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Needs and Demands for Community Psychiatric Rehabilitation Programs from the Perspectives of Patients and Caregivers

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This study interviewed 182 pairs of patients and caregivers to explore the needs and demands for community programs for patients with chronic mental illness and to detect the factors associated with them. The most needed and demanded programs were structured day services (69.2 vs. 78.6%), club house (71.4 vs. 74.2%), and caregiver support (72.5 vs. 74.7%). The needs and demands perceived by both patients and caregivers ranged from 3.3 to 31.9%, while those perceived by either patients or caregivers ranged from 25.8 to 72.5%. Needs and demands for individual programs were higher in caregivers (67, 65.9%) than in patients (41.2, 42.9%) and the proportion of demand (42.3–78.6%) for the eight programs was greater than the need (25.8–72.5%) for programs. The results showed that married and younger caregivers needed and demanded active community programs and the patients with a higher level of education favored a club house with high autonomy.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by a grant from the Department of Health in Taiwan (No. DOH96-TD-M-113-045b). We thank Chiao-Chicy Chen, Chang-Jer Tsai (Taipei City Hospital); Joseph Jror-Serk Cheng (Bali Psychiatric Center); Happy Kuy-Lok Tan (Taoyuan Mental Hospital); Hong Chen (Tsaotun Psychiatric center); Ta-Jen Chang (Jianan Mental Hospital); Frank Huang-Chih Chou (Kaohsiung Kai-Suan Psychiatric Hospital); Chih-Yuan Lin (Yuli Veterans Hospital) in seven psychiatric hospitals.

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  1. Department of Healthcare Administration, College of Health Science, Asia University, 500, Lioufeng Rd., Wufong, Taichung, 413, Taiwan

    Ling-Ling Yeh

  2. Center for Addiction and Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Shi-Kai Liu

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

    Shi-Kai Liu

  4. Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

    Hai-Gwo Hwu

  5. Department of Psychology, College of Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Hai-Gwo Hwu

  6. Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Hai-Gwo Hwu

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Yeh, LL., Liu, SK. & Hwu, HG. Needs and Demands for Community Psychiatric Rehabilitation Programs from the Perspectives of Patients and Caregivers. Community Ment Health J 47, 415–423 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-010-9336-y

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