title: 'Responsible, but Still not a Real Treatment Partner': A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of Relatives of Patients on Outpatient Commitment Orders.
abstract: The aim of this study was to explore relatives' experiences when their family member is under an outpatient commitment order. A descriptive and exploratory approach was used based on qualitative interviews with 11 relatives. The relatives felt they had responsibility for the patient, but experienced a lack of recognition for their contribution to the treatment. Relatives paid little attention to coercion, but were more concerned about whether the follow-up care improved the patient's social functioning. They further reported an unmet need for information and guidance from healthcare staff to improve cooperation in the patient's care and treatment.
authors.affiliation: a University of Tromsø , Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences , Tromsø , Norway , and Innlandet Hospital Trust, Brumunddal, Norway.|b Innlandet Hospital Trust , Brumunddal , Norway.
authors.forename: Bjørn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stensrud
authors.affiliation: c University of Tromsø , Norwegian Research Network on Coercion in Mental Health Care and Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences , Tromsø , Norway.
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Høyer
authors.affiliation: a University of Tromsø , Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences , Tromsø , Norway , and Innlandet Hospital Trust, Brumunddal, Norway.|d Hedmark University College , Faculty of Public Health , Elverum , Norway.
authors.forename: Arild
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Granerud
authors.affiliation: e Innlandet Hospital Trust, Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Concurrent Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorders , Brumunddal , Norway , and University of Oslo, SERAF-Norwegian Centre for Addiction Research, Oslo, Norway.|f University of Oslo, SERAF-Norwegian Centre for Addiction Research , Oslo , Norway.
authors.forename: Anne Signe
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Landheim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D036301:Qualitative Research; D055815:Young Adult