Challenges faced when living with schizophrenia in the community: A narrative inquiry.

BACKGROUND: Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder. People with schizophrenia have transferred from hospital-based care to community-based care with the support of mental health legal policies. Challenges faced in the community should be emphasized. Limited qualitative studies have explored the challenges of living with schizophrenia. AIMS: To explore the challenges of people living with schizophrenia in the community. METHODS: A narrative method was used, including semi-structured, face-to-face interviews. Thematic analysis approach was used to analyze data. RESULTS: Ten clients and their family members participated in the study. Analysis revealed three main themes related to their challenges in the community: deficits in self-management of illness; insufficient community mental health care; and the influence of policy. These challenges prevent those with schizophrenia from effectively managing their illness, returning to a productive role in society, and improving their quality of life. CONCLUSIONS: There are challenges in mental health rehabilitation and social reintegration of individuals with schizophrenia. There is a need for continuous community mental rehabilitation services, appropriate policy support, and the need to educate the public to reduce social bias and discrimination which allows individuals with schizophrenia to assume a productive role in the community.

[Inspiration of the development of acupotomy therapy to acupuncture and moxibustion science].

The inspiration of acupotomy therapy to acupuncture and moxibustion was explored in view of the development of acupotomy device, the clinical practice model and the theoretical innovation. The results show that the acupotomy therapy develops rapidly because that the great attention has been paid to the development of the device, the communication and integration with the other disciplines and the theoretical innovation. These three aspects should also be emphasized for the development of acupuncture and moxibustion. The development of acupotomy therapy provides the beneficial inspiration to acupuncture and moxibustion science.

[Discussion on knowledge structural system of modern acupuncture professionals].

To explore the knowledge structural system that the modern acupuncture professionals should have. The current situation of personnel training for modern acupuncture professionals was multi-dimensionally and comprehensively analyzed from course offering of higher education, laws of famous physicians growth, and discipline development features of the acupuncture and moxibustion subject, and suggestions were made to the shortages. The reasonable knowledge structural system that the modern acupuncture professionals should have included establishment of good Chinese medicine thoughts, mastery of complete Chinese medicine therapy, and ability of followup of dynamic development of subject. The reformation of course design is imperative in order to promote the reasonable knowledge structural system formation of modern acupuncture professionals.

[Controlled observation on effects of different needle retaining time in scalp acupuncture on motor function in the infant of cerebral palsy].

OBJECTIVE: To compare therapeutic effects of different needle retaining time in scalp acupuncture on motor function in the infant of cerebral palsy. METHODS: Randomized controlled design and Jin three needle therapy were used, and the therapeutic effects of needle retaining time of 1 h and 30 min on cerebral palsy were compared. RESULTS: After treatment for 2 months, the improvement of motor function in the group of retaining needle of lh was better than that in the 30 min group. CONCLUSION: Prolonging the retaining needle time for sufficient stimulation amountis an important factor for achieving a better therapeutic effect in scalp acupuncture treatment of infant cerebral palsy.