Containment and therapeutic relationships in acute psychiatric care spaces: the symbolic dimensions of doors [PDF]
Background There is an increasing trend of door locking practices in acute psychiatric care. The aim of the present study was to illuminate the symbolic dimensions of doors in Greek mental health nurses’ experiences of open and locked working spaces ...
Evdokia Missouridou +5 more
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Psychiatric nurses’ views on criteria for psychiatric intensive care: acute and intensive care staff compared [PDF]
To explore and investigate differences between the views of qualified nurses working in psychiatric intensive care units (PICUs) and acute care wards on which patients are appropriate for PICU care.Previous research on the area of psychiatric intensive care highlights the great differences that exist in all aspects of service provision, from unit size ...
Bowers, L. +5 more
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Detained Persons Incarcerated for the First Time and Needing Acute Psychiatric Care: Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics [PDF]
Among detained persons, those incarcerated for the first time (FTI: first time incarceration) are known to present long-standing psychological vulnerability but also suffer significant deterioration of their mental health during the first year following ...
Isabella D'Orta +6 more
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High-risk adolescents admitted to acute inpatient psychiatric care: a retrospective clinical analysis of severe externalizing psychopathology and readmission [PDF]
BackgroundAdolescents requiring acute inpatient psychiatric care for severe behavioral and emotional dysregulation represent one of the most clinically vulnerable populations within child and adolescent mental health services. While international studies
Gyula Sófi
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Erratum: Detained persons incarcerated for the first time and needing acute psychiatric care: Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics [PDF]
Frontiers Production Office
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Editorial: Redefining acute psychiatric care: strategies for improved inpatient experiences [PDF]
Alfonso Ceccherini-Nelli +5 more
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Personal Agency Support Questionnaire in Acute Psychiatric Inpatients: Development and Instrument Validation Study [PDF]
BackgroundPromoting personal agency may reduce perceived coercion and facilitate recovery in acute psychiatric care. However, no patient-reported tool currently exists to evaluate support for personal agency in this setting.
Tomomi Kajiwara +3 more
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What is special about suicidal depression?
Objective Bipolar disorder is one of the most frequent psychiatric disorders among suicidal patients. A large part of patients with bipolar disorder (30–50%) will attempt suicide.
P. Courtet, E. Olie
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Depressive disorders in comorbidity with Multiple Sclerosis. Case study
Introduction Multiple Sclerosis is a neurodegenerative, demyelinating disease that affects the Central Nervous System. Except for motor dysfunction and sensory deficit, patients suffering from this disorder often have neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as:
E. Shaska
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Suicidal behaviour is common in people with substance use disorder or behavioural addictions, and vice versa. Suicidal behaviour and addiction share many risk factors, such as increased allostatic load, and are associated with dysregulations of reward ...
A. Lengvenyte
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