Sickle cell disease: a stigmatizing condition that may lead to depression.

abstract：:This research tested the effects of a long-term psychosocial nursing intervention designed to decrease mental distress in adolescents following a catastrophic event. Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses conducted the Catastrophic Stress Intervention (CSI) in two South Carolina high schools for three years following Hu...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Hardin SB,Weinrich S,Weinrich M,Garrison C,Addy C,Hardin TL

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the links between intergenerational acculturation conflict and depression symptoms in 176 Korean American parents of children between the ages of 5 and 10. Approximately, 29% of fathers and 28% of mothers reported increased depression symptoms, which were related to parent-child acculturation confl...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Kim E

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are unique policy and reimbursement issues pertinent to the Psychiatric Mental Health-Nurse Practitioner (PMH-NP) that are complex and ever-evolving. In the past decade specifically, mental health legislation at the federal level has made, and will continue to make, a serious impact on PMH-NP practice. Pending l...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Condi GT

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this qualitative exploratory study was to explore the perspectives of Hispanic caregivers as they provide the day-to-day care for their family member with schizophrenia. Interviews were conducted by a promotora (a Spanish speaking trained community health worker) with ten Hispanic caregivers at a large ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Saunders J

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to describe Masters entry nursing students' attitudes about psychiatric mental health clinical experiences; preparedness to care for persons with mental illness; students' perceived stigmas and stereotypes; and plans to choose mental health nursing as a career. A 31-item survey was admini...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Hunter L,Weber T,Shattell M,Harris BA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the prevalence and patterns of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology in abused and postabused women. A convenience sample of 160 abused, postabused, and nonabused women completed measures related to physical and emotional abuse by an intimate partner, risk of homicide, and PTSD. Resul...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Woods SJ

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Talanoa is an established format for generating discussion about complex topics used throughout the Pacific. Pacific researchers use talanoa to gather data with migrant Pacific Island populations, in countries such as the United States of America, Australia, and Aotearoa/New Zealand (A/NZ). Using talanoa in this way, ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Vaka S,Brannelly T,Huntington A

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Internet offers a wealth of convenience and nearly unlimited connectivity for sharing news, demonstrating talents, and voicing opinions. However, technology and the cyber world also bring new risks to technology users, including cyberbullying. Adolescents are particularly at risk and it is imperative that the dyna...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Brandau M,Rebello A

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aims were to analyze patients' adherence to psychotropic medications and its association with sociodemographic factors, therapeutic regimen, presence of common mental disorders, and illness factors. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in ten Primary Health Care units in Brazil. The tools were...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Miasso AI,Telles Filho PC,Borges TL,Pereira Júnior AD,Giacchero Vedana KG,Shasanmi R,Escobar Gimenes FR

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of reframing as a means of increasing nurses' choices in their behavioral responses to manipulative patients and an example of how the process might be used to influence nurses' perceptions are discussed. Perceptions influence nurses' behavioral responses. As individuals, nurses become accustomed to approachin...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Johnson GB,Werstlein PO

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient aggression is a common problem on psychiatric units. Recent research has focused on the relationship between aggressive behavior and various patient characteristics, including psychopathology. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between diagnostic groups and particular types of patient ag...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Kennedy MG

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Key proponents of suicide prevention around the world have been calling for research to focus on people who have survived a suicide attempt in the belief that people with this experience are an important but neglected source of information, with a great deal to contribute to the field of suicidology. This paper concer...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Jackson KP,Welch A,Hopkinson S

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High utilization of medical services during pregnancy has not been described as most studies have focused on women who receive inadequate or no prenatal care. This paper describes the characteristics and medical utilization data of 500 pregnant women enrolled in a prospective study. High utilizers (HU), who had a mean...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Bloom T,Curry MA,Durham L

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper discusses the psychosocial impact of being diagnosed with hepatitis C virus (HCV). The paper clarifies some of the key misconceptions about the virus, especially the impact HCV has on people who have been recently diagnosed. An individual's reaction to the HCV diagnosis and the subsequent lifestyle challeng...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： O'Brien AP,Cross WM,Higgs P,Munro I,Bloomer MJ,Chou KR

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated a one year long course education and counseling program with 93 family caregivers of elders afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. The elders had received treatment for agitation in an inpatient setting and were subsequently discharged to the caregivers' home. Caregivers were randomly assigned to an ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Wright LK,Litaker M,Laraia MT,DeAndrade S

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental factors related to physical assault by patients were examined to identify clinical implications warranting further investigation and to test methodology. The concepts of ward conditions (degree of patients' illness, numbers of patients and staff) and ward climate were the focus of the study. Participants...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Lanza ML,Kayne HL,Hicks C,Milner J

