Abstract
Descriptive study with a qualitative approach, involving 14 families of children with mental disorders assisted at the Psychosocial Child Care Center of Maringá, Paraná, Brazil. The objective was to understand the experiences, feelings and reactions of families of child with mental disorder. Data were collected from January till April 2013 through open interviews and then analyzed using thematic Content Analysis. Two categories emerged "Living with mental disorder in childhood: a daily battle" and "Feeling and reacting: experiencing the mental disorder in childhood". It is concluded that the family needs to understand the disease to accept it and thus learn how to live with it, and it is up to the nurse to provide support in order to face the difficulties.
Highlights
The psychiatric reform, aiming to change public care in Mental Health, is aimed at guaranteeing the population’s access to services and respect for their rights and freedom, prioritizing contact with the family and the community
It is estimated that 3% of the population is affected by severe and continuing mental disorders nowadays, and that approximately 12% needs some mental health care, including children and adolescents in these percentages.[1]
As a result of technological advances, children who used to be exposed to the biological risk of dying experience the stress of increased urbanization, violence, changes in the family structure, making them vulnerable to the emergency of early mental disorders.[2]
Summary
The psychiatric reform, aiming to change public care in Mental Health, is aimed at guaranteeing the population’s access to services and respect for their rights and freedom, prioritizing contact with the family and the community. The need is evidenced to assist these families who, powerless in view of the situation, lack support and attention from health professionals, and from nurses, so that their attitudes and reactions towards the disease are aimed at helping the child to better cope with this condition.
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