COPD is a collective term for a group of chronic lung diseases that lead to obstructed airflow through the airways. It is a serious lung disease with permanent reduced lung function.
COPD is a collective term for a group of chronic lung diseases that lead to obstructed airflow through the airways. It is a serious lung disease with permanent reduced lung function.
COPD is a chronic inflammatory reaction that damages the bronchi and the tissue in the lungs. The disease develops slowly, and for people who do not exercise, the disease may have progressed far before they notice that their breathing or fitness has weakened.
Smoking is the most common cause of COPD. The risk increases with increasing tobacco consumption and the number of years of smoking. Over 80 percent of those with COPD smoke or have smoked.
Long-term smoking initiates an inflammatory process that damages the mucous membrane in the respiratory tract. This results in connective tissue formation and narrowing of the airways.
Other causes of COPD can be:
air pollution in the working environment from dust, smoke, gas and steam (Occupational COPD) childhood asthma frequent respiratory infections at a young age can contribute to the development of the disease hereditary factors also come into play and give a greater or lesser predisposition to developing the disease
An inherited enzyme deficiency, alpha 1-atrypsin deficiency, can lead to destruction of the small air bladders (emphysema), failing lung function and COPD.
Exposure to a lot of dust and smoke causes the damage to develop more quickly. This type of coal accounts for approx. 1 percent of all cases. This form of COPD often appears at a younger age than is otherwise common for COPD.
Referral process Mental Health Care
CONTACT YOUR GENERAL PRACTITIONER
Contact your GP/psychologist for an appointment.
REFERRAL TO DPS
Your GP/psychologist sends an application for the right to 24-hour treatment to your local DPS.
EVALUATION
Your local DPS assesses whether you are entitled to 24-hour accommodation.
ALLOWED 24-hour stay
If you are granted a 24-hour stay, you have the right to choose and carry out your treatment at WeCare through Free Choice of Treatment.
From 1 January 2023, Free treatment choice has been discontinued, from this date one must use their health/treatment insurance or pay privately.
The course of treatment is evaluated every 14 days, according to the package process
Evidence-based methods, such as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral therapy, and emotion-focused therapy
Group therapy
The ACT group
Led by a psychologist
8-10 participants
Runs over the course of 6 weeks, with two group meetings per week
Psychoeducational group
Task-based
Trauma stabilization group
Led by a psychologist
Ca. 8 participants
Runs over the course of 8 weeks, with two group meetings per week
Psychoeducational group which is intended to be stabilizing for trauma patients
Based on "tilbake til nåtid" prepared by Modum Bad
Gestalt group
Led by a gestalt therapist
Ca. 8-10 participants
Goes continuously with two group meetings per week
Process-oriented group
Gestalt therapy is a form of psychotherapy and relates to what is happening "right now"
Gestalt therapy places great emphasis on personal responsibility, and has developed methods to make people aware of their own feelings, reactions, and actions so that they can more clearly recognize and see themselves and their choices
We work interdisciplinary with our patients and want to see the whole person. All patients are offered individual treatment by a psychiatrist, psychologist, psychological specialist or gestalt therapist.