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conversion therapies, also know as reparative therapies, emphasize homosexual orientations as psychopathology in gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) clients and claim these individuals can reverse their sexual orientation through psychiatric counseling and treatment. Although professional medical and nursin...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Blackwell CW

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cotard's syndrome is a neuropsychiatric disease characterized by a variety of nihilistic delusions, commonly associated with several psychotic and major affective disorders, and neurological diseases, including stroke, dementia, and mental retardation. A 39-year-old male with mental retardation developed Cotard's synd...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Sottile F,De Luca R,Bonanno L,Finzi G,Casella C,Calabrò RS

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article discusses a co-produced qualitative understanding aimed at reducing the risk of sexual violence within mental health in-patient settings. It describes the first stages of testing a new approach which democratises organisational change as, people who use mental health services take the lead in partnership ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Page S,Carr T,Forsyth S,O'Hara A,Burgess J,Charles D

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clients with schizophrenia require maintenance treatment with antipsychotic medication and psychosocial therapy to maintain symptom control. Rates of medication adherence or follow-through are low in clients with schizophrenia. This increases the risk of relapse and contributes to poor quality of life. As educators an...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Mahone IH,Maphis CF,Snow DE

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with psychiatric disorders receive nursing care in psychiatric units, medical units and long-term care facilities. Like other patients, their well-being is reliant upon knowledgeable caregivers. The pharmacological interventions that patients are dependent on can have catastrophic effects; of particular conce...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Gall-Ojurongbe S,Williams C

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A descriptive correlation design was used to study the relationship between the degree of cognitive distortions and the level of depression in bulimic patients. The theoretical framework was based on Beck's (1976) cognitive theory of depression. Beck viewed symptoms of depression as consequences of distorted thought p...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Dankberg G

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This descriptive study, one component of the Carolina Adolescent Health Project (CAHP), measured self-efficacy in a voluntary sample of 432 normal freshmen and sophomore urban high school students. Using Coppel's Self-Efficacy Scale (SES), which is based on Bandura's conceptualization of self-efficacy, the research al...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Grubbs S,Hardin SB,Weinrich S,Weinrich M,Garrison C,Pesut D,Hardin TL

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study determined the differences in demographic and sleep characteristics in cognitively impaired nursing home residents with and without severe sleep/wake pattern inefficiency. Identification of characteristics associated with severe sleep/wake pattern inefficiency will allow health care providers to make the be...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Richards KC,Beck C,Shue VM,O'Sullivan PS

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need for nurse therapists to be aware of their own feelings, beliefs, and attitudes is all-important if treatment is to be effective. In this paper, the author uses the concept of the therapist's Critical Parent (from Berne's 1961 Transactional Analysis model) to explore countertransference reactions. Clinical exa...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Haber LC

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dual diagnosis is associated with frequent relapse, poor treatment engagement and overall unsatisfactory treatment outcomes. A comprehensive review of the contemporary literature examining this issue was conducted, finding a paucity of literature concerning dual diagnosis in older adults. Of the literature appraised f...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Searby A,Maude P,McGrath I

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate the effect of peer support group on subjective well-being (SWB) of wives of war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Selected participants were randomly assigned into intervention and control groups (n = 40 for each group). The intervention group was divided into four su...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Vagharseyyedin SA BSc, MSc, PhD,Zarei B BSc, MSc,Esmaeili A MD,Gholami M BSc, MSc

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a dearth of articles addressing psychoeducational multifamily groups for adults with intellectual disabilities. The objective of this study is to investigate the participants' experiences of being part of a group like this. The group intervention had been slightly modified due to the participants' intellectua...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Bakken TL,Sundby IL,Klevmoen GH

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stigma associated with a diagnosis of mental illness is well known yet has not reduced significantly in recent years. Health professionals, including nurses, have been found to share similar negative attitudes towards people with labelled with mental illness as the general public. The low uptake of mental health n...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Happell B,Platania-Phung C,Bocking J,Scholz B,Horgan A,Manning F,Doody R,Hals E,Granerud A,Lahti M,Pullo J,Ellilä H,Annaliina V,van der Vaart KJ,Allon J,Griffin M,Russell S,MacGabhann L,Bjornsson E,Biering P

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the increasing prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in the female population the responses of women to their HIV-positive status and their resultant needs remain largely unexplored. This investigation explored the needs, choices, and decisions faced by 38 mothers since becoming HIV-positi...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Regan-Kubinski MJ,Sharts-Hopko N

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00