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dc.contributor.authorKletthagen, Hege
dc.contributor.authorWangensteen, Sigrid
dc.contributor.authorHall-Lord, Marie Louise
dc.contributor.authorHedelin, Birgitta
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-19T08:42:49Z
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-20T09:51:23Z
dc.date.available2015-02-19T08:42:49Z
dc.date.available2015-02-20T09:51:23Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationKletthagen, H., Wangensteen, S., Hall-Lord, M. L. & Hedelin, B. (2015) Experiences of the psychiatric specialist health services – The perspective of relatives of inpatients with severe depression. In: Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 5(2), p. 117-123.nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn1925-4059
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/276871
dc.descriptionThis article is designed as ”Open Access”. This is the journal's PDF originally published in Journal of Nursing Education and Practice; http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v5n2p117nb_NO
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to describe experiences of encountering the psychiatric specialist health services as a relative of an inpatient with severe depression. A qualitative and descriptive design using a phenomenographic approach was chosen. Twenty-four adult relatives, representing different ages, sex, level of education and relationship, were individually interviewed. Approval was given by the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics, Norway (South East). Three descriptive categories emerged: Being in need of help, Being a resource and a participant and Being confident with the health care, with two conceptions each constituting the relatives’ experiences of the psychiatric specialist health services. When relatives perceive that their next of kin is more severely depressed than the health professionals indicate, they describe it as a battle to obtain help. Relatives have knowledge of - and experience with the depressed person, and wish to share this with the staff. The relatives describe uncertainty as to whether the patient received high-quality care due to varying competence levels among mental health personnel. In conclusion, relatives’ experiences and knowledge about the depressed person were not acknowledged as a matter of course. Thus, psychiatric specialist health services must take relatives' knowledge into account and initiate collaboration and support.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherSciedu Pressnb_NO
dc.rightsNavngivelse-Ikkekommersiell 3.0 Norge*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/no/*
dc.subjectpsychiatric specialist health servicenb_NO
dc.subjectrelativesnb_NO
dc.titleExperiences of the psychiatric specialist health services – The perspective of relatives of inpatients with severe depressionnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.date.updated2015-02-19T08:42:49Z
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Forensic psychiatry: 758nb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber117-123nb_NO
dc.source.volume5nb_NO
dc.source.journalJournal of Nursing Education and Practicenb_NO
dc.source.issue2nb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.5430/jnep.v5n2p117
dc.identifier.cristin1186345


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