Mental Disorders

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The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Beliefs, Goals, and Practices Scale: sensitivity to change.

This study evaluated the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Beliefs, Goals, and Practices Scales (PRBGP) sensitivity to change. A training curriculum in the current principles and practices of Psychiatric Rehabilitation was given to 301 practitioners in ...
Edward S Casper, Janice D Oursler (Psychiatr Rehabil J, 2003WINTER)
psychiatric-rehabilitation-beliefs-goals-practices-scale-sensitivity.asp

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Barriers to higher education for individuals with psychiatric disabilities.

To study barriers to higher education, this qualitative study explored the college experiences of 35 people with psychiatric disabilities. Academic performance was related to psychiatric symptoms which subsequently led to college attrition. However, many ...
Deborah Megivern, Sue Pellerito, Carol Mowbray (Psychiatr Rehabil J, 2003WINTER)
barriers-higher-education-individuals-psychiatric-disabilities.asp

3.

Practices differentiating high-performing from low-performing supported employment programs.

This paper reports on a qualitative study designed to uncover the practices that differentiate programs producing high rates of competitive employment from those with low rates. The study found 13 differentiating practice factors in three areas: building ...
Elizabeth L Gowdy, Linda S Carlson, Charles A Rapp (Psychiatr Rehabil J, 2003WINTER)
practices-differentiating-high-performing-low-performing-supported.asp

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The incidence of mental and behavioral disturbances in dementia: the cache county study.

A population-based prevalence sample of 355 residents of Cache County, Utah, who were diagnosed with dementia, was rated on the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI). Of the 355 residents, 119 had no neuropsychiatric symptoms at baseline and were, ...
Martin Steinberg, Jeannie-Marie Sheppard, JoAnn T Tschanz, Maria C Norton, David C Steffens, John C S Breitner, Constantine G Lyketsos (J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 2003SUMMER)
incidence-mental-behavioral-disturbances-dementia-cache-county-study.asp

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The Clerk Crisis Clinic: a novel educational program.

OBJECTIVE: Although there is a literature discussing and describing medical students providing psychotherapy, there has been little written about students doing crisis therapy with an emergency department patient population. At the University of Toronto, ...
Jodi Lofchy (Acad Psychiatry, 2003SUMMER)
clerk-crisis-clinic-novel-educational-program.asp

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Computer experience and training interests of psychosocial rehabilitation program participants.

The authors report data from the first large-scale attempt (N = 262) to examine computer use among people with a psychiatric disability and interest in computer training. A large number of respondents have used a computer (71%) for a number of activities ...
Mark S Salzer, Christine Simiriglia, Arlene Solomon (Psychiatr Rehabil J, 2003SPRING)
computer-experience-training-interests-psychosocial-rehabilitation.asp

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Early puberty is associated with mental health problems in middle adolescence.

This study set out to assess the relationship between pubertal timing and emotional and behavioural problems in middle adolescence. The study involved a school based survey of health, health behaviour and behaviour in school as well as questions about ...
Riittakerttu Kaltiala-Heino, Mauri Marttunen, Päivi Rantanen, Matti Rimpelä (Soc Sci Med, 200309)
early-puberty-associated-mental-health-problems-middle-adolescence.asp

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Narrative strategies in medical discourse: constructing the psychiatric case in a non-western setting.

The organizing goal of the present study was to analyze and understand the discursive presentation of the Egyptian psychiatric patient through the texts, or narratives, contained within the patient medical charts. It is argued that the medical record, as ...
Elizabeth M Coker (Soc Sci Med, 200309)
narrative-strategies-medical-discourse-constructing-psychiatric-case.asp

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The effect of organizational climate on the clinical care of patients with mental health problems.

INTRODUCTION: During the past 3 decades, the number of patients with serious mental health problems seeking care in general hospital emergency departments has increased exponentially, with special clinical challenges. This study examines the effect of ...
Eric R Wright, Beverly Linde, N Leela Rau, Mathew Gayman, Theresa Viggiano (J Emerg Nurs, 200308)
effect-organizational-climate-clinical-care-patients-mental-health.asp

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Reconstructing mental health nursing in home care.

BACKGROUND: Psychiatric care for people in Sweden with long-term mental health problems has shifted from institutional to community and home settings. AIM: The aim of this study was to explore and describe mental health nurses experiences of how ...
Annabella Magnusson, Elisabeth Severinsson, Kim Lützén (J Adv Nurs, 200308)
reconstructing-mental-health-nursing-home-care.asp