Author(s)

Maivor Olsson-Tall^1,2,3*, Bertil Marklund^2,4, Sven Kylén^3,4,5, Eric Carlström^2,6,7, Lars Helldin^1,8, Siv Bäck-Pettersson⁴

¹Department of Psychiatry, NU-Health Care Hospital, Trollhättan, Sweden.
²Academy of Sahlgrenska, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
³Centre on Health Care Improvement and Innovation, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁴Närhälsan Research and Development Primary Health Care, Region Västra Götaland, Sweden.
⁵Fyrbodal Health Academy, County Administration of West Sweden, Sweden.
⁶Academy of Sahlgrenska, Institute of Health and Care Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁷University of South-East Norway, Westfold, Norway.
⁸Institute of Psychology, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden.

The knowledge about factors contributing to remission among individuals with schizophrenia is still missing. Studies show that the number of individuals’ reaching remission is varying among psychiatric outpatient care centres. Therefore, the purpose was to investigate case managers (CM) perception of care interventions promoting remission. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with CM (n = 12) and data were analysed with qualitative content analysis. The results show that CM needs to possess competence, master assessment structure and process. These key-points appear to be of crucial importance for a successful promotion of remission among individuals with schizophrenia.

Assessment, Case Managers, Remission, Teamwork, Schizophrenia

Olsson-Tall, M. , Marklund, B. , Kylén, S. , Carlström, E. , Helldin, L. and Bäck-Pettersson, S. (2019) Factors That Promote Remission in Individuals with Schizophrenia. Open Journal of Nursing, 9, 935-950. doi: 10.4236/ojn.2019.99070.