Abstract
This study aimed to characterize mental patients and their companions at three psychiatric services; to identify diseases, diagnoses and treatments; to learn about their expectations and opinions about mental illness and psychiatric care. Patients with mental disorders and their companions (750) at three care services (Emergency Unit, Psychosocial Care Center and Mental Health Clinic) answered the Clinical-Social Characterization Questionnaire and the Opinion Measurement Scale on concepts and psychiatric care. Single patients with unstable relations with their partners, low educational level, unemployed, with little information about their diagnoses and treatments. Medication treatments and low commitment levels were predominant. Many patients had acquired the illness over the last five years. Subjects at the three services revealed diverging opinions regarding concepts and care.
Highlights
- To characterize mental patients and their companions, identifying the disease motivating the search for care at three psychiatric services, their diagnoses and treatment. - Getting to know their expectations about treatment, cure and care. - Getting to know their opinion about mental illness and psychiatric care
Data were collected at three mental health care services in Ribeirão Preto/SP, Brazil: - Emergency Unit (EU), of the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto Hospital das Clínicas (HCRP/USP) - Covers 23 cities in the region and offers six beds for observation of acute or decompensation cases
The Psychosocial Care Center (PCC) delivers care from Monday to Friday, between 7:30 and 17:30, including psychological, social, pharmacological, group activities, with nurses offering welcoming, occupational and recreational therapies. - Regional Mental Health Outpatient Clinic (RMHOC), of the Ribeirão Preto Municipal Health Secretary
Summary
- To characterize mental patients and their companions, identifying the disease motivating the search for care at three psychiatric services, their diagnoses and treatment. The two questionnaires were used to group data about: subject (patient and companion) identification; reason they attended the service; information about the disease, patient, diagnoses and treatments; expectations about cure and care.
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