abstract：:Despite its prevalence there has been little academic research into swearing, and certainly none on its impact on nurses and nursing practice. Nurses are, of all health workers, most likely to be targets of verbal aggression, and up to 100% of nurses in mental health settings report verbal abuse. The literature contai...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Stone TE,McMillan M,Hazelton M

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research is a descriptive field study conducted in order to investigate the relationship between adolescent difficulties and the attachment style. The study aims to investigate the relationship between adolescent attachment style and strength and difficulties in Turkey. Children attachment style and difficulties ...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Keskin G,Cam O

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A considerable amount of research on the treatment of young people suffering from serious mental illnesses states that good collaboration with relatives is essential for reducing relapse, improving recovery and enhancing quality of life for patients and relatives. The aim of this study was to explore and describe what...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Nordby K,Kjønsberg K,Hummelvoll JK

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Irrespective of whether they are universally accepted or approved, physical intervention techniques are being applied, in a variety of health and care settings, on a daily basis. Every time a technique is applied there is a risk of injury. Therefore, there is an imperative to develop an effective way in which such tec...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Hollins LP

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical guidelines have been designed to lead to significant and consistent improvements in health care but are rarely fully implemented within healthcare services. The study involved a survey of staff at four Community Mental Health Teams, which aimed to assess their knowledge and use of both the psychological recom...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Rhodes L,Genders R,Owen R,O'Hanlon K,Brown JS

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This hermeneutic phenomenological study, informed by Max van Manen and Martin Heidegger, describes what it is like for four older women to live with depression. Each participant was interviewed up to three times. Interviews were semi-structured, audiotaped and transcribed verbatim. Data were analysed using van Manen's...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Allan J,Dixon A

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports on a case study for a person with a diagnosis of schizophrenia using cognitive behavioural therapy. A range of scales was used to detect treatment effect and outcome. No significant clinical changes were detected using the scales, which are routinely used with such interventions. Subjective data wer...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Carden J,Jones A

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use by the nurse of the principles of narrative therapy to help patients re-author their personal narrative, and change it from a problem-saturated story to one that is more preferred, is explored. Three main narrative techniques: deconstruction, externalization and re-authoring are described. Examples of these te...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Aloi JA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was aimed to identify the risk factors of aggressive behaviour in adolescents (1318 years), and to describe available intervention strategies. The findings are evaluated on the basis of their implications for nursing practice. Aggressive behaviour in adolescent psychiatric settings is a neglected research a...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Hage S,Van Meijel B,Fluttert F,Berden GF

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seclusion with or without restraint is a measure for managing aggressive or agitated clients and promoting site security, particularly in an emergency psychiatric setting. The decision to control a potentially dangerous person's behaviour by removal or seclusion seems ethically justifiable in such a setting. However, ...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Larue C,Dumais A,Ahern E,Bernheim E,Mailhot MP

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to explore the daily life experiences of women who suffer from eating difficulties (ED). The research question was: what mental challenges related to daily life are experienced by women who suffer from ED? ED challenge the daily lives of individuals and their families. The problem is often co...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Rørtveit K,Vevatne K,Severinsson E

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staff are injured more frequently than patients during the implementation of physical interventions. In essence the application of physical interventions is a form of manual handling, where the aggressive patient is the 'load'. In the non-mental healthcare environment, manual handling contributes to a large chunk of w...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Stubbs B

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate whether nurses' efforts and rewards, as well as the effort-reward imbalance (ERI) and burnout, differ between subjects working in psychiatric vs. medical hospitals and between nurses under education and examined nurses respectively. Furthermore, the relationship between ERI and...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Schulz M,Damkröger A,Heins C,Wehlitz L,Löhr M,Driessen M,Behrens J,Wingenfeld K

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term 'advocacy' has taken on a meaning beyond its legal origins and is now of importance as a concept in health and social care. Within nursing, the role of advocate has been accepted as an important one, although there are arguments against nurses taking on such a role. The majority of papers on this topic relate...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Jugessur T,Iles IK

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:People with mental disorders have been found to suffer from impaired quality of life (QoL). Therefore, the assessment of QoL has become important in psychiatric research. This explorative study was carried out in acute psychiatric wards. Thirty-five patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and related psychosis were inte...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Pitkänen A,Hätönen H,Kuosmanen L,Välimäki M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thomas Szasz's original critique of the concept of 'mental illness' is almost 50 years old. Over that half century Szasz has maintained a consistent campaign against the 'Therapeutic State', challenging the paternalism of coercive psychiatry and defending liberty and autonomy. Despite his widespread celebrity Szasz co...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Buchanan-Barker P,Barker P

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paliperidone prolonged release (PR) is a new product licensed for the treatment of schizophrenia. It is the active metabolite of risperidone, a drug that has been successfully used in the treatment of schizophrenia and mood disorder. Paliperidone PR has a unique pharmacological delivery mechanism that may incur benefi...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Jones A

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most challenging figures in the history of ideas, the 19th century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, exerts a powerful and enduring influence over modern thought. Indeed, while those working in the healthcare professions may have traditionally found Nietzsche's work largely inaccessible, there is now ...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Roberts M

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether a National Health Service Trust risk management panel (RMP) service was effective in promoting positive risk management by supporting mental health clinicians/teams in their management of people with mental health problems who presented with high risk of harm to themse...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Kaliniecka H,Shawe-Taylor M

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Green care is a concept that involves the use of farm animals, plants, gardens or the landscape in cooperation with health institutions for different target groups of clients. The present study aimed at examining psychiatric therapists' (n = 60) and farmers' (n = 15) knowledge, experience and attitudes to Green care a...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Berget B,Ekeberg Ø,Braastad BO

