scholarly journals The influence of Case Management Implementation Factors on Quality of Life for the mentally Ill -Based on Mental Health Total Care voucher agencies-

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 270-282
Author(s):  
Eun-Hee Min
2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Björkman ◽  
L. Hansson

SummaryOne hundred and thirteen long-term mentally ill clients receiving case management were investigated with regard to psychosocial and clinical predictors of changes in subjective quality of life during an 18-month follow-up. Better psychosocial functioning and fewer psychiatric symptoms at baseline predicted a greater improvement in quality of life. A larger decrease in symptom severity and a greater improvement in the social network during the follow-up were identified as the most important predictors of a greater improvement in subjective quality of life. The results of the study suggest that an emphasis should be put on effective symptom management, a reduction of needs for care and social support in order to fulfill the aims of improving subjective quality of life in patients receiving case management.


2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 584-584
Author(s):  
M. Stinga ◽  
E. Moti ◽  
E. Papageorgiou ◽  
T. Ioannou ◽  
V. Paraskevopoulou ◽  
...  

IntroductionIn the context of psychiatric reformation, the long-term mentally ill have moved from institutionalized care to outpatient-based mental health services and community-based rehabilitation settings.ObjectiveQuality of Life (QoL) constitutes a critical outcome of mental health programs and services and is a multidimensional subjective construct.AimExploring the perceived QoL of long-term psychiatric residents and, identifying possible associations between sociodemographic variables, psychiatric history, cognitive function (MMSE), physical comorbidity and type of residential care.Method104 patients residing for over six months, to community based rehabilitation settings subjected to the PHPO (5 sheltered apartments, 7 hostels, 2 boarding houses) were encountered. QoL of participants was assessed using the self-fulfilling, 36 item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) at a given point of time.ResultsThe majority of the residents expressed good levels of satisfaction in all subscales of the SF-36, with mean values of Physical Component Summary (PCS): 34.90 ± 13.92 (range: 0–50) and Mental Component Summary (MCS): 67.89 ± 20.09 (range: 25-100). Statistical significant differences were recorded concerning the PCS and age (p = 0.000), MMSE scores (p = 0.000), educational level (p = 0.017), marital status (p = 0.049) and type of residential home (p = 0.012). MCS was statistically significant associated with age (p = 0.032), MMSE scores (p = 0.007), socioeconomic status (p = 0.008) and type of residential home, too (p = 0.040). No differences were found concerning psychiatric diagnosis or physical comorbidity.ConclusionsCommunity care models provide subjective positive life satisfactions to the majority of the chronically mentally ill. Thus, besides the care giver's management, independent variables play an important role to perceived QoL.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suantak D Vaiphei

