Dissertations / Theses: 'Mental hospital patients'

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Bowersox, Nicholas W. "Treatment Attrition and Relapse Readmission in Psychiatric Inpatients: Predictors of Treatment Engagement and Psychiatric Relapse." [Milwaukee, Wis.] : e-Publications@Marquette, 2009. http://epublications.marquette.edu/dissertations_mu/18.

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Marth, Dean Markward Martha J. "A longitudinal study of differences in staff assaults by responses to residents in a forensic hospital." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/6134.

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Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on Feb. 15, 2010). The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Dissertation advisor: Dr. Martha Markward. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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Beukes, Lorraine Theresa. "The knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of general assistants towards mentally ill patients in psychiatric hospitals in Cape Town in the Western Cape." University of the Western Cape, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4175.

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The current debate on knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of medical staff and the broader community towards mentally ill patients across the world is also quite extensive in South Africa. The literature on the subject matter demonstrates poor knowledge of mental illness in the general population and also indicates that people often have stigmatising attitudes towards mental illness. However, while most studies have explored the attitudes, perceptions and behaviour towards mentally ill patients with respect to various staff categories such as doctors, nurses, pharmacists, psychologist and the community globally and particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, few studies have extended the analysis to include general assistants. Moreover, little research has been carried out on the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions towards mental illness and mentally ill patients of non-medical staff such as general assistants, who on a daily basis spend time with mentally health care users, ensuring hygiene in psychiatric hospitals in South Africa. This study intended to fill the gap by using a quantitative, descriptive approach encompassing a cross-sectional survey design to identify the level of basic mental health knowledge and determine attitudes and perceptions of general assistants towards mental illness and mentally ill patients in four government funded psychiatric hospitals in Cape Town, South Africa. A random sample of 124 was selected from the general assistants of the four psychiatric hospitals in Cape Town. The results established that the majority of General Assistants (75.6%) in all four psychiatric hospitals demonstrated fair basic mental health knowledge pertaining to mental illness and positive attitudes and perceptions towards mentally ill patients. Although the attitudes and perceptions are mostly positive, item analysis revealed that there are disparities in the results. One third of the general assistants find it stressful to work with mentally ill people. Others displayed frustration (30,1% ), mistrust (52%) and fear(12%). In addition, 82.9% of the general assistants like working with mentally ill people and the majority of the general assistants are comfortable working with mentally ill patients. The recommendation is that basic mental health awareness programmes or in-service training should be implemented for general assistants especially newly appointed general assistants to improve the knowledge and understanding, attitudes and perceptions of general assistants and to reduce fear and negative perceptions and attitudes in order to enhance positive patient experiences.

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Cooke, Julie. "The transition from hospital to community living from mental health patients and carers." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2013. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/58616/.

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This thesis explores the transition from hospital to community living for mental health patients and carers. This period presents a number of challenges and risks for patients and the support from family members throughout this period is invaluable. Through further exploration of the discharge process and period, this thesis considers how both patients and carers can be better supported to manage the challenges and increase the likelihood of a successful transition. The first paper is a systematic literature review investigating the predictors of suicide up to a year after discharge from mental health inpatient services. After database and manual searches were complete, thirteen studies met inclusion criteria and were reviewed and critically evaluated. Despite inconsistent findings across studies, the review identified some predictors of post-discharge suicide which have been replicated within and across cultures. Clinical implications in relation to thorough discharge planning and maintaining continuity of care are discussed. The second paper reports on a qualitative exploration of family members’ experiences of the discharge process from inpatient mental health services. Six family members were recruited and interviewed using a semi-structured method. The data was analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The three phenomenological themes emerging from participants’ accounts indicated that the discharge process was characterised by isolation, fear and exhaustion. The themes are discussed, explored and considered in relation to how services can increase carers’ involvement and strengthen their position in the discharge process. The final paper reflects on insights into the world of carers gained through the research process, with a focus on loss and grief in caring. Comparing the processes of therapy and research, the paper considers how research offered greater freedom to ‘hear’ experiences and the potential advantages of transferring these reflections to the therapy room.

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Jones, Sian. "An analysis of processes and strategies used by qualified nurses in assessing the mental capacity of acutely and critically ill hospitalised adult patients." Thesis, University of South Wales, 2016. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/an-analysis-of-processes-and-strategies-used-by-qualified-nurses-in-assessing-the-mental-capacity-of-acutely-and-critically-ill-hospitalised-adult-patients(849aa416-240e-40f3-8f11-4e36c71ac121).html.

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Mental capacity is the ability to understand, reason, and exercise choice by making informed decisions. Acute and/or critical illness may impact upon the decision making abilities of hospitalised adult patients. Assessment of patients for reduced, fluctuating or absent capacity gives the healthcare team the legal authority to assess best interests and to make treatment decisions without consent under this justification. Qualified nurses are the everpresent professional group in acute and critical care settings. They may initiate assessments of mental capacity which may be influential in the ways that the decision making of patients is facilitated or substituted. There are, however, few studies that focus on processes employed by them in this area in fast-moving clinical settings, although it is recognised that physical illness may have a significant impact upon capacity status.

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Wigwe, Joseph. "Reducing Length of Hospital Stay for Intellectually Disabled Psychiatric Patients with Chronic Medical Problems." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2908.

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Length of hospital stay (LOS) is a major indicator for measuring efficient care. Intellectually disabled psychiatric patients (IDPP) with chronic medical problems have longer LOS due to challenges faced by providers in jointly managing both psychiatric and medical problems. The purposes of this study were to understand the significance of LOS for IDPP, create an intervention toolkit to reduce LOS, establish the content validity of the toolkit, and recommend its implementation. The items of the toolkit are pharmacology, somatic, rehabilitation, psychosocial, and monitoring patients' psychiatric and medical symptoms across care domains. The toolkit was created from the constructs of the psychiatric rehabilitation process model to jointly mange psychiatric and medical issues. The project question asked if a universal agreement rating will be achieved to establish content validity of the toolkit. Orem's self-care deficit theory was used to guide this study. Ten experts with experience in the clinical, financial, legal, and psycho-social aspects of IDPP care, were recruited from 5 county facilities and asked to participate in the study. The inclusion criteria focused on the experts' leadership roles in those facilities. The experts answered two online quantitative surveys. Survey 1 asked 9 questions and elicited opinions on LOS issues for IDPP. Survey 2 asked the experts to rate the efficacy of the toolkit to reduce LOS for IDPP. Survey 1 finding showed that 8 of 10 experts agreed that LOS for IDPP needed to be reduced. Survey 2 finding showed a universal agreement toolkit rating of 0.84, indicating the experts' readiness to adopt the toolkit to reduce LOS for IDPP. This study has the potential to promote social change by enhancing interdisciplinary and collaborative use of best care processes in psychiatry to reduce LOS and jointly manage psychiatric and medical problems affecting IDPP.

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Pieterse, Deirdre. "Factors associated with deliberate self-harm method among patients in a tertiary hospital in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29695.

