Pub Date : 2017-11-22DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1397934
R. Haas, Brent Green
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Pub Date : 2017-08-30DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1343859
S. Elsayed, A. Hasan, M. Musleh
ABSTRACT Psychiatric nurses experience a wide range of stressful events, evolving from the care of violent, aggressive patients, recurrent relapse and poor prognosis of mental disorders. The aim of the study was to assess workplace stress, coping strategies and levels of depression among psychiatric nurses. A descriptive correlation design was conducted on psychiatric nurses working in mental health settings. Data were collected from 70 nurses at a mental health hospital. The results revealed that psychiatric nurses had moderate levels of work-related stress and depression, and exhibiting different coping strategies. Stress and depression are prevalent among psychiatric nurses; implementing programmes aimed at teaching them how to deal with stress at work and improving their coping strategies and problem-solving skills are recommended.
{"title":"Work stress, coping strategies and levels of depression among nurses working in mental health hospital in Port-Said city","authors":"S. Elsayed, A. Hasan, M. Musleh","doi":"10.1080/17542863.2017.1343859","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17542863.2017.1343859","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Psychiatric nurses experience a wide range of stressful events, evolving from the care of violent, aggressive patients, recurrent relapse and poor prognosis of mental disorders. The aim of the study was to assess workplace stress, coping strategies and levels of depression among psychiatric nurses. A descriptive correlation design was conducted on psychiatric nurses working in mental health settings. Data were collected from 70 nurses at a mental health hospital. The results revealed that psychiatric nurses had moderate levels of work-related stress and depression, and exhibiting different coping strategies. Stress and depression are prevalent among psychiatric nurses; implementing programmes aimed at teaching them how to deal with stress at work and improving their coping strategies and problem-solving skills are recommended.","PeriodicalId":38926,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Culture and Mental Health","volume":"46 1","pages":"157 - 170"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72710673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-06-30DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1342677
Abha Singh, M. M
ABSTRACT The study was carried out to understand the vulnerability factors for depression. The objectives were to, explore the early trauma experiences, parenting styles and personality patterns in depression and to examine relationship between the variables. The Sample composed of 30 individuals diagnosed with depression and 30 controls from the community in the age range of 18–45 years. The tools used were Socio demographic sheet, MINI-International Neuropsychiatric Interview Plus, Beck Depression Inventory- II, Early Trauma Inventory Self Report-Short Form, Parental Bonding Instrument, Sociotropy-Autonomy Scale, and General Health Questionnaire –12. Study group had significantly lower score on father care and higher overprotection from both parents along with higher scores on general punishment, emotional abuse, total trauma score and sociotropy compared to control group. Depression and early trauma experiences were positively correlated with mother’s overprotection and negatively correlated with mother care. Mother overprotection positively correlated with mother care. Father’s care negatively correlated with early trauma. Sociotropy, general punishment, and emotional abuse are significant predictors of depression. The study has implications in understanding the parenting, childhood adversity and personality in the cultural context while treating depression.
{"title":"Early trauma experiences, parenting styles, and personality patterns in individuals with depression from India","authors":"Abha Singh, M. M","doi":"10.1080/17542863.2017.1342677","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17542863.2017.1342677","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The study was carried out to understand the vulnerability factors for depression. The objectives were to, explore the early trauma experiences, parenting styles and personality patterns in depression and to examine relationship between the variables. The Sample composed of 30 individuals diagnosed with depression and 30 controls from the community in the age range of 18–45 years. The tools used were Socio demographic sheet, MINI-International Neuropsychiatric Interview Plus, Beck Depression Inventory- II, Early Trauma Inventory Self Report-Short Form, Parental Bonding Instrument, Sociotropy-Autonomy Scale, and General Health Questionnaire –12. Study group had significantly lower score on father care and higher overprotection from both parents along with higher scores on general punishment, emotional abuse, total trauma score and sociotropy compared to control group. Depression and early trauma experiences were positively correlated with mother’s overprotection and negatively correlated with mother care. Mother overprotection positively correlated with mother care. Father’s care negatively correlated with early trauma. Sociotropy, general punishment, and emotional abuse are significant predictors of depression. The study has implications in understanding the parenting, childhood adversity and personality in the cultural context while treating depression.","PeriodicalId":38926,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Culture and Mental Health","volume":"5 1","pages":"146 - 156"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75135114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-06-14DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1329330
A. Khalil, Manal Ali Mohammad Al Ghamdi, Sarah Al Malki
ABSTRACT The objective is to assess psychiatric nurses’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding the use of physical restraints and seclusion in an inpatient psychiatric ward at Jeddah Psychiatric Hospital, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. A descriptive correlation exploratory design was used with 37 nurses, selected conveniently. A self-administered structured questionnaire developed by Janelli, L. M., Kanski, G. W., Scherer, Y. K., & Neary, M. A. (1992. Physical restraints: Practice, attitudes/knowledge among nursing staff. Journal of Long Term Care Administration, 20(2), 22–25) was used. The respondents were 37 nurses, of whom 52.8% were male. Moderate knowledge and attitude with strong intent to use physical restraint were found among participants. There was no significant correlation between nurses’ practice, knowledge, and attitude scores. It was noted that 33.3% of the respondents preferred using both restraints and seclusion. The male gender was correlated with the use of physical restraints r = −.341, while use of seclusion had positive significant correlation with nurses’ level of education r = .465, and negative correlation with other demographic background. This study shows that nurses’ inadequate level of knowledge on the physical and psychological effects of restraints and seclusion impact their performance and attitude in caring with psychiatric patients. Therefore, an in-service training program on procedure, indication, and negative consequences of restraints and seclusion is highly suggested to limit the frequency of restraint and seclusion use among psychiatric patients.
