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Within the framework of this Project took place the following activities:

The purpose of the first project "Ecology of the Human Psychology" financed by The Ministry of Ecology from Moldova was to study the Evolution and State of mental health of the population from Chisinau. According of this project was organized a scientific conference. The participants to this conference made up an Appeal addressed to Prim Minister and Mayer of Chisinau, which stipulated their opinions about the State and Evolution of mental health of the population from Chisinau and the measures to improve it. Conception of the Ecology of Human Psychology was drawn out and proved for the first time in the practice and science of the general ecology - as a component part of human and general ecology. Also, for the first time was published in Republic of Moldova a book with the topic "Ecology of Human Psychology", which contains the opinions and results of researches made by specialists from different fields regarding the Ecology and Protection of Human Psychology.

A project, financed by Soros Foundation-Moldova, is put in accomplishment now. Its name is "Integration of persons with mental disorders in family and society"
As direct beneficiaries of this project were selected patients with chronic paranoid Schizophrenia, psychic and social disorders of whom start and worsen evolution of mental disease. These are the primary causes, which disturb the process of integration of these persons in family and society.
The accomplishment of the project and the implementation of it reduce the manifestation of psychic-chronic disturbances and grows the mental health level contribute to the recover of the persons with a mental and chronic handicap in their family and society enlargement of their responsibilities, self-estimation of own value, teaching the measures of compensation of psychical disturbances effects and engagement into certain work.
Within the framework of this project the Centre ProUMAN Moldova during a year performs a training of 12 practitioners, specializing them in the field of implementation of same new ways psychosocial recovering, which needs an installation of new relation practitioner-beneficiary.

Translation into Romanian and Publishment of the book "Best Practices In Psychosocial Rehabilitation", Columbia, 2000;
With the deinstitutionalization movement, services were provided in the community and large numbers of people were discharged from state psychiatric institutions. But it became clear that traditional mental health treatment-in the community or in an institution-was not sufficient. Long-term institutionalization was replaced by the revolving door, as many persons were discharged and re-hospitalized often. To address this problem, a small number of innovative and creative programs were developed to address the needs of persons with severe mental illness. These fledgling programs were the pioneers in the field of psycho-social rehabilitation.
Today we know that recovery is a real possibility, and many people with mental illness lead productive, independent lives in our communities. In 20 years, psychosocial rehabilitation has grown from a few experimental programs to an integral and essential component
of the service system for people with severe and persistent mental illness. There is a rich diversity of program models, rehabilitation technologies, and service settings. Participation in psychosocial rehabilitation significantly reduces the number and length of psychiatric hospitalizations, increases the level of functioning and the likelihood of employment, and results in significantly higher consumer satisfaction and quality of life. Severe mental illness is no longer considered a hopeless disease.

Publishment of the guide book "Equal among Equals" (extracted from The International and National Legislation regarding the Promotion of Human Rights of Persons with Psychic Disorders)

Translation into Romanian and Publishment of the book "Guidelines For The Promotion Of Human Rights Of Persons With Mental Disorders", Geneva, 1996;
This document contains instruments for the assessment and the promotion of the respect of human rights of people with mental disorders, and the improvement of mental health care, according to major international documents on this issue, particularly a Resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1991.
KEY WORDS: human rights, mental disorders, persons with mental disorders, mental health legislation.

The social integration, presents a multilevel, dynamic and long process that is expressed both by an integration level and the insertion of the person in the family, community and society.
The social integration is recognized as the one of the high value of the modem society that assures the continuity of the human civilization.
The success of the social integration for the persons with mental disorders is the unique possibility for return in the family, community, for a decent life and for obtaining of the human rights.
Mental conditions (delirium, hallucinations, panic state, depressions, hypochondria etc.) being diminished or psychopharmacological inhibited, accomplish only one of the great many aspects of the integration in society - the medical one.
The integration of the persons with mental disorders in the family and community supposes the learning of some mechanisms of study of the socialization process.
The motivation - mental disorders affect the decay, diminution of the area of social abilities: communication, estimation and execution of some social roles in family and community, observance of some norms and generally accepted social values, social behavior, attitude toward himself and other persons, appreciation of the role of work etc.
The durability of integration of the persons with mental disorders in the social structures depends on the capacities of social integration that are available or were achieved owing to the communitarian services and the family, community and society's possibilities to create integration conditions.

Translation into Romanian and Publishment of the book "Quality Assurance In Mental Health Care", volume I & II, Geneva, 1994
This document includes check-lists with respective glossaries designed to assist in the development of programmes of quality assurance in mental health care. They are based on recommendations of a group of experts in this field and are being issued after field testing in 10 countries in all WHO Regions.
This volume contains instruments for the assessment of mental health policies, mental health programmes, primary health care facilities, outpatient mental health facilities, inpatient mental health facilities and residential facilities for the elderly. A future volume will contain instruments on day centres and hospitals, forensic psychiatric facilities, community-based services, protected housing, and psychosocial rehabilitation facilities.
Key-words: quality assurance, standards of care, mental health care, mental health services, service indicators.

Assistance in the sensibilization of the public opinion and decisive factor regarding the state end the evolution of mental health of population and the promotion of human rights of the persons with mental disorders. Toward this end by the initiative of Center ProUMAN Moldova the scientists from the field of psychiatry, psychology, psychophysiology, sociology, and human right that participated at 3 conferences (21.09.2001, 15.03.2002 and 22.06.2002) made request to the Government regarding the urgent necessity to reform the mental health assistance in the Republic of Moldova and to create centers of mental health ant to implement the communitarian services.
These problems were published in mass media: "Literatura si Arta", "Saptamina", "Timpul", "Moldova Suverana", radio and TV.

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