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Background: Hospital-based research provides important insight into the burden of suicide behaviour and methods used in deliberate self-harm (DSH). The information on methods used in DSH may be useful to plan suicide-related intervention and prevention programmes. We aimed to investigate the socio-demographic and clinical factors associated with the methods used in DSH at a tertiary hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. Methods: Socio-demographic, clinical and treatment data were collected from 238 consecutive DSH patients who presented for emergency department treatment at the hospital. Univariate analyses and a logistic regression model were used to explore the associations between these variables and violent and non-violent method of DSH. Results: Self-poisoning was the most common method of self-harm (80.3%, n=191). Prescription medication was the most common form of self-poison (57.6%, n=137) while a large number of patients used the non-prescription medication paracetamol (40.9%, n=54). In the bivariate regression analysis, male gender, stating that the reason for DSH was to escape a situation and history of substance use were associated with violent method of DSH. Conclusion: This study contributes to emerging literature on methods used in DSH in South Africa. There is an urgent need to improve monitoring of prescription medication commonly used in DSH. More research on the source of prescription medication and its relationship to DSH is needed. Limiting the quantity and reviewing the packaging of paracetamol available in supermarkets may be effective strategies of means restriction that could be adopted in South Africa. This study underscores the need for increased collaboration between the Department of Social Development and the Department of Health in providing substance use interventions to high-risk population groups.

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Smith, Helen Mary. "Factors leading to frequent readmission to Valkenberg Hospital for patients suffering from severe mental illnesses." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2005. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=init_8222_1178701013.

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This thesis aimed to explore systematic health service problems that are related to frequent readmission of persons suffering from severe mental illnesses to Valkenberg Hospital. Reduction of acute and chronic beds in the Associated Psychiatric Hospitals, Western Cape over the past decade has led to increasing pressure for beds and rapid inpatient turnover, many of these inpatients being "
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patients. Integration of mental health service into general health services, an intrinsic part of the comprehensive primary health care approach in South Africa, is supposed to make mental health care more accessible the public, therefore research into why patients are being frequently readmitted at secondary specialist level is indicated.

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Shai, Matlou Stephina. "An exploration of help-seeking pathways followed by patients seeking mental health care services in Polokwane-Mankweng Hospital Complex." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/891.

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Thesis (M.A. (Clinical psychology)) --University of Limpopo, 2012
A number of studies have indicated that help-seeking pathways followed by individuals suffering from mental disorders and other conditions of ill-health are not random, but are structured by a range of psychosocial and cultural factors. The quality and seriousness of the distress provide the impetus to the pathway, but its direction and duration is shaped by the convergence of psychosocial and cultural factors. This study explored the help-seeking pathways followed by patients receiving mental health care services in Polokwane-Mankweng Hospital Complex (PMHC) in Limpopo Province (South Africa). A qualitative approach was followed and participants were selected through purposive sampling. Ten participants (5 males and 5 females) who are receiving mental health care services at PMHC and were apsychotic at the time were recruited to the study. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and analyzed using content analysis. The following psychological themes emerged from the study: participants’ subjective notions of the events or factors that could have led to their mental illness; their explanations of mental illness; the reasons for entering the mental health care system; the pathways they followed before receiving mental health services in the hospital; concurrent use of hospital mental health services and other services; their experiences of living with mental illness; and, the role of significant others in this regard. The study revealed that various agencies and providers of health care are visited by individuals suffering from mental illness and that there is also some evidence of concurrent use of these services, i.e., Western and African. The findings emphasize that help-seeking pathways are mainly determined by the perceived causes of the illness, which are derived from cultural ideologies.

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Balfour, Lindsay E. "Hospital Loneliness and the Patient-Physician Relationship: A Preliminary Analysis of Associations with Recovery in Bone Marrow Transplant Patients." UNF Digital Commons, 2012. http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/336.

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The purpose of the present study was to examine general loneliness, hospital loneliness, and the patient-physician relationship in regards to their associations with Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) recovery outcome variables (days until engraftment and quality of life). Fifteen (66.7% female, 33.3% male; 93.3% white, 6.7% Black/African American; average age 61.73) individuals who had an allogeneic or autologous BMT at The Mayo Clinic of Jacksonville completed the FACT-BMT, UCLA-Loneliness Scale Version 3, the CARE Measure, and provided disease and treatment information at the 6 month posttransplant date (+/- 30 days). Patients recovering from BMT indicated significantly higher scores of hospital loneliness in comparison to their general loneliness scores. This increase is believed to represent the outcome of experiencing hospital isolation during the post-transplant recovery process. Increases in hospital loneliness were marginally significant in predicting decreases in the patients overall quality of life. The patient physician consultational relationship was found to have a significant relationship with the number of days until engraftment, however the direction of the relationship was opposite the hypothesized direction. This may suggest that engraftment influences the quality of the relationship instead of vice versa. These results imply that there is a relationship between hospital isolation and increases in the amount of loneliness experienced during recovery from a BMT. Loneliness has been found to have a negative relationship with a number of physiological and quality of life outcomes. The present study also elucidates possible correlates with the patient-physician relationship.

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Wallis, Jennifer Mary. "A demographic study of adolescent in-patients at Lentegeur Psychiatric Hospital 1986-1990 : implications for policy and intervention." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21808.

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Bibliography: pages 108-115.
The aim of the proposed study is to evaluate demographic factors and treatment characteristics contained in the historical records of those treated as in-patients at the Sonstraal Adolescent unit of Lentegeur Hospital, during the period 1986 to 1990. This demographic study details the following aspects of the adolescent in-patients: size, that is, numbers of those admitted to the unit; composition, including age, sex and area. Treatment characteristics such as reasons for admission, diagnosis of psychopathology, referral agent on admission and discharge and length of stay in the unit are considered. The data for the study have been extracted from the clinical records contained at Sonstraal, namely , the 'Clinical Summary on Discharge' form. This form is completed by the therapist of each adolescent attending the unit. The EpiInfo computer programmes have been utilised to create a database and to select the appropriate procedures and statistics which form the basis for data analysis and interpretation. Data interpretation includes an analysis of the emerging trends and details the implications for policy issues, unit staffing and treatment options. Analysis of the trends and comparisons with literature findings have facilitated the generation of hypotheses which could be tested in future studies. This study therefore provides a working document for future prioritising and planning of in-patient, out-patient and community mental health services to adolescents, their families and communities. This involves recommendations for intervention and community involvement. In addition, the study provides a basis for future research into adolescent mental health care.

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McKenna, Megan L. "What if they think I'm crazy : clinical interventions to help adolescents manage stigma following a psychiatric hospitalization : a project based upon an independent investigation /." View online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/5912.

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Kwok, Hau-chung, and 郭孝聰. "Anxiety and depression in COPD patients of a regional hospital in HongKong: the relationship with disease severityand dyspnoea." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48423592.

