Many patients and their families will find it strange to mention health education in psychiatric department, because they pay more attention to the whole process of disease treatment and rehabilitation on weekdays, and don't care about the health knowledge and health concept conveyed to them by medical staff every day. In fact, this neglect of health education is not only not conducive to the recovery of the disease, but also greatly increases the probability of disease recurrence and even other complications. On the contrary, if we pay attention to it, we will get twice the result with half the effort for the treatment and prevention of diseases. Especially in psychiatry, this phenomenon is particularly obvious.
I remember a little boy who once lived in our department. He returned to the hospital only one week after he was discharged from the hospital. The reason is that no one at home watched him take medicine, and he didn't realize it himself. Although he left clearly, he looked like a normal person. However, as soon as he stopped taking drugs at home, various mental symptoms followed, and finally he had to be hospitalized again, which made his already poor family worse. In fact, these situations can be completely avoided. When each mental patient is hospitalized or discharged, the medical staff will repeatedly tell him to take medicine on time, and his family members should play a certain supervisory role. These are the contents of health education on weekdays, but many patients and their families don't think so. They only see the temporary recovery when they leave the hospital, but ignore the importance of living habits and continuous treatment in the later period, thinking that it is no big deal to take medicine less once, and the result is often half the effort, resulting in serious consequences.
Health education for patients on weekdays is also the responsibility of our nursing staff. Every day when we make rounds, we have to tell patients what disease they have, what medicine they take every day, what side effects they have, how to deal with these side effects, how to turn to medical staff when their mental symptoms are the main symptoms, and what symptoms appear at home ... But it seems futile to talk earnestly, but if patients can stick to the doctor's advice for a long time, it will not only help patients correctly understand their diseases, change their inner sense of rejection, but also promote nurse-patient communication. When patients receive treatment for a period of time, these words will naturally be memorized by heart, especially after the symptoms disappear. If we can master the contents of these health education, it will be of great help to their rehabilitation and future health maintenance.
People often say, "It's better to prevent a doctor than to fight a war." Especially for mental patients, prevention and treatment are equally important. Many families will be in a dilemma because of such patients, but they are helpless. They either delay seeing a doctor, or go home optimistically and stop caring, which eventually leads to the recurrence of symptoms and the same mistakes. These are the consequences of listening to the wrong ideas. From this perspective, health education is not only the important work of our staff, but also the content that patients and their families should pay attention to.
Although mental illness is always discriminated against in society, if it is well controlled and carried out according to the health education of medical staff, it can still study, work and live like normal people. There are many mental patients coming out of our hospital, including children, young people and the elderly. Some study hard after discharge and want to be the first; Some come out to work and share their worries for their families; Some people live at home and live in peace of mind ... These good news are the rewards for their persistence in treatment and attention to disease prevention. They will remember the exhortations and exhortations of medical staff during hospitalization, and their health maintenance cannot be separated from the popularization and education of medical staff.
In this society that pursues efficiency, people are often eager to achieve success, only seeing the desired results, but ignoring the process of seeking and the true meaning of maintaining good results. For medical staff, health education is a part of treating diseases. For patients, following health education is the basis of maintaining health and preventing diseases. None of us can underestimate it, for our work and health.