Ecopsychotherapy of mental health problems children and adolescents

Abstract

Ukraine is the problem of children's mental health. Contemporary one of the most urgent health problems in Ukraine. In recent years a number of studies confirms the trend of mental pathology of growth with an increase in the number of clinical forms of psychotic register, including behavioral disorders in children. In turn, this is due to the increasing number of emergency situations (antiterrorist operations on the territory of Ukraine) for the last time. Ukraine now is an urgent need to establish a system of psychosocial rehabilitation of children with impaired mental development. International Charity Fund “Alexander Feldman Fund” in the Ecopark established the center for psychosocial rehabilitation of children and adolescents with psychological, emotional and behavioral disorders. The center created the conditions for the restoration of a bio-psycho-social harmony of the child in the conditions of modern urban-deformed medium. The aim of the center is to restore the level of social functioning and quality of life of children with ADHD, children with autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and other neuropsychiatric disorders. The Center based on ecotherapy, also used animal therapy, garden therapy, play therapy, art therapy (studio for painting, sculpting). Individual and group work included various elements of cognitive-behavioral, rational, analytical child, relaxation, and other methods of psychotherapy.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.