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Conceptions of mental health care - from the perspective of parents' of adult children suffering from mental illness.
- Source :
- Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences; Sep2014, Vol. 28 Issue 3, p496-504, 9p, 3 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- The aim of this study was to describe parents' conceptions of the mental health care provided to adult children suffering from mental illness. Data were collected using qualitative research interviews with a purposive sample of sixteen mothers and ten fathers. Phenomenographic analysis was used to identify conceptions and formulate descriptive categories. The first category, questioning the availability of care, describes mental health care as being unequal in terms of accessibility and lacking in continuity. The second category, disapproval of parental exclusion, illustrates conceptions that mental healthcare professionals disregard parents and do not provide them with adequate information. The third category, questioning the quality of care, encompasses conceptions of lack of trust in the professionals' competence, an unsatisfactory environment as well as inadequate cooperation with other healthcare providers and authorities. Positive aspects, such as being seen and confirmed, were mentioned as valuable by the parents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PSYCHIATRIC epidemiology
INFORMATION needs
MEDICAL personnel
ADULT children
CONTINUUM of care
PSYCHOLOGY of fathers
HEALTH services accessibility
INTERPROFESSIONAL relations
INTERVIEWING
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL quality control
PSYCHOLOGY of mothers
PSYCHOLOGY of parents
RESEARCH funding
QUALITATIVE research
JUDGMENT sampling
PSYCHIATRIC treatment
PATIENTS' families
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02839318
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 97225340
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12074