ผู้วิจัย/Authors: kwansuda boontoch, khanitta nuntaboot

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Happiness, Distress and Mental Health of the Elderly in a Community in the Upper North Region of Thailand.

แหล่งที่มา/Source: Journal of the Psychiatric Association of Thailand, Vol 62, No 3, July-September 2017, Page 257-270

รายละเอียด / Details:

Objective: To study the meaning of happiness, distress and mental health of older persons in a commuinty in upper north region, Thailand.

Methodology: A critical ethnographic study which studied 150 elderty persons and those in the community providing care. Subjects were aged 22-92 years. The study was conducted in a sub-district of the upper north region of Thailand. Participatory observation, in-depth interviews, group discussion and field records were employed to collect data. Dat were analyzed by content analysis. The study was conducted from October 2015-December 2016.

Results: The community provided the meaning of mental health in two aspects: being happy and having normal mental health. Good mental health was composed of being happy, having normal mental health, having good health, being quickly adaptable, and

Conclusion: According to the findings on the meanings of mental health, happiness and distress among older persons, the suggestions for mental health promotion for older persons were as follows. Mental Health promotion for older persons should be supported by the family as it is the most important and closest source. Increasing a community's poteritial in bulding mental health which covers the meaning of mental health, happiness and distress among older persons should also be administered.

Keywords: mental health, happiness, distress, older persons

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2017

Address: Faculty of Nursing, Khon Kaen University, Thailand, Associate professor, Department of Community Nurse Practitioner, Faculty of nursing, Khon Kaen University, Thailand

Code: 2017000079

ISSN/ISBN: 0125-6985

Country of publication: Thailand

Language: English

Category: Abstract

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