scholarly journals Nurses’ Life Experiences As Persons In Charge Of Mental Health Programs In Community Health Centers

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Habsyah Saparidah Agustina ◽  
Suryani S ◽  
Efri Widianti
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Centers ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Health Programs ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Mental Health Programs

At present, Mental health issue becomes one of the main issues in public health issues in community health centers such as the complexity of the issues in the work of nurses in charge of mental health programs. The purpose of this study was to explore the nurse’s life experience as a person in charge of mental health programs in community health centers. The research design used descriptive phenomenology. The study population was nurses responsible for mental health programs in community health centers, experienced in taking care of people with mental disorders for at least six months, and at least had a Diploma in nursing.  The number of participants was determined by purposive sampling technique to obtain seven participants. The experiences of nurses were explored through in-depth interviews, and data were analyzed using the Colaizzi method of analysis. Study results found five themes: (1) feeling burdened by the responsibility for mental health programs; (2) feeling insecure due to the lack of knowledge; (3) feeling there were many barriers and constraints in caring for people with mental illness during the recovery period; (4) hoping to collaborate with relevant government institutions; and (5) being more grateful for caring for people with mental illness.  In conclusion, nurses are responsible for mental health programs even though they feel burdened with their workload, but they can still do their jobs because they always have hope and are grateful. The nurses are trained nurses and can collaborate with relevant government institutions.

scholarly journals An assessment of mental health programs at community health centers in north Minahasa, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 5707
Author(s):  
Jessica Gloria Mogi ◽  
Gustaaf A. E. Ratag
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Centers ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Health Facilities ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Family Approach ◽  
Mental Health Programs

Background: The Indonesian government recognizes the importance of mental health issues as indicated by the inclusion of such issues as indicators in the national program, the Healthy Indonesian Program with Family Approach (PIS-PK). This program is enforced in community health centers (puskesmas) in every regency in the country. However, the continually increasing number of mental disorder cases and the intense stigmatization of people with these disorders indicate the need to re-evaluate the capacity and delivery of designated centers’ mental health programs.Methods: This community survey involved interviewing the program directors of four community health centers in north Minahasa using the WHO-AIMS 2.2 questionnaire.Results: Very little effort has been made to improve mental health facilities and programs. Examples of aspects of health facilities that are lacking include training for health workers, the provision of psychotropic drugs, and supported employment or occupational rehabilitation.Conclusions: Community health centers are primary healthcare facilities for society. Therefore, mental health services should be implemented as one of their main programs.

scholarly journals Recovery from ‘schizophrenia’: Perspectives of mental health nurses in the Eastern island of Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fandro Armando Tasijawa ◽  
Suryani Suryani ◽  
Titin Sutini ◽  
Sinthia Rosanti Maelissa
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Centers ◽  
Nurse Managers ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Mental Health Nurses ◽  
New Vision ◽  
Colaizzi's Method ◽  
Mental Health Programs

Background: Recovery is a way of life to make people’s lives more meaningful by working and interacting socially in the community. The recovery has become a new vision of mental health services, including in persons with schizophrenia. However, this concept is relatively new and still limited to nurses in developing countries, such as Indonesia. Several studies among nurses related to this topic have been conducted in the Western part of Indonesia. Yet, no studies have been implemented in the Eastern part of Indonesia. Therefore, exploring nurses’ perspectives in the Eastern island of Indonesia is necessary to provide a complete understanding of recovery in patients with schizophrenia.Objective: To explore the perspectives of mental health nurses on recovery from schizophrenia. Methods: This was a qualitative study using a phenomenological design. The study was conducted from April to May 2020 at community health centers in Maluku, Indonesia. Eight nurses recruited using purposive sampling participated in in-depth interviews. The interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, validated, and analyzed based on Colaizzi’s method of data analysis.Results: Five themes were generated, including (i) treat a patient like a brother, (ii) recovery as an unfamiliar term with various meanings, (iii) medication as the primary action but also the main problem, (iv) being recovered if referred to a mental hospital, and (v) ineffective mental health programs.Conclusion: The findings of this study can be used as an input and evaluation for nurse managers to make an effort to uniform the perception among nurses in Indonesia regarding the recovery process in schizophrenia. It is also suggested that community health centers leaders and mental health policymakers prioritize and optimize recovery-oriented mental health programs and services in the Eastern island of Indonesia. Additionally, the findings offer new insight about ‘we are brothers’ or called ‘hidop orang basudara’, which is expected to be one motto for nursing care in Indonesia and beyond.

scholarly journals Social Distance from Mental Illness Among Counseling, Social Work, and Psychology Students and Helping Professionals

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-37
Author(s):  
Douglas R. Tillman ◽  
David D. Hof ◽  
Aiste Pranckeviciene ◽  
Auksė Endriulaitienė ◽  
Rasa Markšaitytė ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
Helping Professionals ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Impact

Negative stereotypes of people with mental illness may lead to stigma of those with mental illness, impacting their self-confidence and willingness to seek mental health treatment. Few studies have looked at the health professional’s role and the impact they may have on the stigmatization process of people with mental illness. The purpose of this article was to better understand the concept of social distance among individuals in the helping professions of counseling, social work, and psychology. A total of 305 students and 95 professionals from counseling, social work and psychology participated in this study. Results revealed that counseling, social work, and psychology students, and helping professionals do not differ in their need for social distance from people with mental illness. Helping professionals reported significantly more social distance from people with mental health problems in close personal relationships, compared to their social relationships. In conclusion, there were no significant differences in social distance observed as a function of professional experience.

scholarly journals Role and motivation of mental health nurses in the implementation of ‘restraint free’ program in Mataram primary health care of West Nusa Tenggara

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (8) ◽  
pp. 287
Author(s):  
Arif Rahman ◽  
Carla Raymondalexas Marchira ◽  
Ibrahim Rahmat
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Community Health Centers ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Mental Health Nurses ◽  
Mental Health Programs ◽  
Family Mental Health

Role and motivation of mental health nurse in “restraint free” program: a case study from MataramPurposeThis study aimed to describe the mental health nurse’s role and motivation of the implementation of a ‘restraint free’ program (program bebas pasung) at community health centers, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara.MethodsThis was a qualitative research with case study design. The subjects were ten nurses of mental health programs, three persons from families of sufferers, two employees of community health service and one person who was a former sufferer of a mental disorder. Data collection used focus group discussions (FDG), in-depth interviews and observations. ResultsThe nurses had been carrying out their role as executors of nursing care policy, as the direct nursing caregivers, and were giving the nursing to sufferers and their families as well as continuing therapy for sufferers, and as educators also educated the family. Mental health information provided guidance to intern students doing mapping of cases of mental disorders and empowering the sufferer. The form of the work involves motivation of nurses while working conditions were a factor that cannot support nurses for giving the nursing care to suffers and family. ConclusionNurses have been implementing a ‘restraint free’ program. however, it has not been always well received in the working conditions experienced. So, it is recommended that mental health nurses be given help and support partners or stakeholders to enhance preventive efforts, in their promotive, curative and rehabilitative programmes. 

scholarly journals THE EXPERIENCES OF STAKEHOLDERS IN SUPPORTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MENTAL HEALTH COMMUNITY RECOVERY PROGRAM IN WEST JAVA PROVINCE INDONESIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 225-233
Author(s):  
Gebi Elmi Nurhayati ◽  
Raden Bayu Kusumah ◽  
Bandu Murwasuminar
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Program ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Mental Health Issue ◽  
West Java ◽  
Community Recovery ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
The Government ◽  
Mental Health Programs

Background: In general, mental illness poses the burden to the government, family, and community because of the patient’s low productivity and high-cost treatment. Recovery Based Program is a method to treat people with a mental health issue, which focus on the patient’s personal journey to have meaningful life despite the limitation of the illness. Several stakeholders of mental health have been trying to adopt it. Nevertheless, various problems arise at the time of the program execution.Objective: Purpose of this study is to obtain information regarding the experiences of stakeholder in recovery-based program implementation.Methods: Qualitative research with a phenomenological approach has been conducting. Five program holders from various institutions/organizations which running mental health program in West Java interviewed. Data were analyzed using Colaizzi’s method.Results: The result of this study revealed three themes: mental health services from stakeholder’s perspective, awareness of recovery, and efforts to overcome mental health challenges.Discussion: There is an urgency for enacting mental health regulation in a local scope, incorporating evidence-based practices into mental health programs and creating nursing homes for people with mental illness after being hospitalized at a psychiatric hospital.Conclusion: Mental health stakeholders encountered varied experience. However, they maintained an optimistic perception about Recovery Based Program for Mental Health in future.

scholarly journals Trends in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services at the Nation’s Community Health Centers: 1998–2003

2006 ◽  
Vol 96 (10) ◽  
pp. 1779-1784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin G. Druss ◽  
Thomas Bornemann ◽  
Yvonne W. Fry-Johnson ◽  
Harriet G. McCombs ◽  
Robert M. Politzer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Centers ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Substance Abuse Services
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