Sentences with phrase «on psychiatric patients»

A realistic, improved description of expressed emotion effects on psychiatric patients would be one that gives the attitudes of not only western societies, but also from cultures that are known to be substantially different from western societies.

A universal model of the effects of expressed emotion and its effects on psychiatric patients would contain the previous elements discussed by McDonagh, but also be able to specify the effects to a broad cultural range as well.

Example resumes of Psychiatric Nurses reflect such skills as performing admission assessments and discharges on psychiatric patients, administering medications and treatments, and participating in crisis interventions.

Researchers have also collected detailed clinical records on psychiatric patients and the efficacy and side effects of available treatments, but the potentially valuable information within those records remains largely untapped.

Not exact matches

In this center, clergymen and psychiatrists are joined in treating psychiatric patients and in carrying on research on healing on cooperative levels by the two professions.

In T - 4 an estimated 94,000 psychiatric patients (all of them «Aryan» and roughly half of them with dementia) were suffocated in gas chambers or left to freeze in vats of ice water as part of a research project on hypothermia.

It was initially thought that CTOs would mainly be used on patients with several psychiatric admissions, the so called «revolving door» patient phenomenon, whereby someone was admitted to hospital, got better with medication, was discharged, stopped taking the medication, relapsed, was readmitted to hospital and so on.

The Czech - born psychiatrist conducted dozens of government - sanctioned LSD experiments in the»50s,»60s, and early»70s on heroin addicts, alcoholics, and terminal cancer patients in his native Prague and later at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, a mental health facility in Catonsville, Maryland, where he was chief of psychiatric research.

The study published in the journal Schizophrenia Bulletin reports preliminary results showing that a blood test, when used in psychiatric patients experiencing symptoms that are considered to be indicators of a high risk for psychosis, identifies those who later went on to develop psychosis.

Clinical features of major depressive disorder (MDD) may help identify specific subgroups of depressed patients based on associations with genetic risk for major psychiatric disorders, reports a study in Biological Psychiatry.

The study included data on more than 86,000 adult patients discharged from 160 state psychiatric inpatient hospitals during 2011.

«Most domestic violence prevention policies for adults focus on partner violence, but this study shows that interventions for psychiatric patients also need to target family violence,» says Dr Khalifeh.

The group of researchers from Vienna, in collaboration with international cooperation partners, has shown that the effect of a psychiatric risk gene on a resting state network in the forebrain depends greatly on the patient's age.

«This study illustrates the potential of gaining fundamental insights into brain function while helping patients with debilitating diseases, and provides us with a powerful way of selecting targets based on their connectivity to other regions that can be widely applied to help guide brain stimulation therapy across multiple neurological and psychiatric disorders.»

Dr Howes continues: «Our findings show that there was no change in the dopamine function in patients who experienced psychiatric problems but got better later on.

Her clinical practice has focused on health promotion and disease prevention for psychiatric patients.

They are declared «healthy» and sent on their way, or labeled as having a functional illness — a term used by some traditional medicine physicians meaning the patient has a psychiatric illness such as stress or hypochondriasis causing their symptoms.

After four weeks on the ketogenic diet, the female patient, also diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, and with a prior psychiatric history of major depression and anorexia nervosa, had resolution of her delusions and lost ten pounds:

The male patient, diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, with a prior psychiatric history of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and major depression, experienced «dramatic» reductions in auditory hallucinations and delusions, as well as better mood and energy on the ketogenic diet.

«Dr. Walsh's database of chemistries on 10,000 psychiatric patients, show for example, there are five biochemical phenotypes of depression — undermethylation, overmethylation, copper overload, pyroluria and toxic metals.

She is one of the nation's only physicians with perinatal psychiatric training who takes a holistic evidence - based approach in the care of patients with a focus on environmental medicine and nutrition.

(One «actor» filmed his part while on leave from a nearby psychiatric hospital; he was a patient.)

Helmed by Don Mancini (the creator of the franchise and a screenwriter on all seven editions and the director of two previous others), the film is set in a psychiatric hospital where a surviving victim of Chucky's from the most recent edition (a very appealing Fiona Dourif, son of Brad, the voice of the killer doll) now resides — and is visited by multiple Chuckys, who wreak havoc on patients not exactly in touch with reality.

It's very interesting to us that many patient populations (from psychiatric conditions like depression to other populations like traumatic brain injury and neurogeneration) show issues in similar domains dependent on this cognitive control, so we're exploring the potential of the technology in various populations to see where we have the most impact on patients.

He has worked as a researcher at the academic unit of psychiatry at the University of Bristol and on in - patient psychiatric wards.

