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- Title
Inpatient staff perceptions in providing care to individuals with co-occurring mental health problems and illicit substance use.
- Authors
Howard, V; Holmshaw, J
- Abstract
This paper reports on a piece of research which is summarized below. • This research explored how mental health inpatient staff, (including nurses, doctors and other professional disciplines) experience caring for patients who both have mental health problems and who use illicit drugs. (Illicit drugs are illegal drugs which incur a criminal prosecution for possession and/or use). The results of the study were gathered from questionnaires and interviews which asked staff about their viewpoints and experiences. • The questionnaire results included a section which measured staff attitude towards patients who use illicit drugs and who have mental health problems. Staff who had received training in how to work with people with these problems were found to have a less negative attitude towards these patients. The length of time staff members had worked in their posts or had worked in a particular setting did not have any effect on their attitude. For example, their attitude was not more or less negative towards patients with these problems. • Ten members of staff were interviewed to find out more in-depth information about their viewpoints and experiences. Overall, these staff members reported a lack of training, difficulty in accessing support and problematic issues within the teams they worked. • This paper highlights the importance of training to support staff in working with mental health patients who use illicit drugs; and how this affects staff attitude positively towards patients with these problems.
- Publication
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing, 2010, Vol 17, Issue 10, p862
- ISSN
1365-2850
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2850.2010.01620.x