Concepts of mental health and care according to mentally-ill patients and their relatives

Abstract

This study aimed at 1) identifying social, demographic and clinical characteristics of mentally-ill patients and their relatives and 2) analyzing their conceptions concerning mental illness and psychiatric care. The Attitude Measurement Scale (AMS) was used. Quantitative and qualitative analyses of the data were carried out. The 104 study subjects comprised 35 patients and 69 relatives (n=104). The Mann-Whitney Test was used for comparing the opinions of patients X relatives and the Wilcoxon Test for comparing Concept and Care. There was homogeneity in the distribution of the subjects' scores for both Concept and Care. No questions stood out or were concentrated in either group. The subjects' profile shows the transition from asylum care to innovative experiences, although there is still a concentration of drug treatments and dependence on the psychiatric institution.

Applicability of the Spanish Version of the Supports Intensity Scale (SIS), in the Mexican Population with Severe Mental Illness

“…Put differently, the SIS is an instrument that, with minimal Although it is true that over the past five years, several papers have been published in the context of Nursing, addressing the theme of mental illness, these are predominantly directed towards the analysis of health services and models (27)(28)(29) or toward the concept of mental illness (30)(31) , centered on service quality (32)(33) .…”

Users of three psychiatric services: profile and opinion

“…Results evidenced a well-balanced instrument, in view of its homogeneous score distribution and statements about concepts and care (11) . This instrument (Opinion Measurement Scale -OMS on Concepts and Psychiatric Care).…”

O Acompanhamento Terapêutico (AT): dispositivo de atenção psicossocial em saúde mental

“…Os Ambulatórios de Saúde Mental oferecem atendimento médico, de enfermagem e psicológico, bem como visita domiciliar aos portadores e grupos de familiares, coordenados pela enfermeira e pela assistente social, a exemplo do Ambulatório Regional de Saúde Mental do município de Ribeirão Preto (Osinaga, Furegato, Santos, 2005). Em municípios onde não há ambulatórios psiquiátricos, tais intervenções terapêuticas são realizadas nos CAPSs.…”