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Introduction: COPD is a worldwide public health issue, while anxiety and depression are highly prevalent comorbidities in COPD, some reviews in overseas reported prevalence rates of up to 75% for anxiety and up to 80% for depression among COPD patients. The situation in Hong Kong is largely unclear and information is lacking. Objective: To assess the prevalence of anxiety and depression in a regional hospital in Hong Kong and to evaluate the odds ratio of different stages of severity in COPD. Method: COPD patients before hospital discharge from E3 ward in Princess Margaret Hospital (in-patient) and COPD patients who attend out-patient clinic in block K7 in PMH (out-patient) will be asked for consent to participate in the study. Baseline demographic and clinical information includes staging of COPD, questionnaires of HADS, MMRC, CAT score will be collected by research nurses after consent is obtained. Result: A total of 260 patients have been approached, with a response rate of 58.08%. 75 in-patients and 76 out-patients were eligible for the study. Our study showed the overall prevalence of depression and anxiety among COPD population are 61.6% and 23.2% respectively. Odds Ratio of depression and anxiety were increased when severity of COPD increased from stage I to IV. Compared with stage I COPD patients, the respective crude odds ratio of depression for stage II is 1.25 (95% CI: 0.15-10.23), stage III is 1.44 (95% CI: 0.19-10.89), while stage IV is 2.09 (95% CI: 0.26-16.86); But in anxiety, the value is insignificant as the odds ratio is less than 1. Conclusion: This is the first study in Hong Kong which is targeted on estimating the prevalence of depression and anxiety among COPD population and to correlate the finding with the COPD severity. Depression and anxiety are prevalent among the COPD patients as suggested in the study. The possibility of depression increased when severity of COPD stage increases, but the result in anxiety cannot be confirmed. No specific risk factors were found to have statistical significant association with the presence of depression and anxiety, but the current study still warrant attention. Further large scale study may be needed to reveal the situation. A more comprehensive and holistic approach to the COPD patients should be employed to tackle their special need during disease progress, in order to reduce the whole health care system burden.
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Slaughter, Mary E. "Examining Substance Use Disorders and Mental Health Comorbidities in Patients Hospitalized for Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorders." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1517851653320388.

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Newnham, Elizabeth A. "Informing best practice in mental health : using feedback to improve clinical outcomes." University of Western Australia. School of Psychology, 2009. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2010.0096.

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[Truncated abstract] Physical healthcare uses a suite of tools for measuring response to treatment. However, reliable systems of regular patient monitoring are rare in mental healthcare. Mental health services often measure a treatment response from pre- to post- therapy, yet measurement between those occasions is less common. This omission is problematic since arguably there is a need for an alarm system in psychotherapy (Andrews & Page, 2005). A substantial minority of patients do not experience reliable change following treatment, and a small proportion deteriorates (Hansen, Lambert, & Forman, 2002; Newnham, Harwood, & Page, 2007). Without monitoring, it is not always possible to know which patients are progressing poorly. Since the publication of Howard and colleagues' (1996) proposal that patient progress be monitored routinely during therapy and the results fed back to clinicians to direct treatment, this monitoring regime has garnered attention in the United States and Europe (Lambert, 2007; Lutz, et al., 2006). Findings in outpatient psychotherapy have demonstrated that providing real-time feedback on patient progress to clinicians and patients significantly improves clinical outcomes for those patients demonstrating a negative response to treatment (Harmon et al., 2007; Lambert et al., 2001; Lambert et al., 2002). What is not yet apparent is how these processes would generalize to inpatient and day patient (i.e. patients attending hospital for a whole day of treatment) psychiatric care. Inpatients often present with greater severity and are treated in an intensive setting. ... Deviations from this expected pattern would highlight possible differences between inpatient and outpatient care. To develop an appropriate system for monitoring patient progress, it was important to first define clinically significant recovery in inpatient psychiatric care, and provide criteria for clinicians to judge outcome in routine practice (Newnham, Harwood, & Page, 2007). Second, a quick and easy-to-administer system of progress monitoring and real-time feedback was developed to enhance treatment decision making (Newnham, Hooke, & Page, 2009). Third, the system was evaluated to determine clinical effectiveness. Using the World Health Organizations Wellbeing Index, a program for monitoring patient progress and providing feedback to clinicians and patients was established at Western Australia's largest private psychiatric service. The sample consisted of 1308 consecutive inpatients and day patients whose primary diagnoses were predominantly depressive (67.7%) and anxiety (25.9%) disorders. Feedback to patients and clinicians was effective in reducing depressive symptoms (F (1,649) = 6.29, p<.05) for those patients at risk of poor outcome, but not effective in improving wellbeing (F (1,569) = 1.14, p>.05). The findings support the use of progress monitoring and feedback in psychiatric care to improve symptom outcomes, but raise questions about changes in wellbeing during psychotherapy. The effectiveness study was conducted as a historical cohort trial, consistent with quality improvement efforts, and replication with a randomized controlled design is warranted. Feedback of progress information appears to be an important process within psychotherapy, and further investigation of the means by which clinicians and patients use that information is necessary.

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Cloete, Shoemeney Aveline. "Professional nurses perceptions of their knowledge, attitudes and practices, regarding metabolic syndrome in patients in a Psychiatric hospital, Western Cape." University of the Western Cape, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8029.

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Undiagnosed and untreated medical illnesses are more predominant in patients with mental illnesses, compared to the general population. Concerns have risen about the observed lack of regular screening for Metabolic Syndrome potentially increasing the prevalence rate of the disease especially in young adolescents on anti-psychotics. Recognizing the recurrent co-morbidity between mental and physical health conditions, specific commendations addressing the physical conditions causing the increased morbidity and mortality of people with severe mental illness are needed. In some instances, treatment recommendations for the general population may need to be modified for people with SMI.

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Higgins, Jane Marie. "Card games and containment : forensic psychiatric patients' experiences of a student-led initiative." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013314.

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Despite South African forensic psychiatric institutions operating well over capacity, the urgent need for rehabilitation guidelines is neglected through lack of research in this area. This is further compounded by the constrained financial and professional resources available to the sector. The Fort England Hospital Buddy Programme (FEHBP) is a voluntary social and activity-based initiative involving 2 hourly visits between students and male forensic psychiatric patient volunteers. Through the use of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (Smith, 1996), the participants’ experience of the programme was further contextualised within their lives pre and post admission. While further exploration through research is required, it appeared that within institutional confines the FEHBP acted in a substitutionary and surrogacy capacity, as a space for the development of social competence. While participants appeared to experience a sense of protectiveness from the programme, the limitations and restrictions are acknowledged as an increased number and variety of social network links would be required for a more sustainable sense of subjective wellbeing to develop. The FEHBP demonstrates the use of non-professional (community involved) interventions within a forensic psychiatric context.

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Lindqvist, Ellinor, and Susanne Schollin. "Att vilja vårda - men inte våga : En litteraturstudie om sjuksköterskors upplevelser av att vårda psykiskt sjuka patienter på allmänsjukhus." Thesis, Kristianstad University College, School of Health and Society, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-5844.

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Bakgrund: Riktlinjer för sjuksköterskor säger att patientens integritet skall bevaras och att alla patienter skall mötas värdigt, oberoende av sin sjukdom. Det första mötet är viktigt i relationen mellan sjuksköterskan och patienten. Enligt omvårdnadsteoretikern Joyce Travelbee läggs de grundläggande förutsättningarna för den framtida relationen i detta möte och därför är det viktigt att frigöra sig från eventuella förutfattade meningar gentemot patienter. Stigmatisering gentemot psykiskt sjuka patienter förekommer bland allmänheten. Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva sjuksköterskors upplevelser av att vårda patienter med psykisk sjukdom på allmänsjukhus. Metod: Litteraturstudien baserades på fem kvalitativa och tre kvantitativa vetenskapliga artiklar. Resultat: Resultatet visade att sjuksköterskor upplevde svårigheter i att vårda psykiskt sjuka patienter, bland annat på grund av allmänsjukhusens medicinska inriktning. De beskrev också att de hade brister i kunskap och erfarenhet av psykiska sjukdomar samt att de ibland kände rädsla i mötet med patienten. Rädslan ledde till undvikande av patienterna och att de känner sig misslyckade i rollen som sjuksköterska. Slutsats: Det krävs mer utbildning inom psykiatri för att sjuksköterskorna ska kunna känna sig säkra och för att de psykiskt sjuka patienterna ska få en bättre vård.

