Psychiatric disorders, here is the way to resume your studies

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 19 - Desire for personal growth, need for fulfillment, to rediscover pride, social redemption, to have new opportunities, to create new bonds and social relationships, search for a purpose that gives meaningful fullness to one's existence .

This is what we read in the eyes and in the desires of young adults who experience a psychiatric disability and who want to resume their studies: a cry for help to which Mental Health, Education and Social Health professionals must respond so that they can direct many young adults with psychiatric problems to pursue personally meaningful life goals.

The book "

(Giovanni Fioriti Editore), edited by Giovanni Soro, AngelaMuscettola and Irene Perini.

The book, starting from a frame of reference on the value of education as nourishment for the personal growth of each individual and on the increasing importance that this element assumes in terms of people's ability to be in the world, of opportunities, of the possibility of assuming greater control of own life, in terms of health and quality of life, offers, thanks to the contributions of authoritative professionals, an overview of the characteristics of some of the most serious mental disorders and of the potential impact that these characteristics have on the study paths of those affected.

(Giovanni Fioriti Editore), edited by Giovanni Soro, AngelaMuscettola and Irene Perini.

The book, starting from a frame of reference on the value of education as nourishment for the personal growth of each individual and on the increasing importance that this element assumes in terms of people's ability to be in the world, of opportunities, of the possibility of assuming greater control of own life, in terms of health and quality of life, offers, thanks to the contributions of authoritative professionals, an overview of the characteristics of some of the most serious mental disorders and of the potential impact that these characteristics have on the study paths of those affected.

    In the central part, the book goes into the specifics of the practice of the so-called supported education, that is the provision of systematic help to adults with psychiatric disabilities to develop all those skills (practical-instrumental, communication, thinking, organization and planning, emotions) and all those environmental supports (people, tools, facilities, places, resources) necessary to successfully carry out an education or professional training path.

The book illustrates this practice by outlining the methodological principles and the different phases in which the intervention develops.

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    This editorial initiative therefore goes to increase that arsenal of non-pharmacological treatments that can help people to recover from the - often devastating - consequences of mental illness and to rediscover the desire to face new challenges and achieve life goals that are meaningful to them, opening up a systematic reflection in our country as well. in-depth study on a long-neglected theme of psychosocial rehabilitation, that of Supported Education for adults.

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