| Titre : | How do patients come to be seen as'difficult'A mixed-methods study in community mental health care. (2011) |
| Auteurs : | KOEKKOEK (B.) : NLD. Altrecht Mental Health Care. Department of Outpatient Community Care. Zeist. ; HUTSCHEMAEKERS (G.) : NLD. Radboud University. Academic Centre of Social Sciences. Nijmegen. ; SCHENE (A.) : NLD. University of Amsterdam. Academic Medical Centre. Department of Psychiatry. Amsterdam. ; VAN MEIJEL (B.) : NLD. Inholland University for Applied Sciences. Research Group Mental Health Nursing. Amsterdam. ; Gelderse Roos Mental Health Care. Institute for Professionalization. Wolfheze. NLD |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Social science and medicine (vol. 72, n° 4, 2011) |
| Pagination : | 504-512 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Homme ; Méthodologie ; Santé communautaire ; Psychopathologie ; Soins ; Comportement ; Pathologie ; Communauté ; Profession santé ; Europe |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS qBmR0x8G. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Across all health care settings, certain patients are perceived as'difficult'by clinicians. This paper's aim is to understand how certain patients come to be perceived and labelled as'difficult'patients in community mental health care, through mixed-methods research in The Netherlands between June 2006 and October 2009. A literature review, a Delphi-study among experts, a survey study among professionals, a Grounded Theory interview study among'difficult'patients, and three case studies of'difficult'patients were undertaken. Analysis of the results of these qualitative and quantitative studies took place within the concept of the sick role, and resulted in the construction of a tentative explanatory model. The'difficult'patient-label is associated with professional pessimism, passive treatment and possible discharge or referral out of care. The label is given by professionals when certain patient characteristics are present and a specific causal attribution (psychological, social or moral versus neurobiological) about the patient's behaviours is made. The status of'difficult'patient is easily reinforced by subsequent patient and professional behaviour, turning initial unusual help-seeking behaviour into'difficult'or ineffective chronic illness behaviour, and ineffective professional behaviour. These findings illustrate that the course of mental illness, or at least the course of patients'contact with mental health professionals and services, is determined by patient and professional and reinforced by the social and mental health care system. This model adds to the broader sick role concept a micro-perspective in which attribution and learning principles are incorporated. On a practical level, it implies that professionals need to look into their own role in the perpetuation of difficult behaviours as described here. |
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