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Patient participation in mental health care – perspectives of healthcare professionals: an integrative review.
- Source :
- Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences; Jun2018, Vol. 32 Issue 2, p490-501, 12p, 1 Diagram, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Background: In contemporary Western liberal society, patient participation has become a key goal in psychiatric healthcare treatment. Health professionals must encourage patients to play an active and involved part in their treatment. According to Danish health law, patients have the right to participate in their treatment, and the mental health system therefore needs to be reformed in order to ensure that treatment is based on individual, liberal, values. However, patient participation is not clearly defined, and it is therefore a challenge to transfer it to clinical practice. Aims: This integrative review's aims are to explore how professionals perceive the challenges regarding patient participation in the treatment course in mental health care. Design: An integrative review. Findings: Seven studies met the inclusion criteria: six employed qualitative methodologies and one utilised a mixed‐methods approach. The empirical studies took place in Norway, the UK and Australia, all in a mental health setting. Three themes were identified: ‘Patient participation as collaboration between the healthcare professional and patient’, ‘Challenges to participation’ and ‘From a professional's perspective – what expectations do patients have when participating in decision‐making?’ Conclusion: Different synonymous terms describing the patient's active role during treatment – user participation, collaboration, partnership, user involvement and patient participation – are linked to a recovery‐oriented approach, shared decision‐making, shared ownership and care plans. This integrative review achieves specific knowledge around patient participation, comparing the situation for adult patients with various mental disorders. However, upon reflecting on the included studies, patient participation is not clearly defined, and it is therefore difficult to transfer it to clinical practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MENTAL illness treatment
CINAHL database
CONVALESCENCE
PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems
INTERPROFESSIONAL relations
PATIENT-professional relations
MEDLINE
MENTAL health personnel
MENTAL health services
ONLINE information services
RESEARCH funding
PATIENT participation
SYSTEMATIC reviews
QUALITATIVE research
EMPIRICAL research
THEMATIC analysis
DATA analysis software
MEDICAL coding
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02839318
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 130361909
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12531