'Help the patient turn back to happy': A qualitative study with mental health professionals in Vietnam : A Bachelor of Science Thesis in Occupational Therapy about how mental health staff support their patients back into society, conducted as a Minor Fiel

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to identify in what way health care staff at a psychiatric facility in Vietnam support patients with mental illness to participate in society. This research is based on a qualitative interview study with inductive reasoning and semi-structured interviews. The participants were mental health professionals at the applicable facility. The respondents consisted of a total of ten health care professionals and the participants were recruited using snowball sampling. Content analysis according to Lundman & Graneheim-Hällgren (2017) was used to examine the data. The results eventuated in individual-based interventions that consist of the different ways the staff supports the individual patient such as validating, advising, coaching and encouraging. The findings also resulted in several strategies for group-based interventions such as rehabilitation efforts and creative activities. There were also interventions regarding cooperation with the family and the community where the staff work together with the community to have the patient return to a varied social life. The staff at the psychiatric facility have several ways of working with supporting the patients to participate in society; by individual-based interventions, group-based interventions and cooperation with the family and the community.