Consumer Academic, Centre for Psychiatric Nursing Research and Practice, School of Postgraduate Nursing, The University of Melbourne, Level 1, 723 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria, 3010, Australia.
Nurse Educ Pract. 2002 Jun;2(2):73-9. doi: 10.1054/nepr.2002.0068.
Consumer participation in mental health care is increasingly becoming an expectation. A review of the literature suggests that the negative attitudes of mental health professionals towards people diagnosed with mental illness constitutes a significant barrier to the realization of this goal. The education of health professionals has been identified as a major strategy for reducing the negatively of such attitudes, and to promoting a more participatory relationship between consumer and provider. This paper describes the process of the development and implementation of an academic role for a consumer of mental health services in teaching psychiatric nursing students. A personal case study by the consumer academic is provided to illustrate the process of this collaborative venture. This paper contributes to the development of framework to guide the implementation of similar positions.
消费者参与精神卫生保健服务正日益成为一种期望。文献回顾表明，精神卫生专业人员对被诊断患有精神疾病的人的负面态度，是实现这一目标的重大障碍。人们已经认识到，对卫生专业人员进行教育是减少此类态度负面影响、促进消费者和提供者之间更具参与性关系的主要策略。本文描述了在教学精神病护理学生中为精神卫生服务消费者设立学术角色的过程。通过消费者学术人员的个人案例研究来说明这一合作的过程。本文为指导类似职位的实施提供了框架。
