The impact of their role on telephone crisis support workers' psychological wellbeing and functioning: Quantitative findings from a mixed methods investigation. [PDF]
Research suggests that frequent empathic engagement with others in distress places helpers in registered professional roles (e.g. medical practitioners, psychologists) at risk of functional impairment related to symptoms of psychological distress ...
Taneile Ashlea Kitchingman +4 more
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Frequent callers to telephone helplines: new evidence and a new service model [PDF]
This paper describes a program of work designed to inform a service model to address a challenge for telephone helplines, namely frequent callers.We conducted a systematic literature review and four empirical studies that drew on different data sources ...
Jane Gunn +15 more
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Callers’ experiences of contacting a national suicide prevention helpline [PDF]
Background: Helplines are a significant phenomenon in the mixed economy of health and social care. Given the often anonymous and fleeting nature of caller contact, it is difficult to obtain data about their impact and how users perceive their value. This
Moore, John, Ph.D. +9 more
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Background Inpatient psychiatric care is unpopular and expensive, and development and evaluation of alternatives is a long-standing policy and research priority around the world.
Christian Dalton-Locke +20 more
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Evaluation of the 113Online Suicide Prevention Crisis Chat Service: Outcomes, Helper Behaviors and Comparison to Telephone Hotlines [PDF]
Recognizing the importance of digital communication, major suicide prevention helplines have started offering crisis intervention by chat. To date there is little evidence supporting the effectiveness of crisis chat services. To evaluate the reach and outcomes of the 113Online volunteer‐operated crisis chat service, 526 crisis chat logs were studied ...
Mokkenstorm, JK +6 more
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This paper presents a review of the history of the insular telephone network of Tenerife (RTIT). The development of this telephone service was the best example in the Canary Islands of the commitment of a local administration, as its implementation ...
Rafael Pérez Jiménez +1 more
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Investigating the association between characteristics of local crisis care systems and service use in an English national survey [PDF]
BACKGROUND: In England, a range of mental health crisis care models and approaches to organising crisis care systems have been implemented, but characteristics associated with their effectiveness are poorly understood.
Nyikavaranda, Patrick +20 more
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The article substantiates the conceptual foundations of the transformation of the public service of Ukraine into the institution of social interaction as one of the most important conditions for overcoming the socio-economic crisis and effective ...
Sergii Serohin +2 more
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Mental health professionals and telehealth in a rural setting: a cross sectional survey
Background Telehealth usage has been promoted in all settings but has been identified as a panacea to issues of access and equity in the rural context.
David Nelson +9 more
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COVID-19 – Changes in Workload and Clinical Practice in Trauma and Orthopaedics in a District General Hospital in the United Kingdom [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the entire health system. The trauma and orthopaedic service has been compelled to alter working practices to respond proactively and definitively to the crisis. The aim of this study is to summarise
Fari G +5 more
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