General Beliefs and Stigma Regarding Illicit Drug Use: Perspectives of Family Members and Significant Others of Drug Users in an Inner City in Brazil.

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：: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：:Late-life depression is common among nursing home residents, but often is not addressed by nurses. Using a self-directed CD-based depression training program, this pilot study used mixed methods to assess feasibility issues, determine nurse perceptions of training, and evaluate depression-related outcomes among reside...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Smith M,Stolder ME,Jaggers B,Liu MF,Haedtke C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outpatient programs are often promoted as vehicles for mental health recovery. Yet, few programs include patients' perspectives about their satisfaction with these programs. This descriptive, cross-sectional survey investigated patients' satisfaction with Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP). Participants completed th...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Wilson JM,Hutson SP,Holston EC

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:Medication noncompliance contributes significantly to recurrence of symptoms and readmission to the hospital of schizophrenic patients. The purpose of this study was to determine factors identified by patients, family members, and nurses for patients' noncompliance. The Health Belief Model provided a theoretical frame...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Mulaik JS

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An inability to experience pleasure or a reduction in the ability to do so is a prominent feature of schizophrenia that is often included among the negative symptoms of the disorder. As a whole, dysfunction in the affective experience of pleasure in patients with schizophrenia is poorly understood and is mediated by a...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Huxley A,Fonseca AS

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective recovery from alcoholism demands commitment from both partners in a marriage. The focus of this qualitative study was to learn how couples progressed through recovery and how they achieved their goals conjointly. The Model of Recovering Alcoholics' Behavior Stages and Goal Setting was used as the theoretical...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Wing DM

更新日期：1992-10-01 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：:The purpose of this study is to describe health behaviors as conceptualized by individuals diagnosed with a psychotic disorder. Data were collected by qualitative interviews (n = 20) and were analyzed using phenomenography. Mental well-being took priority over physical health and guided health behaviors. Social relati...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Hultsjö S,Blomqvist KB

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：: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：: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：:High utilization of medical services during pregnancy has not been described as most studies have focused on women who receive inadequate or no prenatal care. This paper describes the characteristics and medical utilization data of 500 pregnant women enrolled in a prospective study. High utilizers (HU), who had a mean...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Bloom T,Curry MA,Durham L

更新日期：2007-08-01 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：:Women in abusive relationships have recognized the silence of religious institutions and clergy in addressing intimate partner violence. The old message, that women are to blame when family dysfunction occurs, remains evident in society. The objective of this qualitative study was to describe the experience of abused ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Copel LC

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychoeducational models have been found to be effective interventions for people with schizophrenia. However, a unifying theoretical basis for these models has not been articulated. This article explicates the sense of coherence theory developed by A. Antonovsky (1987) and demonstrates its utility as a framework for ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Landsverk SS,Kane CF

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Family members and significant others provide significant proportions of unpaid care for people experiencing a mental illness. Although the carer role is pivotal to contemporary mental health service delivery, the role of carers and the issues they face have received only scant attention in the literature. This paper ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Goodwin V,Happell B

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve mothers who had experienced domestic violence and whose children had received psychiatric diagnoses before school age were interviewed. An attachment based tool, the Reaction to Diagnosis Interview, was employed as it accesses maternal representational content. Using psychodynamic and attachment based models as...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Kearney JA

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper discusses the psychosocial impact of being diagnosed with hepatitis C virus (HCV). The paper clarifies some of the key misconceptions about the virus, especially the impact HCV has on people who have been recently diagnosed. An individual's reaction to the HCV diagnosis and the subsequent lifestyle challeng...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： O'Brien AP,Cross WM,Higgs P,Munro I,Bloomer MJ,Chou KR

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：:To expose inconsistencies and contradictions in the nurse leadership literature ("text"), this article adopts a deconstructive approach and draws upon the work of Derrida in examining the text or discourse. What is almost entirely missing in the literature are articles that ask difficult, searching questions that chal...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Cutcliffe J,Cleary M

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:The nursing literature is replete with patient classification (PC) tools that are reported to be valid and reliable. Most of our knowledge about these tools is derived from studies conducted in general hospitals. Little is known about the few psychiatric PC tools that exist or how satisfied nurses are with them. The p...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Sims L,Kippenbrock TA

更新日期：1994-07-01 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：:The purpose of this qualitative exploratory study was to explore the perspectives of Hispanic caregivers as they provide the day-to-day care for their family member with schizophrenia. Interviews were conducted by a promotora (a Spanish speaking trained community health worker) with ten Hispanic caregivers at a large ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Saunders J

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need for nurse therapists to be aware of their own feelings, beliefs, and attitudes is all-important if treatment is to be effective. In this paper, the author uses the concept of the therapist's Critical Parent (from Berne's 1961 Transactional Analysis model) to explore countertransference reactions. Clinical exa...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Haber LC

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Internet offers a wealth of convenience and nearly unlimited connectivity for sharing news, demonstrating talents, and voicing opinions. However, technology and the cyber world also bring new risks to technology users, including cyberbullying. Adolescents are particularly at risk and it is imperative that the dyna...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Brandau M,Rebello A

更新日期：2020-10-26 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：:Individuals with a chronic illness such as sickle cell disease are at risk for depression. Moreover, they are at risk for untreated depression. Depression may go untreated because of the stigma and high rates of disability associated with this chronic illness that most often affects African Americans in the United Sta...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Jenerette C,Funk M,Murdaugh C

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00