Guidelines for solving drug problems in Thailand: A case study Guidelines for developing cooperation between Provincial Police Region 4 and network partners in surveillance and solve the problems of psychiatric patients due to Drug abuse causes violence in the community

Abstract

This research has the following objectives: 1) to study the operating model of the Provincial Police Region 4 and its network partners; 2) to study the problems and obstacles in the coordination and cooperation of the Provincial Police Region 4 and its network partners; 3) to suggest guidelines for coordinating the operations of relevant agencies. For this study, the researcher relied on qualitative research methods that focused on descriptive analysis. There were 3 main types of study methods: 1) Survey from documents 2) Field research from in-depth interviews 3) Focus group discussion. Key informants are officers of Provincial Police Region
4 and official of agencies in network partners, totaling 20 persons. 

                The research results found that the operating model of Provincial Police Region 4 in cooperation with network partners is a formal type, which has
a management model based on the concept of Network Governance and the concept of Collaborative Governance. There are problems and obstacles in coordination, including 1) problems in misunderstanding the definitions of psychiatric patients with dangerous conditions; 2) problems with the patient, family, and community; 3) problems with boundaries between work procedures. This problem can be solved by enhancing understanding of definition, steps to follow, and publicising them to all sectors.

                The researcher proposes guidelines for coordinating practices as follows: 1) The concept of setting up a Community Isolation to be a place to accommodate patients after arresting and waiting for a doctor to diagnose, give treatment or receive medicine. In addition, it is a place to stay while waiting for a bed to become available or waiting for readiness treat at psychiatric hospital or Thanyarak Hospital. 2) The concept of operating the center “Mini Thanyarak” which is characterized by increasing and distributing treatment services for psychiatric patients to community hospitals. and creating cooperation for people in the community to take care of themselves.