Recovery Following Peer and Text Messaging Support After Discharge From Acute Psychiatric Care in Edmonton, Alberta: Controlled Observational Study. [PDF]
JMIR Form Res, 2021 Background Peer support is an emotional, social, and practical help provided by nonprofessionals to assist others in sustaining health behaviors. Peer support is valued in recovery-oriented models of mental health and is becoming increasingly implemented
Shalaby R +12 more
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Agreement between actigraphy and sleep diaries: A 28-day real-time monitoring study among suicidal adolescents following acute psychiatric care. [PDF]
J Psychosom Res, 2023 OBJECTIVE To examine the agreement between, and adherence to, wrist actigraphy and digital sleep diaries as methods for sleep assessment among high-risk adolescents in the 28 days following discharge from acute psychiatric care. Sleep parameters included:
Kearns JC +4 more
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Enhancing peer support experience for patients discharged from acute psychiatric care: protocol for a randomised controlled pilot trial. [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2018 Introduction This study will evaluate the effectiveness of an innovative peer support programme. The programme incorporates leadership training, mentorship, recognition and reward systems for peer support workers, and supportive/reminder text messaging ...
Urichuk L +17 more
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Risk factors for suicidal behaviours in late-onset bipolar disorder
European Psychiatry, 2021 Late-onset bipolar disorder (BD), when symptoms emerge after the age of 50 years, has gained recognition in the past decades. Currently, BD of about one in ten older patients is considered to be late-onset. Since suicide risk is extremely elevated in BD,
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The perils of boarding: A call to achieve parity in the delivery of acute psychiatric services for children with COVID-19 [PDF]
Health Promotion Perspectives, 2023 Boarding across pediatric healthcare systems is on the rise during the pandemic. Children with positive COVID-19 test results awaiting psychiatric placements in the emergency department or medical unit settings are at increased risk for decompensation ...
Aysha Jawed, Rachel Boro-Hernandez
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Journal of Epidemiology, 2021 Background: For patients with suicide attempts or self-harm, acute-care hospitals often function as the primary or sole point of contact with the healthcare system.
Hiroyuki Ohbe +6 more
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Training healthcare assistants working in adult acute inpatient wards in Psychological First Aid: An implementation and evaluation study. [PDF]
, 2020 WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT: Healthcare assistants are untrained and unregistered frontline staff but are expected to be proactive in preventing and responding to 'untoward' incidents quickly and efficiently when working within adult acute inpatient ...
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic has caused societal restrictions and public fear which may have impacted the pattern of seeking psychiatric care. There has generally been a decrease in the numbers seeking acute psychiatric care.
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Architectural design and acute psychiatric care [PDF]
Psychiatric Bulletin, 1994 All staff based in a newly built acute psychiatric unit for more than six months were asked about the difficulties they encountered in the implementation of their duties and what changes they recommended. The problem areas identified included poor design and location of nursing observation station, lack of proper seclusion facilities, insufficient ...
Rizwan Taj, John Sheehan
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022 Background The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has had a serious impact on global mental health, particularly in intensive care unit survivors. Given the lethal potential and unpredictability of coronavirus disease 2019, a high risk of posttraumatic ...
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