title: Staff's experiences of a person-centered health education group intervention for people with a persistent mental illness.
abstract: Patient education in mental health care is a conventional intervention to increase patients' knowledge about their illness and treatment. A provider-centered focus in patient education may put patients in a passive role, which can counteract their processes of recovery. There is an increasing emphasis on recovery-oriented practice, an approach that is aligned with the service user perspective, but little is known about health care staff's perspectives on person-centered mental health care. A qualitative approach was used to describe staff's experiences of being group leaders in a person-centered health education intervention in municipal services for persons with a persistent mental illness. The analysis of staff experiences revealed three core categories: (1) implications of the division of responsibility among local authorities, (2) awareness of facilitating factors of growth, and (3) the meaning of dialogue. These formed the theme Preconditions for Person-Centered Care. Further research is required to explore larger economic, political, and social structures as backdrops to person-centered mental health care, from the perspective of service users, families, health professionals, and the community at large.
authors.affiliation: Halmstad University, School of Social and Health Sciences, Halmstad, Sweden. henrika.jormfeldt@hh.se
authors.forename: Henrika
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jormfeldt
authors.forename: David Arthur
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Brunt
authors.forename: Mikael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rask
authors.forename: Agneta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bengtsson
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Svedberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000379:methods*; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012947:Social Work