Background: The guidelines for nurses state that the integrity of the patients must be preserved and that all patients must be treated with dignity regardless of their illness. The first meeting is important in the relationship between the nurse and the patient. According to the nursing theorist Joyce Travelbee, this is where the fundamental prerequisites for the future relationship are created and therefore it is important for nurses to free themselves from any bias towards patients. A stigma against mentally ill patients exists among the general public. Purpose: The object was to describe nurses' experiences caring for patients diagnosed with mental illness in general hospitals. Method: The literature study was based on five qualitative and three quantitative scientific papers. Result: The result was that nurses experienced difficulties caring for mentally ill patients, particularly because of the lack of any medical direction given by general hospitals. The nurses also described that they had a lack of knowledge and experience of mental illness and that they sometimes felt afraid of dealing with patients diagnosed with this condition. Fear led to the avoidance of patients and nurses feeling unsuccessful in their professional role. Conclusion: More training in mental health is required in order for nurses to feel confident in dealing with mentally ill patients and improving the care they receive.

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McClelland, Norman Anthony. "A study of the degree of alignment between mental health practitioners' understanding of patients, resident in secure mental health hospital settings, who have been abused in childhood and/or adolescence." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/10680.

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Childhood abuse and neglect, as suffered by in-patients of medium secure psychiatric hospitals, is an under-researched clinical variable within the literature. Associated study and work in this area is considered to be a core skill of the forensic mental health nurse (FMHN), as well as of other clinicians working in such hospitals. The study undertook an examination of childhood abuse and neglect in three medium secure units (n= 117), finding that 41% of the sample suffered abuse/neglect in childhood/adolescence. An examination of a wide range of patient characteristics in the units was also conducted, findings included observations of 94% of patients having committed a violent index offence, and 81.2% of patients being diagnosed with schizophrenia. A hypothesis test conducted on this data revealed a significant relationship between the gender of patients and abuse/neglect suffered in childhood. A further analysis of inter-rater reliability was undertaken, of FMHN's and Nurse Consultants against a Benchmark nurse, in rating the severity of abuse suffered by inpatients. This revealed findings of both fair to moderate, and poor agreement, between the nurses, Nurse Consultants and Benchmark nurse. Allied study of a range of clinicians knowledge and opinions concerning agreement or disagreement with statements related to concepts of abuse, mental disorder and violence revealed mixed results, dependent upon either a quantitative analysis indicating no variation amongst the clinician's, or qualitative analysis identifying some specific differences. The study overall has concluded that the use of a mixed methodology is beneficial to examining consistency of agreement, and knowledge and opinions, regarding clinical phenomena amongst clinicians. The study makes recommendations in terms of adjustments to forensic educational curricula and clinical practice, regarding inclusion of more, and improved, information concerning childhood abuse and neglect.

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Criner, Bonnie A., and Hope M. Young. "The assessment and recognition of childhood abuse among former Patton State Hospital patients by psychiatric social workers." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1994. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/901.

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Thomas, Peter F. "Functions of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors within adolescent inpatients." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2008. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9731/.

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The primary interest of this investigation concerned the self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs) of inpatient adolescents. Previous researchers have provided descriptive information regarding either automatic (or intrinsic) and social components using the Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview (SITBI). However, the presence and trends of these components have not firmly been established, suggesting the need to explore this area further. Eighty-two adolescent inpatients were selected and interviewed using the SITBI to evaluate the predictive ability of self-reported self-injurious behavior with regard to social and automatic, negative and positive functions. Results showed that depending on the type of thought or behavior displayed one could discern the motivation behind their actions. Automatic-Negative was seen to have the strongest relationship across all SITB behaviors while Automatic-Negative was not found to be relatively low compared to other SITB behaviors. Both Social-Positive and Social-Negative were found to be present in moderate relationships compared to Automatic in general.

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Walker, Sandra Clare. "How do patients who have self-harmed, experience contact with mental health services in a general hospital? : an exploratory study using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2017. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/417991/.

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The UK national policy on self-harm states that people who have self-harmed should be offered assessment by mental health services during an admission to a general hospital. However there is no empirical evidence underpinning this policy statement and there is a dearth of information regarding the experience of people who self-harm and are assessed in a general hospital. The aim of this research was to explore the lived experience of contact with mental health services for ten people admitted to a general hospital following self-harm. A phenomenological approach utilising Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was adopted to explore this experience. Findings revealed the experience to encompass four superordinate themes which contained lower ordinate themes: (i) internal barriers to getting the help needed; (ii) the business of being human; (iii) traumatising environment; (iv) patient power. The study concluded that the interaction between mental health services and the person who has self-harmed has the potential to be life affirming and transformational but only if it is skilfully conducted and the relationship between practitioner and patient is a positive one. Further implications for both services and individual practitioners are considered alongside recommendations for future practice.

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Binnie, Phillip B. "The effect of spirituality class on improving spiritual assessment scores and the relationship of spiritual assessment scores to length of stay of patients admitted to the psychiatric residential rehabilitation treatment program at the Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.

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Wallman, Isabelle. "I trängande behof af vård : En studie av unga patienter vid Wexiö hospital mellan år 1907 och 1921." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-100474.

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This study analyses the fact that young adults under the age of 21 were sent to mental institutions in the early 20th century. To further examine this statement, three main questions provide insights about life inside of the mental hospital in Växjö, Sweden. What factors did overall result in psychiatric care for young adults in the early 20thcentury? By using microhistory as a historical method, what aspects can indicate patient's subordinate role at the hospital? How can the psychiatric institutions be viewed from a disciplinary standpoint while focusing on the power they possess over underage individuals? The chosen institution is called Sankt Sigfrid's hospital (alsoWexio hospital) and provides valuable records and journals between the years of 1907and 1921, on which the study is based on. The results show that a total of 38 patients were admitted to the hospital under this period. Generally, there were 5 different illnesses that resulted in psychiatric care and dementia primaria was the most common one. The ages ranged between 11 and 20, with 20 as the most common age when arriving at the hospital. According to the results, most patients came from a background of farming and landowning. Poor relief was the most common factor for young adults being admitted to the hospital, whereas the second most common factor was the father overseeing the decision. Furthermore, 4 patients were part of a microhistorical study which primarily concluded that they were being subjected to constraint by the hospital. Since the material is examined from a disciplinary standpoint where the hospital is viewed in a position of power, the result is an example of psychiatric expansion through the country. This maintains the belief that psychiatric care developed through different phases of the 19th and 20th century and thus were in constant reform, whereas this study is merely an example of this process of developing.

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Smith, Irmhild Wrede. "The effect of structured exercise and stuctured reminiscing on agitation and aggression in geriatric psychiatric patients /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1996. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/11976676.

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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1996.
Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Susan W. Salmond. Dissertation Committee: Marvin Sontag. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-87).

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Knott, Jonathan Charles. "Management of mental health patients in the emergency department /." Connect to thesis, 2006. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00002656.

