November 30, 2013 – 17:09
worrying decline of staff is affecting long care centers for the mentally ill. According to the Italian Society of Psychiatry (SIP), according to a study launched in 14 regions, there has been a reduction of 50% of human resources for assistance: in fact, by a 0.8 per 1500 inhabitants was passed in a decade to 0.4. All this in the face of a very large number of people in psychiatric care in Italy, amounting to about one million and two hundred thousand people. These numbers are striking compared to an industry suffering from psychiatric constant shortage of suitable staff, compounded by the difficult context of the economic crisis that does not encourage the situation.
Mencacci Claudio, president of the SIP, emphasizes the seriousness of the problem because it is a symptom of a growing shortage in the quality of services offered by the facilities, in addition, all the weight of these absences rests with the professional staff really active, with a increased load of stress, fatigue and hours of work that does not allow a clear approach to work every day.
Today, 2 percent of the Italian population is suffering from disorders related to mental health. Obviously, these values ??are not all those people who do not resort to care for fear of social stigma of their disease. The known data show us that 34% of Italians between 18 and 34 years suffer from psychological disorders, compared to 39% of individuals between 45 and 64 and a lower 27% of people over sixty.
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