Home care services in the community treatment of mentally ill persons
Journal Title: Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy - Year 2011, Vol 13, Issue 3
Abstract
Aim. The aim of the current study is to present the characteristics of the mentally ill persons participating in a home care services realised in Warsaw. Method. 105 long-term patients receiving home care services were included in the study. They were not hospitalised at the time of the interview. The data was collected with the use of GAS and a questionnaire specifically designed for the study’s aims. Conclusions. The chronically mentally ill persons present with numerous difficulties in their social functioning. Good functioning of our respondents in social situations can be accounted for by their participation in the home care services system, and protects them against successive hospitalisation. It is necessary to consider the local home care programmes as an effective mechanism supporting functioning of chronically mentally ill people.
Authors and Affiliations
Paweł Bronowski, Katarzyna Charzyńska, Maryla Sawicka
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP108314
- DOI -
- Views 79
- Downloads 0
Generation changes of Polish adolescents self-image (cohorts 1987 versus 2001)
Aim of the study . To compare the self-image of adolescents over fifteen years in Poland (1987 versus 2001). Material and methods . Participants were 1872 school students aged 16 to 17 years randomly selected from high s...
Marital Therapy/Couples Therapy: Indications and Contraindications
The author, basing on literature and her own experiences in conducting marital/couples, presents the indications and contraindications for this form of therapy for both recipients of the therapy and therapists. Insuffici...
Psychotherapy supervision as viewed from psychodynamic standpoint
In spite of a wide recommendation of supervision in training and continuous education in mental health, professional literature on the problem is relatively scarce. Majority of publications listed in the data bases conce...
Investigating the relationship between depression severity and cognitive rigidity through the use of cognitive errors
Aim.This study examined the association between depression severity and an indicator of the diversity of cognitive errors (CEs) used by individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD). Methods. One early and one late t...
The significance and role of siblings in family therapy
The authors discuss the significance of siblings and the relations between them in the family system. Quoting clinical examples, they consider the role and place of siblings in family therapy.