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Psychoeducation: priorities of service users and service providers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Mohamed Ahmed ,
Michael Reilly ,
Carol Cassidy  and
Laura Mannion
Mohamed Ahmed*
Affiliation:
Brothers of Charity Services, Galway and Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Michael Reilly
Affiliation:
Sligo General Hospital, Sligo, Ireland
Carol Cassidy
Affiliation:
Lucena Clinic, Rathgar, Dublin 6, Ireland
Laura Mannion
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Galway, Ireland
*
*Correspondence E-mail: [email protected].
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Abstract

Objectives: The objective of this study was to ascertain the topics patients and mental health professionals thought should be covered in a psychoeducation programme at a day hospital.

Methods: Patients at the psychiatric day hospital and mental health professionals were invited to complete the study questionnaire. Replies from 101 participants were analysed.

Results: The patients and mental health professionals generally agreed regarding the topics to be covered in the eight-week psychoeducation programme. Patients tended to score ‘suicide’ as more important than did the mental health professionals.

Conclusions: Patients in a day hospital setting and mental health professionals share similar concerns about what information needs to be imparted about the patients' illnesses. However, suicide is seen by patients as a more important topic in such a setting.

Keywords

PsychoeducationPsychiatric day hospitalMental illnessSuicide
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , June 2011 , pp. 84 - 86
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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