The ward atmosphere of single-sex wards in a maximum-security forensic psychiatric hospital in Sweden.

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 reports on Cambodian refugee data related to signs symptomatic of depression and anxiety, the tendency to worry or ruminate over past events (a culture-bound syndrome called "Khoucherang"), and differences that might be influenced by social system and cultural practice. A sample consisting of 155 women of C...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： D'Avanzo CE,Barab SA

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexually transmitted infections are a significant public health issue impacting women. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is one risk factor for STIs/HIV. Women who are the victims of IPV often experience psychological difficulties, including dissociation. Dissociative symptoms may play a role in women's ability to pract...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Sutherland MA,Fantasia HC,Adkison L

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:The study aimed to analyze the clinical aspects of the treatment of crack cocaine and excessive alcohol users who were seen in a Psychosocial Care Center of Alcohol and Other Drugs (CAPS AD) in Sobral, Ceará, during the years 2010 and 2011. This is an exploratory descriptive and documentary study, with a retrospective...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Oliveira EN,Vasconcelos Alves PM,Ximenes Neto FR,Teles Andrade A,Vieira Gomes B,Grande AJ

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is an exploratory and descriptive study of a qualitative nature. Its objective is to analyse the formation of strategies for social reintegration of the psychic suffering carrier in the practice of nurses working in hospital psychiatric institutions. For this study, we use, as a basis, the concepts and processes ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Souza EJ,Moreira LH,Cardoso MM,Ferreira RG,Silva TC

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:U.S. Latino farmworkers face multiple potential stressors. Research on the mental health status of this U.S. Latino subgroup has suggested high prevalence of stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms when compared to other groups. Latina farmworkers may be at greater risk than their male counterparts for poor mental he...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Bogardus M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article aims to illustrate how Antonovsky's salutogenic theory and its central concept of sense of coherence can be operationalized into salutogenic therapy principles and an intervention program for promoting a sense of coherence, coping, and mental health among people with mental health problems. The interventi...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Langeland E,Wahl AK,Kristoffersen K,Hanestad BR

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to review the research on the relationships among ethnicity, culture, neuropsychiatric diagnosis, and treatment. Psychiatric nurses provide care to an ethnically and culturally diverse group of clients. Knowledge of ethnic and cultural differences are essential to diagnosis and treatment. ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Flaskerud JH

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a lifespan developmental syndrome that is associated with significant impairments. Although there is strong evidence that ADHD persists into adulthood for a majority of individuals, adults with ADHD are identified and treated at much lower rates than are children with...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Waite R,Ramsay JR

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to identify coping responses of rural adolescents. The sample included 193 students attending three high schools in southwestern Pennsylvania. Family and peer relationships were the most common stressful situations described by the adolescents. Coping responses were measured by the Coping ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Puskar KR,Grabiak BR

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Providing care and support to a seriously mentally ill (SMI) family member can have deleterious effects on one's health and quality of life. This study explored relationships among perceived burden, depressive cognitions, resourcefulness, and quality of life in 60 African-American and Caucasian women family members of...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Zauszniewski JA,Bekhet AK,Suresky MJ

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is prevalent among persons with multiple sclerosis (MS), an acquired neurologic disability that affects predominantly women. The purpose of this article is to review intervention studies on depression in persons with MS. An integrative review of eight intervention studies published from 2000 to 2005 has rev...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Walker ID,Gonzalez EW

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient education in mental health care is a conventional intervention to increase patients' knowledge about their illness and treatment. A provider-centered focus in patient education may put patients in a passive role, which can counteract their processes of recovery. There is an increasing emphasis on recovery-orie...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Jormfeldt H,Brunt DA,Rask M,Bengtsson A,Svedberg P

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：:Workplace bullying creates hostile work environments, affects mental and physical health, and has social, economic, and career implications. Over 70% of targets of workplace bullying become unemployed either by losing their jobs or by leaving voluntarily. In a grounded theory study, we explored how experiencing workpl...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： MacIntosh J

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to assess nursing diagnoses and nursing interventions that were accordingly implemented during the care of inpatients with major depression in Greece. Twelve nurses working in three major psychiatric hospitals were recruited. Semi-structured interviews were used and audio-recorded data indicat...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Prokofieva M,Koukia E,Dikeos D

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between attitudes toward seclusion and levels of burnout, staff satisfaction, and therapeutic optimism. Staff at one district health service inpatient unit (n = 54) completed surveys on their attitudes toward seclusion and levels of burnout, staff sat...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Happell B,Dares G,Russell A,Cokell S,Platania-Phung C,Gaskin CJ

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior research findings about caregiving for persons with HIV/AIDS indicate that caregiving impacts nurses in three separate domains: personal self as a nurse in practice; interactions with the nurse's family members, friends, and colleagues; and interactions with persons with HIV/AIDS. However the impact caregiving f...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Mullins IL

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Communities of faith are important arenas for psychiatric mental health nurses to promote emotional well-being and support recovery for persons with mental health problems. This article describes an innovative faith-based mental health group, based on Buddhist philosophy and practice and established by an advanced pra...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Phoenix B

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the extent of psychiatric patients' compliance and non-compliance with treatment and examine the factors that affect compliance. Patients were recruited who were between 16 and 60 years of age and who were hospitalized with a psychiatric disorder and treated in the outpatient clini...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Bener A,Dafeeah EE,Salem MO

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：: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：:Physical restraints are used as a psychiatric intervention to protect psychiatric inpatients from self-harm or harm to others, by securing a safe environment for the patients and staff. We examined nurses' attitudes, environmental concerns, and emotional responses to physical restraint of psychiatric inpatients, using...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Gelkopf M,Roffe Z,Behrbalk P,Melamed Y,Werbloff N,Bleich A

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homelessness is a collective societal problem, and people who are homeless are often treated as society's underclass, stigmatised and excluded. These issues are often exacerbated among homeless people from countries other than the one in which they are currently living. In this article we report findings from a qualit...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： McMaster R,Lopez V,Kornhaber R,Cleary M

更新日期：2017-06-01 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：:A growing number of women are being dually diagnosed with HIV infection and substance use problems. Forty-two percent of all women diagnosed with AIDS have been infected through injection drug use. Many more women with HIV are exposed to nonintravenous drugs that potentially affect their quality of life and illness ex...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Moser KM,Sowell RL,Phillips KD

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A phenomenological study was conducted to answer the following question: What is the lived experience of aloneness for older women currently being treated for depression? Eight women from Northern Ohio composed the purposively selected sample. Transcriptions of each 1-hr interview were reviewed by use of Colaizzi's (1...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Wilkinson L,Pierce L

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To combat the increasingly poor physical health of people with serious mental illness, the position of a cardiometabolic health nurse has been proposed. We recently conducted a 26-week trial in a regional mental health service. This paper describes the background and rationale for the position, presents the outcomes o...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Happell B,Stanton R,Platania-Phung C,McKenna B,Scott D

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Having valid, reliable, and culturally adapted tools to screen for adolescent depression is a crucial concern for mental health care professionals who promote preventive care. To this aim, this study tested the psychometric properties and factor structure of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) Scal...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Dardas LA,Xu H,Shawashreh A,Franklin MS,Wainwright K,Pan W

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00