Preventing relapse amongst South African psychiatric patients
type: CreativeWork
description: The present investigation is a descriptive experimental study with two conditions (experimental and control conditions). The main aim was to develop, implement and evaluate a program directed at educating health professionals and families to accept and manage people presenting with mental health problems. The second aim was to teach mental health promotion strategies. To this end, a questionnaire was administered to a group of health professionals and relatives. Results suggest that the participants' training programme significantly improved attitudes and increased knowledge and understanding about mental illness.
abstract: The present investigation is a descriptive experimental study with two conditions (experimental and control conditions). The main aim was to develop, implement and evaluate a program directed at educating health professionals and families to accept and manage people presenting with mental health problems. The second aim was to teach mental health promotion strategies. To this end, a questionnaire was administered to a group of health professionals and relatives. Results suggest that the participants' training programme significantly improved attitudes and increased knowledge and understanding about mental illness.
author: Chawane, Bassy Bepatient
keywords: Mental illness, Mental health services., Relapse.
license: https://devspace.unizulu.ac.za/bitstreams/277a599a-7de9-43b4-88c5-31e8dad92351/download
date published: 2002
date modified: 2026-07-24T06:16:50Z
provider: University of Zululand
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Zululand