Perceptions of loneliness and well‐being of psychiatric patients' families

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nihan Altan Sarikaya ◽  
Sevcan Oz ◽  
Selda Ozturk
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Well Being

Plastic Surgery: Review on Screening of Psychiatric Disorder

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 91-94
Author(s):  
Angeline Fenisenda
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Disorder ◽  
Plastic Surgery ◽  
Cosmetic Surgery ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Emotional Adjustment ◽  
Aesthetic Surgery ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Pilot Studies ◽  
Cosmetic Procedure ◽  
Poor Outcomes

Recently the popularity of plastic surgical procedure has been increased. Many people surgically alter their physical appearance with the intent of boosting their social and psychological well-being; however, the long-term effectiveness of aesthetic surgery on improving well-being is unconfirmed. To have successful cosmetic plastic surgery result, it is imperative to assess candidates for predictors of poor outcomes. These include the following factor : psychiatric disorder, demographic factors (male and younger age), relationship issues, unrealistic expectations, previous dissatisfied surgery, and minimal deformity. For psychiatric patients, despite having technically satisfactory cosmetic surgery, poor emotional adjustment and social functioning were seen post procedure. Proper screening and evaluation of these patients could save money and resources. In this brief review we discuss about psychiatric disorder screen on plastic surgery to prevent unwanted outcome. A literature review was conducted in the electronic database PubMed using keyword “Psychiatric Disorder”, “Plastic surgery”, “Prevention” and “Screening”. All type of studies were included for this study, such as controlled trials, systematic reviews, literature reviews, and pilot studies published between 2011 and 2021. Articles which not written in English were excluded from the study. This search resulted in 18 papers. Some patient who undergo cosmetic surgery suffer from underdiagnosed or untreated psychiatric disorder. To avoid unnecessary expense and resource it is advisable that all patient who seek cosmetic procedure undergo psychiatric screen such as PHQ-9, GAD-7, BDDQ and other test to avoid un-necessary expense and resource.

Mental Health Improvement Through Physical Therapy: Polish Perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S487-S488
Author(s):  
A.R. Szczegielniak ◽  
J. Szczegielniak
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Physical Therapists ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
Physical Medicine ◽  
Anxiety Management ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Competing Interest

Among people suffering from mental conditions increased prevalence of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension and respiratory disease is observed, with considerably higher levels of morbidity and mortality. Still, mental conditions are neglected and not treated equally to other medical states in Poland. It is commonly believed that psychiatric patients are violent and unpredictable, even though they are more likely to be a victim of violence themselves. This attitude, reinforced by media coverage and observed also among health care workers, results in unwillingness to have any relations with mental patients due to fear of them being aggressive. Connection between physical well-being and mental health is well known. Physical therapists have necessary knowledge and skills to support development of individual independence, anxiety management and lifestyle control in order to keep patients healthier. It can be done by specially designed treatment programmes consisting of exercises, manual techniques and physical medicine procedures. Lack of understanding of this valuable connection results in insufficient emphasis on the presence of physiotherapist in the multidisciplinary therapeutic team on psychiatric wards nationwide. The study focuses on summary of the current situation in Poland and starts discussion on possible areas of improvements.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Plastic Surgery: Review on Screening of Psychiatric Disorder

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 91-94
Author(s):  
Angeline Fenisenda
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Disorder ◽  
Plastic Surgery ◽  
Cosmetic Surgery ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Emotional Adjustment ◽  
Aesthetic Surgery ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Pilot Studies ◽  
Cosmetic Procedure ◽  
Poor Outcomes

Recently the popularity of plastic surgical procedure has been increased. Many people surgically alter their physical appearance with the intent of boosting their social and psychological well-being; however, the long-term effectiveness of aesthetic surgery on improving well-being is unconfirmed. To have successful cosmetic plastic surgery result, it is imperative to assess candidates for predictors of poor outcomes. These include the following factor: psychiatric disorder, demographic factors (male and younger age), relationship issues, unrealistic expectations, previous dissatisfied surgery, and minimal deformity. For psychiatric patients, despite having technically satisfactory cosmetic surgery, poor emotional adjustment and social functioning were seen post procedure. Proper screening and evaluation of these patients could save money and resources. In this brief review we discuss about psychiatric disorder screen on plastic surgery to prevent unwanted outcome. A literature review was conducted in the electronic database PubMed using keyword “Psychiatric Disorder”, “Plastic surgery”, “Prevention” and “Screening”. All type of studies were included for this study, such as controlled trials, systematic reviews, literature reviews, and pilot studies published between 2011 and 2021. Articles which not written in English were excluded from the study. This search resulted in 18 papers. Some patient who undergo cosmetic surgery suffer from underdiagnosed or untreated psychiatric disorder. To avoid unnecessary expense and resource it is advisable that all patient who seek cosmetic procedure undergo psychiatric screen such as PHQ-9, GAD-7, BDDQ and other test to avoid un-necessary expense and resource.

