Association between parents' trust in mental health professionals and disengagement from psychiatric service within the first 6 months of initial treatment of schizophrenia

Autor:	Nozomu Asukai, Shuntaro Ando, Yuji Okazaki, Syudo Yamasaki, Michika Tanoue, Shigeko Ishikura, Junko Niimura, Atsushi Nishida
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Service (business) medicine.medical_specialty medicine.disease Mental health Odds Psychiatry and Mental health Schizophrenia medicine Initial treatment Pshychiatric Mental Health Disengagement theory Association (psychology) Psychology Psychiatry Biological Psychiatry
Zdroj:	Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 9:335-338
ISSN:	1751-7885
Popis:	Aim To investigate the association between parents' encounter with reliable mental health professionals and disengagement from initial treatment among patients with schizophrenia. Methods This study was a part of the Reaching People Early Tokyo Survey. Participants were recruited from groups for family members of people with mental ill-health around Tokyo. Self-report questionnaires completed by 467 parents were analysed. Results Disengagement rate was 16.2% among patients whose parents met reliable mental health professionals within the initial 6 months, but 33.7% among patients whose parents did not report meeting such professionals. The odds of disengagement was less than half in the first group than in the second group (OR 0.38, 95% CI 0.21–0.67). Conclusions Establishing trust with family members might prevent disengagement from initial treatment among patients with schizophrenia. Mental health professionals should spend time to build a trusting relationship with families within the initial period of treatment.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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