Malebye Seipati, Ntshingila Nompumelelo, Poggenpoel Marie
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein, South Africa.
S Afr J Psychiatr. 2023 Jul 26;29:1958. doi: 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v29i0.1958. eCollection 2023.
Family members play an important role in caring for state patients during their admission to a psychiatric hospital. They receive limited support from the multidisciplinary team because they do not have a relationship that will promote the families to verbalise their thoughts, rather the interaction that the multidisciplinary team and family members share is about the admitted state patient.
This article explored and described the experiences of family members who have a relative admitted as a state patient in a psychiatric hospital. Based on the findings, specific recommendations were provided to facilitate the mental health of state patients' family members in the future.
The study was conducted in participants' homes; only one interview took place in the psychiatric hospital when the family member came to meet the multidisciplinary team.
The study employed a qualitative, exploratory and contextual research design. Family members' lived experiences were explored using in-depth phenomenological interviews and later analysed.
The findings indicated family members experienced negative feelings, a sincere desire to support their relatives and a great need to share information and knowledge about mental illness.
The study indicated that state patients' family members' mental health should be focused on to improve their understanding of mental illness.
The findings of this study call for collaboration between the family members, the police and multidisciplinary teams from the hospitals, the mental health awareness and counselling for families.
家庭成员在国家公费精神病患者住院期间的护理中发挥着重要作用。他们从多学科团队获得的支持有限，因为他们与团队没有那种能促使家属说出自己想法的关系，相反，多学科团队与家属之间的互动围绕的是住院的国家公费患者。
本文探讨并描述了有亲属作为国家公费患者入住精神病院的家庭成员的经历。基于研究结果，提出了具体建议，以便未来促进国家公费患者家庭成员的心理健康。
该研究在参与者家中进行；只有当家庭成员来与多学科团队会面时，才在精神病院内进行了一次访谈。
该研究采用了定性、探索性和情境性研究设计。通过深入的现象学访谈探索家庭成员的生活经历，随后进行分析。
研究结果表明，家庭成员经历了负面情绪，真心希望支持他们的亲属，并且非常需要分享有关精神疾病的信息和知识。
该研究表明，应关注国家公费患者家庭成员的心理健康，以增进他们对精神疾病的理解。
本研究结果呼吁家庭成员、警方和医院的多学科团队之间开展合作，提高家庭的心理健康意识并为其提供咨询服务。