目的是评估精神科护士的知识，态度和做法，关于使用物理约束和隔离在吉达精神科医院住院的精神科病房，卫生部，沙特阿拉伯。采用描述性相关探索性设计，选取方便的37名护士。Janelli, L. M.， Kanski, G. W.， Scherer, Y. K.和Neary, M. A.(1992)开发的自我管理的结构化问卷。身体约束:护理人员的实践、态度/知识。长期护理管理杂志，20(2)，22-25。受访护士37名，男性占52.8%。参与者对肢体约束的认知和态度较为温和，但使用肢体约束的意图较强。护士的实践、知识和态度得分之间无显著相关。有人指出，33.3%的答复者倾向于同时使用约束和隔离。男性与肢体约束的使用相关r =−。341，而隔离使用与护士文化程度正显著相关r =。465，与其他人口背景呈负相关。本研究表明，护士对约束隔离的生理和心理影响的认知水平不足，会影响其护理精神病人的表现和态度。因此，我们强烈建议针对约束和隔离的程序、适应症和负面后果进行在职培训，以限制精神病患者使用约束和隔离的频率。
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Pub Date : 2017-05-31DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1327548
Matt Broadway-Horner
ABSTRACT The study from an Interpersonal Phenomenological Approach of gay sexuality in cultural terms offers an opportunity to identify the driving force behind why some men will marry a woman to fit into the society they grew up in. This study presents a case of a 40-year-old man, called Dillion living in London but wants to move back to Sri Lanka, who negotiates his identity to fit in with Sri Lanka and in London. The case study highlights the struggle of juggling between the culture of his birth and the culture he now lives in with his drive to become accepted.
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Pub Date : 2017-05-31DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1322624
S. Bhaumik, S. Tromans, S. Gangadharan, C. Kapugama, D. Michael, Anu Wani, Gabriel Michael, R. Kiani, A. Ventriglio
ABSTRACT This paper is aimed at establishing a competency-based framework for undergraduate, graduate trainee and practicing psychiatrists and has evolved from the initial work of World Psychiatric Association (WPA) on outcome-based parity and human rights-based equity for people with intellectual disability and mental health problems.
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Pub Date : 2017-05-30DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1322623
M. Jeon, A. Furnham
ABSTRACT The study aimed to examine the Korean public’s recognition of mental disorders, attitudes towards mental disorders and knowledge and beliefs about professional or self-help for mental disorders. In all, 253 participants were presented with case vignettes describing bulimia nervosa, bipolar disorder, substance addiction, depression, schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anorexia and social phobia. Participants were asked to identify described mental disorders in the vignettes, to rate each character’s adjustment to live with the mental problems and to rate the likelihood of suggesting several types of help for each character. Participants noted their previous history of exposure to mental disorders. Substance addiction was recognized the most (80.2%) and anorexia the least (10.7%). Participants responded that a psychologist/psychiatrist’s help would be the most useful. Of the nine mental disorders, the recognition of six mental disorders was significantly predicted by the variables included in this study, and amongst the factors, higher level of education was found to be the most significant predictor for high recognition of mental disorders. Compared to other countries, the ability of Koreans to recognize mental disorders was poorer than that of British, and there was a difference between South Korean and other Asian countries in terms of ability to recognize mental disorders even if they shared a similar culture. Limitations of this study were recognized.
