Interdepartmental and innovative project for the physical and mental health of young people with serious and complex psychiatric disorders . Sponsored by the ASL VCO- REGIONE PIEMONTE : Mental Health Department, Prevention Department, Diabetology, SerD, Child Neuropsychiatry, Health District.

Poster B142, Friday, October 21, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm, Le Baron

Ermelinda Zeppetelli¹, Antonino Trimarchi², Giovanni Geda³, Francesco Lembo⁴, Giuseppe Saglietti⁵, Paolo Ferrari⁶, Chiara Crosa Lenz⁷, Stefania Vozza⁸, Bartolomeo Ficili⁹, Romano Ferrari¹⁰, Melania Figliolino¹¹, Giovanni Caruso¹²; ¹Dirigente Medico Psichiatra Responsabile SOS Riabilitazione Psichiatrica DSM ASL VCO, ²Direttore Sanitario ASL VCO-Regione Piemonte, ³Direttore DSM Strutturale Interaziendale ASL Biella-VCO-Vercelli, ⁴Direttore Dipartimento di Prevenzione ASL VCO, ⁵Direttore SOC Diabetologia e Malattie Metaboliche ASL VCO, ⁷Direttore f.f. SOC SerD ASL VCO, ⁸Direttore f.f. SOC Neuropsichiatria infantile ASL VCO, ⁹Direttore Distretti Omegna e Verbania ASL VCO, ¹⁰Direttore Distretto Domodossola ASL VCO, ¹¹Psicologa-Psicoterapeuta Cognitivo Comportamentale (volontaria presso SOS Riabilitazione Psichiatrica DSM), ¹²Direttore Generale ASL VCO Regione Piemonte

There has been much debate during recent years on the importance of addressing the issue of the physical health of young people affected by serious psychiatric disorders, especially in the early stages of the disease. Starting from the information provided by AIPP and contained in the Health international declaration, ASL VCO has created an interdepartmental working group made up of Mental Health Department, Prevention Department, Diabetology, SerD, NPI and Health Districts, that is working on improving the lifestyle of young patients affected by psychosis This working group has launched a multimodal and innovative project called “healthy and active lives”. The project is a rehabilitative and preventive effort, and for this reason it was included in the ASL VCO local prevention plan and between complex and innovative rehabilitation programs of Mental Health Department. The most important objective is the achievement of Heal target. The project seeks to promote healty and active lifestyles to reduce cardiovascular risk factors and early mortality. At the beginning and in the end of the project it's planned an evaluation of the physical indicators and the psycho-social functioning. Patients may benefit from groupal psycho-educational meetings and individual counseling; they can perform a free sport activity and participate in a cooking workshop to learn how to eat healthily. It is very important to stress the tight integration between institutional (ASL VCO Department, general practitioners) and extra-institutional resources (social cooperatives, company' sports basketball, sailing, associations of nature guides), and the importance of designing a plan shared amongst the partners

Topic Area: Psychosocial Interventions

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