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ABSTRACT
Introduction: In India, the family is the main support system for people with mental illnesses. It has been observed that >90% of patients with chronic mental illness live with their families and continue to take care of basic necessities [1-3]. Most often, the patients who have mental illness are brought for psychiatric help by the family. The family members take care of their medications, earn a living for them, stay with them, and most importantly, offer them emotional and psychological support. This also has a significant role in the rehabilitation of the patient and in bringing him or her to the mainstream. This family support system, which is unique to India, is supposed to be one of the good prognostic indicators for mental illness [4]. Family means to feel secure and to be loved and cared for. Conventionally, joint family setups in India have taken care of the older adults and sick people with utmost attention. Thus, the family has always taken the major share in responsibilities of mental health care compared to the government.
Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching program on management of violent behaviour among primary care givers of mentally ill.
Methodology: The pre experimental study was undertaken on management of violent behaviour among primary caregivers of mentally ill clients. Convenient sampling technique was used. The data was collected through structured questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data.
Results: Majority of the 17 primary care givers (85%) had adequate knowledge and 3 primary care givers (15%) had moderately adequate knowledge regarding the management of mentally ill.
Conclusion: The results showed high significant level with mean difference score of 23.55 and the ‘t’ value was 2.81 (p<0.05). Hence, null hypothesis is rejected and H1 research hypothesis is accepted. The study found that structured teaching program helped the primary care givers in caring with the mental ill.
Keywords: Effectiveness, Violent Behaviour, Mentally ill, Primary Care Givers, Structured Teaching Program
