Barriers and enablers to collaboration in the mental health system in Sabah, Malaysia: towards a theory of collaboration.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The systems that help people with mental disorders in Malaysia include hospitals, primary care, traditional and religious systems, schools and colleges, employers, families and other community members.

Aims

To better understand collaboration between and within these systems and create a theoretical framework for system development.

Method

A total of 26 focus groups and 27 individual interviews were undertaken with patients, carers, psychiatric hospital staff, primary care and district hospital staff, religious and traditional healers, community leaders, non-governmental organisation workers, and school and college counsellors. Grounded theory methods were used to analyse the data and create a theory of collaboration.

Results

Three themes both defined

SUBMITTER: Shoesmith W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7001484 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature