Don't mind me, I'm just the parent : an investigation into the therapeutic alliance between staff and parents in a child in-patient psychiatric unit

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dc.contributor.advisorDe Jager, Willemen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMarks, Robynen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-02T13:21:15Z
dc.date.available2014-10-02T13:21:15Z
dc.date.issued2004en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 127-138).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study is a qualitative exploration of the concept of therapeutic alliance between staff andparents in a child in-patient psychiatric unit, namely the Therapeutic Learning Centre T.L.C), at the Red Cross Children's Hospital in Cape Town. The aims of the study were to firstly, explore how parents experience the process of admission and treatment of their child to a psychiatric inpatient unit and secondly, to ascertain what factors foster or inhibit therapeutic alliance between staff and parents. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the psychologist and relevant nurses of the T.L.C and the parents of two children who had been admitted to the unit. Initial interviews were conducted shortly after admission of each child, and follow-up interviews were conducted on discharge for the first case and midway through the treatment of the second case. In addition, participant observation was employed by attending the multidisciplinary case conferences at the T.L.C. Interviews were recorded and transcribed, the data was analysed by using thematic analysis. The themes which emerged were informed by current research trends in in-patient child psychiatry. The dominant issues relevant to parental experiences are: a) the trauma inherent in living with and caring for a psychiatrically ill child and b) the ambivalent feelings that arise from admission and treatment which are often related to parents' unconscious fears of being blamed for their child's condition. This study has shown that therapeutic alliance is comprised of many variables that affect both staff and parents, and that these variables may be both unconscious and conscious. Furthermore, therapeutic alliance cannot be assessed merely by the attendance of the parents at the meetings prescribed by the unit. The study concludes with a consideration of the limitations of this research and recommendations for both future research and clinical practice are madeen_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMarks, R. (2004). <i>Don't mind me, I'm just the parent : an investigation into the therapeutic alliance between staff and parents in a child in-patient psychiatric unit</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7997en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMarks, Robyn. <i>"Don't mind me, I'm just the parent : an investigation into the therapeutic alliance between staff and parents in a child in-patient psychiatric unit."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7997en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMarks, R. 2004. Don't mind me, I'm just the parent : an investigation into the therapeutic alliance between staff and parents in a child in-patient psychiatric unit. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Marks, Robyn AB - This study is a qualitative exploration of the concept of therapeutic alliance between staff andparents in a child in-patient psychiatric unit, namely the Therapeutic Learning Centre T.L.C), at the Red Cross Children's Hospital in Cape Town. The aims of the study were to firstly, explore how parents experience the process of admission and treatment of their child to a psychiatric inpatient unit and secondly, to ascertain what factors foster or inhibit therapeutic alliance between staff and parents. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the psychologist and relevant nurses of the T.L.C and the parents of two children who had been admitted to the unit. Initial interviews were conducted shortly after admission of each child, and follow-up interviews were conducted on discharge for the first case and midway through the treatment of the second case. In addition, participant observation was employed by attending the multidisciplinary case conferences at the T.L.C. Interviews were recorded and transcribed, the data was analysed by using thematic analysis. The themes which emerged were informed by current research trends in in-patient child psychiatry. The dominant issues relevant to parental experiences are: a) the trauma inherent in living with and caring for a psychiatrically ill child and b) the ambivalent feelings that arise from admission and treatment which are often related to parents' unconscious fears of being blamed for their child's condition. This study has shown that therapeutic alliance is comprised of many variables that affect both staff and parents, and that these variables may be both unconscious and conscious. Furthermore, therapeutic alliance cannot be assessed merely by the attendance of the parents at the meetings prescribed by the unit. The study concludes with a consideration of the limitations of this research and recommendations for both future research and clinical practice are made DA - 2004 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2004 T1 - Don't mind me, I'm just the parent : an investigation into the therapeutic alliance between staff and parents in a child in-patient psychiatric unit TI - Don't mind me, I'm just the parent : an investigation into the therapeutic alliance between staff and parents in a child in-patient psychiatric unit UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7997 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/7997
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMarks R. Don't mind me, I'm just the parent : an investigation into the therapeutic alliance between staff and parents in a child in-patient psychiatric unit. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2004 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7997en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherClinical Psychologyen_ZA
dc.titleDon't mind me, I'm just the parent : an investigation into the therapeutic alliance between staff and parents in a child in-patient psychiatric uniten_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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