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Kock, Elizabeth. "De-institutionalisation of people with mental illness and intellectual disability : the family perspective." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2231.

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Thesis (MPhil (Sociology and Social Anthropology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa has transformed its mental health service provision from in-hospital care to community-based rehabilitation. Although the idea is sound, the process places the caregiving families under an immense pressure. The aim of this study was to explore the impact that the de-institutionalisation process has had on the families as they care for their child with intellectual disability. The study was conducted by means of qualitative, unstructured interviews with families that have had a child de-institutionalised from Alexandra Hospital in the Western Cape. All of the patients were diagnosed with a dual diagnosis of intellectual disability and mental illness. Even though the patients were in group-homes or attended a day care centre, final responsibility for the patients lay with the parents. Three main themes emerged from the interviews that describe the impact of deinstitutionalisation, viz. the characteristics of the family member with intellectual disability (aggressive, abusive and self-destructive behaviour of the patient), the effect that these characteristics had on the family (marital stress and health risks to the care giver), and community and resource factors. The study placed the family central to its environment and discussed the impact deinstitutionalisation had on its environment as a whole. It was concluded that the burden that de-institutionalisation places on the families far exceeded their ability to cope with these circumstances. This status quo could be improved if adequate resources and skills are given to families prior to de-institutional
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In Suid-Afrika is geestesgesondheidsorg van hospitaliserende na gemeenskapsgebaseerde rehabilitasie, omskep. Terwyl hierdie stap wel as lewensvatbaar mag voorkom, plaas die proses ‘n hewige las op die sorggewende gesin. Die doel van hierdie studie was om die omvang van die impak hiervan op ‘n gesin met ’n lid met intellektuele gestremdheid en psiegiatriese siekte, te bepaal – nadat so ‘n pasient uit die inrigting ontslaan is. Die ondersoek is uitgevoer by wyse van kwalitatiewe, ongestruktureerde onderhoude met gesinne wie se lede met die diagnose uitgeplaas is deur die Alexandra Hospitaal in die Wes-Kaap. Elkeen van die pasïente is gediagnoseer met ernstige intellektuele gestremdheid, asook bykomende gedragsafwykings. Ten spyte van die feit dat die betrokke pasïente deur groepshuise of dagsorg eenhede versorg word, bly hulle hul ouers se verantwoordelikheid. Drie temas het ontstaan wat die impak van ontslag uit die inrigting omskryf, te wete die karaktertrekke van die gestremde gesinslid (aggressie, misbruikende en vernielsugtige gedrag van die pasïent), die effek van hierdie karaktertrekke op die gesin (stres op die huwelik en potensiële gesondheidsrisiko wat dit vir die versorger inhou), en die gemeenskap en ondersteunende faktore. Tydens die ondersoek is die gesin sentraal geplaas ten opsigte van die omgewing. Die impak van ontslag van die gediagnoseerde pasïent uit die inrigting op die omgewing as geheel, word bespreek. Daar is tot die slotsom gekom dat die vermoë van die gesin wat die las moet dra as gevolg van die ontslag, ver oorspan word. Hierdie toedrag van sake sou egter verlig kon word indien toereikende hulpbronne en vaardighede aan sulke gesinne beskikbaar gestel word alvorens so ‘n pasïent ontslaan is.

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Borda, Niño Adriana Carolina. "Las condenadas : an ethnography of sexuality and violence in Bolivia." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/6278.

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This is an ethnographic study of discourses and experiences concerning sexual exchanges among kin “who are too closely related to marry each other” (OED), or what in lay language is called “incest”. I investigate the ways in which a certain kind of incest, that between older men and younger women, primarily from different generations, is experienced by women of predominantly rural origin, who have been hospitalized in the major public psychiatric hospital in Bolivia, in Sucre. In this sense, this research is as much a study of incest as it is of psychiatric institutionalization. These experiences will be considered in the context of a wider field of ethnic, class and gender discourses that are produced by medical staff, community organizations, as well as national judicial institutions. The category of 'incest' is problematized in terms of how kinship is constructed, not only as a series of dynamic discourses (as practices whose effect is the production of events) but also as mobile experiences, however socially regulated. With this in mind, I present an account of Andean concepts and treatment of incest, as well as of legal and medical categories. Specifically, I focus on the play between discourses in the context of the psychiatric hospital, the judicial court and the communities of selected inmates. I show how the inmates' experiences of intergenerational incest and sexual violence in general are related to the dominant ethnic, class and gender narratives produced by medical staff, community organizations, and judicial institutions.

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Enros, Brynn Marie. "Mental health social workers : strategies for social justice advocacy in a hospital setting." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=99163.

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This qualitative, quasi-phenomenological study presents strategies and methods hospital-based mental health social workers utilize to promote social justice and advocate for their clients. Three frontline mental health social workers and one mental health department head were interviewed. The findings of this research demonstrated that the participating social workers utilized a variety of creative and flexible approaches to promote social justice and successfully advocate for their clients. These approaches included: the use of appropriate language, using the system against itself, developing written standards and regulations for their tasks, and forming a network of allies.

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Dlamini, Ncamsile Nombulelo. "Testing the effectiveness and/or appropriateness of the information material in The Alliance Programme used for Tshwana speaking patients suffering from schizophrenia in the South African context." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06232009-140826/.

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Warner, Samantha J. "Special stories : women patients, high security mental hospitals, and child sexual abuse." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.267536.

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Wagenaar, Hendrik Cornelis. "Virtual institutions : community relations and hospital recidivism in the life of the mental patient." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78083.

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Reaume, Geoffrey. "999 Queen Street West, patient life at the Toronto Hospital for the Insane, 1870-1940." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ41572.pdf.

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Folke, Fredrik. "Patient Engagement and the Effectiveness of Behavioural Activation in Inpatient Psychiatry." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Psykiatri, Akademiska sjukhuset, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-330960.

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Psychiatric inpatient services provide important care for individuals with serious mental health problems. Studies show that passivity and social disengagement prevail in inpatient settings, and the transition to outpatient care is associated with increased suicide risk. Behavioural Activation is an intervention that targets depression by increasing personally meaningful activities. Preliminary research shows that Behavioural Activation can be used in inpatient settings. The overall aim of this thesis was to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of Behavioural Activation for individuals in psychiatric inpatient settings, and in the transition between inpatient and outpatient care. Study I investigated inpatient activities and associated experiences. Study II was a pilot single-case experimental study of the feasibility and effectiveness of inpatient Behavioural Activation. Study III, was an interrupted time series evaluation of nursing-adapted Behavioural Activation across three wards. In Study IV Behavioural Activation in the transition from inpatient to outpatient care was compared to Supportive Therapy in a randomised controlled trial with 64 participants. The primary outcome was that of self-reported depressive symptoms and participants were followed up 12 months after treatment completion. Doing nothing was the most common inpatient activity, along with meal related activities. Passive and solitary activities were associated with negative distress and reward profiles. The preliminary evaluation of Behavioural Activation found high patient and staff satisfaction, and four of six participants showed improvement in depressive symptoms and functioning. After nursing-adapted Behavioural Activation was implemented on three wards, engagement increased. Avoidance decreased but later returned to baseline levels. Depressive symptoms and global clinical severity did not improve after nursing-adapted Behavioural Activations was introduced. The randomised controlled trial found that adding Behavioural Activation in the transition to outpatient care had a small, short-term, advantage over Supportive Therapy for self-reported depression. In conclusion, inpatient disengagement is associated with distress, and Behavioural Activation is a feasible intervention in inpatient settings that can be used by both trained therapists and nursing staff to increase patients’ treatment engagement. Behavioural Activation seems useful in targeting depressive symptoms in the transition from inpatient to outpatient care, a period associated with increased risk of suicide and clinical deterioration.