BACKGROUND With the emergence of health psychology and clinical psychology, the interplay between psychologists and health in medical sciences has become a growing topic of interest, which is visible in enhancing the quality of health status and wellbeing in clinical practices. Health requires interdisciplinary team assessments in addressing the holistic needs of the individual. Thus, understanding the cognitive process will help in understanding how to prevent tumor prognosis and body dysfunctions through any possible means. OBJECTIVE The ultimate aim of the present study is to analyses the role of psychologists in identifying patients' emotional and mental suffering for quality of life. It is also to identify the contributions of the psychologists in restoring, maintaining, and promoting health and wellbeing in the individual life experiences. METHODS The current study is an analytical review of the collective documents and literature. RESULTS Psychologists with adequate working knowledge in treatment procedure and functioning were visible more effective in attending to the patient's needs with regards to pain and symptom management. The contributions of the psychologist's inpatient ill experience serve as a critical care medicine that restores patient psycho-emotional and mental wellbeing helps in revitalizing the individual physical strength and delivers the quality of life. It is a restoration therapy against mental disharmony and emotional suffering in clinical practices. The psychologists not only address the disorder issues but also work in order to prevent it from happening in individual experience by identifying several causes of stressors with timely and appropriate treatment interventions. CONCLUSIONS Among all the assessments that existed in the mental health diagnosis, the interventions of the clinical psychologists play the most crucial role in encountering the existential disorders and the stressors challenges for quality assessment and positive health outcomes. The psychological skills, knowledge, and principles are the core elements for the mental diagnostic process, in preventing health risk behavior, disability, and its negative outcomes. The intervention of the psychotherapeutic approach is visible effective in alleviating patient mental instability, disabilities, discomfort, and enhances mental wellbeing. It is also helpful in maintaining health, promoting health conditions, improves the health care system, and formulated quality treatment plans and policies. In a clinical setting, the goal of psychotherapy is to act in the best interest of the patient by preserving patient autonomy, integrity, dignity, and to promote social roles and responsibilities. In mentally ill diagnosis patients experience several stressors that need special attention through multidisciplinary team interventions to encounter with the biological, social, emotional, and spiritual domains of needs, which were mostly the outcomes of patient acute disorder symptoms. Thus, the integration of biomedicine with the psychological approach to mentally ill diagnosis is the only effective way to enhance patient quality of life and wellbeing. The psychologists, on the other hand, received numerous training to encounter with the intellectual challenges, psychotic and neurotic understanding of the human brain and emotions through the neuroscientific approach to the causes of human mental disorders. The role of psychologists is not only to enhance the treatment process; they can conduct clinician group discussions on effective coping skills, strategies, educate patients and family on mental health diagnosis procedures, and the importance of the psychological aspect of mental health care. It is also important to have a psychodynamic evaluation of the treatment procedure and its progression to formulate a better treatment plan.


2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1929-1929
Author(s):  
L. Trajanovic ◽  
O. Skakic ◽  
N. Ilic

IntroductionWomen bear most of the burden in taking care of a chronically ill family member, thus exposing their own health and quality of life to risk. It is consider that mental health is the most vulnerable and most frequently affected health domain.ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to examine the health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) in women who have and have not a mentally ill adult for a family member.MethodMOS Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36) questionnaire was used in this study. A total of 118 women were questioned, 54 out of which were taking care of a schizophrenic adult family member, whereas 64 had families with no mentally ill members. The two groups were matched according to age and education level.ResultsWomen with a mentally ill family member had lower scores in all quality of life domains, with the lowest scores in vitality (VT = 48,1), mental health (MH = 51,9), role emotional (RE = 53,1) and general health (GH = 53,5). Exactly the same health dimensions were estimated as the worst by women with no mentally ill family member (VT = 50,1; MH = 57,5; RE = 57,9; GH = 61). Statistically significant difference was observed only in the general health (p < 0.05).ConclusionWomen who are taking care of a chronically mentally ill family member are not so worried about the deterioration of their own mental health, as much as they are about their general state of health. Therefore it is necessary to put an accent on this subject as well, in creating future caregivers health programs.


Warta LPM ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-84
Author(s):  
Arum Pratiwi ◽  
Abi Muhlisin ◽  
Agus Sudaryanto ◽  
Sahuri Teguh Kurniawan

PAKOM activities purpose to help resolve the community problem about sufferingfrom mental illnes. Patients recovering from a mental disorder burden in the family,another result was isolated by society because they considered dangerouse. PAKOMwas conducted in a Nguter village of Sukoharjo district. These problems possibilitycan be solved with build up the community mental health center. The purpose of thisactivity is to create the community mental health center as a first home base andrehabilitation services the mental illness in a community. Base on the health centerare expected the mentally ill patients able to socialize with the community, engagingin activities in the community, as a result the patient’s quality of life better and impactto the decreasing recurrence rate level mental disorders in the community.


PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 52 (33) ◽  
Author(s):  
Itai Danovitch

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bethanee Lemesurier ◽  
Jordan Tabb ◽  
Mary Pritchard ◽  
Theodore McDonald

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