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mental health nurses are faced with an increasing number of aggressive incidents during their daily practice. The coercive intervention of seclusion is often used to manage patient aggression in the Netherlands. However, GGZ Nederland, the Dutch association of service providers for mental health and addition care, has...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Jonker EJ,Goossens PJ,Steenhuis IH,Oud NE

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medication continues to be the most widely prescribed treatment in the NHS for mental health problems. It has been known for many years that individuals differ in the way they respond to a given pharmaceutical therapy, and one reason for this lies in the genetic variation between individuals. This paper recognizes the...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Bray J,Clarke C,Brennan G,Muncey T

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents data for 2 years of a continuing study aimed to reduce the risk of first-time involvement by minority youth with the juvenile justice system. A quasi-experimental design was used to test a 14-week expressive art curriculum (LEAD: leadership, education, achievement and development) implemented in tw...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Shelton D

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to describe self-mutilation from the viewpoint of parents of self-mutilating Finnish adolescents. Four parents of self-mutilating adolescents were interviewed in depth. Qualitative content analysis was applied. Four main categories emerged: the phenomenon of self-mutilation, factors contri...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Rissanen ML,Kylmä JP,Laukkanen ER

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports on research undertaken to identify the skills and competencies of forensic psychiatric nurses working in secure psychiatric services in the UK. The rationale for this research is the lack of clarity in the role definition of nurses working in these environments and the specific content that may unde...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Mason T,Coyle D,Lovell A

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of stigma has been acknowledged as being an important factor in the way that people with mental health problems are viewed and treated. Some authors suggest that stigma should be viewed as a multifaceted rather than a single concept. One part of this multifaceted concept has been called self-stigma which h...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： MacInnes DL,Lewis M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we explore how aspects of the social world may be linked to mental health and psychiatric morbidity and propose that conditions should be created which allow individuals and communities greater opportunities for self-care and self-management. Specifically the focus is on social connections, disability an...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Lauder W,Kroll T,Jones M

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new Norwegian health legislation has increased the quality demands on nursing documentation. The staff at a psychiatric hospital has, together with us, explored their own way of producing written nursing documentation. In collaboration with them, we have analysed 32 patient journals which were made anonymous. We r...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Karlsen R

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current government policy dictates that where possible patients who have learning disabilities should be cared for within the framework of ordinary generic national health services, with specialist provision kept to a minimum. The mental health care of this client group may be problematic and diagnostic overshadowing ...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Clark LL

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this article is to conduct a concept analysis of the phenomenon of relational aggression. With the increases in violence among our youth, the topic of aggression, and more specifically relational aggression, has gained an increasing interest. Discussion of relational aggression is imperative because it ...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Gomes MM

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents part of a larger Grounded Theory study, which was designed to capture a sample of people's perceptions of living with or, caring for, individuals with depression. Data were collected from a focus group consisting of people with depression (n = 7). In-depth one-to-one interviews were undertaken with...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Feely M,Sines D,Long A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the level of expressed emotion (EE) and burnout in staff caring for people with learning disabilities on a medium secure unit. The study aims to develop a baseline measure of EE and burnout in staff on the unit to be used for future service evaluation and to underpin interventions in the developing...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Dennis AM,Leach C

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The issue of self-harm is not only a widespread phenomenon but also a challenging one. Nurses in particular are faced with this challenge, as they tend to be the primary professional group when working with people who self-harm within health service provision. The purpose of this paper is to offer a critical appraisal...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Allen S

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to assess whether clinical supervision provided by workplace-based supervisors can enhance outcomes for mental health nurses attending a psychosocial intervention education programme and the service users whom they work with. A quasi-experimental controlled design was used. The main outcome measure wa...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Bradshaw T,Butterworth A,Mairs H

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now a clear policy expectation that consumers of mental health services be given the opportunity to be active participants in all aspects of mental health service development and delivery. Psychiatric nurses have an important role to play in ensuring opportunities for genuine participation; however, the literatu...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Roper C,Happell B

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the 30 years of conflict, Northern Ireland escaped the worst excesses of illegal drug trafficking and usage. This was in large part due to the 'policing' of local community crime by paramilitaries. However, since the first 'cease-fire' in 1994 the province has witnessed a dramatic and unprecedented rise in the av...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： McLaughlin D,McKenna H,Leslie J,Moore K,Robinson J

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper addresses the topic of humanistic educative principles and examines it in the context of Irish psychiatric nurse education. Humanistic or existential philosophy influences the nursing curriculum profoundly, and yet a dichotomy continues to exist in relation to the epistemological basis informing nurse educa...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Scanlon A

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper addresses my difficulties as a carer in engaging with many professionals in mental health, both locally associated with my son's acute inpatient care, and nationally where policies are being developed and their implementation is pursued. All of us are affected by The Department of Health (DoH) Mental Health...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Clarke C

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of hope has received attention within nursing and healthcare literature of late yet it is fair to say that despite this increased interest, considerable gaps remain in our substantive knowledge base. Particularly noticeable is the paucity of empirically derived theory regarding the principles of inspiring ...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Cutcliffe JR

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to explore the meaning of spirituality and how the spiritual needs of psychiatric nurses could be supported at work during a hospital amalgamation. Forty-six nurses completed the General Information Questionnaire and described the meaning of spirituality and how their spiritual needs coul...

journal_title：Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing

authors： Ray SL,McGee D

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00