Family role to prevent from social dangerous act of mental patient

Abstract

Background: According to review 90% of people with mental illness in China and India, and the majority of mental patients in Germany live with their family members. The family members supervise and controlling the patients during remission period. Unfortunately, many family members often become victims of socially dangerous act of mental patients in recurrence period. Aim, objective: To define some reasons of socially dangerous act due to mental disorders and to detect a role of family members to prevent from recurrence of mental disorder. Material and methods: The study was conducted among caregivers of mentally inpatients in forensic clinic of the NCMH and study design was descriptive cross-sectional, used a semi-structured questionnaire. Results: The study included 80 inpatients and their caregivers, who have been hospitalized for 1-13 years in the clinic. Of total respondents, 48.3% (n=39) were supervising under psychiatrist before hospitalization, and 16.3% are done forensic psychiatric examination. 19% of respondents were lived with their family and children, and 50% were lived with their parents before hospitalization. 33 (41.2%) of total respondents reported, that their parents were cared them; 21 (26.2%) were cared by their relatives, and 3.7% (n=3) are reported, that no one cared them (p=0.02). 58.7% (n=47) of total respondents communicated with their family by verbal communication, and 41.3% (n=33) are not talked with family. According to results, 48.7% (n=39) of closest relatives were their victims, 32.2% were acted to strangers. It is statistically significant that mentally ill people have a higher risk of dangerous acting their relatives (p=0.005). Conclusion: Majority of mental patients were lived with their parents; there is insufÏcient family supervision of patients; and relatives of inpatients are at risk of socially dangerous act.