Chronic Mania: Psychosocial impact to the family and role of community mental health team in providing care
This case report highlights the psychosocial complications of chronic mania in a mother and the role of CMHT in improving the condition’s outcome. Methods: We report a case of a Malay mother who had underlying chronic mania for 20 years. Results: She was aggressive and abusive towards her childre...
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| author | Siti Rohana, Abdul Hadi Suriati, Mohamed Saini Aida Harlina, Abdul Razak Marhani, Midin |
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| description | This case report highlights the psychosocial complications of chronic mania in a mother and the role of CMHT in improving the condition’s outcome.
Methods: We report a case of a Malay mother who had underlying chronic mania for 20 years. Results: She was aggressive and abusive towards her children causing tremendous trauma in them, had lost her child custody and
almost lost her husband to another woman. Lithium with multiple psychosocial interventions delivered to the patient and her family had improved her mood symptoms significantly and improved the family’s quality of life.
Conclusion:
Chronic mania causes tremendously high illness burdens, and with extra care, the outcome of the condition can be improved |
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| spelling | unimas-43852015-03-18T07:10:58Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4385/ Chronic Mania: Psychosocial impact to the family and role of community mental health team in providing care Siti Rohana, Abdul Hadi Suriati, Mohamed Saini Aida Harlina, Abdul Razak Marhani, Midin R Medicine (General) This case report highlights the psychosocial complications of chronic mania in a mother and the role of CMHT in improving the condition’s outcome. Methods: We report a case of a Malay mother who had underlying chronic mania for 20 years. Results: She was aggressive and abusive towards her children causing tremendous trauma in them, had lost her child custody and almost lost her husband to another woman. Lithium with multiple psychosocial interventions delivered to the patient and her family had improved her mood symptoms significantly and improved the family’s quality of life. Conclusion: Chronic mania causes tremendously high illness burdens, and with extra care, the outcome of the condition can be improved ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4385/1/Chronic%20Mania%20Psychosocial%20Impact%20to%20the%20family%20%26%20role%20of%20community%20mental%20health%20team%20in%20providing%20care%20%28abstract%29.pdf Siti Rohana, Abdul Hadi and Suriati, Mohamed Saini and Aida Harlina, Abdul Razak and Marhani, Midin (2014) Chronic Mania: Psychosocial impact to the family and role of community mental health team in providing care. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, 15 (2). pp. 217-219. |
| spellingShingle | R Medicine (General) Siti Rohana, Abdul Hadi Suriati, Mohamed Saini Aida Harlina, Abdul Razak Marhani, Midin Chronic Mania: Psychosocial impact to the family and role of community mental health team in providing care |
| title | Chronic Mania: Psychosocial impact to the family and role of community mental health team in providing care |
| title_full | Chronic Mania: Psychosocial impact to the family and role of community mental health team in providing care |
| title_fullStr | Chronic Mania: Psychosocial impact to the family and role of community mental health team in providing care |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chronic Mania: Psychosocial impact to the family and role of community mental health team in providing care |
| title_short | Chronic Mania: Psychosocial impact to the family and role of community mental health team in providing care |
| title_sort | chronic mania: psychosocial impact to the family and role of community mental health team in providing care |
| topic | R Medicine (General) |
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