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Mahgoub, Nelly Ahmed. "Bridging therapy in hospital- and community-based psychiatric nursing care : a comparative study." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 1988. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/20834/.

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This study presents a detailed account of Bridging Therapy - an innovative intervention aimed at providing relatively comprehensive psychiatric nursing care for mentally ill patients. Starting at hospitalisation, Bridging Therapy continues as planned nursing care based on detailed assessment of the patient's short- and longer-term needs both before and after discharge to the community, delivered where possible by the same nurse, or by members of the same nursing team. Bridging Therapy thus presents a remedial model for current fragmented patterns of nursing care, based on an eclectic approach to psychotherapy and nursing process known as the "flexible integrative approach" (FIA).The study recognises problems caused by lack of patient outcome measures in psychiatric nursing; and approaches this by developing an appropriate assessment instrument, the Behaviour Adjustment Inventory (BAI), which is initially tested in concurrent use with a well-validated psychometric instrument (the GHQ); with a second well-validated instrument (the EPI) acting as an initial screening device. The BAI assesses patients' initial status on admission and subsequent responses to Bridging Therapy on a five-point scale, used in conjunction with detailed clinical criteria of behaviour and attitude change. Clinical evaluation of patients in the contrasted contexts of Sheffield and Cairo is described. In each context, experimental (Bridging Therapy) and control (non-Bridging Therapy) groups are studied (Sheffield total N = 22: Cairo total N = 18). Assessment of initial condition was carried out on admission to hospital; recovery status on discharge, and at the close of therapeutic follow-up in the community. Results indicate similar levels of recovery for Sheffield and Cairo groups, with a more pronounced tendency to recovery in the experimental (Bridging Therapy) groups; however, this difference does not reach statistical significance. Psychometric findings are augmented by qualitative descriptions of the implementation process. Two detailed nursing studies from each context are presented. The investigation highlights the complexity of the research problem, including important transcultural considerations; identifies multifactorial issues governing patient care; and supports further research into Bridging Therapy as a potential remedy for current gaps in psychiatric nursing care, both in Britain and Egypt. Relevant materials concerning historical/structural aspects of mental health care and varieties of psychotherapy (Chapters 1 through 3) are included because of their contextual importance both to British and Egyptian workers.

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Manges, Kirstin. "Transition to home study: the influence of interprofessional team shared mental models on patient post-hospitalization outcomes." Diss., University of Iowa, 2018. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/6193.

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Background: The quality of team-based care impacts patient post-hospitalization outcomes, yet there is a gap in our understanding of how specific team processes impact patient post-hospitalization outcomes. Shared Mental Models (SMMs) is a team process from organizational psychology; it provides an understanding of how providers coordinate complex tasks as a team. SMMs are the team members’ organized knowledge needed for effective team performance. Military research shows that teams with more convergent SMMs have higher performance and better outcomes. In healthcare, patient discharge exemplifies an activity that requires a high level of coordination among interprofessional team members. Two relevant domains of SMMs are Taskwork SMM (team assessment of patient’s readiness for hospital discharge) and Teamwork SMM (quality of day of discharge teamwork). Because of the newness of SMM to healthcare, we lack measures to understand SMMs among interprofessional discharge teams. Study Purpose & Aims: The purpose was to pilot a novel measurement approach assessing SMMs of discharge teams, and explore their relationships to patient 30-day post-hospitalization outcomes (quality of care transition and utilization of unplanned medical services). Aim 1 determined the content and degree of convergence of discharge teams’ SMMs (taskwork and teamwork). Aim 2 examined the relationship between discharge team SMMs and patient post-hospitalization outcomes. Methods: A prospective longitudinal pilot study was used to examine the SMMs of 64 unique discharge events in three inpatient units at a single hospital. Discharge team members independently completed a questionnaire measuring the Teamwork SMM (using the Shared Mental Model Scale) and the Taskwork SMM (using the Discharge Provider-Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale). Data were collected from the patient 30 days post-discharge to determine the quality of transition (using the Care Transition Measure or CTM-15) and use of unplanned utilization of medical services (unplanned readmission or ED visit). Interrater Agreement (r*wg(j)) was used to determine the SMM convergence (or level of agreement) among the discharge team. The relationship between SMMs and the quality of transition outcome (n = 42) was determined using standard regression analysis. Logistic regression was used determine the relationship of SMMs with utilization of unplanned medical services (n = 56). Results: Overall, discharge teams reported high levels of Taskwork SMMs (M = 8.46, SD =.91) and Taskwork SMM Convergence (M = .90, SD =.10), indicating that the discharge team perceived and agreed that patients had high levels of readiness for hospital discharge. Discharge teams also reported having high-quality Teamwork SMMs (M = 6.11, SD = 0.39) and Teamwork SMM Convergence (M = .85, SD = .10), suggesting that most discharge teams perceived and agreed that high quality teamwork was provided during the discharge process. Discharge events from the three inpatient units significantly differed in their Teamwork and Teamwork SMM content and convergence scores. Discharge teams’ Teamwork SMMs and Taskwork SMMs were positively associated with the CTM-15 score, while controlling for key contextual factors (t = 3.94, p = .001; t = 3.94, p = .001, respectively). Conclusion : Discharge teams’ Taskwork SMM and Teamwork SMM was positively associated with patient-reported quality of transition from the hospital. There was insufficient evidence to support that utilization of unplanned medical services is related to discharge teams’ SMMs. Measuring the SMMs of the discharge team provides a method for assessing a team process critical to safe patient discharges.

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Scherer, Edson Arthur. "Estudo de Reuniões de Equipe Geral em um Hospital-Dia Psiquiátrico." Universidade de São Paulo, 1999. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/17/17148/tde-12112008-101419/.

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O presente estudo, configurado como uma pesquisa naturalística conduzida pela observação, teve como objetivos caracterizar as reuniões de equipe geral do hospital-dia da disciplina de psiquiatria da FMRP-USP quanto à temática, participação verbal dos integrantes e utilização do tempo, descrever sua inserção no serviço e levantar subsídios que permitam o melhor entendimento e utilização destas reuniões em diferentes contextos. Foram discutidos 46 assuntos em 21 reuniões observadas, 36 sugeridos pela equipe fixa e 10 pelos estagiários médicos. A equipe fixa teve maior participação verbal, tendo prevalecido a ocupação do tempo pelos docentes em 12 reuniões e pelos técnicos de nível superior em 7. Em 18 das reuniões estudadas houve correspondência entre os temas discutidos e as situações diárias registradas nas semanas que antecederam as mesmas. As reuniões em 11 dos encontros e a coordenação em 13 foram avaliadas como produtivas pelos observadores. Os achados mostram que estas reuniões se configuram como grupos operativos inseridos regularmente no serviço. As relações de poder e as diferenças de experiência e conhecimentos técnicos entre os diversos profissionais pareceram contribuir para a maior ou menor participação nas reuniões. Por ser um espaço favorecedor de trocas, sugere-se a utilização destas reuniões em outros serviços de saúde que trabalhem com equipes de assistência.
The present study, configured as a naturalistic research conducted by observation, had as objectives characterize the general team meetings of the day hospital of the psychiatry discipline of the FMRP-USP as for themes, members verbal participation and using of time, describing its insertion at the service and raising subsidies that allow a better understanding and using of this meetings in different contexts. There where discussed 46 subjects in 21 observed meetings, 36 suggested by the permanent group and 10 by the medical trainees. The permanent group had greater verbal participation, having prevailed the occupation of time by the professor in 12 meetings and by the superior level technicians in 7. In 18 of the studied meetings there was correspondence between the discussed themes and the diary situations registered at the weeks that antecedent them. The meetings in 11 encounters and the co-ordination in 13 were evaluated as productive by the observers. The findings show that this meetings configure as operative groups inserted regularly at the service. The power relations and the differences of experience and technical knowledge between the different professionals seems to contribute to a greater or lesser participation at the meetings. By being a benefit place to exchange views, we suggest the utilization of these meetings in other health services that work with team assistance.

