Impact of falls on mental health outcomes for older adult mental health patients: An Australian study.

abstract：:Approximately 210 patients are admitted each year to the Western Australian State Forensic Mental Health Service, and most present with psychotic illness, along with other physical and mental comorbidities. In 2010, a healthy lifestyle programme, which included a formal exercise programme coordinated by an exercise ph...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Wynaden D,Barr L,Omari O,Fulton A

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preceptorship is a valuable strategy largely underestimated in its ability to influence nursing students' attitudes and beliefs about mental health nursing. As a model, it has the potential to influence nursing practice, enhance clinical learning, promote recruitment and retention, and generate a more collaborative ap...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Charleston R,Goodwin V

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spirituality has been recognized as an important part of nursing practice since its early beginnings. However, debate continues about whether and how nurses and other mental health professionals should include spirituality within their daily work. This paper aims to contribute to the discussion of spirituality within ...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Wilding C,Muir-Cochrane E,May E

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While researchers have documented the significant issue of moral distress among nurses, few have explored moral distress among mental health nurses. In addition, no research to date has explored nursing students' experiences of moral distress during mental health clinical rotations, despite nursing students typically ...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Wojtowicz B,Hagen B,Van Daalen-Smith C

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Family-focused interventions can improve outcomes for families where a parent has a mental illness. One such intervention, Let's Talk about Children (Let's Talk), is a series of parent-practitioner conversations in adult mental health with demonstrated improved outcomes for child, parent, and family well-being. This s...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Allchin B,O'Hanlon B,Weimand BM,Goodyear M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The routine use of standardized instruments to measure consumer outcomes is now part of mental health policy throughout Australia. However, it has been broadly criticized for (i) not involving consumer input into the design of instruments; and (ii) not reflecting the aspects of care and treatment considered beneficial...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Happell B

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic syndrome is common in mental health consumer populations, and is linked to cardiovascular disease, stroke and diabetes. Metabolic screening is a way of recognising consumers who are at risk of developing metabolic syndrome but internationally screening rates remain low. A retrospective audit was completed at...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Ward T,Wynaden D,Heslop K

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric nurses are familiar with the concept of personality disorder because of their contact with persons with the most common personality disorder in clinical settings - borderline type, who frequently engage mental health services. Perhaps it is this familiarity that has focused research and clinical attention ...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Hayward BA

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mental health is a leading health issue facing young people today, particularly those living in rural and regional areas. Although public policy supports schools-based health promotion, there is limited evidence of the efficacy of such programmes and the elements that enhance successful implementation in rural and reg...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： McAllister M,Knight BA,Hasking P,Withyman C,Dawkins J

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to develop a semistructured interview for the Japanese version of the Early Signs Scale (ESS-JI), as well as to examine its reliability and validity. We conducted a cross-sectional study in Japan. Participants were recruited from a psychiatric clinic. The survey included 25 participants w...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Koichi R,Miyamoto Y

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is compelling evidence that the physical health of people with severe mental illness is poor. Health-promotion guidelines have been recommended as a mechanism for improving the physical health of this population. However, there are significant barriers to the adoption of evidence-based guidelines in practice. Th...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Ehrlich C,Kendall E,Frey N,Kisely S,Crowe E,Crompton D

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Victoria, the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act (1997) reformed legal practice in relation to the detention, management and release of persons found by a court to be not guilty on the grounds of insanity or unfit to be tried. This Act provides a legal structure for such 'forensic patients' to...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Kelly T,Simmons W,Gregory E

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nurses in mental health settings avoid talking to consumers about sexual health concerns. It is unclear whether this avoidance prevents the provision of sexual healthcare. The present study gathered information about how mental health nurses respond to sexual health issues within their routine practice, what issues th...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Quinn C,Platania-Phung C,Bale C,Happell B,Hughes E

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is a review of the literature examining the sexuality of mental health consumers and the role of mental health nurses. A search identified 72 English articles on the topic. The evidence clearly indicates that sexuality is a critical aspect of who we are as individuals, and of how we view ourselves, but di...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Quinn C,Browne G

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present position paper provides an account of the life of Martha Entwistle, the earliest recorded convict nurse who worked within the Castle Hill Asylum. In our review of primary historical sources, Australia's first convict mental health nurse was found to be a resilient woman who endured several traumatic life e...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Raeburn T,Liston C,Hickmott J,Cleary M

