การพัฒนาระบบการดูแลผู้ป่วยจิตเภทโดยเครือข่ายสุขภาพจิตในชุมชน

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study the outcome of the development of a care system for schizophrenia patients by a community mental health network. 25 volunteers participated in a qualitative study where a care system for schizophrenia patients in the community was organized to cover all the important aspects. The research instruments included focus group discussions and in-depth interviews carried out during the follow-up and visits to the patients’ homes 1 month after the schizophrenia patient care system development activities. The data were analyzed by content analysis. The results of the research revealed that before organizing the patient care system development activities, some patients didn’t have caregivers due to fear of violent behavior of the patients. Almost all patients had side effects of treatment with psychiatric drugs. The follow-up of chronic schizophrenia patients in the community 1 month after the care system development activities showed that most of the patients had no psychiatric symptoms, and most of the patients and caregivers were satisfied with the schizophrenia patient care system development activities conducted by the researchers. It is recommended that there should be a policy to promote schizophrenia patient care in accordance with the needs and context of the community as well as research on the approaches to improving the mental health of people in the community. Moreover, studies on the relationship of mental health and quality of life of the community should further be carried out.