HIGHLIGHTS
- •Barriers to care for people with co-occurring disorders are described in a qualitative study.
- •The client and professional perspectives can be out of step with what the care system actually proposes.
- •Professionals need to take into account contexts with potentially multiple barriers to care.
- •Providers in each local area should examine possible barriers and find solutions together.
ABSTRACT
The present qualitative study used face-to-face and telephone interviews with service
providers in the Tampere area in Finland to describe the provider viewpoint on barriers
to care for people with co-occurring disorders. The core barrier concerns the definition
and understanding of the problems: client and professional perspectives often differ,
and both can be out of step with what the care system actually proposes. Professionals
need to take into account contexts with potentially multiple barriers to care. Providers
in each local area should examine possible barriers and find solutions together, integrating
the client perspective at each step in the process.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: April 23, 2017
Accepted:
April 22,
2017
Received in revised form:
February 18,
2017
Received:
November 22,
2016
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