Perceptions about the coordination and functioning of general group meetings at a psychiatric day hospital

Authors

  • Edson Arthur Scherer University of São Paulo; Ribeirão Preto Medical School
  • Zeyne Alves Pires Scherer University of São Paulo; University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing
  • Maria Auxiliadora Campos University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692007000100017

Keywords:

patient care team, day care, psychiatry, mental health

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the activity of coordinating general team meetings at a psychiatric day hospital, its functioning and the feelings these meetings aroused in the researchers. The method adopted to carry out this research was the observation and registration of two observers' perceptions. Twenty-one meetings were studied. The findings and discussion indicate that it would be ideal to diagnose the coordinator's performance, the organizational dynamics and structure, and then manage the malfunction. In that sense, the intervention of an institutional supervisor is suggested. The researchers' feelings were similar to their perceptions about the proceeding of the meeting and about the coordination.

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Published

2007-02-01

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2007)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Perceptions about the coordination and functioning of general group meetings at a psychiatric day hospital. (2007). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 15(1), 113-119. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692007000100017