title: Japanese expert public health nurses empower clients with schizophrenia living in the community.
abstract: 1. Home visiting psychiatric public health nurses are integral to expanding community-based mental health services for Japanese citizens living with schizophrenia and other mental illnesses. 2. Interviews with experienced psychiatric public health nurses revealed empowerment as the basic social process that guides their practice. Five empowering practice domains foster client autonomy. 3. Psychiatric public health nurses work with families, neighbors, educators, and employers to enable their clients' healthy living in the community.
authors.affiliation: University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kayama
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zerwekh
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Thornton
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murashima
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008008:Licensure, Nursing; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010358:Patient Participation; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000451:nursing*