Mapping the treatment’s protocol for schizophrenic patients in mental health hospital : Khartoum Teaching Hospital, Bahri Hospital for Mental Illness and Addiction, Omdurman Military Hospital and Eltigani Elmahi National Rehabilitation Hospital

Abstract EN

The Study aimed to discover the treatment’s protocol and the therapeutic techniques used for schizophrenic patients in mental health hospitals in Khartoum State, the differences in medical treatment and psychological approaches used.

This study is based on qualitative approach and was conducted in four hospitals at Khartoum State, namely Khartoum Hospital, Bahri Hospital, Omdurman Military Hospital and Eltigani Elmahi National Rehabilitation Hospital.

The study is composed of two phases, phase (1) was conducted in 2014 and phase (2) was conducted in 2021.

An interview of opened questions were designed and conducted to all these hospitals by the researcher.

The study revealed that there is no common protocol adopted by the mental health hospitals in Khartoum State.

Accordingly, the study recommends the necessity of setting common protocols among the mental health hospitals in Sudan for psychiatric and psychological treatment of mental illnesses to ease monitoring, evaluation and creating a database for reviewing and amending if needed.

It is important to understand whether there have been any improvements or changes to the treatment protocols used in 2014 in comparison to that of 2021.