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Abstract

Background:Various efforts have been made by the Indonesian government to improve mental healthservices. In 2014, the government established Law no 18, which is about mental health and the treatmentof people with mental illness covered by the universal health coverage. However, many people stillexperience difficulty in accessing mental health services. In Indonesia, family plays the role of a caregiverto people with mental illness.Objective:This study aims to identify the perceived barriers on mental health services by families whosemembers suffers from mental illness.Methods:This study is a qualitative research study with a phenomenological approach. Sampling wasconducted by purposive sampling with a sample size of 12 participants. Data were collected usingsemistructured in-depth interviews. Thematic analysis was performed using Colaizzi steps.Results:The obtained results presented three themes. Theme 1, mental health service affordability;theme 2, mental health service availability; and theme 3, negative attitudes (stigma).Conclusion:Families whose members suffered from mental illness still experienced barriers in relation tomental health services even with universal health coverage. Improved mental health services are relatedto the health insurance coverage, affordability, availability of mental health services and stigma reductionin the health professionals and wide community.©2017 Chinese Nursing Association. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access articleunder the CC BY-NC-ND license

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