Greek mental health nurses' practices and attitudes in the management of acute cases.

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 purposes of this qualitative pilot study were to describe needs and concerns of single, low-income mothers and to evaluate social support mechanisms these mothers valued during the transition to parenthood. Qualitative analysis consisted of word and context interpretation from focus group data. The following theme...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Keating-Lefler R,Hudson DB,Campbell-Grossman C,Fleck MO,Westfall J

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Nursing (PCLN) in improving health outcomes for patients experiencing mental health problems has received some attention in the nursing literature. However, little effort has been made to evaluate the impact of this role. The study presented in this paper was conducte...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Happell B,Sharrock J

更新日期：2002-01-01 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 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：:Recent years have seen a rise in the number of children diagnosed at an early age with bipolar disorder and evidence is increasing that parents are performing most of the caregiving and illness management. This existential phenomenological study describes the personal experience of the parents whose children, age 6-11...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Wade J

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to explore how adaptive patterns of religiousness/spirituality and hope predict adult life satisfaction in adults, even if they had childhood loss experiences. DESIGN AND METHODS:Using a cross-sectional survey design with132 adult participants (mean age 33.8 ± 15.2, 82% female, 78...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Mefford LC,Phillips KD,Chung ML

更新日期：2020-10-14 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：: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：: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：:Mental health nurses routinely hand over clinical knowledge at intershift reports. In the present study, field descriptions from prolonged fieldwork and transcripts of audio recordings of handovers were analysed discursively drawing on ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. The analysis identified linguistic and ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Buus N

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine psychosocial and demographic factors associated with readiness to quit smoking among rural current and recent former smokers. This cross-sectional study of 333 rural adults was part of a larger quasi-experimental study testing the effect of a population-based Quit and Win Con...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Rayens MK,Hahn EJ,Hedgecock S

更新日期：2008-10-01 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

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：: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：:Mental health disorder and alcohol and other drug comorbidity is prevalent in Australia. This qualitative study used semistructured interviews (N = 20) to elicit clinicians' and workers' knowledge, experiences, and opinions regarding issues pertaining to service needs of people with comorbidity in a metropolitan regio...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Groenkjaer M,de Crespigny C,Liu D,Moss J,Cairney I,Lee D,Procter N,Galletly C

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:It is widely acknowledged that mental health nursing has undergone considerable change in Australia during recent decades, including the mainstreaming of mental health services into the general health care system. Recruitment problems and high levels of stress and burnout associated with the profession are seen to be ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Happell B

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：:Multidisciplinary mental health rehabilitation settings often encounter patients with complex comorbid medical and psychiatric issues that require integrative, multifaceted treatment strategies. Although medication and psychotherapy are typical treatment mainstays, a broader variety of therapeutic options are availabl...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Sockalingam S,Li M,Krishnadev U,Hanson K,Balaban K,Pacione LR,Bhalerao S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current pilot study assessed the prevalence of at-risk/problem gambling using the Brief Biosocial Gambling Screen (BBGS) among a sample of U.S. military veterans seeking mental health treatment services in a primary care medical setting at a Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital in the Northeast. Out of the 260 veterans ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Kraus SW,Potenza MN,Ngo T,Pugh K,Bernice K,Shirk SD

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the United States, nearly one in five adolescents has a diagnosable mental health disorder. Beginning in the teenage years, adolescents become less reliant on their parents for support and begin to turn to their peer group for support; therefore, it is important to understand the role of peers during this developme...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Roach A

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：:Family therapy conducted with a troubled adolescent is a difficult process. In this article the case scenario of a troubled teenager is presented. The adolescent's behavior is scrutinized through an examination of her growth, dynamics, family/parent interactions, and social support. Therapeutic and timely intervention...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Kalinyak CM,Jones SL

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The field of forensic psychiatric nursing is a relatively recent addition to the specialty of psychiatric nursing. This paper provides an overview of forensic psychiatric care of adolescent patients. It describes the juvenile justice system, identifies various theoretical models useful for understanding youthful offen...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Shelton SMD

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article focuses on encounters that become violent, a problem in health care that has been the issue of many debates but is still not fully understood. Violent encounters refer to events where the patient expresses an aggressive and hostile attitude toward the caregiver. This study is part of a bigger project that...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Carlsson G,Dahlberg K,Lützen K,Nystrom M

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the hearing voices movement (HVM) has yet to take root in the US to the extent it has in the UK (and parts of Australia and Europe), recent publications and events, including a keynote presentation by UK hearing voices trainer Ron Coleman at the 2012 Annual NAMI convention and a TED 2013 talk in Los Angeles b...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Jones N,Shattell M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efforts to reduce aggression and violence and the use of restraint and seclusion have traditionally been through some form of educational program. This paper presents an integrative review of research and quality improvement projects that aimed to reduce aggression/violence or restraint/seclusion through the use of an...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Johnson ME

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A qualitative study was conducted in Iceland to describe the experiences of family members of the seriously mentally ill. Eighteen family members were interviewed. From organizing the interview data into categories nine theme clusters emerged: emotionally painful and disturbing feelings; fears about the safety of the ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Sveinbjarnardottir E,Dierckx de Casterlé B

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to document the smoking cessation experiences of three groups of 18-24-year-old college students and explore their ideas for cessation. Focus group interviews were conducted with former smokers (n = 7), smokers struggling to quit (n = 7), and smokers with no desire to quit (n = 5). Partic...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Staten RR,Ridner SL

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00