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：:This paper focuses on metaphorical communication as an aesthetic method for nursing practice. Metaphorical communication is proposed as a healing modality. Use of metaphors in nursing are highlighted, and types of metaphors that may be used for transformation and healing are described. ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Breslin ET

更新日期：1996-11-01 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：:This article presents a theoretical model derived by synthesizing research findings relevant to maternal perceived support, maternal attachment, infant well-being, and infant attachment. The model, depicting possible predictors that facilitate positive mother-infant relations as well as outcomes of the dyadic relation...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Erickson ME

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in caregiver and family health and in family health behavior patterns were examined 9 weeks after the hospitalization of a child for an acute, first-time illness in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Family and caregiver health included reports of physical, mental, role, and social functioning as well as ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Tomlinson PS,Harbaugh BL,Kotchevar J,Swanson L

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article responds to the call by Heinrich (1992) to harness the power of metaphor to reenergize nursing classrooms. An overview of the power of metaphor is provided, as well as a description of a learning activity that prompted students to think metaphorically about a nursing experience. Students reflected on the ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： McAllister M

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the increasing prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in the female population the responses of women to their HIV-positive status and their resultant needs remain largely unexplored. This investigation explored the needs, choices, and decisions faced by 38 mothers since becoming HIV-positi...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Regan-Kubinski MJ,Sharts-Hopko N

更新日期：1995-07-01 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：:Central to providing culturally appropriate nursing care is sensitivity to and knowledge about the group being cared for. Although "mental health" and "mental illness" are artificial concepts among people who do not differentiate and treat mind, body, and spirit separately, and who may not differentiate illness from o...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Kuo CL,Kavanagh KH

更新日期：1994-11-01 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：: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：:Environmental factors related to physical assault by patients were examined to identify clinical implications warranting further investigation and to test methodology. The concepts of ward conditions (degree of patients' illness, numbers of patients and staff) and ward climate were the focus of the study. Participants...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Lanza ML,Kayne HL,Hicks C,Milner J

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goals of the project described here were to reduce the length of hospital stay, decrease financial losses, improve care for the elderly, and improve the attitudes and knowledge of nursing staff caring for the elderly. Data collected included reimbursement information, nursing staff variables, and outcomes of patie...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Mathew LJ,Gutsch HM,Hackney NW,Munsat EM

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purposes of this paper are to describe a nursing model for psychoeducation that is being implemented in the psychiatric unit of a Veterans Administration (V.A.) Hospital and to report baseline descriptive data for 19 seriously mentally ill patients. The data were collected as part of a larger study of patient, fam...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Holmes H,Ziemba J,Evans T,Williams CA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals who experience repeated stressful events are at risk for developing physical and psychological illnesses. African Americans are an ethnic group that is exposed to a range of stressors over time, including racism which leads to discrimination. African Americans also suffer disproportionately from hypertensi...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Outlaw FH

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient aggression is a common problem on psychiatric units. Recent research has focused on the relationship between aggressive behavior and various patient characteristics, including psychopathology. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between diagnostic groups and particular types of patient ag...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Kennedy MG

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women with mood disorders are faced with the complex interpersonal issues that confront all women, as well as the potential disruption in their interpersonal functioning related to the nature of their disorder and the medical treatment required. The purposes of this study were to describe the self-perceptions of 34 wo...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Pollack LE

更新日期：1993-04-01 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：: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：:This descriptive study, one component of the Carolina Adolescent Health Project (CAHP), measured self-efficacy in a voluntary sample of 432 normal freshmen and sophomore urban high school students. Using Coppel's Self-Efficacy Scale (SES), which is based on Bandura's conceptualization of self-efficacy, the research al...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Grubbs S,Hardin SB,Weinrich S,Weinrich M,Garrison C,Pesut D,Hardin TL

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was conducted with 103 community-based, low-income, well elderly persons who resided in high-rise apartments and were functionally independent. The nursing framework was Roy and Roberts' (1981) adaptation model and techniques from Beck's (1976) theory on cognitive therapy. This study had the dual purpose of de...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Campbell JM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A descriptive correlation design was used to study the relationship between the degree of cognitive distortions and the level of depression in bulimic patients. The theoretical framework was based on Beck's (1976) cognitive theory of depression. Beck viewed symptoms of depression as consequences of distorted thought p...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Dankberg G

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This descriptive research examined the content of reminiscences of 21 cognitively intact elderly women registered in an adult day-care program. Content analysis of transcripts from a semistructured interview were used to discover categories of reminiscence events and contexts. Three categories of events emerged: activ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Kovach CR

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

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 use of reframing as a means of increasing nurses' choices in their behavioral responses to manipulative patients and an example of how the process might be used to influence nurses' perceptions are discussed. Perceptions influence nurses' behavioral responses. As individuals, nurses become accustomed to approachin...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Johnson GB,Werstlein PO

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the effect of pairing inpatient alcoholics with nursing home residents (NHRs) on the alcoholics' self-esteem. In this PALS program, the alcoholic inpatients assumed a helping-companion relationship with the NHRs for 2 hr per day during their last 2 weeks of treatment. Fifty alcoholic inpatients wer...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Byers PH,Raven LM,Hill JD,Robyak JE

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nursing literature states that reminiscence is an independent nursing intervention for elderly clients and patients. This paper is about the use of reminiscence by nurses in all settings. Nurses have not to date built a firm knowledge base. The paper discusses the need for knowledge about the phenomenon and life r...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Burnside I

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：:Research findings about the experience of 1,000 battered wives are presented in this paper. A total of 146 once-battered wives volunteered to be interviewed about their backgrounds, their victimization, and their use of personal strategies, informal help-sources, and formal help-sources to end the violence in their li...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Brendtro M,Bowker LH

更新日期：1989-01-01 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