Indonesian Psychiatric Nursing History

Mental health is a condition that allows the development of physical, intellectual, emotional optimally from someone and the development of this in harmony with other people.
Although there is no universal definition of mental health, mental health is a positive situation by people who can be responsible, displays self-awareness, is self-directive, is reasonably worry free, and can cope with usual daily tensions. Such individuals function well in society, are accepted within a group, and are generally satisfied with their lives.

Psychiatric mental health nursing
It is a specialized area of nursing practice that uses theories of human behavior as its scientific framework and requires the purposeful use of self as its art of expression. It is concerned with promoting optimum health for society. Comprehensive services focus on prevention of mental illness, health maintenance, management of and referral for mental and physical health problems, diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders, and rehabilitation (Haber & Billings, 1993).

Indonesian psychiatric nursing history


Prehistoric times psychiatric nursing history
Begin with prehistoric times when primitive people believed spirits possessed the body and had to be driven out to cure.
Therapy: removing the spirits

1882
First Mental Hospital Indonesia (Bogor)
1902 : Lawang Mental Hospital
1923 : Magelang Mental Hospital
1927 : Sabang Mental Hospital
psychiatric nursing care use custodial care system. isolation and treatment of restrain

1910
Psychiatric nursing care start to try and avoid costodial care and restraints

1920
psychiatric nursing Care fokus in disease (Curative Care model)

1930
Therapy started working as agricultural land use for people with mental illness
During World War II and Japanese occupation, psychiatric nursing care is not developed

1947
New development in October 1947. government formed Jawatan Urusan Penyakit Jiwa

1966
indonesian government issued mental health laws UU Kesehatan Jiwa No.3 thn 1966

1975
PPDGJ I published on 1975

1970
the private sector also starting take a role in mental health problems

1990-2000
Focus on preventive/community based service, using various primary preventive approaches, such as mental health center, partical, hospital service, day care centers, home health care and hospital care