Psychiatric nurses advocating for the human rights of mental health care users in Gauteng

IF 1 4区医学 Q4 PSYCHIATRY

South African Journal of Psychiatry Pub Date : 2024-05-02 DOI:10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v30i0.2233

N. Ntshingila, Annie Temane, M. Poggenpoel, Masodi E. Makhale

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Abstract

Background: Psychiatric nurses play an important role in advocating for mental health care users such as advocating for the care, treatment and rehabilitation of mental health care users (MHCUs). Psychiatric nurses face various challenges while advocating for the human rights of MHCUs, particularly those unable to protect their rights because of the severity of their mental health conditions.Aim: This study aimed to explore and describe psychiatric nurses’ lived experiences in advocating for the human rights of MHCUs in the Gauteng province.Setting: The study was conducted within the primary healthcare (PHC) setting’s mental health services, Sedibeng District, Gauteng province.Methods: The study employed a qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual research design. Three phenomenological focus group interviews were conducted, and audio recorded to collect data. Data were analysed using Tesch’s method.Results: Three themes emerged: (1) advocating for human rights was a strong push and an exhausting plea for psychiatric nurses in their attempts to voice and protect MHCUs’ rights; (2) MHCUs and mental health services were discriminated against and excluded by various stakeholders; mental health awareness should be raised and (3) training needs to be conducted as a matter of urgency in order to destigmatise mental illness from government to societal level.Conclusion: Psychiatric nurses experienced feelings of disempowerment, frustration and helplessness in advocating for MHCUs’ human rights.Contribution: The study’s findings will contribute to the body of knowledge in clinical psychiatric mental health practice on advocating for the human rights of MHCUs.

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豪滕省精神科护士倡导精神健康护理使用者的人权

背景：精神科护士在倡导精神健康护理使用者（MHCU）的护理、治疗和康复等方面发挥着重要作用。精神科护士在为精神健康护理使用者（MHCUs）争取人权时面临着各种挑战，尤其是那些因精神健康状况严重而无法保护自己权利的人。目的：本研究旨在探索和描述豪登省精神科护士在为精神健康护理使用者争取人权时的生活经历：研究在豪滕省塞迪本地区的初级医疗保健（PHC）机构的精神健康服务中进行：研究采用了定性、探索、描述和背景研究设计。为收集数据，进行了三次现象学焦点小组访谈，并进行了录音。采用特施方法对数据进行分析：出现了三个主题：(1) 倡导人权是精神科护士试图表达和保护精神健康中心的权利的强大推动力，同时也是一种令人疲惫的恳求；(2) 精神健康中心和精神健康服务受到各种利益相关者的歧视和排斥；应提高精神健康意识；(3) 急需开展培训，以便从政府到社会层面消除对精神疾病的污名化：结论：精神科护士在倡导精神健康护理单元人权的过程中感到无能为力、沮丧和无助：贡献：本研究的结果将为临床精神科心理健康实践中有关倡导社区健康中心人权的知识体系做出贡献。

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South African Journal of Psychiatry 医学-精神病学

CiteScore

1.60

自引率

10.00%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： The journal is the leading psychiatric journal of Africa. It provides open-access scholarly reading for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and all with an interest in mental health. It carries empirical and conceptual research articles, reviews, editorials, and scientific letters related to psychiatry. It publishes work from various places in the world, and makes special provision for the interests of Africa. It seeks to serve its readership and researchers with the most topical content in psychiatry for clinical practice and academic pursuits, including work in the subspecialty areas of psychiatry.