Mental Health Practitioners' Views of the Families of Individuals With Schizophrenia and Barriers to Collaboration: A Mixed Methods Study
| Autor: | Blake Beecher |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Sociology and Political Science Family involvement business.industry Best practice media_common.quotation_subject Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming) Workload Development medicine.disease Mental health Substance abuse Blame Agency (sociology) Medicine business Psychiatry media_common Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Family Social Work. 12:264-282 |
| ISSN: | 1540-4072 1052-2158 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10522150802654260 |
| Popis: | Family involvement has been identified as a best practice in the treatment of schizophrenia. Yet studies show a small number of families of individuals with schizophrenia are involved in treatment. In this mixed method study, community mental health practitioners from different disciplines responded to a quantitative survey (N = 88), a qualitative structured question guide (N = 8), and open-ended questions (N = 43) that explored their views of families of individuals with schizophrenia and barriers to collaboration with them. Practitioners did not blame the family for causing their family member's schizophrenia. Barriers to collaboration were reported in three main areas: (a) time/workload barriers, (b) agency/system barriers, and (c) family barriers, while at the same time recognizing family collaboration as effective practice and reporting a desire to engage more families in the treatment process. Younger practitioners viewed organizational factors as more significant barriers to collaboration. Substanc... |
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