Psychometric properties of the Depressive Symptom Assessment for Older Adults in individuals with moderate or severe dementia.

abstract：:Restraints have been used to immobilize the mentally ill since the Middle Ages. However, no one has addressed restraint position as an important factor in outcome. In this study, 20 patients (25 trials) were restrained supine or prone to see how quickly behavior was brought under control. The fewer hours that patients...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Aschen SR

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nursing is a demanding and stressful occupation. Nursing staff is required and expected to develop an interpersonal style that conveys concern for mentally ill patients. This study is aimed at investigating whether staff attitudes and behaviours are related to assaults on nurses in psychiatric settings. One hundred, s...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Bilgin H

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This qualitative, descriptive, secondary analysis of spousal caregivers (n = 20) examined similarities and differences in help-seeking patterns to understand the processes underlying decisions regarding resource use. Husbands were comfortable with letting others assume care or getting others to provide care while wive...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Brown J,Chen SL

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this research was to assess and provide community interventions for victims of domestic violence in the Arab American immigrant population in a large midwestern city of the United States. The theoretical framework of critical social theory provided the context for the research. A survey tool for assessi...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Kulwicki AD,Miller J

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Person-first language, to refer to a person with autism, has been dominant within peer-reviewed literature; however, there are autistic people who prefer identity-first language. This is a shift from the language championed within mental health nursing; therefore it is important to understand the meaning and actions w...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Shakes P,Cashin A

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to understand the meaning that being stigmatized has for persons with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The research question for this investigation was, What is the perception of stigmatization as experienced by persons with AIDS? Phenomenology provided both the theoretical fra...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Bennett MJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:Recent mental health care policy has addressed the need for health care professionals to consider the physical health of consumers. Mental health nurses are particularly well-placed for this role. To provide mental health nurses with practical information, this narrative review summarises evidence from recent research...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Scott D,Happell B

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to community violence can influence adolescents' anxiety. Researchers have examined the relationship between exposure to community violence and anxiety. In their pursuit to explore that relationship, researchers have used a variety of instruments. This review of literature provides an overview of the instrume...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Kelly S,Hall L

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:A scoping review of articles published from 2000 to 2017 was conducted with the aim to identify what had been discussed and researched related to the transition from completion of university to employment for students with ASD. The review also included identification of published data on the type of degrees studied by...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Cashin A

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following a literature review of nurses' attitudes and perceived barriers regarding the utilization of medical emergency teams (METs) and completing key informant interviews with psychiatric nurses, a questionnaire developed by the researcher was administered to inpatient psychiatric nurses to further examine their at...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Herisko CA,Puskar KR,Mitchell AM,Habib M,Ren D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As advanced practice psychiatric-mental health nursing has transitioned from earlier models of practice, elements of clinical specialist and psychiatric nurse practitioner roles are being blended to produce a new type of practitioner. The challenge of preserving mental health expertise while expanding advanced practic...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Naegle MA,Krainovich-Miller B

更新日期：2001-07-01 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：:This study explored the knowledge and attitudes of Jordanian nurses toward patients with HIV/AIDS, particularly in regards to their sources of information and education. This survey utilized a cross-sectional design. A self-administered questionnaire developed by Eckstein was used in collecting the data. A total of 92...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Hassan ZM,Wahsheh MA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Qualitative, interpretive research was conducted with ten adult women who felt that their experiences of learning about themselves as female and sexual had been harmful. The term "victimizing sexualization" was developed to identify this experience, and a thematic description of these women's experiences was derived. ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Smith SK

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical leadership has been identified as crucial to positive patient/client outcomes, across all clinical settings. In the new millennium, transformational leadership has been the dominant leadership style and in more recent times, congruent leadership theory has emerged to explain clinical leadership in nursing. Th...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Mannix J,Wilkes L,Daly J

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric nurses are subject to a high rate of assault by patients. The stress of exposure to assault and the potential for assault appear to impact nurses' emotional states in the form of post-traumatic stress and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Most studies report a prevalence rate of PTSD in this populatio...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Jacobowitz W

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：: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：:While the mentally ill are considered to be vulnerable as a group, those who are mentally ill and reside in rural communities are at a greater disadvantage due to limited access to health care, a scarcity of resources, and traditional cultural belief systems. Social support has been found to have a direct effect on th...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Letvak S

更新日期：2002-04-01 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：: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：: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：:Group psychotherapy has been considered the treatment of choice by many therapists working with offenders within the criminal justice system. However, there has been little written by nurses regarding this special population. This article's purpose is to illustrate how King's theory of goal attainment may be used in c...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Laben JK,Dodd D,Sneed L

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Reconceptualized Uncertainty in Illness Theory (RUIT) was used to investigate antecedents to, appraisals of, and ways of coping with stressful caregiving. Four focus groups with caregivers (8 males and 16 females) of relatives with dementia were conducted; 15 cared for their parents and the remainder cared for the...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Unson C,Flynn D,Glendon MA,Haymes E,Sancho D

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main purpose of the study was to examine the psychometric properties of a Smoking Abstinence Self-Efficacy Scale with Korean men in the US. The scale was modified to reflect the Korean cultural practice of smoking behavior and was cross-culturally validated with a panel of 10 professionals. An 11-item Korean versi...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Kim SS,Kim SH,Gulick EE

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：:Non-suicidal self-injury is a distressing act, which can arouse dissent and negative comment in service users and providers. The purpose of the study was to describe how women who self-injure and nurses assign meaning to shared discourses about self-injury. The wider study is framed in a grounded theory methodology. F...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Reece J

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00