ABSTRACT
This article describes the work done by an interdisciplinary team belonging to a Mental Health Center in a secondary school situated within its area limits. The socio-political situation had developed opposition among the students towards the established school regulations provoking disturbances in communications and alliances between some of the different school groups. This situation created difficulties for the staff in connection with the specific management of the conflict. The written goals of the educational institution and those of the Mental Health Promotion team of this Mental Health Center were similar as follows: 1. Developing human being's potentialities; 2. Promoting more freedom and better communications. These facts, and the shared goals described above constituted the main reasons and explain why the Mental Health Promotion Team was able to work with the school groups in counseling during 3 1/2 years. It is important to emphasize that one of the main objectives achieved was that of transforming each staff member, such as professors and students into a mental health agent, that is to say someone who through his role is capable of influencing a significant number of people. Additional efforts were made towards turning intergroups communications more fluid breaking alliances and encouraging different groups to participate in school decisions.
Subject(s)
Health Promotion , Mental Health , Psychology, Adolescent , Schools , Adolescent , Community Psychiatry , Humans , Mental Disorders/prevention & control , Patient Care Team , PsychodramaABSTRACT
This article describes the work done by an interdisciplinary team belonging to a Mental Health Center in a secondary school situated within its area limits. The socio-political situation had developed opposition among the students towards the established school regulations provoking disturbances in communications and alliances between some of the different school groups. This situation created difficulties for the staff in connection with the specific management of the conflict. The written goals of the educational institution and those of the Mental Health Promotion team of this Mental Health Center were similar as follows: 1. Developing human beings potentialities; 2. Promoting more freedom and better communications. These facts, and the shared goals described above constituted the main reasons and explain why the Mental Health Promotion Team was able to work with the school groups in counseling during 3 1/2 years. It is important to emphasize that one of the main objectives achieved was that of transforming each staff member, such as professors and students into a mental health agent, that is to say someone who through his role is capable of influencing a significant number of people. Additional efforts were made towards turning intergroups communications more fluid breaking alliances and encouraging different groups to participate in school decisions.
ABSTRACT
En este trabajo se describe la tarea realizada en una institucion educativa por el equipo de Promocion de la Salud Mental (coordinador: Lic. Hugo Hirsch) del Centro de Salud Mental no. 1, de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, dirigido en ese momento por el Dr. Hugo Rosarios. Como consecuencia de una particular situacion socio-politica, los alumnos se habian rebelado contra las normas vigentes y se habian producido disturbios en la comunicacion y establecido alianzas entre diversos grupos de poder.Un equipo interdisciplinario trabajo durante tres anos y medio con direccion, docentes, preceptores y alumnos del establecimiento, pudiendo arribar a algunas conclusiones provisionales, utiles para futuras experiencias
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Adolescent , Humans , Schools , Health Promotion , Psychology, Adolescent , Mental HealthABSTRACT
En este trabajo se describe la tarea realizada en una institucion educativa por el equipo de Promocion de la Salud Mental (coordinador: Lic. Hugo Hirsch) del Centro de Salud Mental no. 1, de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, dirigido en ese momento por el Dr. Hugo Rosarios. Como consecuencia de una particular situacion socio-politica, los alumnos se habian rebelado contra las normas vigentes y se habian producido disturbios en la comunicacion y establecido alianzas entre diversos grupos de poder.Un equipo interdisciplinario trabajo durante tres anos y medio con direccion, docentes, preceptores y alumnos del establecimiento, pudiendo arribar a algunas conclusiones provisionales, utiles para futuras experiencias