{"title":"Mental health literacy in South Korea","authors":"M. Jeon, A. Furnham","doi":"10.1080/17542863.2017.1322623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17542863.2017.1322623","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The study aimed to examine the Korean public’s recognition of mental disorders, attitudes towards mental disorders and knowledge and beliefs about professional or self-help for mental disorders. In all, 253 participants were presented with case vignettes describing bulimia nervosa, bipolar disorder, substance addiction, depression, schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anorexia and social phobia. Participants were asked to identify described mental disorders in the vignettes, to rate each character’s adjustment to live with the mental problems and to rate the likelihood of suggesting several types of help for each character. Participants noted their previous history of exposure to mental disorders. Substance addiction was recognized the most (80.2%) and anorexia the least (10.7%). Participants responded that a psychologist/psychiatrist’s help would be the most useful. Of the nine mental disorders, the recognition of six mental disorders was significantly predicted by the variables included in this study, and amongst the factors, higher level of education was found to be the most significant predictor for high recognition of mental disorders. Compared to other countries, the ability of Koreans to recognize mental disorders was poorer than that of British, and there was a difference between South Korean and other Asian countries in terms of ability to recognize mental disorders even if they shared a similar culture. Limitations of this study were recognized.","PeriodicalId":38926,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Culture and Mental Health","volume":"500 1","pages":"353 - 366"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77026540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-05-25DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1325917
Alexandros Vlazakis, Andreas Zachariadis, Julie Papastamatelou, F. Athanasiadou, O. Giotakos
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives: The aim of this study is to explore the effects of drug use, alcohol use, and psychiatric conditions on suicidal ideation among Greek military personnel. Design and Methods: A quantitative correlational survey design was applied, using data collected between January and September 2014 in the 414 Army Hospital in Athens. A number of officers and soldiers (n = 155) who were outpatients of the military psychiatric department completed a self-assessment questionnaire (CISQ-1 Triantafyllou, F., Giotakos, O., Tsouvelas, G., & Athanasiadou, A. (2014). CISQ-1: Primary findings from the questionnaire for the detection of critical psychopathological indicators in military personnel. E-poster presented at the World Federation for Mental Health Congress ‘Living with Schizophrenia’, Athens, Greece), which primarily focuses on the detection of critical psychopathological indicators and suicidal thoughts. An additional diagnosis was made by a psychiatrist. Results: A regression model revealed that participants who use drugs were more likely to exhibit suicidal thoughts. Moreover, those with affective disorders were more likely to exhibit suicidal ideation compared to persons with a negative diagnosis. The ones who drink occasionally were also more likely to display suicidal thoughts. Furthermore, in our predictive model affective disorder, personality disorder, and drug use associated with low wages were the strongest factors related to suicidal ideation. Conclusions: The Greek Armed Forces should undertake concentrated efforts in psychiatric and substances screening and develop suicide prevention programs with a focus on awareness and skill building.
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Pub Date : 2017-05-24DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1325916
M. Al-Alawi, Hamed Al-Sinawi, S. Al-Adawi, L. Jeyaseelan, Sathiya Murthi
ABSTRACT Studies worldwide have shown that people with mental illnesses (PWMI) tend to be stigmatized and thus suffer social exclusion. The authors investigated the attitudes of Omani people toward PWMI, and classified their responses on the basis of socio-demographic variables (age, gender, place of residence, place and type of employment, and previous exposure to PWMI) that were expected to correlate with their perceptions and attitudes towards PWMI. The data were collected by means of an online cross-sectional survey among the general Omani public, using the Attitude toward Mental Illness (AMI) Questionnaire. The online method via social media was selected in view of the high levels of literacy (93.97%), Internet usage (66.4%), and social media participation among Omanis. Of the 601 participants, 41.4% were men and 58.6% were women. The subjects were categorized in the age groups of 20–30 years (48%) and 31–45 years (46%). Nearly 90% of the participants were employed, while 10% were college students. The results indicated that Omanis share the worldwide tendency to harbor stigmatizing attitudes towards PWMI. The results further suggested that socio-demographic variables (such as urban–rural dichotomy and previous encounters with PWMI have significant correlation with Omanis’ attitudes towards the mentally ill.
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Pub Date : 2017-05-24DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1320263
R. Gaind
ABSTRACT The National Health Service in the UK has always had a large number of doctors from the Indian subcontinent partly due to historical reasons and partly for training purposes. Inevitably there has been an ebb and flow of people choosing to come to the UK for training and work. As a result of colonial influences on both traditional and allopathic medicine there has been a complex relationship between healthcare systems and practitioners in these settings. Indian doctors often ended doing unpopular specialities and in less popular places which sometimes contributed to a lack of career progression. In this paper a historical account is provided and certain issues are raised. The political and economic contexts cannot be ignored while understanding the functioning and contribution of Indian doctors. Racism experienced by doctors from overseas cannot be ignored.
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