The effect of intensive case management on the relatives of patients with severe mental illness

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Harvey, K
Burns, T
Fiander, M
Huxley, P
Manley, C
Fahy, T
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[1] Guys Kings & St Thomas Sch Med, Dept Gen Practice & Primary Care, London, England
[2] Univ London St Georges Hosp, Sch Med, Dept Community Psychiat, London SW17 0RE, England
[3] Inst Psychiat, Hlth Serv Res Dept, London, England
[4] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Dept Publ Mental Hlth, London, England
[5] Maudsley Hosp & Inst Psychiat, London SE5 8AZ, England
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10.1176/appi.ps.53.12.1580
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R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
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Objective: Relatives play a vital role in caring for patients with severe mental illness but receive inadequate support from psychiatric services. Evidence suggests that although intensive case management is directed primarily at patients, relatives may benefit a's well. This study examined whether relatives of patients who were receiving intensive case management had more contact with mental health professionals than relatives of patients who were receiving standard case management. It also examined whether relatives of patients receiving intensive case management appraised caregiving less negatively and experienced less psychological distress than relatives of patients receiving standard case management. Methods: The sample was drawn from the pool of patients participating in the UK700 randomized controlled trial of intensive case management. Prospective data on contact between case managers and the relatives of 146 patients were collected over a two-year period. At a two-year follow-up assessment, relatives of 116 patients were. interviewed with the Experience of Caregiving Inventory and the 12-item General Health Questionnaire. Results: Considerably more relatives of patients receiving intensive case management had contact with a case manager during the study period than relatives of patients receiving standard case management (70 percent compared with 45 percent). However, relatives of patients receiving intensive case management did not-appraise caregiving less negatively or experience less psychological distress than relatives of patients who were receiving. standard case management. Conclusions: Reducing case managers' caseloads alone. will not guarantee adequate support for relatives.. Instead, providing more support will need to be an explicit aim, and staff will require specific additional training to achieve it.
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