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clients' perceptions of continuous support during the transition from hospital to the community have been understudied. The present study evaluated clients' perceptions of the benefits and potential adjustments to the implementation of a transitional discharge model (TDM), an intervention for community integration of ...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Forchuk C,Gyamfi S,Martin ML,Corring D,Srivastava R,Harerimana B

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Problematic anger is often the outward manifestation and expression of deeper mental health issues in young men with strong links to depression, aggression, and suicide. Few studies have explored adolescent anger and aggression from the perspective of adolescent males and even fewer studies focus specifically on a rur...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Edwards P,van de Mortel T,Stevens J

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The merits of technology-based mental health service reform have been widely debated among academics, practitioners, and policy makers. The design of new technologies must first be predicated on a detailed appreciation of how the mental health system works before it can be improved or changed through the introduction ...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Orlowski S,Lawn S,Matthews B,Venning A,Jones G,Winsall M,Antezana G,Bidargaddi N,Musiat P

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last decade has seen a substantial increase in the number of psychiatric or mental health nurses in Victoria, Australia who hold doctoral qualifications. The literature refers to the importance of scholarship for the professional development and recognition of nursing as a discipline. However, there is a paucity o...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Happell B,Edward KL,Welch T

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compassion satisfaction (CS) among healthcare professionals is a sense of gratification derived from caring for their suffering patients. In contrast, compassion fatigue, often a consequence of burnout (BO) and secondary traumatic stress (STS), is detrimental to healthcare professionals' productivity and patient care....

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Okoli CTC,Seng S,Otachi JK,Higgins JT,Lawrence J,Lykins A,Bryant E

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reduction and, where possible, elimination of seclusion has been recognized as a national safety priority for mental health services in Australia, with significant attention devoted to strategies to achieve this goal. The aim of this study was to compare specific demographic characteristics between consumers who h...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Happell B,Koehn S

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mental health nurses have historically been pessimistic about and often unsympathetic towards clients diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. By the time these clients reach adult mental health services their behaviours are often difficult to manage and they often suffer significant re-victimization by health ...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Meekings C,O'Brien L

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new paradigm that the brain is able change itself (neuroplasticity) is acknowledged and teased out in terms of the ramifications for mental illnesses. Parallel studies in pain (central sensitization) and mirror neurones are examined to conceptually clarify these ramifications in relation to mental health, and to e...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Buchanan DA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we explored the predictive validity of the Dynamic Appraisal of Situational Aggression (DASA) assessment tool in male (n = 30) and female (n = 30) patients admitted to the acute units of a forensic mental health hospital. We also tested the psychometric properties of the original DASA bands and n...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Maguire T,Daffern M,Bowe SJ,McKenna B

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As suicide attempts pose major risk for future suicide death, understanding the underlying factors of suicide attempts and suicidal behaviour is an important mental health imperative. The aim of this study was to examine suicide attempts with a special focus on the intention. A total of 2540 discharge summaries were c...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Horváth ON,Tóth MD,Àdám S,Purebl G

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research has demonstrated the benefits of mental healthcare interventions that ensure a safe transition of clients throughout the discharge and community integration process. This paper reports on qualitative data from focus groups with health professionals collected as part of a larger a mixed method study designed t...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Forchuk C,Martin ML,Sherman D,Corring D,Srivastava R,O'Regan T,Gyamfi S,Harerimana B

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggressive behaviour by psychiatric patients is a serious issue in clinical practice, and adequate management of such behaviour is required, with careful evaluation of the factors causing the aggression. To examine the characteristics of aggressive incidents by ward type, a cross-sectional descriptive study was conduc...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Sato M,Noda T,Sugiyama N,Yoshihama F,Miyake M,Ito H

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An exploration of the 'self' is generally considered a fundamental and necessary place from which to commence practice as a mental health nurse. Self-awareness and attention to one's own feelings, thoughts, and experiences can contribute to the therapeutic use of self in effective provision of mental health nursing ca...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Foster K,McAllister M,O'Brien L

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are numerous barriers to the therapeutic relationship between nurses and persons with schizophrenia, such as time constraints, communication issues and the requirements of practice policies. The main point of this paper is that the nature of these barriers is such that the nurse may not conceptualize these as ba...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Harris B,Panozzo G

更新日期：2019-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to understand the perspectives of mental health consumers, staff, and yoga teachers on the characteristics of a yoga-based intervention to be developed for consumers with a long-term mental health condition, in addition to anxiety and/or depression. Two focus groups were held with mental healt...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Snaith N,Rasmussen P,Schultz T,Proeve M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00