MENTAL HEALTH: STRATEGY TO REDUCE CASE OF PASUNG IN EAST JAVA
Lutfia Nurul Hidayati, Antun Mardiyanta, Susi Hardjati
1Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
2Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
3UPN Veteran Jawa Timur, Indonesia
Abstract
East Java Province ranks first in the number of cases of inclusion of people with psychiatric disorders or can be called psychotic. The Ministry of Social Affairs noted that there were 1,200 people in Pasung in 2016. 459 had been released from income and as many as 741. Patients with mental disorders were installed in East Java which was spread over 38 regencies / cities. Then in 2017 there were 757 cases and up to 2018 there were 888 cases. Thus the government strives to reduce cases of mental disorder sufferers through E-Pasung and District Social Welfare Personnel. The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of government efforts through E-Pasung and mentoring. This study uses a qualitative research methodology. Techniques for collecting data by interviewing the Social Service and Health Service. To strengthen the argument, the study of documentation and literature was also used in this study. The results of this study indicate that the innovation of public services in the form of E-pasung initially decreased but in the following year it increased to 2018. The Social Service also involved 110 pasung assistants, among them from TKSK (District Social Welfare Workers). Assistance to the Pasung family in terms of monitoring the availability of drugs, family education to take patients to the hospital and to rehabilitation centers
Keywords: Strategy, Free Pasung at JATIM
Topic: International Symposium on Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, and Religious Studies