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Mullins, Lesley. "The lived experience of seclusion in a psychiatric hospital." Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/958790.

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The purpose of this Heideggerian phenomenological study was to understand the meaning of the lived experience of seclusion in a psychiatric hospital. Five people with a long standing mental illness who had spent time in a locked seclusion room in a psychiatric hospital were asked to describe their experience in seclusion.Consistent with the method, purposive sampling was used in order to obtain an understanding from those who had lived the experience of seclusion and could articulate their experience. Interviews were audiotaped and the data were transcribed by the researcher. Audiotapes were destroyed when the study was completed. Transcribed data were shared with other researchers who were familiar with Heideggerian phenomenology and hermeneutics for the purpose ofgaining insight into the interpretations. When data were shared, names of participants and other identifying information were removed. Sharing of data for purpose of interpretation is inherent in the Heideggerian method as described by Diekelmann, Allen, and Tanner (1989). Data were analyzed using Diekelmann, Allen, and Tanner's (1989) seven stages. The following patterns emerged constituted pattern- Seclusion, A Paradox Being Powerless yet Hopeful with the supporting themes of 1.) Being Punished, 2) Being Abandoned, and 3) An Opportunity for Reflection and Self Growth.
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Lam, Ding-fung. "An evaluation research on the referral procedures of halfway houses for patients of Kwai Chung Hospital /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1994. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13991000.

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Oladele, Tajudeen Olalekan. "Determining the risk of non-communicable diseases amongst the mentally ill patients attending psychiatric out-patient clinic at the federal neuropsychiatric hospital Kware Sokoto in Nigeria." University of Western Cape, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7662.

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Introduction: People with mental illness (PMI) are likely to die of chronic diseases, primarily cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and respiratory diseases at a younger age compared with the general population. The side-effects of psychotropic medications particularly weight gain and impaired glucose intolerance increase the risk of premature mortality in PMI. Behavioural risk factors for non-communicable diseases such as physical inactivity and unhealthy diet (diets high in fat and low in fruit and vegetables) are also thought to be consequences of negative symptoms of mental illness and emotional dysregulation.

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Ekström, Angelica, and Anna Torstensson. "Patienter med psykisk ohälsa i det prehospitala vårdrummet : En kvalitativ intervjustudie." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-388070.

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Bakgrund: Ambulanssjuksköterskan arbetar i en komplex miljö med varierande patientklientel, vilket medför krav på bred kompetens inom många områden. Tidigare forskning påvisar svårigheter gällande omhändertagandet av patienter med psykisk ohälsa i det prehospitala vårdrummet, dock framkommer begränsad mängd forskning i ämnet.Syfte: Att genom ambulanssjuksköterskors erfarenheter beskriva det prehospitala vårmötet mellan ambulanssjuksköterskor och patienter lidandes av psykisk ohälsa samt identifiera eventuella problemområden. Metod: En kvalitativ intervjustudie med induktiv ansats genomfördes. Tio ambulanssjuksköterskor inkluderades genom ett ändamålsenligt urval. Analysen utfördes med hjälp av en kvalitativ, manifest innehållsanalys. Resultat:Ambulanssjuksköterskan kom, i samband med omhändertagandet av patienter med psykisk ohälsa, i kontakt med varierande situationer. I mötet med patienten gav ambulanssjuksköterskan utrymme i såväl samtal som i den fysiska kontakten i syfte att skapa trygghet, lugn och förtroende. Det framkom att en begränsad mängd beslutsunderlag eller riktlinjer fanns att använda i samband med mötet av denna patientgrupp. Slutsats: Att möta patienter med psykisk ohälsa är en komplex situation med många faktorer att ta hänsyn till. En av ambulanssjuksköterskans viktigaste omvårdnadsåtgärder, är att skapa förutsättningar för att etablera ett förtroende hos patienten, i syfte att kunna bedöma och validera patientens hälsotillstånd på bästa möjliga sätt. De bedömningsunderlag och riktlinjer ambulanssjuksköterskan hade tillgång till var begränsade, vilket medförde önskemål om att det utveckla sådana för att tydliggöra vården gällande denna patientkategori.
Background:Ambulance nurses work in a complex environment and encounter a variety of different patient clientele, which requires a broad competence. Previous research indicates difficulties regarding the care of patients with mental illness in the prehospital care setting, though limited amount of research on the subject is available. Aim:To describe ambulance nurses’ experiences of meeting patients suffering from mental illness and to identify possible problem areas. Method:The study is a qualitative interview study with an inductive approach. Ten ambulance nurses were included through a purposeful sample. The results were analysed with a qualitative content analysis.Results: Ambulance nurses were exposed to various situations such as suicide attempts as well as threats. Furthermore, it emerged that the ambulance nurses in the meeting with the patient gave space in both conversation and in the physical contact to create a calm and confident environment. It was found that a limited number of guidelines were available to help the ambulance nurses in the meeting with the patients. Conclusion:Meeting patients with mental illness is a complex situation with many factors to consider. It is of importance to the nurses to create an environment that will enable them to establish patients’ trust. Assessment guidelines that ambulance nurses in this area exist but are limited, therefore it is requested that such are developed further in order to clarify the care regarding this category of patients.

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Van, Wijk Evalina. "An investigation into patients perceptions of contributing factors towards their aggressive and violent behaviour after admission to a mental health facility." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2006. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_3530_1189064270.

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Aggressive and violent behaviour in inpatient mental health facilities is found worldwide and is a frequent and serious clinical and nursing care problem. Despite the importance of international research findings and recommendations, it appears that patients perceptions of the possible contributing factors toward aggressive and violent behaviour in mental health facilities is an area of enquiry that has not been widely explored in South Africa in general, or in the Western Cape, in particular. It is against this background that this study endeavoured to investigate the external and situational contributing to patients aggressive and violent behaviour in mental health facilities in Cape Town, as seen from patients perspectives.

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Thomas, Peter F. Kaminski Patricia L. "Functions of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors within adolescent inpatients." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2008. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-9731.

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Daremo, Åsa. "Participation in occupational therapy in psychiatric care /." Linköping : Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Linköping University, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-53776.

