abstract：:Despite the fact that faith has been described as a universal concern, and despite the realization that the presence of social supports is an essential element in successful coping, there has been no systematic examination of the quality of spiritual networks important to families impacted by childhood disability. The...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Speraw S

更新日期：2006-02-01 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

abstract：:Twenty-three nursing staff in a state psychiatric hospital in the eastern United States narrated their experiences in establishing meaningful presence with seriously and persistently mentally ill clients. Interviews were audiotaped, transcribed, and then interpreted using a phenomenological hermeneutic method. The res...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Caldwell B,Doyle MB,Morris M,McQuaide T

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study determined the differences in demographic and sleep characteristics in cognitively impaired nursing home residents with and without severe sleep/wake pattern inefficiency. Identification of characteristics associated with severe sleep/wake pattern inefficiency will allow health care providers to make the be...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Richards KC,Beck C,Shue VM,O'Sullivan PS

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-suicidal self-injury is a distressing act, which can arouse dissent and negative comment in service users and providers. The purpose of the study was to describe how women who self-injure and nurses assign meaning to shared discourses about self-injury. The wider study is framed in a grounded theory methodology. F...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Reece J

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many environmental processes influence the pregnant adolescent and each process can either unlock the potential of the adolescent or act as a barrier to goal achievement or development. Social support is a powerful force in preventing adverse maternal and infant outcomes in the pregnant adolescent, and can come from s...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Logsdon MC,Gennaro S

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes and depression have become increasingly linked. The incidence of depression in the adolescent diabetic population is especially concerning. The purpose of this article is to raise awareness of the association between diabetes and depression particularly in the adolescent population. It also discusses treatmen...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Massengale J

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular nurses are frequently involved in critical patient care, providing support to patients and their families. The goals of this study were to survey a representative sample of cardiovascular nurses, describe ways of coping, and identify sources of stress in the hospital setting. A descriptive and correlati...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Bianchi ER

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Culturally appropriate strategies have been deemed necessary for the treatment of substance abuse among African American women. This qualitative study was conducted utilizing a grounded theory methodology within a womanist theoretical framework to explore the process by which parenting African American women participa...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Lewis LM

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：: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：:In this existential-phenomenological investigation 15 women were interviewed about their experience of recovering from intimate partner violence (IPV). The purpose of the study was to examine the healing process from IPV from the perspective of those who have experienced it. Transcribed interviews were analyzed using ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Smith ME

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article synthesizes some consumer literature and highlights the fact that many of their priorities fall outside the purview of contemporary mainstream psychiatry. Given that there is insufficient integration of consumer information into mental health nursing literature, the author overviews biopsychiatry's emphas...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Horsfall J

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suicide among African Americans is increasing at an alarming rate, and it deserves attention from numerous sectors in the society. This paper discusses some of the historical issues related to mental health care and African Americans. It suggests that sociocultural contexts are significant developmental shapers in the...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Gary FA,Yarandi HN,Scruggs FC

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research tested the effects of a long-term psychosocial nursing intervention designed to decrease mental distress in adolescents following a catastrophic event. Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses conducted the Catastrophic Stress Intervention (CSI) in two South Carolina high schools for three years following Hu...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Hardin SB,Weinrich S,Weinrich M,Garrison C,Addy C,Hardin TL

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine case managers' (CM) job position descriptions through content analysis. There were 29 case manager job position descriptions examined. The job descriptions could be grouped into four categories: (1) what the individuals should bring to the position, (2) what they did as CM, (3)...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Forchuk C,Ouwerkerk A,Yamashita M,Martin ML

更新日期：2002-07-01 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：:This descriptive article highlights a 42-month project in which a comprehensive program revision was implemented in a psychiatric hospital that included numerous alternative strategies to the use of patient restraint and seclusion. The results of this project include a 94% reduction in the rate of restraint and seclus...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Taxis JC

更新日期：2002-03-01 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 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：:The advent of AIDS in families, following the chronic evolution of the illness, has produced crisis situations unknown until now. With the objective of knowing this new reality better, 20 caregivers of AIDS patients were interviewed in southeastern Brazil. The collected data were analyzed using a qualitative method. T...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： de Figueiredo RM,Turato ER

更新日期：2001-09-01 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：:This study evaluated a one year long course education and counseling program with 93 family caregivers of elders afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. The elders had received treatment for agitation in an inpatient setting and were subsequently discharged to the caregivers' home. Caregivers were randomly assigned to an ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Wright LK,Litaker M,Laraia MT,DeAndrade S

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：:A growing number of women are being dually diagnosed with HIV infection and substance use problems. Forty-two percent of all women diagnosed with AIDS have been infected through injection drug use. Many more women with HIV are exposed to nonintravenous drugs that potentially affect their quality of life and illness ex...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Moser KM,Sowell RL,Phillips KD

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Midlife is a multifaceted stage of woman's development, characterized by important transitions. In an ethnographic study of women's midlife experience of their changing bodies, 11 participants voiced their uncertainty and confusion around bodily changes, responses exacerbated by the lack of consistent health-related i...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Banister EM

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the prevalence and patterns of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology in abused and postabused women. A convenience sample of 160 abused, postabused, and nonabused women completed measures related to physical and emotional abuse by an intimate partner, risk of homicide, and PTSD. Resul...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Woods SJ

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of stress on all aspects of health and the importance of understanding the complex interaction of the mind and body has increasingly become an issue of worldwide concern. This article offers an overview of the stress response, emphasizing the interdependence of the neurobiological components--neurologic,...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Cohen JI

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to review the research on the relationships among ethnicity, culture, neuropsychiatric diagnosis, and treatment. Psychiatric nurses provide care to an ethnically and culturally diverse group of clients. Knowledge of ethnic and cultural differences are essential to diagnosis and treatment. ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Flaskerud JH

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:Evidence suggests that abuse of women may be the most common form of family violence during the perinatal period. This battering is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes and has physical, psychological, and social sequelae. Although some ethnic differences have been described in the occurrence of abuse, there is ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Mattson S,Rodriguez E

更新日期：1999-07-01 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：: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：: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：:This article details some of the key elements related to feminism in American society. It suggests that the meaning and significance of a feminist perspective need to be reexamined for their importance and utility in this dynamic and rapidly changing society. A discussion of the meaning of feminism provides a framewor...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Gary F,Sigsby LM,Campbell D

更新日期：1998-03-01 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

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：: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：: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