Attitudes of relatives of Afro-Caribbean patients: do they affect admission?
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
; 26(4): 187-93, Aug. 1991.
Artigo
em Inglês
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| ID: med-15917
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JM3.1
ABSTRACT
This pilot study explored suggestions made in the literature that high rates of Afro-Caribbean patients compulsorily admitted to hospital can be explained by the attitudes of relatives. In particular relatives who hold negative attitudes towards psychiatric services and adopt non-medical explanations for the onset of illness might delay in contacting hospital services. This could delay the process of admission and make a compulsory admission more likely. The attitudes and experiences of relatives of 15 patients admitted compulsorily and 10 admitted informally were compared. The relatives' attitudes did not differ between the two groups. There was also no difference in the severity of current symptoms of the relative's assessment of dangerousness. Neither group was characterised by the sorts of attitudes to illness that had been hypothesised
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Bases de dados internacionais
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Negro ou Afro-Americano
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Atitude
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Família
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Internação Compulsória de Doente Mental
Limite:
Adolescente
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Adulto
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe
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Europa
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
Ano de publicação:
1991
Tipo de documento:
Artigo