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Giacco, Domenico

Involvement of informal carers in discharge planning and transition between hospital and community mental health care: A systematic review

What Is Known on the Subject: Family members and friends (informal carers) are very important for providing support to people with mental health difficulties.

Fri, 07/23/2021 - 16:24

How to make carer involvement in mental health inpatient units happen: a focus group study with patients, carers and clinicians

Background: Carers are family members or friends who support people with a mental health problem without being paid. Carer involvement in mental health treatment has been consistently supported by research evidence and promoted by policies but its implementation rates are poor. Particularly when patients are treated in inpatient units, carers often report being left without information or being excluded from decisions about treatment.

Wed, 10/03/2018 - 13:23