A Qualitative Inquiry into the Taiwanese Mentally Ill Persons' Difficulties Living in the Community
Journal
Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Journal Volume
22
Journal Issue
5
Pages
266-276
Date Issued
2008
Author(s)
Abstract
Community care has been a paradigm shift for psychiatric treatment worldwide; however, it has not been successfully implemented in many developing countries, including Taiwan. This qualitative study aimed to explore the Taiwanese mentally ill persons' difficulties living in the community. Social disadvantages and illness adaptation were recognized as two domains of difficulties encountered by Taiwanese mentally ill patients living in the community, while six themes were identified: getting a "shameful" illness, unmet needs for community care, being overcome by a distorted world, denying the illness, living with the illness, and adapting to changed level of functioning. Related cultural issues were also discussed. ? 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Other Subjects
adaptive behavior; adolescent; adult; aged; article; attitude to health; daily life activity; deinstitutionalization; denial; developing country; ethnology; family; female; health service; human; information processing; male; mental disease; mental health service; mental patient; middle aged; nursing methodology research; organization and management; psychiatric nursing; psychological aspect; qualitative research; questionnaire; shame; social behavior; social psychology; Taiwan; Activities of Daily Living; Adaptation, Psychological; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Attitude to Health; Community Mental Health Services; Deinstitutionalization; Denial (Psychology); Developing Countries; Family; Female; Focus Groups; Health Services Needs and Demand; Humans; Male; Mental Disorders; Mentally Ill Persons; Middle Aged; Nursing Methodology Research; Psychiatric Nursing; Qualitative Research; Questionnaires; Shame; Social Behavior; Stereotyping; Taiwan
Type
journal article