Individual quality of life of people with severe mental disorders.

abstract：:Hazardous and harmful drinkers make up a significant percentage of A and E attendees, and brief interventions have been shown to reduce harm among this particular group. This paper evaluates a pilot project which introduced a screening and brief intervention programme within the A and E department. This project aimed ...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： O'Brien MT

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Informal caregivers of psychiatric patients are vulnerable to many disturbances associated with the stress related to their activity. Caregivers who show a coping style focused on problem-solving report less psychological distress, and this approach positively influences the recovery pro...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Rosas-Santiago FJ,Marván ML,Lagunes-Córdoba R

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to describe self-mutilation from the viewpoint of parents of self-mutilating Finnish adolescents. Four parents of self-mutilating adolescents were interviewed in depth. Qualitative content analysis was applied. Four main categories emerged: the phenomenon of self-mutilation, factors contri...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Rissanen ML,Kylmä JP,Laukkanen ER

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to explore the meaning of spirituality and how the spiritual needs of psychiatric nurses could be supported at work during a hospital amalgamation. Forty-six nurses completed the General Information Questionnaire and described the meaning of spirituality and how their spiritual needs coul...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Ray SL,McGee D

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence to suggest that community mental health nurses experience stress and burnout related to their work. Previous research has been limited by a number of methodological problems. One of the problems is that studies have tended to have small or unrepresentative samples, and many researchers have only exam...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Burnard P,Edwards D,Fothergill A,Hannigan B,Coyle D

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heroin-assisted treatment (HAT) is a solution for improving the condition of treatment-resistant heroin addicts. Since 1994, six randomized controlled trials have concluded that HAT is more efficacious than oral methadone for severe heroin addicts. We visited seven HAT treatment centres in four countries in order to o...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Demaret I,Lemaître A,Ansseau M

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clear role definition is essential for directing the focus of nurse education and several studies have attempted to define the role of the mental health nurse (MHN). These, however, came to the conclusion that mental health nursing was difficult to articulate. The aim of this study was to understand how, during their ...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Rungapadiachy DM,Madill A,Gough B

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thomas Szasz's original critique of the concept of 'mental illness' is almost 50 years old. Over that half century Szasz has maintained a consistent campaign against the 'Therapeutic State', challenging the paternalism of coercive psychiatry and defending liberty and autonomy. Despite his widespread celebrity Szasz co...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Buchanan-Barker P,Barker P

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THIS SUBJECT?: Burnout is a prominent issue in psychiatric nursing and associated with significant adverse consequences for staff, service users and at an organizational level. Exploration of the extent and predictors of burnout in secure settings has received little research attention. It is not f...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Berry S,Robertson N

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixed methods research is becoming more widely used in order to answer research questions and to investigate research problems in mental health and psychiatric nursing. However, two separate literature searches, one in Scotland and one in the USA, revealed that few mental health nursing studies identified mixed method...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Kettles AM,Creswell JW,Zhang W

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research is a descriptive field study conducted in order to investigate the relationship between adolescent difficulties and the attachment style. The study aims to investigate the relationship between adolescent attachment style and strength and difficulties in Turkey. Children attachment style and difficulties ...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Keskin G,Cam O

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) is a widely used measurement for psychological symptoms and distress. Some previous studies have shown that the DASS-21 can accurately measure symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress, while other studies have indicated that the DAS...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Alfonsson S,Wallin E,Maathz P

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents a thematic analysis of focus group talk to examine what recovery in mental health means to service users and nurses. Data were collected from two focus groups, one group of service users and one group of nurses. The service user group (n=6) were adults with previous or recent experience of inpatien...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Aston V,Coffey M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the results of a study into stress and quality of life in the parents of young people with an intellectual disability. Research in this area often finds that parents suffer stress as a result of having a son or daughter with an intellectual disability. According to Glidden (1993), this has led to th...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Browne G,Bramston P

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This inquiry's purpose was to describe the meaning (essence) of moral perspective in adult women's experiences of anger expression. Moral perspectives have been perceived as pivotal to how one constructs and problem-solves real life dilemmas. Since some modes of anger expression have been identified as unhealthy, unco...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Denham G

