Experiences of Families Living with a Mentally Ill Family Member

Mokoena-Mvandaba, Magdeline Monyaluoe

doi:10.4172/psychiatry.1000131

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“…This finding is similar to the finding by Monyaluoe et al (2014) as well as Mokgothu et al (2015) who also found that families of mentally ill family members undergo a process of acceptance.…”

Section: The Families Explained Their Process Of Acceptancesupporting

confidence: 80%

“…Similar results were found by Monyaluoe, Mokoena-Mvandaba, Du Plessis and Koen (2014), namely that families of mentally ill family members experience emotional pain, guilt and concern. h e a l t h s a g e s o n d h e i d 2 2 ( 2 0 1 7 ) 2 8 e3 5…”

Section: The Family Members Experienced Specific Initial Emotionssupporting

confidence: 78%

“…Monyaluoe et al (2014) also found that one of the strengths of families of mentally ill family members is that they seek education on the mental illness of the family members. Literature confirms that if families are provided with educational information and are involved in the treatment process, mentally ill family members experience a reduction in symptoms, hospitalisation days and relapses (Tartakovsky, 2011;Yap, Reavley, & Jorm, 2012).…”

Section: The Families Explained Their Process Of Acceptancementioning

confidence: 99%

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Strengths of families to limit relapse in mentally ill family members

Tlhowe

Plessis

Koen

2017

Health SA Gesondheid

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Background: Relapse prevention in mental health care is important. Utilising the strengths of families can be a valuable approach in relapse prevention. Studies on family strengths have been conducted but little has been done on the strengths of family members to help limit relapse in mental health care users. The purpose of this research was to explore and describe the strengths of family members in assisting mental health care users to limit relapses.Methods: A phenomenological design was followed. Purposive sampling was used and 15 family members of mental health care users who have not relapsed in the previous two years participated. Individual unstructured interviews were conducted. Data were analyse dusing thematic analysis.Results: Four main themes were identified, namely accepting the condition of the mental health care users, having faith, involving the mentally ill family members in daily activities and being aware of what aggravates the mentally ill family members.Conclusions: Family members go through a process of acceptance and receive educational information and assistance from health professionals. In this process families discover and apply their strengths to limit relapses of mentally ill family members. It is important that family members caring for mentally ill family members are involved in their treatment from the onset, and that they are guided through a process of acceptance.

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Section: The Families Explained Their Process Of Acceptancesupporting

confidence: 80%

Section: The Family Members Experienced Specific Initial Emotionssupporting

confidence: 78%

Section: The Families Explained Their Process Of Acceptancementioning

confidence: 99%

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Strengths of families to limit relapse in mentally ill family members

Tlhowe

Plessis

Koen

2017

Health SA Gesondheid

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“…Practical examples of support go beyond cooking, household chores, assisting with keeping medical appointments and financial support, as emotional support is a crucial element in patient rehabilitation. Continued care and support for people with mental illness can be demanding and challenging, causing families to become frustrated, stranded, overburdened and exhausted (Monyaluoe, Mvandaba, Plessis, & Koen, 2014). South Africa is committed to the national imperative of provision of care, treatment and quality healthcare services.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Experiences of Family Members of Persons With Mental Illness: A Qualitative Inquiry

Sibiya¹,

Naidoo²,

Mjajubana³

2019

GJHS

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The shortage of skilled and experienced health workers, lack of facilities, limited psychiatric care and inaccessible mental health care services in the uMsunduzi Municipality in Northern KwaZulu-Natal are causes of concern. With limited access to health services and resources, family members have no choice, but to take care of mentally ill relatives. These underlying problems have warranted the need to explore the experiences of family members living with mentally ill relatives. A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive design was used to collect data by in-depth one-on-one interviews and findings were analyzed using Tesch’s method of data analysis. This study showed that the uMsunduzi Municipality needed assistance with resources to support family members living with their mentally ill relatives and family members’ lack of knowledge and experience emerged as a major factor that influenced the care, treatment and rehabilitation of their mentally ill relatives. Compounded by inadequate mental health facilities and infrastructure as well as  the implications of the non-implementation of the acts, policies, processes and procedures in the uMsunduzi Municipality; this study recommends the need to enhance community education of all health professionals, providing relevant training in mental illness management. A shared decision-making process is vital, so that a collaborative partnership between family members and health professionals across KZN is established. This will in turn enhance the lived experiences of family members and mentally ill patients.

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“…The experiences of caregivers of people with mental health issue have been described in a significant body of research, mostly from western countries, [1][2][3] and to a smaller extent from low-resource countries. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Most studies focus on measuring the negative aspects of caregiving, called "family burden," which is usually defined as the influence of giving care to a person with mental health problem on the living situation of their caregiver and the emotional, psychological, physical, and economic consequences thereof (Awad,11 WHO 12(p12) ). A distinction is often made between "objective" and "subjective" burden.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%