Settings for mental health care
Contribuinte(s) |
Elder , Ruth Evans , Katie Nizette, Deb |
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Data(s) |
2009
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Resumo |
The quality of the environment is important to client recovery and rehabilitation. • The preferred environment for the care of the mentally ill over time has been the home. • Environmental strategies in the care of the mentally ill became more important in the eighteenth century, when it was noticed that patients were more manageable in a pleasant environment. • Confinement of the mentally ill in large public asylums was largely an innovation of the nineteenth century. • The therapeutic milieu is a consciously organised environment. • Maxwell Jones in the United States and Thomas Main in the United Kingdom pioneered the concept of the hospital and environment as treatment tools. • The goals of the therapeutic milieu are containment, structure, support, involvement, validation, symptom management, and maintaining links with family and the community. • The principles on which the therapeutic milieu is based include: open communication, democratisation, reality confrontation, permissiveness, group cohesion and the multidisciplinary team. • The principle guiding the care of clients in the community is that of the least-restrictive alternative. • The therapeutic community residence is an environment that encourages the development of the client as a person in interaction with others, rather than as someone suffering from a health problem or disability. • The preferred contemporary setting for the provision of mental health care is the community. • The predominant form of service delivery in the community is case management, which has been found to be most effective for people with severe mental illnesses. • The principles of caring in the community are self-determination, normalisation, a focus on client strengths, and the community as a resource |
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Publicador |
Mosby Elsevier |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/31518/1/c31518.pdf http://textbooks.elsevier.com/web/product_details.aspx?isbn=9780729538770 Elder, Ruth (2009) Settings for mental health care. In Elder , Ruth, Evans , Katie, & Nizette, Deb (Eds.) Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. Mosby Elsevier, Sydney, Australia, pp. 390-407. |
Direitos |
Copyright 2009 Please consult the author. |
Fonte |
Faculty of Health; School of Nursing |
Palavras-Chave | #111005 Mental Health Nursing #Case Management #Mental Health Settings #Mental Health Nursing |
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Book Chapter |