During 1998 the discharge of as many as possible psychiatric patients from long-term
psychiatric hospitals in the North-West Province, in other words deinstitutionalisation, were …

Aims. The aim of this study is to examine nurses' view of the family in psychiatric care.
Background. The families of people who are mentally ill carry a heavy burden. Research has …

Accessible summary• The attitude that psychiatric nurses have towards the importance of
involving families in their care is fundamental to the quality of the intervention family …

Treatment under the traditional medical model has largely ignored the family's knowledge,
expertise and potential therapeutic effects on hospitalized mentally ill people. This paper …

The aim of this study was to gain information about registered and practical mental health
nurses' activities concerning support network of families affected by parental mental illness …

Objective The aim of this study was to describe the experience of contact with formal
psychiatric care, as narrated by family members of a person suffering from mental illness …

Accessible summary• The results contribute knowledge of family member's (from a large
geographic area) experiences of psychiatric healthcare professionals' approach towards …

Background: Although families caring for a mentally-ill family member may experience
challenges, some of these families may display strengths that help them to overcome …

Background 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 …

The value of families and professionals in mental health care is well understood. Patient
perspectives appear to have gotten less attention to date. This study investigated the …