Mental health
Romsås and Sagene
Statistics
Norways national health problems
Immigrants with non-western backgrounds are more likely to struggle with mental health issues than ethnic Norwegians. This may be due to stressful experiences in the home country, language barriers, subjects to a new culture, etc.
Mental health
We can see that Romsås scores higher than both Sagene and the average of Norway in the number of people struggling with health issues, physical as well as mental, and in parameters indicating bad health conditions.
We can also see how depression and anxiety are distributed unevenly throughout Oslo, following the historical dividing lines in Oslo, drawing a difference between the western and eastern parts.
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Depression in Oslo
Anxiety in Oslo
Impact
Impact on Romsås
Mental health has an impact on other factors like employment and early school leaving. The statistics of these factors are showed in the graphics below.
We can see that Romsås has lower employment and a higher amount of people leaving school early than the average of Oslo.
People in Romsås
Aged 19-66
Employed
Working in Romsås
The graphics below is to amplify the statement above by showing the different percentages.
Value chain
Value chain
This value chain shows that many risk factors exist before the appearance of a mental disorder, including the physical, cultural and social environment. Once a disorder appears, the treatment is done with a diagnosis, therapeutic treatment and then the prescription of medication.
Once the treatment is completed, the sick individual is reintegrated into his or her initial environment and is therefore once again exposed to risk factors. We can see in this chain that the investment is made in the training of doctors, in care and in medication.
Prevention
How can prevention impact mental health problems? The graphic shows that the curves of people needing treatment, with or without a mental disorder, are flattened with prevention. There are 3 possible preventions, primary, secondary and tertiary, explained in the scheme below.
Value chain - prevention
The new value chain that we propose reverses the action on the mental disorder by acting upstream, first on the risk factors (physical environment, isolation) and by prevention.
The funds that will be saved by limiting the appearance of mental disorders and therefore the investment in treatments can be used for this prevention.
Romsås/Gulag
The bad mental health statistics and badly built environment lead to the conclusion that Romsås is a mental gulag.
Romsås/Gulag - Built environment
Romsås does not only feel like a mental prison, it is built like it as well. The drawings below show Romsås and Oslo prison. The elements are coloured the same; the entrance, residents, green area and boundaries.
