Ergo-therapy

One of the challenges met at MSP is finding activities to keep the residents active and focused on therapeutic goals. At MSP, ergo-therapy plays an important role in fulfilling this role. Since the beginning of the hospital, ergo-therapy has been given an important place and it includes activities such as crafts, plays, and meetings. Lack of competent personnel in this area at MSP was one of the reasons why most activities were kept as ergo-therapy instead of being taken separately (this was the case of group therapy such as meetings).

During ergo-therapy, patients learn more than doing; they also learn how to be together, to form relationships, to take responsabilities, to have plans and dreams for their future, learn skills, and to be distracted from certain concerns that occupy their mind (hallucinations...).

On photos are some of the crafts that have been made by clients. These and other goods are sold when possible and the revenue received can be used to help clients start new projects once out of the hospital. It is important to mention that most of clients have been successful after hospitalization due to the skills learnt at MSP.