PERCEIVED PERSONAL CHANGES IN CHINESE EX-MENTAL PATIENTS ATTENDING A HOLISTIC PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION PROGRAM

This study was an investigation into perceived personal changes in ex-mental patients attending a psychiatric rehabilitation program in Hong Kong. The program used a self-help group approach with holistic care elements emphasizing the physical, psychological, social and spiritual functioning of the participants. Nineteen participants were invited to complete a repertory grid based on the personal construct theory to measure self-identity changes after joining the program. Results showed that participants perceived positive changes in physical, psychological, social and spiritual dimensions after joining the program, which indicates the value of adopting a holistic psychiatric rehabilitation approach and provides initial support for the use of the repertory grid method in measuring changes in ex-mental patients in the Chinese context.

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Personal Construct Theory, the Repertory Grid Method and Human Geography

Progress in Human Geography ◽

10.1177/030913258000400302 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 346-359 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Ray Hudson

Keyword(s):

Grid Method ◽

Human Geography ◽

Repertory Grid ◽

Personal Construct ◽

Personal Construct Theory ◽

Repertory Grid Method ◽

Construct Theory

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Evaluation of the Repertory Grid Method in Studies of Locals' Attitude towards Tourism Development Processes

Environment and Planning A Economy and Space ◽

10.1068/a260957 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 26 (6) ◽

pp. 957-972 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Y Mansfeld ◽

O Ginosar

Keyword(s):

Tourism Development ◽

Grid Method ◽

Past Research ◽

Repertory Grid ◽

Personal Construct ◽

Personal Construct Theory ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

Repertory Grid Method ◽

Attitudes And Perceptions ◽

Construct Theory

In this paper the possibility of employing personal construct theory and the repertory grid method in studies of local attitudes towards tourism development from both a theoretical and methodological perspective is assessed. This work follows on from a critical review of the research methods used in past research works which dealt with the question of attitudes and perceptions of local communities toward tourism development in their localities. A case study of local attitudes and perceptions towards tourism development in tourist settlements, over four tourism development stages in Israel, is used to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of personal construct theory and the repertory grid method in tourist environmental cognition studies. Subsequently, methodological conclusions and suggestions about how to overcome the problems which arise in this study are drawn.

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Changes in Chinese Discharged Chronic Mental Patients Attending a Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program with Holistic Care Elements: A Quasi-Experimental Study

The Scientific World JOURNAL ◽

10.1100/tsw.2006.335 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

pp. 2035-2047

Author(s):

Andrew L. Luk ◽

Daniel T.L. Shek

Keyword(s):

Chinese Culture ◽

Psychiatric Rehabilitation ◽

Religious Involvement ◽

Rehabilitation Program ◽

Holistic Care ◽

Control Group ◽

Related Factors ◽

Mental Patients ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program

This study attempted to examine the changes and related factors in discharged chronic mental patients attending a psychiatric rehabilitation program in Hong Kong adopting a self-help group (SHG) approach with holistic care emphases on the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual functioning of the program participants. A quasi-experimental design involving an experimental group (109 participants attending the program) and a control group (154 patients from a psychiatric outpatient clinic who had never attended any SHG before) was adopted with the participants responding to measures assessing their functioning in the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual domains. Results showed that those who joined the SHG with holistic care elements had more friends and more social satisfaction than the control subjects. Duration of attendance, religious involvement, and group involvement were three key factors related to the outcomes of the program participants. This pioneering study provides support for the effective use of the SHG approach with holistic care elements to help discharged chronic mental patients in the Chinese culture.

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