A study of Community Psychiatric Health Care -Development of Network System for Psychiatric Patients Who Live in Their Communities-

本研究的目的在于了解社区精神卫生服务使用者与专业人员对于社区精神卫生服务发展的想法与意见。受试者分为两组。一个是16名专业人员，如护士，社会工作者，医生谁工作的社区精神卫生保健在关东和关西地区。另一组为13名居住在关西地区社区并接受某种社区精神卫生保健的精神病患者（7名女性和6名男性）。研究结果显示，专业人员鼓励使用者拥有自己的生活方式，并认同使用者使用网路系统的必要性。为了建立网络系统，专业人员必须相互合作，并与各机构建立联系。另一方面，用户希望在其社区参与某种社会和经济活动。他们希望在社区中继续生活，只要他们能够管理并期望普通人了解他们的疾病。

The purpose of this study was to identify the though and opinion both users and professionals regard to development of community psychiatric health care. The subjects consisted of two groups. The one was 16 professionals such as nurses, social workers, doctor who work for community psychiatric health care at Kanto and Kansai area. The other was 13 psychiatric patients who live in their communities and receive some kind of community psychiatric health care in Kansai area (7 female and 6 male). Semi structured interview were used and tape recorded for data collection then, content analysis was performed.The results indicated that professionals encouraged users to have their way of lives and recognized necessity of network system for users. In oder to create network system, professionals have to cooperate each other and to make bond with each agencies. On the other hand, users wished to participate some kind of social and economic activities in their communities. They wanted to keep their lives in communities as long as they managed and expected ordinary people to understand their illness.