Views of mental illness and mental health care in Thailand: A report of an ethnographic study

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 742-749

  Burnard, P ^a,b   Naiyapatana, W ^b   Lloyd, G ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal Thai Army   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Nursing; Thai mental health care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORIENTAL MEDICINE; PHILOSOPHY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BUDDHISM; CAUSALITY; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, ORIENTAL TRADITIONAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING; THAILAND;

EID: 33750702839     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2006.01028.x     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Astin J.A. (1997) Stress reduction through mindfulness meditation: effects on psychological symptamology, sense of control and spiritual experiences. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 66 97-106.
2. Burnard P. (1991) A method of analysis interview transcripts in qualitative research. Nurse Education Today 11, 461-466.
3. Chanpattana W. & Kramer B.A. (2004) Electroconvulsive therapy practice in Thailand. Journal of ECT 20, 94-98.
4. Clifford J. & Marcus G.E. (1986) Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography. University of California Press, London.
5. Coyne I.T. (1997) Sampling in qualitative research. Purposeful and theoretical sampling; merging or clear boundaries? Journal of Advanced Nursing 26, 623-630.
6. Ekachai S. (2001) Keeping the Faith: Thai Buddhism at the Crossroads. Post Books, Bangkok.
7. Gray A. (2003) Research Practice for Cultural Studies: Ethnographic Methods and Lived Cultures. Sage, London.
8. Hammersley M. & Atkinson P. (1995) Ethnography: Principles and Practice, 2nd edn. Routledge, London.
9. Harvey P. (1990) An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
10. Helman C.G. (2001) Culture, Health and Illness, 4th edn. Arnold, London.
11. Jirapramukpitak T. & Wongsarnsri W. (2002) The ability of primary health care physicians to detect mental disorders in a university hospital setting. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand 85, 301-307.
12. Jones P. (1995) Paying respect: care of elderly parents by Chinese and Filipino American women. Health Care for Women International 16, 385-398.
13. Kareem J. (2000) The Nafsiyat Intercultural Therapy Centre: ideas and experience in intercultural therapy. In: Intercultural Therapy (eds Karrem, J. & Littlewood, R.), pp. 14-38. Blackwell, Oxford.
14. Klausner W.J. (1993) Reflections on Thai Culture. The Siam Society, Bangkok.
15. Koenig H.G., Weiner D.K., Peterson B.L., et al. (1997) Religious coping in the nursing home: a biopsychosocial model. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine 27, 365-376.
16. Lotrakul M., Sipanit R. & Theeramoke W. (1996) Symptoms of depression in Thai patients. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry 4, 24-32.
17. Maclachlan M. (1997) Culture and Health. Wiley, Chichester.
18. Mills L.-K. (1999) Buddhism Explained. Silkworm, Chiang Mai.
19. Muhr T. (1997) Atlas ti: The Knowledge Workbench. Scientific Software Development, Berlin.
20. Mulder N. (2000) Inside Thai Society: Religion, Everyday Life, Change. Silkworm, Chiang Mai.
21. Naiyapatana W. & Burnard P. (2005) Mental Illness and Mental Health Care in Thailand: Nurses' and Health Care Professionals' Perceptions: A Report of an Ethnographic Study. Royal Thai Army Nursing College, Bangkok.
22. Pike K. (1967) Language in Relation to a Unified Theory of the Structure of Human Behavior, 2nd, edn. Mouton, The Hague.
23. Sethabouppha H. & Kane C. (2005) Caring for the seriously mentally ill in Thailand. Buddhist family caregiving. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing 19, 44-57.
24. Skultans V. (2003) From damaged nerves to masked depression: inevitability and hope in Latvian psychiatric narratives. Social Science and Medicine 56, 2421-2431.
25. Strauss A. & Corbin J. (1998) Basics of Qualitative Research: Techniques and Procedures for Developing Grounded Theory. Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA.
26. Suwanlert S. (1976) Neurotic and psychotic states attributed to Thai 'Phii Pob' spirit possession. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 10, 119-123.
27. Thongtang O., Sukhatunga K., Ngamthipwatthana T., et al. (2002) Prevalence and incidence of depression in the Thai Elderly. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand 85, 540-544.
28. Valdmanis V., Kumanarayake L. & Lertiendumrong J. (2004) Capacity in Thai public hospitals and the production of care for poor and non-poor patients. Health Services Research 39, 2117-2134.
29. Wacharasindhu A. & Panyyayong N. (2002) Psychiatric disorders in Thai school-aged children: 1. Prevalence. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand 85 (Suppl. 1), S125-S136.
30. Wibulpolprasert S. (2002) Thailand Health Profile 1999-2000. Bureau of Policy and Strategy, Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok.