DESIGN OF A MENTAL REHABILITATION CENTER FOR ADOLESCENTSWITH ART THERAPY

• Main Author: Zhafirah Apriliani Sultan, Rana
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/72221
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Mental health is a very important aspect in supporting productivity and the health quality of someone’s physical. A Psychological disorder could happen to anyone. Data from Riskesdas (Indonesia’s Basic Health Research) in 2018 showed that the symptom of depression which showed the early signs of emotional disorders for teenagers around the age 15 and above reach to 6,1% of Indonesia’s population or equal to 11 million people. A number of 6,2% depression case was shown at teenagers around the age of 15 to 24 years old. A major depression could have a tendency of hurting themselves (self-harm) to suicide. In the amount of 80-90% of suicide case are caused by major depression and anxiety disorder. Indonesia’s suicide rate has gone into 10.000 or equal to one case/hour. According to suicidologies, 4.2% Indonesian student have thought of killing themselves. But the understanding of mental health in Indonesia is very low. The society tend to give a negative stigma to people with mental disorders with humiliating and consider it as a disgrace. Moreover, teenagers are considered as someone who don’t have problems as big as adults are. Thus, a rehabilitation center for teenagers with mental disorders to help them recover and consultate about their mental well beingness is needed,