2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Nursing care for forensic psychiatric patients with comorbid substance use disorder : A study concerning the Medical Treatment and Supervision Act

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21592884
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Community health/Gerontological nurisng
Research Institution	University of Tsukuba
Principal Investigator	MORI Chizuru 筑波大学, 医学医療系, 教授 (00239609)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Keywords	司法精神看護学
Research Abstract	The Medical Treatment and Supervision Act concerns psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia and the comorbidities of alcoholism or drug abuse. Patients with comorbid substance use disorders generally have low medication adherence rates and difficulty in social participation. At present, in an attempt to prevent their recurrent serious injurious behaviors to others and promote their social participation, trial-and-error efforts are being made to support them. In this study, we attempt to reveal the stress faced by nurses and workers engaged in taking care of these patients and help educate these nursing staff members by translating the scales for identifying the attitudes of patients with concurrent substance use disorders. Another objective of this study is to create a new method to support the nurses.

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