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：: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：:This qualitative study explored the experiences of mental health employees working with Indigenous clients living with mental illness. Interviews were conducted with 20 mental health workers to identify strategies they adopt to facilitate community engagement with Indigenous clients. Using a thematic analysis approach...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Sayers JM,Hunt GE,Cleary M,Burmeister OK

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to follow up inter-professional experiences of improvement work one year after a completed CII improvement program aiming at improve health care and social services for people with mental disabilities living in ordinary housing. This study was performed with a qualitative descriptive approach ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Janlöv AC,Ainalem I,Andersson AC,Berg A

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：:The interaction between people with intellectual disabilities and professional carers is often influenced by communicative difficulties contributing challenging behaviours. The aims of this study were to evaluate to a web-based training program aimed at improving carers' abilities to interact with people with learning...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Antonsson H,Graneheim UH,Isaksson U,Åström S,Lundström MO

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aims were to analyze patients' adherence to psychotropic medications and its association with sociodemographic factors, therapeutic regimen, presence of common mental disorders, and illness factors. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in ten Primary Health Care units in Brazil. The tools were...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Miasso AI,Telles Filho PC,Borges TL,Pereira Júnior AD,Giacchero Vedana KG,Shasanmi R,Escobar Gimenes FR

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：:Talanoa is an established format for generating discussion about complex topics used throughout the Pacific. Pacific researchers use talanoa to gather data with migrant Pacific Island populations, in countries such as the United States of America, Australia, and Aotearoa/New Zealand (A/NZ). Using talanoa in this way, ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Vaka S,Brannelly T,Huntington A

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to assess nursing diagnoses and nursing interventions that were accordingly implemented during the care of inpatients with major depression in Greece. Twelve nurses working in three major psychiatric hospitals were recruited. Semi-structured interviews were used and audio-recorded data indicat...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Prokofieva M,Koukia E,Dikeos D

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical accounts indicate that disparities exist among families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), and that these disparities impede timely diagnosis and intervention. Furthermore, families living in rural areas are more likely to have reduced access to proper care and use alternative, unproven, and po...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Elder JH,Brasher S,Alexander B

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding barriers and facilitators of healthcare for people with mental illness is essential for healthcare and mental healthcare organizations moving towards patient centered care. This paper presents findings of a measure on barriers and facilitators of healthcare completed by 204 patients being served at a co-...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Bellamy CD,H Flanagan E,Costa M,O'Connell-Bonarrigo M,Tana Le T,Guy K,Antunes K,Steiner JL

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：: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：:Individuals with developmental disabilities (DD) experience stigma, discrimination, and barriers, including access to appropriate health care, that restrict their ability to be equal participants in society. In this study, underlying contexts, assumptions, and ways of acting are investigated that perpetuate inequaliti...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Whiteley AD,Kurtz DL,Cash PA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parents of young adults with mental illness may face a continued demand for support, even though their children have reached the age of majority. The aim of this study was to explore relatives' experiences of parenting a young adult with mental illness in transition to adulthood. Individual interviews were conducted a...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Lindgren E,Söderberg S,Skär L

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to synthesize research on female street level prostitutes for application in mental health practice and identification of future research needs. The data were from reports conducted in Westernized countries on female street level prostitutes between the years 2000 and 2014. Street level prost...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Love R

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with psychiatric disorders receive nursing care in psychiatric units, medical units and long-term care facilities. Like other patients, their well-being is reliant upon knowledgeable caregivers. The pharmacological interventions that patients are dependent on can have catastrophic effects; of particular conce...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Gall-Ojurongbe S,Williams C

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This exploratory cross-sectional study aims to investigate good practice for preventing and controlling infections in a psychiatric hospital and for limiting potential exposure to biohazards for nursing professionals at this hospital located in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The researchers directly and systematicall...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Piai-Morais TH,Fortaleza CM,Figueiredo RM

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：:Emotional intelligence (EI) is necessary for the development of interpersonal and professional competence in nurses. We argue that the concept of emotional intelligence has particular relevance for mental health nursing leadership. In this critique, we examine the recent empirical evidence (2010-2014) related to emoti...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Powell KR,Mabry JL,Mixer SJ

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：:Article title: “Suicide-specific Safety in the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit”. Authors: M. L. De Santis, H. Myrick, D. A. Lamis, C. P. Pelic, C. Rhue, and J. York. Journal: Issues in Mental Health Nursing. Bibliometrics: Volume 36, Issue 3, pages 190–199. DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2014.961625. The name of the fifth author ap...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors：

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dual diagnosis is associated with frequent relapse, poor treatment engagement and overall unsatisfactory treatment outcomes. A comprehensive review of the contemporary literature examining this issue was conducted, finding a paucity of literature concerning dual diagnosis in older adults. Of the literature appraised f...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Searby A,Maude P,McGrath I

更新日期：2015-02-01 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 study was to describe Masters entry nursing students' attitudes about psychiatric mental health clinical experiences; preparedness to care for persons with mental illness; students' perceived stigmas and stereotypes; and plans to choose mental health nursing as a career. A 31-item survey was admini...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Hunter L,Weber T,Shattell M,Harris BA

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：:There are unique policy and reimbursement issues pertinent to the Psychiatric Mental Health-Nurse Practitioner (PMH-NP) that are complex and ever-evolving. In the past decade specifically, mental health legislation at the federal level has made, and will continue to make, a serious impact on PMH-NP practice. Pending l...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Condi GT

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Recent progress in medicine and technology has produced a significant increase in the survival rate of critically ill patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of major depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) comorbidity among patients after discharge from the intensive care unit (...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Asimakopoulou E,Madianos M

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we present A Dynamic Cycle of Familial Mental Illness; an innovative framework, which considers family members' experiences and responses to mental illness. There is an acknowledged discourse noting parental experiences of mental illness alongside a growing body of knowledge acknowledging children's nee...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Murphy G,Peters K,Wilkes L,Jackson D

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:People with schizophrenia, who have disturbances in mood, thought processes and behavior, experience impairment in day-to-day functioning. Primary caregivers have tried to become involved in caring for persons with schizophrenia by coordination with community psychiatric nurses. Community psychiatric nurses have an im...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Kertchok R

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：: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：:Little is known about how African American men with schizophrenia experience their every day existence. Through applying interpretive phenomenology and using a methodological structure designed by van Manen (1990, 1997), this research aimed to enrich the current understanding of what it is like for these African Ameri...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Anderson LB

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined pregnancy risk for developing, and protective factors for preventing, Postpartum Depression (PPD). The object of this study was to (a) examine previously identified pregnancy stressors to learn which stressors put women more at risk for PPD and (b) to identify possible buffers for women who are at ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Banker JE,LaCoursiere DY

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：: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：:Communities of faith are important arenas for psychiatric mental health nurses to promote emotional well-being and support recovery for persons with mental health problems. This article describes an innovative faith-based mental health group, based on Buddhist philosophy and practice and established by an advanced pra...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Phoenix B

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The terms "model of health care," "service model." and "nursing model of practice" are often used interchangeably in practice, policy, and research, despite differences in definitions. This article considers these terms in the context of consumer-centred recovery and its implementation into a publicly-funded health se...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Hungerford C

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00