Nightmares in adult psychiatric inpatients with and without history of interpersonal trauma.

Dreaming ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anika Wiltgen Blanchard ◽  
Katrina Rufino ◽  
Elizabeth Hartwig Rea ◽  
Kieran Paddock ◽  
Michelle A. Patriquin
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Interpersonal Trauma ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Suicide in Psychiatric Inpatients— A Case–Control Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eberhard A. Deisenhammer ◽  
Elisa-Marie Behrndt-Bauer ◽  
Georg Kemmler ◽  
Christian Haring ◽  
Carl Miller
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Inpatient Suicide ◽  
History Of ◽  
Control Study

Objective: Psychiatric inpatients constitute a population at considerably increased risk for suicide. Identifying those at imminent risk is still a challenging task for hospital staff. This retrospective case–control study focused on clinical risk factors related to the course of the hospital stay.Method: Inpatient suicide cases were identified by linking the Tyrol Suicide Register with the registers of three psychiatric hospitals in the state. Control subjects were patients who had also been hospitalized in the respective psychiatric unit but had not died by suicide. Matching variables included sex, age, hospital, diagnosis, and admission date. The study period comprised 7 years. Data were analyzed by the appropriate two-sample tests and by logistic regression.Results: A total of 30 inpatient suicide cases and 54 control patients were included. A number of factors differentiated cases from controls; after correction for multiple testing, the following retained significance: history of aborted suicide, history of attempted suicide, history of any suicidal behavior/threats, suicidal ideation continuing during hospitalization, no development of prospective plans, no improvement of mood during the hospital stay, and leaving ward without giving notice. Logistic regression identified the latter three variables and history of attempted suicide as highly significant predictors of inpatient suicide.Conclusions: Preventive measures during hospitalization include thorough assessment of suicidal features, an emphasis on the development of future perspectives, and a review of hospital regulations for patients who want to leave the ward.

Nine Psychiatric Inpatients who Leaped from a Height*

1984 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary W. Small ◽  
Jerrold F. Rosenbaum
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Treatment Plan ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Recent Change ◽  
Hospital Treatment ◽  
Common Features ◽  
History Of ◽  
Chronic Psychosis

The authors describe nine psychiatric inpatients from the same hospital who leaped from a height. Common features included youth, social isolation, diagnosis of schizophrenia, and chronic psychosis despite neuroleptic therapy. All had prolonged hospitalizations and a history of assaults, suicide attempts, or both. The authors suggest that these characteristics in conjunction with a recent change in hospital treatment plan or loss of social sup-ports may identify patients at high-risk for violent self-destructive acts.

Do mental health clinicians elicit a history of previous trauma in female psychiatric inpatients?

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Lin Xiao ◽  
Emorfia Gavrilidis ◽  
Stuart Lee ◽  
Jayashri Kulkarni
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Mental Health Clinicians ◽  
Previous Trauma ◽  
History Of

Rod-and-Frame and MMPI Scores for a Group of Female Psychiatric Inpatients

1982 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 907-913 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley Berent ◽  
Thomas J. Boll ◽  
Bruno Giordani
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scales ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Admission Diagnosis ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Perceptual Impairment ◽  
Personality Disturbance ◽  
Rod And Frame

75 recently admitted female psychiatric inpatients were given the rod-and-frame task and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). All patients with an admission diagnosis of schizophrenia, organic brain syndrome, or a reported history of alcoholism or previous electroconvulsive therapy were excluded from the study. Personality disturbance, as measured by the MMPI, for the remaining 75 patients, was significantly less severe for extremely high-error (field dependent) rod-and-frame performers than for other patients in the sample. Hospital records and performance on self-rating scales showed, however, that patients with a high rate of error on rod-and-frame performance were subjectively as uncomfortable as the others tested. Results are discussed in terms of the possible contribution of perceptual impairment to the psychological complaints made by these individuals.

Analysis of Moods in Personality Disorders

1970 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helmut Hoffmann ◽  
David Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Acting Out ◽  
Response Set ◽  
History Of ◽  
Observer Ratings

95 psychiatric inpatients with the diagnosis of personality disorder and a history of acting-out behavior were rated by 3 observers on 52 mood items. A factor analysis resulted in 10 factors, 8 of which were interpreted as Friendliness—Hostility, Guilt, Activity, Fatigue, Efficiency, Depression, Confusion, Tension-anxiety. When these observer ratings were compared with self-ratings most differences appeared on the first factor, which suggests the presence of a social desirability response set. Contrary to popular conceptions of personality disorders a population with this diagnosis was rated high on Friendliness and relatively low on Hostility. However, absence of Guilt was confirmed.

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