The Sexual Rights and Needs of People With Chronic Mental Disorders

• Main Authors: WU YENG-JENG, 吳永任
• Other Authors: 王敏菱博士
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/12937536338976717491

碩士 === 玄奘大學 === 社會福利與社會工作學系碩士班 === 103 === People with mental disorders have the needs of sexual behaviors and intimacy relationships as others. Their fundamental rights cannot be derived by any excuses or being people with mental disorders. The United Nations passed "the Universal Declaration of Human Rights" (Universal Declaration of Human Rights) in 1948. The Declaration indicated people were born as equal; no matter he/she was sick or disabled. Sex, as one kind of human rights, is also applied for people with mental disorders. The study adopted qualitative research method, and collected data by using in-depth interview.The researcher used purposive sampling to invite eight people with mental disorders from two rehabilitation homes to participate in this study. The participants were between the age of 18 and 65.The researcher conducted an interview outline as the research tool. The research results showed that most interviewers considered the majority still saw people with mental disorders in an oppression and discrimination attitude in this society. The oppressions included languages, economy, stigma, and genetic issues. People with mental disorders received the oppressions from the society and internalized these oppression ideas to be people with sickness and disabled without needs and rights. Moreover, under the circumstances, people with mental disorders were hesitated to express their own sexual needs and rights. The researcher discussed the relevant opinions and recommendations in different perspectives based on the research results, including policy making, social work practice, and future researches. The goals of this study tried to raise the awareness of people in the society to have equal rights and respect others as their own families. This study also asked for the society to understand the needs and the rights of people with mental disorders.