The lived experience of women in abusive relationships who sought spiritual guidance.

abstract：:This pilot study evaluated the effectiveness of the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse (APPN) in improving clinical outcomes of depressed clients and measured their clients' level of satisfaction with APPN care. A longitudinal study design using repeated measures was conducted to evaluate clinical outcomes and satisf...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Parrish E,Peden A,Staten RT,Hall L,Danner F

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective recovery from alcoholism demands commitment from both partners in a marriage. The focus of this qualitative study was to learn how couples progressed through recovery and how they achieved their goals conjointly. The Model of Recovering Alcoholics' Behavior Stages and Goal Setting was used as the theoretical...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Wing DM

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals who experience repeated stressful events are at risk for developing physical and psychological illnesses. African Americans are an ethnic group that is exposed to a range of stressors over time, including racism which leads to discrimination. African Americans also suffer disproportionately from hypertensi...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Outlaw FH

更新日期：1993-10-01 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：:There have been few reported studies of communication between spouses with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementia. An observer rating scale for verbal and nonverbal behavior, Verbal-Nonverbal Interaction Scale for Caregivers (VNVIS-CG), was developed to study caregiver communication in couples affected by AD. P...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Williams CL,Parker C

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners are quickly becoming sought after employees, especially in public mental health systems where a shrinking number of psychiatrists necessitate alternate access to prescribers. In addition, new guidelines necessitate greater attention to the follow up and monitoring of the medical problem...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Hogan BK

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the recovery process for individuals engaged in treatment for substance use disorders (SUDs) who had co-occurring anxiety and depression. The participants were eight individuals engaged in treatment. The results of a Grounded Theory design and methods revealed the core category and substantive ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Abram MD,White JH

更新日期：2020-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical accounts indicate that disparities exist among families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), and that these disparities impede timely diagnosis and intervention. Furthermore, families living in rural areas are more likely to have reduced access to proper care and use alternative, unproven, and po...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Elder JH,Brasher S,Alexander B

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many environmental processes influence the pregnant adolescent and each process can either unlock the potential of the adolescent or act as a barrier to goal achievement or development. Social support is a powerful force in preventing adverse maternal and infant outcomes in the pregnant adolescent, and can come from s...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Logsdon MC,Gennaro S

更新日期：2005-04-01 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：:This article responds to the call by Heinrich (1992) to harness the power of metaphor to reenergize nursing classrooms. An overview of the power of metaphor is provided, as well as a description of a learning activity that prompted students to think metaphorically about a nursing experience. Students reflected on the ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： McAllister M

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nursing literature is replete with patient classification (PC) tools that are reported to be valid and reliable. Most of our knowledge about these tools is derived from studies conducted in general hospitals. Little is known about the few psychiatric PC tools that exist or how satisfied nurses are with them. The p...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Sims L,Kippenbrock TA

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper aims to describe everyday life experiences of mothers who have an adult child with a long-term mental illness. Sixteen mothers were interviewed. A content analysis resulted in one main theme: My adult child who is struggling with mental illness is always on my mind, and three subthemes: (1) living a life un...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Johansson A,Anderzen-Carlsson A,Ahlin A,Andershed B

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although being personal in relationships with service users is commonly described as an important aspect of the way that professionals help people with severe mental problems, this has also been described to bring with it a need to keep a distance and set boundaries. AIMS:This study aims to explore how prof...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Ljungberg A,Denhov A,Topor A

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is recognised that physical activity has a positive impact on quality of life, social well-being and overall health of people with severe mental illness. However, there is a lack of theory informed programmes that support people with mental illness to adopt regular physical activity behaviour. The aim of this case ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Schebesch-Ruf W,Heimgartner A,Wells JS,Titze S

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emmy Gut was a psychotherapist who developed, in her later years, a unique theory distinguishing between "productive" and "unproductive" depression. Dr. John Bowlby was a leading psychoanalyst famous for his work on attachment theory. After the death of her second husband, Emmy contacted John because his work on mourn...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Ross LR

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This descriptive article highlights a 42-month project in which a comprehensive program revision was implemented in a psychiatric hospital that included numerous alternative strategies to the use of patient restraint and seclusion. The results of this project include a 94% reduction in the rate of restraint and seclus...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Taxis JC

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A common idiomatic phrase in mental health care is "well known" client, patient, or service user. This phrase is often followed by "to mental health services" or some such, suggesting that a "service" can really know anything. Notwithstanding mental health services, especially public ones are a repository for a lot of...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Lakeman R

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The focus of the care of potentially aggressive psychiatric patients has been on the use of seclusion and restraints. Recent concerns, however, about the potential for patient injury have made it imperative that nurses use alternative methods to calm patients who are escalating. Little is known about how expert nurses...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Johnson ME,Hauser PM

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goals of the project described here were to reduce the length of hospital stay, decrease financial losses, improve care for the elderly, and improve the attitudes and knowledge of nursing staff caring for the elderly. Data collected included reimbursement information, nursing staff variables, and outcomes of patie...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Mathew LJ,Gutsch HM,Hackney NW,Munsat EM

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research findings about the experience of 1,000 battered wives are presented in this paper. A total of 146 once-battered wives volunteered to be interviewed about their backgrounds, their victimization, and their use of personal strategies, informal help-sources, and formal help-sources to end the violence in their li...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Brendtro M,Bowker LH

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been little research to substantiate the nature and degree of self-esteem among persons with mental illness. The results reported here are from a study involving 92 clients with severe mental illness. The study explored the relation between work status and quality of life, drug attitudes, and self-esteem. In...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Van Dongen CJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:Evidence suggests that abuse of women may be the most common form of family violence during the perinatal period. This battering is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes and has physical, psychological, and social sequelae. Although some ethnic differences have been described in the occurrence of abuse, there is ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Mattson S,Rodriguez E

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was conducted with 103 community-based, low-income, well elderly persons who resided in high-rise apartments and were functionally independent. The nursing framework was Roy and Roberts' (1981) adaptation model and techniques from Beck's (1976) theory on cognitive therapy. This study had the dual purpose of de...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Campbell JM

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Recent progress in medicine and technology has produced a significant increase in the survival rate of critically ill patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of major depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) comorbidity among patients after discharge from the intensive care unit (...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Asimakopoulou E,Madianos M

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To expose inconsistencies and contradictions in the nurse leadership literature ("text"), this article adopts a deconstructive approach and draws upon the work of Derrida in examining the text or discourse. What is almost entirely missing in the literature are articles that ask difficult, searching questions that chal...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Cutcliffe J,Cleary M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LGBTI clients present specific challenges for the mental health profession with key issues for transgender people identified as including isolation, fear, stigma, and family rejection, all of which contribute to the transgender community's high levels of depression, anxiety, substance misuse, self-harm, and suicide. T...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Harmon K,Donohue G

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infertility is considered a traumatic stressor for infertile couples. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the mental health status and its relationship with social support in 345 male partners of infertile couples. Scores on the mental health measure (GHQ-28) indicated that 41.2% of the men had mental proble...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Koochaksaraei FY,Mirghafourvand M,Hasanpoor S,Bani S

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00