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dc.contributor.authorJankovic, J
dc.contributor.authorYeeles, K
dc.contributor.authorKatsakou, C
dc.contributor.authorAmos, T
dc.contributor.authorMorriss, R
dc.contributor.authorRose, D
dc.contributor.authorNichol, P
dc.contributor.authorMcCabe, Rose
dc.contributor.authorPriebe, S
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-15T12:21:03Z
dc.date.issued2011-10-12
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Family caregivers of people with mental disorders are frequently involved in involuntary hospital admissions of their relatives. OBJECTIVE: To explore family caregivers' experience of involuntary admission of their relative. METHOD: 30 in-depth interviews were conducted with family caregivers of 29 patients who had been involuntarily admitted to 12 hospitals across England. Interviews were analysed using thematic analysis. RESULTS: Four major themes of experiences were identified: relief and conflicting emotions in response to the relative's admission; frustration with a delay in getting help; being given the burden of care by services; and difficulties with confidentiality. Relief was a predominant emotion as a response to the relative's admission and it was accompanied by feelings of guilt and worry. Family caregivers frequently experienced difficulties in obtaining help from services prior to involuntary admission and some thought that services responded to crises rather than prevented them. Family caregivers experienced increased burden when services shifted the responsibility of caring for their mentally unwell relatives to them. Confidentiality was a delicate issue with family caregivers wanting more information and a say in decisions when they were responsible for aftercare, and being concerned about confidentiality of information they provided to services. CONCLUSION: Compulsory admission of a close relative can be a complex and stressful experience for family caregivers. In order for caregivers to be effective partners in care, a balance needs to be struck between valuing their involvement in providing care for a patient and not overburdening them.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipPolicy Research Programme of the Department of Health, United Kingdomen_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipNIHR Specialist Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health award to the South London and Maudsley National Health Service Foundation Trust and the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College Londonen_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Institute for Health Research (NIHR) United Kingdom Mental Health Research Networken_GB
dc.identifier.citationPLoS One, 2011, Vol. 6 (10) e25425.en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0025425
dc.identifier.grantnumber0230072en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/19837
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22022393en_GB
dc.rights© 2011 Jankovic et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.en_GB
dc.subjectAdolescenten_GB
dc.subjectAdulten_GB
dc.subjectCaregiversen_GB
dc.subjectFamilyen_GB
dc.subjectFemaleen_GB
dc.subjectHospitals, Psychiatricen_GB
dc.subjectHumansen_GB
dc.subjectInterviews as Topicen_GB
dc.subjectMaleen_GB
dc.subjectMiddle Ageden_GB
dc.subjectPatient Admissionen_GB
dc.subjectQualitative Researchen_GB
dc.subjectSurveys and Questionnairesen_GB
dc.subjectYoung Adulten_GB
dc.titleFamily caregivers' experiences of involuntary psychiatric hospital admissions of their relatives--a qualitative study.en_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2016-02-15T12:21:03Z
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
exeter.place-of-publicationUnited States
dc.descriptionPublisheden_GB
dc.descriptionResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'ten_GB
dc.identifier.journalPLoS Oneen_GB


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