Childish's paintings generally revolve around the figure isolated in landscape: oystermen on heavy flat riverboats; a woman and children riding a sleigh in the nineteenth - century Yukon; the Swiss writer Robert Walser dead in the snow outside the psychiatric hospital where he was a patient.

For his installation The Law of the Unknown Neighbor: Inferno Romanticized, Rhodes draws on the famous «Lecture on Serpent Ritual: A Travel Report» (also known as «Images from the Region of the Pueblo Indians of North America») Aby Warburg (1866 — 1929) delivered in 1923 at the Bellevue psychiatric hospital in Kreuzlingen, where he was a patient.

Typical products in this area are analyzers or kit type tests that identify and / or monitor (similarly to the clinical laboratory) thyroid disorders, fertility management, drugs of abuse, psychiatric drug management, oncology diagnosis and prognosis, bleeding complications and the list goes on...... However, these tests are typically not used for patient care.

, psychiatric drug management, oncology diagnosis and prognosis, bleeding complications and the list goes on...... The key defining attribute here is that patient care is directly impacted by these results and as such these tests are highly regulated.

Depending on each patient's condition, the psychiatric aide will try to encourage them to participate in various activities with the purpose of making them socialize and be independent.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS • Nearly 3 years of experience working as a Mental Health Assistant • Proficient in providing psychiatric evaluation and diagnosis and suggesting relevant treatment • Hands on experience in interacting with clients and observing behavior issues and responses to treatment • Excellent knowledge of organizing, supervising and encouraging patient participation in social and education activities

with 15 + years of experience in the psychiatric field of nursing, with a focus on admissions the... on the floor experience in child / adolescent psychiatric patient care - Administering medication... Chart medication administration on the MAR and nurses notes, if applicable, and in a timely

Charted and recorded information in client files.Tracked client movement on and off the unit by documenting times and destinations of clients.Checked facility for open windows, locked doors, malfunctioning smoke detectors and other safety hazards.Quickly responded to crisis situations when severe mental health and behavioral issues arose.Efficiently gathered information from families and social services agencies to inform development of treatment plans.Documented all patient information including service plans, treatment reports and progress notes.Collaborated closely with treatment team to appropriately coordinate client care services.Developed comprehensive treatment plans that focused on accurate diagnosis and behavioral treatment of problems.Consulted with psychiatrists about client medication changes, issues with medicine compliance and efficacy of medications.Organized treatment projects that focused on problem solving skills and creative thinking.Referred clients to other programs and community agencies to enhance treatment processes.Created and reviewed master treatment and discharge plans for each client.Guided clients in understanding illnesses and treatment plans.Developed appropriate policies for the identification of medically - related social and emotional needs of clients.Assisted clients in scheduling home visits and phone calls and monitored effectiveness of these activities.Evaluated patients for psychiatric services and psychotropic medications.Monitored patients prescribed psychotropic medications to assess the medications» effectiveness and side effects.Evaluated patients to determine potential need to transfer to specialized inpatient mental health facilities.Administered medication to patients presenting serious risk of danger to themselves and others.Conducted psychiatric evaluations and executed medication management for both inpatient and outpatient facilities.Led patients in individual, family, group and marital therapy sessions.Diagnosed mental health, emotional and substance abuse disorders.Recorded comprehensive patient histories and coordinated treatment plans with multi-disciplinary team members.Consulted with and developed appropriate treatment and rehabilitation plans for dually diagnosed patients.Referenced and used various therapy techniques, including psychodynamic, family systems, cognitive behavioral and lifespan integration psychotherapy.

Social Worker — Duties & Responsibilities Successfully serve as a psychiatric social worker and practice manager for multiple institutions Perform crisis intervention, adult, geriatric, child, and adolescent case management and therapy Counsel patients facing depression, substance abuse, bipolar disorder, dementia, and schizophrenia Serve survivors of domestic violence, rape, robbery, child abuse, suicide, and other traumatic events Responsible for 24 hour on call crisis intervention for multiple hospital emergency rooms Complete psychosocial assessments to ensure appropriate patient diagnosis and care Design and implement treatment plans including medication and individual / group / family therapy sessions Attend weekly team meetings to assess patient progress and document in the DAP system Review psychometric and psychological reports and provide feedback to patients and families Provide clients and family members with guidance and referrals to community resources Maintain contact with family members and encouraged their involvement in patient treatment Performed discharge planning including nursing home placement, home health, medication needs, transportation and Passport screening, extended in - patient and out - patient mental health services Serve as public speaker, referral development committee member, and marketing / financial advisor

Data were extracted on number of patients remaining in contact with psychiatric services, extent of psychiatric hospital admissions, clinical and social outcomes, and costs.

