Identifying the Barriers to Early Diagnosis and Treatment in Underserved Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and Their Families: A Qualitative Study.

abstract：:Eighty-five percent of homeless families are headed by single women who are extremely vulnerable and at risk for poor physical, emotional, and social health. The purpose of this naturalistic inquiry was to describe the experiences of 16 women in homeless female-headed families. These women participated in tape-recorde...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Menke EM,Wagner JD

更新日期：1997-07-01 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：: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：:Risk assessment pervades mental health care policy, practice, and legislation. This paper aims to establish the research evidence for the effectiveness of a risk assessment approach in mental health. A search was conducted of the professional literature on risk assessment in mental health, specifically seeking any res...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Wand T

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:This paper presents pilot work to develop and test an intervention designed to reduce high-risk behaviors that lead to the development of HIV infection in adolescents. The intervention was designed for youth that have high-risk behaviors, a history of drug us or both. The intervention was based upon Peer Counseling an...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Shelton D

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：: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：:"Deaths of despair", deaths due to drugs, alcohol, and suicide, occur at higher rates in rural communities. The incidence of such deaths highlights underlying access and treatment disparities which result in poorer outcomes. Telehealth is a viable option for addressing rural mental healthcare needs as it enables more ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Myers CR

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-based mental health as the primary focus of treatment has influenced more autonomous roles for mental health nurses. A limited literature suggests that this has resulted in the expansion of community mental health nursing into territory usually the exclusive domain of the medical profession. Consumers and ca...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Elsom S,Happell B,Manias E

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anxiety sensitivity (AS) is a multidimensional construct associated with the etiology and maintenance of panic disorder (PD) symptoms. However, only a few studies have evaluated whether cognitive-behavioral group therapy (CBGT) can modify the condition. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of CBGT on...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Behenck ADS,Wesner AC,Guimaraes LSP,Manfro GG,Dreher CB,Heldt E

更新日期：2020-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports on a study of nurses' and non-nurses' perceptions of labels of mental illness and personality disorder in forensic services in the UK. The objectives of the study were to establish if differences in perceptions existed within, and between, the two groups of professionals. The research method was a s...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Mason T,Caulfield M,Hall R,Melling K

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study has been to synthesize research on suicidal patients' experiences of the suicide process. A literature search was performed in CINAHL, PubMed, and PsycINFO, and the analysis of the 15 articles covered was based on meta-synthesis. Patients experience a wide variety of feelings regarding their situ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Berglund S,Åström S,Lindgren BM

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stressful experiences can be traced to surrounding social structures, the most encompassing of which include gender, socioeconomic status (SES), and race. An integrative review of adolescent coping research was conducted to examine the inclusion of key demographic variables and methodological approaches to the assessm...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Rosella JD

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gaining experience in clinical mental health settings is central to the education of health practitioners. To facilitate the ongoing development of knowledge and practice in this area, we performed a review of the literature on clinical placements in mental health settings. Searches in Academic Search Complete, CINAHL...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Happell B,Gaskin CJ,Byrne L,Welch A,Gellion S

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Postpartum Depression (PPD) is an important social and health problem for women and their families with an incidence of at least 13%. In comparing the diagnosis, timing, and symptom patterns of PPD and Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), there are distinct differences that may partially explain why PPD is under-diagnosed...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Jolley SN,Betrus P

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a dearth of articles addressing psychoeducational multifamily groups for adults with intellectual disabilities. The objective of this study is to investigate the participants' experiences of being part of a group like this. The group intervention had been slightly modified due to the participants' intellectua...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Bakken TL,Sundby IL,Klevmoen GH

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most individuals with Alzheimer's disease are cared for at home by family members, particularly spouses. As language impairment progresses, communication between spouses becomes difficult and caregivers are likely to be unprepared for this challenge. The purpose of this study is to describe spouse caregivers' knowledg...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Williams CL

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group psychotherapy is one intervention that can be used for aggressive male inpatients. This paper reports relevant literature and clinical applications for conducting a psychodynamic psychotherapy group designed to help patients (a) identify, understand, and deal with underlying problems resulting in aggressive beha...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Lanza ML,Satz H,Stone J,Kayne HL

更新日期：1996-09-01 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：:Licensed care staff working in long-term care facilities may be poorly prepared to work with residents with mental illness. This research reports on the program evaluation of Caring Skills: Working with Mental Illness, a training program delivered on the Internet. It was tested with a randomized treatment-control desi...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Blair Irvine A,Billow MB,Eberhage MG,Seeley JR,McMahon E,Bourgeois M

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic syndrome is more prevalent in people with serious mental illness, compared to the general population. The main purpose of this study was to determine the extent electronic metabolic monitoring forms were being completed in a regional mental health service and the extent to which diagnoses of metabolic syndro...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Stanton R,Platania-Phung C,Gaskin CJ,Happell B

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most research designed to explore undergraduate nursing students' attitudes towards mental health nursing tends to uphold clinical experience as the decisive factor, with much less attention paid to the theoretical component. This paper presents the findings of a state-wide study conducted with undergraduate nursing s...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Happell B

更新日期：2009-01-01 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

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：: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：: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 purpose of this study is to evaluate the underreporting of violence and aggression on the Staff Observation Aggression Scale-Revised (SOAS-R) when compared to a simpler assessment: the Aggression Observation Short Form (AOS). During a period of one year, two open and two closed wards gathered data on both the SOAS...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Hvidhjelm J,Sestoft D,Bjørner JB

更新日期：2014-06-01 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