Background: Schizophrenic is functional psychological disorder with main disruption on thinking process and disharmony. Schizophrenic patients often suffer deprivation by their family.
Objective: This study aimed to identify in-depth description of family’s experience in restraint of schizophrenic patients treated at home in Kendal District Central Java.
Method: This research used descriptive phenomenological design and in-depth interview as data collection method. Participants involved in this study were family member of schizophrenic patients that are being restrained and selected by purposive sampling. Data that has been collected was in the form of recorded interviews and field notes and analyzed by Collaizi technique.
Results: Themes identified from this study are chronic sorrow; 2) effective social interaction; 3) enhanced spiritual well-being; 4) decisional conflict; 5) health seeking behaviours; and 6) economic burden.
Conclusion: The results showed similarities on family experience starting from chronic sorrow, effective social interaction; enhanced spiritual well-being; decisional conflict; health seeking behaviours; and economic burden. The care providers have to improve the family coping mechanism to be adaptive by a counseling of the problem.
Keywords: Schizophrenic, family, restrai