In Singapore, cancer is still seen as a terminal disease with little hope of recovery, and there is also a stigma against psychological counselling and psychiatric support, facilitated by the general stigma against mental illness amongt both patients and, paradoxically, healthcare professionals.67 Furthermore, a family - centred model of decision - making tends to be predominant in Asian populations, 68 and in Singapore this is further encouraged by public policy such as healthcare subsidies that are based on a calculation of the immediate family's total income, rather than individual income.69 Beliefs or expectations of the role that the family caregiver ought to play may thus exist and may influence the way individuals respond to the intervention.

The German version has been evaluated on the basis of a representative sample of almost 1300 adults and > 200 patients with psychiatric disorders.

According to a stepped care approach (based on the patient's Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) score), facilitated self - help with the coach or individual cognitive behavioural therapy sessions with the clinical psychologist will be offered.135 Common elements are: (1) challenge most unhelpful negative cognitions, (2) schedule at least one pleasurable activity per day, (3) increase social contacts, (4) improve sleep routine, (5) identify most stressful situations and apply cognitive behavioural strategies to improve their management.135 136 Patients who require a psychiatric evaluation will be referred to a psychiatry liaison service.

The National Psychiatric In - Patient Reporting System (NPIRS) provides detailed information on all admissions and discharges to in - patient psychiatric services in IPatient Reporting System (NPIRS) provides detailed information on all admissions and discharges to in - patient psychiatric services in Ipatient psychiatric services in Ireland.

Clinicians should also note that, although clearly handicapped by their phobia, these patients had low scores on standard symptom inventories and no other complicating psychiatric conditions.

Incontrovertibly, this case illustrated systemic issues of considerable relevance to the patient's psychiatric care: on the complexity of communication, capacity for intimacy, emotional regulation, care authority and control (or power and helplessness)-- set in a situation all too recognisable in psychiatric practice.

There were no significant differences between patients in both placebo and fluoxetine groups on measures of general psychiatric symptoms, global functioning or self - reported depressive symptom measurements (Moldenhauer & Melnyk, 1999).

Specifically, children with a depressive disorder were distinguishable from other youth psychiatric patients on the basis of low PA and high NA.

The global prevalence of depression and depressive symptoms has been increasing in recent decades.1 The lifetime prevalence of depression ranges from 20 % to 25 % in women and 7 % to 12 % in men.2 Depression is a significant determinant of quality of life and survival, accounting for approximately 50 % of psychiatric consultations and 12 % of all hospital admissions.3 Notably, the prevalence of depression or depressive symptoms is higher in patients than in the general public.3 — 6 The underlying reasons include the illness itself and the heavy medical cost, unsatisfactory medical care service and poor doctor — patient relationship.7 8 Several informative systematic reviews on specific groups of outpatients have been published.

However, this study does not help with the issue of withdrawing benzodiazepines for patients with a comorbid psychiatric disorder when more extensive cognitive behavioural therapy may be of more help.4 As part of the recruitment process for this study the participating general practitioners wrote to all of their patients who had been on long term benzodiazepines advising them to quit; 14 % of the patients did so before randomisation.

CAMFT endorses the American Psychiatric Association's Position Statement on Psychiatric Treatment and Sexual Orientationvii, and opposes ``... any psychiatric treatment, such as reparative or conversion therapy which is based upon the assumption that homosexuality per se is a mental disorder or based upon the a priori assumption that the patient should change his or her homosexual orientation.»

Turkish immigrant patients scored significantly lower on sense of coherence (SOC - 29) in comparison to the normal Turkish and German populations as well as to Germans with psychiatric symptoms (all comparisons p < 0.001).

None of the patients had been treated with medications acting on the central nervous system (including psychiatric treatments) and none of them was receiving prophylactic medications for migraine.

Kavanagh39 reported the median proportion of high EE families in their meta - analysis as 54 % with a range from 23 % to 77 %, whereas figures are typically lower than 40 % in staff - patient studies.12, 23,24,27,28,40 — 42 It may be the case that psychiatric staff have both more experience and training in managing patients» problems than relatives which may be protective factors against the development of high EE.43 In support of this hypothesis, an early study which involved interviewing nurses about how they cope with patients» symptoms of schizophrenia found that more experienced senior staff used a greater number and range of coping strategies than less experienced staff.43 High EE ratings in staff - patient studies are also almost exclusively based on the presence of critical comments with infrequent hostility and very little evidence of EOI.