Intervenção em adultos num centro de cuidados de saúde mental: projeto de educ...

• Author(s): Bartolomeu, Tânia ; Francisco, Joana ; Pinheira, Vítor
• Date: 2014
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/2443
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco
• Subject(s): Mental disorders; Cognitive development; Physical performance; Behavioral field; Clinical education
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: Portuguese

Description

Introduction: The peculiarities of each individual with mental disorders concerns a challenge to their intervention in group, however this might be the answer to a development of adaptive and social behavior. Objectives: Assess cognitive development, improvement of physical performance and group interaction, and progress of behavioral development and communication, in individuals with mental disorders who underwent the group intervention. Methods: Prior to the beginning of the sessions there was an initial evaluation of 6 institutionalized adults with Intellectual Disabilities, using three assessment instruments, including the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Modified Physical Performance Test (MPPT) and Behavioral Observation Protocol (BOP). This data, allowed an awareness of the key needs to meet in the 20 intervention sessions performed. Subsequently, there was a similar final evaluation. Results: The results showed further progress in the behavioral field, with an average upgrading of the score in BOP of 26.33, followed by an average score increase 3.83 in MPPT and 2.83 in MMSE. Conclusions: The cognitive level developments centered on orientation, memory, and naming. The data given by MPPT relate to an increase of the speed the tasks are carried, and not the reach of new physical abilities. However, the most significant improvements were represented mainly in the ability of communication and understanding, which are reflected in the interaction of individuals in different situations, with different objects and people.