| dc.description.abstract | The community health center in Jember Regency has not been optimal in overcoming
mental disorders in the community, causing increasingly complex mental health
problems, and impacting not only individuals but families and society itself. The family
approach using self-help group (SHG) therapy is one way to be able to provide
treatment for a Person with Mental Illness (PWMI). The role of mental nurses is to
explore mental health problems in PWMI and psychosocial problems in families with
PWMI by giving SHG therapy. This study aimed to analyze the effect of self-help
groups on the family's ability to care for PWMI. This study uses a pre-experimental
design approach with a one-shot case study method. The measuring instruments
used were self-help group SOP, PWMI daily living activity observation sheets, and a
questionnaire on the family's ability to care for PWMI. The SHG will be held for four
sessions involving PWMI, families, and the person in charge of mental health
programs at the community health center. The results showed a significant increase
in the family's cognitive abilities before and after getting a self-help group with a P value of 0.040. and a significant increase in psychomotor abilities with a P-value of
0.043. It is hoped that nurses can form SHGs to improve PWMI care in the
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