Psychiatric ward
“Telling Masculine Tales”: Tracing My Embodied Experience as a Psychiatric Ward Security Guard through Ethnographic Narrative Writing
... Keeping these reflexive and perhaps ambitious dispositions in mind, the goal of this article is to trace my non-linear transformation from a masculine-conforming security agent to a critical researcher who now calls for ...
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Study of lithium concentration in saliva and plasma of Bipolar (mania) patients hospitalized at psychiatric ward of Ahwaz Golestan Hospital (Iran)
... analysis. Analysis of plasma lithium was done in the hospital clinical laboratory with routine clinical samples using flame emission photometry. Saliva samples were also analyzed by flame emission photometry. The ...
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The Impact of Cannabis Use on the Dosage of Antipsychotic Drugs in Patients Admitted on the Psychiatric Ward at the University Hospital of the West Indies | WIMJ Open
... the psychiatric ward of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) with a history of cannabis use require a higher dose of antipsychotic medication in order to achieve adequate clinical ...
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<p>Accuracy and completeness of Mental Health Act forms applied to involuntary patients admitted to an inpatient psychiatric ward</p>
... Careful evaluation of the 224 forms completed at Kingston General Hospital inpatient psychiatry unit during the 3-month study interval revealed a total of 89 of these admissions to be involuntary as per applications for ...
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A preliminary study of Patient Dignity Inventory validation among patients hospitalized in an acute psychiatric ward
... public psychiatric ward, Service of Psychiatric Diagnosis and Treatment (SPDT), of a northern Italian ...15-bed ward, as required by Law 180 of 23/05/1978 (later included in Law 833 of ...
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The level of stress and coping strategies among cardiac and psychiatric ward nurses of selected hospitals in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
... The pilot study was conducted in Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Centre in Madurai. And M.S.Chellamuthu Trust & Research Foundation, Madurai. The pilot study was carried out on 6 nurses, (3 cardiac nurses ...
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Psychometric properties of the Patient Dignity Inventory in an acute psychiatric ward: an extension study of the preliminary validation
... specific psychiatric diagnosis (most of our patients suffered from different kinds of diseases), but also to the hospitalization, which can induce anxiety and depressive ...
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Better care: reducing length of stay and bed occupancy on an older adult psychiatric ward
... the ward environment, who felt that she—and other patients—did not always receive the expected 1:1 reviews on a daily basis from nursing ...the ward manager insti- gated a process to ensure that each ...
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<p>Retrospective Analysis of Factors Associated with Long-Stay Hospitalizations in an Acute Psychiatric Ward</p>
... One of the fi rst articles highlighted that the phenom- enon of “ delayed discharges ” accounted for 35% of all discharges and was strictly related to social issues since delayed discharge patients represented the poorest ...
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Study of the outcome of suicide attempts: characteristics of hospitalization in a psychiatric ward group, critical care center group, and non hospitalized group
... psychiatry ward (presently closed), and those who were sent home - and examined each group’s characteristics ...age, psychiatric diagnosis and medical history, and methods of suicide attempt) and the sever- ...
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Profiling psychotropic discharge medication from a children’s psychiatric ward
... treat psychiatric symptoms or illnessess [1] and behaviours associated with autistic spectrum disorders ...in-patient psychiatric services is largely ...inpatient psychiatric units for children aged ...
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Effectiveness of light therapy on depression among depressive patient at selected psychiatric ward in Coimbatore medical college hospital, Coimbatore
... Base line data was assessed using Hamilton rating scale for depression for three times with 30 minutes interval, after that Light therapy was administered for 30 minutes and again base l[r] ...
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Discharged from a mental health admission ward: is it safe to go home? A review on the negative outcomes of psychiatric hospitalization
... a psychiatric admission can prevent suicide or episodes of public or self-aggressiveness, for instance, discharge from a mental health inpatient service can put the affected individual back in his/her personal ...
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The atmosphere of the ward: Attunements and attachments of everyday life for patients on a medium secure forensic psychiatric unit
... the psychiatric ward as a lived space that concerns us ...the ward – the rhythms and sensations disclosed to daily life that are experienced at an intimate level – is continuously subject to ...three ...
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Combined Venlafaxine and Olanzapine Prescription in Women with Psychotic Major Depression: A Case Series
... Copyright © 2011 Lucio Ghio et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the ...
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A 5-year retrospective study of demographic, anamnestic, and clinical factors related to psychiatric hospitalizations of adolescent patients
... public psychiatric ward SPDT of Modena, where patients can be hospitalized after consultation in emergency ...the psychiatric facility for adolescents in Modena, “The ...
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Delirium in Patients with Substance Abuse: A Case Series
... He is admitted to Hospital after attempting suicide with a firearm, shooting himself in oral cavity. After the removal of the bullet, he was moved to our Psychiatric Ward. Urine analysis were positive for ...
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Does a new spatial design in psychiatric inpatient care influence patients’ and staff’s perception of their care/working environment? A study protocol of a pilot study using a single-system experimental design
... the ward), and the system works as its own ...the ward [32, ...the ward at each point of measurement and (b) the number of staff members working on the ...
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Patient ethnicity and three psychiatric intensive care units compared: the Tompkins Acute Ward Study
... psychiatric wards has found peak absconding times during nursing shift handovers (Bowers et al. 1999), also indicating the importance of supervision and security. However the efficacy of locked doors in preventing ...
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Understanding Outcomes in a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Ward-based Intervention on Psychiatric Inpatient Wards: A Qualitative Analysis of Staff and Patient Experiences.
... The trial is described in detail elsewhere (Berry et al., 2015). Rehabilitation wards were randomly assigned to the intervention and TAU or TAU only. At baseline and six- month follow-ups, staff completed measures of ...
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