Psychological problems: Counselling and help
pro mente Upper Austria: Help for clients with psychological problems....
A psychiatric disease is not a fate to which one has to resign. More than one out of four persons all over this world are facing problems of the mind. pro mente Upper Austria runs roughly 120 facilities providing assistance in the province of Upper Austria.
For 40 years now pro mente Upper Austria, Society for mental and social health, has provided counselling and care for persons suffering from psychological problems, with a staff of almost 1000 professional employees and an additional 170 volunteers. An annual number of approximately 17 000 persons have contacted a centre of pro mente Upper Austria. The services provided are free of cost for the clients.
Counselling, housing, work and sparetime
The activities of pro mente Upper Austria include counselling both for persons with psychological and social problems and also for their relatives. In addition a number of different centres in Upper Austria provide further assistance with regard to housing, work and sparetime. Here a central aim is to facilitate the integration into local communities of persons with mental problems. So the focus is placed on the provision of services in or near the hometowns of the clients.
Prevention and crisis intervention
Prevention and information activities help to stop the development of psychiatric diseases before they become manifest. What is of central importance in this respect is telephone hotlines and personal assistance in times of psychological crises. Our psychosocial emergency hotline works around the clock: call +43 732 65 10 15.
Empowerment – the promotion of independence
Our centres help clients to discover their strong points and to take an active part in shaping their lives. They obtain the relevant knowledge and insight to comprehend their situation and take decisions for themselves. Persons with psychological problems are often discriminated against and experience social exclusion. Empowerment means that they start to manage their affairs themselves as they become aware of their capabilities, develop strengths and learn how to use their individual and collective resources in order to lead independent lives.
pro mente Upper Austria’s eight areas of activity
- Vocational integration:
Various training and counselling centres prepare patients for reemployment after a disease or crisis.
- Club houses:
Based on an international idea, persons with experience of psychiatric disease manage their own club houses and organise their daily routines.
- Voluntary services:
Volunteers spend part of their sparetime with persons suffering from psychological problems.
- Medical rehabilitation:
Patients undergo rehabilitation at Bad Hall, Upper Austria, to be restored to psychological health and to prevent early retirement.
- Psychosocial counselling:
Psychosocial counselling centres are run in almost every district of Upper Austria, providing primary assistance with regard to questions and problems in the field of mental health and disease.
- Addiction:
pro mente Upper Austria also runs specialist facilities focusing on the prevention of addiction as well as counselling and treatment programmes for addicts.
- Daily structure:
Sparetime activities and job opportunities e.g. in the cafe, the joiner’s workshop or the pottery help clients to overcome the monotony of their days and to master their lives again.
- Housing:
Individual help is provided according to specific needs of clients living in their own flats or in assisted housing facilities.
pro mente Upper Austria is certified under ISO 9001 and has been awarded the Equality inside label.
A psychiatric disease is not a fate to which one has to resign. More than one out of four persons all over this world are facing problems of the mind. pro mente Upper Austria runs roughly 120 facilities providing assistance in the province of Upper Austria.
For 40 years now pro mente Upper Austria, Society for mental and social health, has provided counselling and care for persons suffering from psychological problems, with a staff of almost 1000 professional employees and an additional 170 volunteers. An annual number of approximately 17 000 persons have contacted a centre of pro mente Upper Austria. The services provided are free of cost for the clients.
Counselling, housing, work and sparetime
The activities of pro mente Upper Austria include counselling both for persons with psychological and social problems and also for their relatives. In addition a number of different centres in Upper Austria provide further assistance with regard to housing, work and sparetime. Here a central aim is to facilitate the integration into local communities of persons with mental problems. So the focus is placed on the provision of services in or near the hometowns of the clients.
Prevention and crisis intervention
Prevention and information activities help to stop the development of psychiatric diseases before they become manifest. What is of central importance in this respect is telephone hotlines and personal assistance in times of psychological crises. Our psychosocial emergency hotline works around the clock: call +43 732 65 10 15.
Empowerment – the promotion of independence
Our centres help clients to discover their strong points and to take an active part in shaping their lives. They obtain the relevant knowledge and insight to comprehend their situation and take decisions for themselves. Persons with psychological problems are often discriminated against and experience social exclusion. Empowerment means that they start to manage their affairs themselves as they become aware of their capabilities, develop strengths and learn how to use their individual and collective resources in order to lead independent lives.
pro mente Upper Austria’s eight areas of activity
- Vocational integration:
Various training and counselling centres prepare patients for reemployment after a disease or crisis.
- Club houses:
Based on an international idea, persons with experience of psychiatric disease manage their own club houses and organise their daily routines.
- Voluntary services:
Volunteers spend part of their sparetime with persons suffering from psychological problems.
- Medical rehabilitation:
Patients undergo rehabilitation at Bad Hall, Upper Austria, to be restored to psychological health and to prevent early retirement.
- Psychosocial counselling:
Psychosocial counselling centres are run in almost every district of Upper Austria, providing primary assistance with regard to questions and problems in the field of mental health and disease.
- Addiction:
pro mente Upper Austria also runs specialist facilities focusing on the prevention of addiction as well as counselling and treatment programmes for addicts.
- Daily structure:
Sparetime activities and job opportunities e.g. in the cafe, the joiner’s workshop or the pottery help clients to overcome the monotony of their days and to master their lives again.
- Housing:
Individual help is provided according to specific needs of clients living in their own flats or in assisted housing facilities.
pro mente Upper Austria is certified under ISO 9001 and has been awarded the Equality inside label.