Care demands-related concerns and perceived service needs of families of people with mental illness in the community

Owing to reduced inpatient stays, people with mental illness were often discharged from the hospital in ‘acute’ conditions. During this transition period of fragility, the relocation of care from hospital to home has tremendous impact on every aspect of a family’s life as they need to face a challen...

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Main Authors: Pawi, S., Chan, K.G, Ong, M.F
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Malaysian Psychiatric Association 2014
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4384/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4384/1/abstract.pdf
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description Owing to reduced inpatient stays, people with mental illness were often discharged from the hospital in ‘acute’ conditions. During this transition period of fragility, the relocation of care from hospital to home has tremendous impact on every aspect of a family’s life as they need to face a challenging task of caring especially when they are ‘not ready’ and ‘ignorant’ about the chronicity and severity of the illness. Furthermore, where economic and psychological support is concerned, those who are undertaking this task may require significant professional guidance.
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spelling unimas-43842022-01-26T06:42:20Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4384/ Care demands-related concerns and perceived service needs of families of people with mental illness in the community Pawi, S. Chan, K.G Ong, M.F RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology RT Nursing Owing to reduced inpatient stays, people with mental illness were often discharged from the hospital in ‘acute’ conditions. During this transition period of fragility, the relocation of care from hospital to home has tremendous impact on every aspect of a family’s life as they need to face a challenging task of caring especially when they are ‘not ready’ and ‘ignorant’ about the chronicity and severity of the illness. Furthermore, where economic and psychological support is concerned, those who are undertaking this task may require significant professional guidance. Malaysian Psychiatric Association 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4384/1/abstract.pdf Pawi, S. and Chan, K.G and Ong, M.F (2014) Care demands-related concerns and perceived service needs of families of people with mental illness in the community. Malaysian Journal of Psychiatry, 23 (1). ISSN 2232-0385
spellingShingle RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
RT Nursing
Pawi, S.
Chan, K.G
Ong, M.F
Care demands-related concerns and perceived service needs of families of people with mental illness in the community
title Care demands-related concerns and perceived service needs of families of people with mental illness in the community
title_full Care demands-related concerns and perceived service needs of families of people with mental illness in the community
title_fullStr Care demands-related concerns and perceived service needs of families of people with mental illness in the community
title_full_unstemmed Care demands-related concerns and perceived service needs of families of people with mental illness in the community
title_short Care demands-related concerns and perceived service needs of families of people with mental illness in the community
title_sort care demands-related concerns and perceived service needs of families of people with mental illness in the community
topic RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
RT Nursing
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4384/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4384/1/abstract.pdf