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Viana, Itana Santos Araújo. "O papel do Ministério Público na defesa do direito à saúde da pessoa com transtorno mental autora de delito: um estudo de caso." Programa de pós-graduação em saúde coletiva, 2008. http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/10386.

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Neste estudo procura-se descrever o desempenho do Ministério Público Estadual na defesa do direito à saúde garantido pela Constituição Federal de 1988 às pessoas com transtorno mental autoras de delito, quando o procedimento jurídico que lhes é aplicado ainda contempla a internação compulsória por determinação judicial, sob o argumento de propiciar o tratamento psiquiátrico que suprimiria a suposta periculosidade desses agentes, apesar da vigência da Lei n° 10.216/2002 que reorienta a atenção à saúde mental, privilegiando o tratamento próximo da família e de base comunitária. O objetivo é descrever a trajetória do Ministério Público do Estado da Bahia, iniciada em fevereiro de 2003, no cumprimento de uma de suas atribuições constitucionais, por ocasião de uma crise instalada no Hospital de Custódia e Tratamento Psiquiátrico da Bahia que acarretou agravos à saúde dos internos e violações à sua dignidade enquanto pessoas humanas. Os resultados alcançados através de um Termo de Ajustamento de Conduta decorreram de propostas construídas por um grupo de trabalho interistitucional e interdisciplinar, voltadas para a recuperação física e reorientação das práticas, no sentido de superar o estado crítico daquele Hospital e preservar a população interna, até que a mudança de paradigmas legais venha a estender a essas pessoas, as práticas de saúde mental afinadas com o ideal da Reforma Psiquiátrica.
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Gardner, Lea Anne. "Factors Associated with Hospital Commitment to Provide Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Services." VCU Scholars Compass, 2006. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/788.

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General acute care hospitals play a particularly important role in the delivery of children's mental health given the extant lack of alternatives to long term hospitals for patients requiring a restrictive treatment environment (Glied and Cuellar, 2003). This cross-sectional study identifies environmental and organizational factors associated with general acute care and children's hospitals in the United States that provide hospital-based child/adolescent psychiatric services and the number of services. Two macro-level theories, Resource Dependence Theory and Institutional Theory were used to identify environmental and organizational factors. A nationwide sample of hospitals was drawn from the 2003 AHA annual survey. Data from the 2002 AHA annual survey, Area Resource File and American College of Graduate Medical Education was used for the independent variables. There were three analyses, correlation, descriptive and logistic regression. Results demonstrate that hospitals in markets with a low percentage of non-white children, higher family median income, high hospital community orientation, and high percentage of not for profit hospitals are more likely to offer child psychiatric services. Organizational factors associated with an increased likelihood to providing child psychiatric services include hospitals identified as Catholic, public or children's and those with a child psychiatric residency program. Three factors were associated with hospitals providing a high number of child psychiatric services and include hospitals in metropolitan statistical areas, system affiliation, and general acute care hospitals. This study demonstrated that 1. large hospitals are more likely to offer child psychiatric services and a high number of services, 2. children's hospitals provide child psychiatric services, but not a high number of them, and 3. hospitals with a high number of service offerings are mainly located in MSA's and more likely to offer outpatient substance abuse services. Significant results were obtained in the analysis of hospital characteristics and the provision of child psychiatric services, but weaker results were observed when analyzing the number of services. Further research is needed to identify factors with stronger associations to the level of service offerings.

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Oen, Suk-ling. "An exploratory study on the family support for patients of the day hospital at Yaumatei Psychiatric Centre /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1991. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13117178.

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Mazibuko, Paslius Sizwe. "The nature and type of mental disorders presenting at Dr George Mukhari hospital ,Psychatry out-patient department, in a twelve month period, January 2006 to December 2006." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/263.

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Thesis (M Med(Psychiatry))--University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus) ,2009.
Profiling of mental disorders in tertiary institutions is relatively an understudied subject .The aim of the study was to delineate the types, age and gender distribution of psychiatric disorders in Dr. George Mukhari hospital .This is a tertiary psychiatric unit which caters for mental health care users in Garankuwa , Soshanguve , Mabopane region. The study is retrospective and caters for a period January 2006 to December 2006. Dr George Mukhari being a tertiary institution ,the types of mental disorders seen are the emergency ones i.e. aggressive ,life threatening or complex in nature . Schizophrenia was the most common disorder , affecting more males than females in adults , whereas mental retardation was more common in children affecting more males than females. . This underlay the devastating nature of neuoro-developmental problems in psychiatry. Most of the mental health care users seen were single and un-employed(most on disability grants)

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Adams, Ruth Nanette. "An examination and evaluation of primary nursing care and treatment provided for medium stay patients at Broadmoor Special Hospital." Thesis, University of East London, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.286558.

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Sam, Noluthando. "Experiences of professional nurses related to caring for chronic mentally ill patients at rural primary healthcare clinics." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014.

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Since the deinstitutionalisation of chronic mentally ill patients, there has been an increase in the number of relapsed chronic mentally ill patients who become acutely mentally ill and need to be re-admitted for acute care in psychiatric institutions. Professional nurses working at rural primary healthcare clinics find it difficult to care for these individuals because they lack the necessary knowledge and skills. Chronic mentally ill patients who have been admitted to acute care facilities are stabilised by rendering care, treatment and rehabilitation and then released into the care of the professional nurses working at rural primary healthcare clinics. These patients live in the community and have to make use of the primary healthcare clinics nearest to their homes to provide them with their prescribed medication and care. Furthermore the patients’ mental conditions do not always remain stable, possibly because of a knowledge deficit, at times about their mental status. Patients may become non-compliant, resulting in the recurrence of symptoms, and thus need to be re-admitted to the acute care facility. However, the problem leading to re-admission is not clear for all admissions. It may be that patients do not make use of the primary healthcare clinics. It also seems that the professional nurses in the primary healthcare clinics are unfamiliar in dealing with chronic mentally ill patients living in rural communities. The aim of this study was therefore, to explore and describe the experiences of these professional nurses in caring for chronic mentally ill patients living in a rural community. The researcher used qualitative, explorative, descriptive, and contextual research design. The research population consisted of professional nurses working at primary healthcare clinics. Non-probability purposive sampling was used to identify participants for inclusion in the study. Data collection was conducted using one-on-one, semi structured interviews, observations and field notes and interviews were tape-recorded and transcribed. Data analysis was conducted using Tesh’s method of content analysis to identify themes and sub-themes. A literature control was done to compare the findings to the current published research. Trustworthiness was ensured by using Gubas’s model (1985) of trustworthiness. A pilot study, conducted by interviewing a small sample prior to the start of the main study, determined whether the sampling and interviewing techniques of the researcher as well as the research questions were adequate for data collection. The researcher ensured that the study was of a high ethical standard by taking into consideration values that guide the principles of autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and justice. The findings of the study was categorised into three main themes and 13 sub-themes. The main themes were as follow: Professional nurses experience problems when they have to take care of psychiatric patients attending rural primary healthcare clinics. This theme had six sub-themes which were discussed in details in chapter three. The second theme was that professional nurses experience that psychiatric patients in rural communities experience problems which affected their well-being. This second theme has got five sub-themes which were discussed further in chapter three. The last theme was that professional nurses have positive experiences when caring for psychiatric patients in rural communities. This theme has got two sub-themes as well discussed further in chapter three.

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