南非吉亚尼一家心理健康机构收治的青少年药物滥用患者家长的经历。
Experiences of parents with an adolescent abusing substances admitted to a mental health institution in Giyani, South Africa.
作者信息
Hlungwani Evelyn N, Ntshingila Nompumelelo, Poggenpoel Marie, Myburgh Chris P H
机构信息
Department of Nursing Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg.
出版信息
Curationis. 2020 Nov 5;43(1):e1-e9. doi: 10.4102/curationis.v43i1.2139.
BACKGROUND
Substance abuse by adolescents may be a problem that contributes to their mental illness. Substance abuse does affect not only the individual who is abusing it but also friends, family and the whole community. The adolescent abusing substances may be mentally unstable and have unpredictable behaviour. There is no research on the experiences of parents with adolescents abusing substances in Giyani, South Africa.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of the study was to explore and describe the experiences of parents with adolescents abusing substances admitted to a mental health institution in Giyani.
METHOD
A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual research design was used. Data were collected by means of conducting individual, in-depth, phenomenological interviews, observations and field notes. The following central question was asked to the participants: 'How is it for you to have an adolescent who is abusing substances'. Data were analysed by using a thematic method of coding. An independent coder analysed data together with the researcher, and consensus was reached.
RESULTS
Four themes emerged from the data: parents experienced uncontrolled thoughts regarding their adolescent abusing substances, not being able to control their adolescent abusing substances through discipline, negative feelings regarding their adolescent abusing substances and negative consequences regarding their adolescents abusing substances.
CONCLUSION
From the study result, it is clear that parents with adolescent abusing substances need professional assistance and support as evidenced by the challenges faced in terms of promoting, maintaining and restoring their mental health. Psychiatric nurses should take responsibility to educate the community about substance abuse, for example offering school health programmes. Further research studies can also be conducted in other villages to gain a greater understanding of those parents' experiences with an adolescent abusing substances.
背景
青少年药物滥用可能是导致其精神疾病的一个问题。药物滥用不仅会影响滥用者本人，还会对其朋友、家人及整个社区造成影响。滥用药物的青少年可能精神不稳定且行为难以预测。在南非吉亚尼，尚无关于青少年药物滥用者父母经历的研究。
目的
本研究旨在探索和描述吉亚尼一家精神卫生机构中青少年药物滥用者父母的经历。
方法
采用定性、探索性、描述性和情境性研究设计。通过进行个体深度现象学访谈、观察和实地记录来收集数据。向参与者提出了以下核心问题：“有一个滥用药物的青少年，你感觉如何？”采用主题编码方法对数据进行分析。一名独立编码员与研究人员共同分析数据，并达成共识。
结果
数据中出现了四个主题：父母对青少年药物滥用存在无法控制的想法，无法通过管教来控制青少年药物滥用行为，对青少年药物滥用有负面情绪，以及青少年药物滥用带来的负面后果。
结论
从研究结果可以明显看出，青少年药物滥用者的父母需要专业帮助和支持，这体现在他们在促进、维持和恢复心理健康方面面临的挑战上。精神科护士应负责对社区进行药物滥用教育，例如提供学校健康项目。还可以在其他村庄开展进一步的研究，以更深入了解那些父母在青少年药物滥用问题上的经历。
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