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Psychiatry 2019 Journal Clinical Psychiatry and Cognitive Psychology | Volume 3
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May 20-21, 2019 | Rome, Italy
PSYCHIATRY AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
2nd International Conference on OF EXCELLENCE
IN INTERNATIONAL
MEETINGS
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REACTIONS OF PSYCHOTIC PATIENTS AND
THEIR FAMILY CAREGIVERS TOWARDS
HOSPITALIZATION
Introduction: Psychiatric hospital is still the main setting for the care of the
mentally disturbed people, particularly in the developing countries hospital-
ization is generally a stressful experience and can be viewed as crisis situation
for patients and their family which affects their willingness and cooperation
in the treatment as psychiatric treatment begins with the initial interview, pa-
tients and their family caregivers reactions and feelings about hospitalization
should be investigated to secure better prognosis.
Aimof the Study: To determine the reactions of psychotic patients and their
family caregivers towards hospitalization in mental hospital.
Results: The main results obtained are more than half of the subjects (56%)
were diagnosed as schizophrenics. The majority of the studied patients
(83.3%) were seen by a private doctor. Nearly three quarters of the studied
subjects (73.3%) reported that they were not informed about the admission
to the hospital. Half of the studied patients (50%) stated that they were cheat-
ed by family, (24%) were admitted either by force or police and only (20.6%)
were admitted voluntary, (41.3%) of the studied patients expected that they
will be stigmatized by hospitalization. Patients reporting negative feelings
towards their hospitalization while the majority of family caregivers (86.7%)
reacted positively to their patient hospitalization. The majority of the studied
caregivers (83.3%) stated that admission of patient to hospital not cause any
problems at home, while (16.7%) stated that admission of the patient to the
hospital cause problems at home as negligence of the children caring and
financial problems.
Conclusion: The main recommendations yielded by this study, the patient
should be informed about the reasons for admission, treatment plan and the
estimated length of stay. This will make admission less traumatic. There is a
need to educate the community about mental illness to try to dispel the stig-
ma and wrong beliefs concerning patients.
Sawsan Kamal Khalil EL Galad, J Clin Psychiatry Cog Psychol 2019, Volume 3
Sawsan Kamal Khalil EL Galad is an Assistant
Professor of Psychiatric Nursing and Mental
Health, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for
Health Sciences, KSA. She has 20 years of teaching
experience in the field of Nnursing. She obtained
her BNSc, MNSc and DNSc from University of
Alexandria, Egypt since 1998 to 2013.
Sawsan Kamal Khalil EL Galad1,2
1King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for health sciences, KSA
2University of Alexandria College of Nursing, Egypt
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