As part of the project, a cross-border group was set up to draw up common guidelines for the treatment of people with mental health problems between the ages of 18 and 35. The guidelines set out ways to deal with crisis situations and methodologies for the work and social reintegration of young people with mental health problems using therapeutic and rehabilitation projects, which include the involvement of social workers, general practitioners, educational and social institutions, NGOs and other providers needs.
In the first phase of the project, an analysis of the treatment systems for people with mental health problems in Slovenia and Italy was prepared. It was necessary to understand, above all, if and how it is possible to design joint services for the treatment of Slovenian and Italian patients. The analysis identified the strengths and weaknesses of both treatments, on the basis of which the cross-border group developed a common model that could improve the quality and accessibility of cross-border mental health services.
Based on the cross-border agreement on guidelines and four-day training of the working group in the second half of 2019, the members of the working group prepared the Cross-Border Implementation Protocol for Acute Mental Health Cases, that also has an internal crisis management protocol, which the working group will be able to use the geographically closest regional reception services (CSM - Mental Health Centers) instead of the usual practices for active hospitalization in Slovenia.
As part of awarness with the field of mental health, at the end of 2018 we organized cross-border training for providers who do not work in the field of mental health (police, first aid staff, municipal staff), but in their daily work encounter people with mental health problems. A language manual prepared by the working group with the aim of overcoming linguistic and cultural differences in the field of mental health was also presented at the event.
An important set of activities in the field of mental health includes individual health envelopes. An implementation agreement was signed with an external contractor who provided individual health envelope services in an Italian-Slovenian partnership, which included a holistic approach to patient care in the context of socialization, employment rehabilitation and accommodation.
As part of the activities of mental health, an investment in renovation of exsisting infrastructures has been done and results in a mental health center on the ground floor of the Community Center in Nova Gorica.
The Salute-Zdravstvo project was financed by the Interreg Italy-Slovenia programme.
