive support to consolidate their autonomy and their social and community inclusion. This service is funded by the Department of Social Rights and Inclusion of the Generalitat de Catalunya through the ordinary call for grants for social organisations (CONVO).

The main objective of this service is to improve the promotion of autonomy and community inclusion of the people served and their families. As an intervention strategy, participation is encouraged and people are actively involved in various community activities, making use of social, cultural and leisure resources.

Supporting people in improving and recovering their autonomy and community inclusion has a positive impact on their family and social environment. The comprehensive care service is characterised by a personalised approach, providing support in the psycho-emotional, educational, occupational/employment and social areas, as well as advice and support for family members and the fostering of links with services within the mental health network.

Objectives

• To promote better interaction between participants and their families
• To promote participation in or the carrying out of actions related to social inclusion.
• To encourage the prevention of drug use
• To encourage adherence to pharmacological treatment
• To improve employability by creating employment inclusion pathways
• To work on and promote the personal autonomy and healthy habits of the people served.
• To promote the engagement and retention of the people served in the mental health and drug addiction care network.
• To strengthen the ties of the people served within the community by encouraging or linking them to leisure, cultural, sports and other services.

Areas of intervention

We offer comprehensive care with personalised pathways through 6 areas of intervention:

1. Psychotherapeutic: daily group psychotherapy and weekly individual psychotherapy to meet the needs of each case, addressing personal issues and therapeutic objectives.
2. Personal Development and Self-Knowledge: we promote introspection and encourage the acquisition of basic personal skills.
3. Socio-educational: transmission of values and social norms for the acquisition of healthy habits and the development of social skills.
4. Autonomy Training: we promote responsibility as a key focus. We address household organisation, money management and cleaning habits.
5. Social and Community Inclusion: we encourage links with community services for socialisation, healthy use of time and employment inclusion.
6. Support for Families: advice and support for the relatives of the people served.

The service is provided at the Addictions Day Centre in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona), a centre managed and run by Fundación Salud y Comunidad (FSC).