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Consumer participation in mental health services is embedded in mental health policy in many countries. The negative attitudes of nurses and other health professionals to consumer participation poses a significant obstacle to this policy goal Involving mental health "Experts by Experienc...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Happell B,Waks S,Bocking J,Horgan A,Manning F,Greaney S,Goodwin J,Scholz B,van der Vaart KJ,Allon J,Hals E,Granerud A,Doody R,MacGabhann L,Russell S,Griffin M,Lahti M,Ellilä H,Pulli J,Vatula A,Platania-Phung C,B

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine if race/ethnicity predicts motivation to quit smoking and preferences for cessation services among smokers serviced by a primarily psychiatric Veterans Affairs hospital. A self-administered survey was given to a convenience sample of smokers (n=146) at the Battle Creek Vete...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Karvonen-Gutierrez CA,Ewing LA,Taylor NJ,Essenmacher CA,Duffy SA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Family focused practice leads to positive outcomes for parents and children. There are barriers and enablers for practitioners being family focused. WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS TO EXISTING KNOWLEDGE?: Worker skill, knowledge and confidence about family work are the most important fact...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Maybery D,Goodyear M,Reupert AE,Grant A

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Irrespective of whether they are universally accepted or approved, physical intervention techniques are being applied, in a variety of health and care settings, on a daily basis. Every time a technique is applied there is a risk of injury. Therefore, there is an imperative to develop an effective way in which such tec...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Hollins LP

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to describe the complexity of the working situation on an acute psychiatric ward as well as how nurses balance tensions between ideals and the reality of daily work. By means of field research, the study aimed to arrive at a deeper understanding of the reality that nursing staff and patients ...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Hummelvoll JK,Severinsson EI

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents part of a larger Grounded Theory study, which was designed to capture a sample of people's perceptions of living with or, caring for, individuals with depression. Data were collected from a focus group consisting of people with depression (n = 7). In-depth one-to-one interviews were undertaken with...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Feely M,Sines D,Long A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines the aids and barriers to implementing the psychosocial interventions (PSI) which trainees learned on two teaching modules. The main purpose of the modules is to teach trainees PSI to help them be more effective in their care of patients with severe mental illness. The trainees were qualified nurses...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Mathers B

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mental Health Service Users (MHSU) are becoming increasingly recognized as very valuable contributors to the research process. The current study originated from the idea of a group of MHSU within a service user and carer research group. They wanted to investigate the attitudes of mental health staff towards clients in...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Tyson PJ

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Independent advocacy in mental health has become increasingly valued in the UK although little work has examined the day-to-day experiences of advocates themselves. This article reports on a small-scale exploratory qualitative study of practising advocates' experiences of their work in acute and continuing care wards....

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Carver N,Morrison J

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of clients in the process of developing their care and treatment package is well established. If a genuine collaboration in treatment is achieved one of the fundamental bases of this process lies with 'informed consent'. Neuroleptic medication forms the basis of relapse prevention treatment for people ...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Harris NR,Lovell K,Day JC

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this educational session was to form a group interaction model for improving the self-awareness of nurses via psychodrama. The structured group interaction session was conducted three times, with three separate groups, during the 'Intensive Care Nursing' training programme at a teaching hospital in Ankara. ...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Oflaz F,Meriç M,Yuksel Ç,Ozcan CT

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Mothers with mental health problems are at risk of well-being and experience lack of support. There is little research focusing on the effect of household composition on health of Hispanic mothers with mental illness. As the family is a central feature in Hispanic lives and there is a hi...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Kim YJ,Mitrani VB

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper offers a definition of 'phatic communication' and identifies examples of it. The paper also illustrates how a knowledge of such communication is useful for mental health nurses in conversation with their clients and colleagues. The importance of turn taking in conversations is also discussed in a cultural c...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Burnard P

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The health and well-being of the individual is a central goal in nursing, and health promotion seeks to enable people to increase control over and improve their health. In mental health care, health is often described in negative terms such as the absence of mental illness, which may create hopelessness and constitute...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Jormfeldt H,Svedberg P,Arvidsson B

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports on research undertaken to identify the skills and competencies of forensic psychiatric nurses working in secure psychiatric services in the UK. The rationale for this research is the lack of clarity in the role definition of nurses working in these environments and the specific content that may unde...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Mason T,Coyle D,Lovell A

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00