Abstract
This study reviews research publications topically related to day centres for people with mental health problems. The purposes are to give a general overview of the evidence-based knowledge in the field, to detect gaps of knowledge, and to throw light on the following research questions: (1) Which ideologies about day centres may be revealed in Scandinavian- and English-speaking research on day centres for people with mental health problems; and (2) What significance do the day centres have for the users?Both questions are answered by examining 34 research publications, printed in either Scandinavian or English languages during the period 1962-2015. An integrative literature review was used as method. The topical knowledge revealed is categorized under two headings: (a) the day centres’ organization, and (b) their materiality and internal life. The results and the discussion show that the day centres in the 1960s started out as arenas based on treatment ideology, dominated by psychiatric, medical knowledge. Slowly and gradually the ideology changed towards recovery approaches. However, this change in ideology does not mean that the day centres have succeeded in implementing the idea of integrating the users in the general society.
Highlights
Keyword/Nøkkelord day centre, ideology, significance for users, organisation, materiality dagsenter, ideologi, betydning for bruker, organisering, materialitet
The results show that the day centres in the 1960s started out as arenas based on treatment ideology, dominated by psychiatric knowledge
Dersom dagsentrene er å forstå som små miniasyler, vil dette kunne bidra til å forsterke en selvforståelse hos brukerne, som noen som trenger å leve et beskyttet liv på et sted hvor sosialt samvær og aktiviteter foregår blant andre mennesker med psykiske problemer
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Day care of mentally handicapped people: Why is it an issue? Forskjellige, men England og USA er fremtredende Hansson, L.H. Canada Hansson, L., Sandlund M., Bengtsson-Tops A., Bjarnason O., Karlsson H., Mackeprang T., Merinder L., Nilsson L., Sørgaard K., Vinding H., Middelboe T. The relationship of needs and quality of life in persons with schizophrenia living in the community. (2003) The Meaning of the Working Cooperative for Persons with Long-Term Mental Illness: A phenomenological study. The importance of work as compared to other forms of daily occupations for wellbeing and functioning among persons with longterm mental illness. Behandlingssted, sammenlikner behandlingseffekt med andre tilbud Beskriver metaforiske rom Galskapen lukkes inne og holdes borte fra samfunnet De fysiske omgivelser beskrives Aktivitetene beskrives Recovery-fokus Arbeidets betydning
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