Hypoglycemia from a look-alike, sound-alike medication error

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 174-179
Author(s):  
Robin M. Milton ◽  
Nicole B. Washington ◽  
Nancy Brahm
Keyword(s):  
Medication Error ◽  
Medication Errors ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Community Treatment ◽  
Drug Event ◽  
Hypoglycemic Episode ◽  
Corrective Actions

Abstract Objective To describe the effects of a look-alike, sound-alike medication error on the glycemic control and psychiatric well-being of a 23-year-old man. Case Summary A 23-year-old man presented to the university-based Integrated Multidisciplinary Program of Assertive Community Treatment (IMPACT) team with a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder, most recent episode manic, and hypertension. The patient was prescribed chlorpromazine 100 mg daily to treat symptoms of psychosis and anxiety. The anxiety, however, persisted and escalated over the following 2 weeks. Upon physical examination of the patient's medications, it was discovered that the patient was inadvertently given chlorpropamide in place of the chlorpromazine. Evaluations, clinical presentation, the medication list, and criteria for an adverse drug event indicated a probable relationship (7 of 12) between the use of chlorpropamide and a hypoglycemic episode. The medication error was noted and corrective actions were taken. Within 1 week of the corrective actions, the patient's anxiety improved. Discussion When working with psychiatric patients, it is important to physically review all medications when expected responses are not achieved or when new psychiatric or physiological symptoms present. Approximately one-fourth of medication errors in the United States are drug name confusion errors. These errors must be universally addressed by all parties involved in the medication process. Effective safeguards are available and must be implemented by manufacturers, physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and all health care professionals to prevent look-alike, sound-alike medication errors.

Religious Resources of Psychiatric Inpatients

2003 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.Z.T. Pieper
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Religious Coping ◽  
Mental Hospital ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Spiritual Beliefs ◽  
Religious Social Support ◽  
Mental Problems

In this paper some results of a study among psychiatric patients in a large mental hospital in the Netherlands are presented. We focus on the following issues: – the religious and spiritual beliefs and activities of the inpatients; – both the positive and the negative influence of their religion and their religious coping on their mental problems as well as on their existential well-being. The results are discussed briefly within the theoretical notions of religious coping, adressing the positive influence especially of religious beliefs, relying on God and religious social support in psychological and existential times of crisis.

scholarly journals The effect of lockdown due to COVID-19 on mentally ill patients and their caregivers: a cross sectional study

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 1276
Author(s):  
Jayashree Janagam ◽  
K. C. Muraleedharan ◽  
Deepthi Gilla ◽  
N. D. Mohan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Givers ◽  
Increased Risk

Background: Pandemics are known to cause poor mental well-being and an increased risk of mental disorders. The foremost concern emerging from different aspects of COVID-19 is its impact on mental health. There were many surveys conducted on the general population related to the effect of COVID-19 and few studies on its psychological impact but there is sparse literature on how the containment measures affected the psychiatric patients. Objective of the study was to investigate whether the COVID-19 related lockdown affected the subjective mood and behavior of psychiatric patients and their caregivers. The secondary purpose is to assess the difficulties encountered in procuring medicines and the effect of non-availability of homoeopathic medicines if any.Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted on mentally ill patients and their care-givers in the Outpatient Department of Psychiatry in National Homoeopathy Research Institute in Mental Health (NHRIMH), Kottayam. Respondents were evaluated with a specially framed questionnaire containing 22 questions to assess the effect of lockdown on psychiatric patients and their caregivers, who attended the OPD after the COVID-19 related lockdown. The data generated through the study are analysed and presented in this article.Results: Out of the total 548 participants (M-65.9%, F-34.1%) who responded to the survey, 290 (53%) cases expressed that they were distressed to be under lockdown. 26.5% of the clients reported worsening of mental health conditions during lockdown compared to pre-lockdown. 54.2% of the patients found difficulty in procuring homoeopathic medicines during Lockdown.Conclusions: Authorities should consider the ways of limiting the effects of confinement on mentally ill patients and their caregivers by developing strategies to mitigate the adverse consequence of the pandemic. 

scholarly journals Drug Prescription Pattern of Psychotropic Drugs Used for the Management of Schizophrenia in a Tertiary Care Speciality Hospital in South Kerala

2021 ◽  
pp. 64-77
Author(s):  
Dhanya Dharman ◽  
S. Parimala Krishnan ◽  
K. G. Ravikumar
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Drug Prescription ◽  
Health Centre ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Antipsychotic Agent ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Prescribing Pattern ◽  
Cross Sectional

An individual affected by psychotic illness is usually a burden to both the society as well as their family in terms of non-productivity. The WHO recognized the significance of mental health and defined it as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being”.A psychiatric or psychotropic medication refers to a psychoactive substance administered to exert an effect on the chemical makeup of the brain and nervous system. A hospital based cross sectional observational study was undertaken in the Mental Health Centre, Trivandrum. All psychiatric drugs prescribed was collected with the help of data collection form and anaysed with Excel and SPSS. The study data indicated that highest percentage of drugs used was coming under the classification antipsychotice agents (63.25%), followed by antianxietic agents (21.25%), antiepileptic agents (9.34%), antimania agents (3.07%) and antidepressants (3.07%). Highly prescribed antipsychotic agent was Risperidone (12.93%) followed by haloperidol (11.40%), Promethazine (10.50%).This study was conducted in a govt hospital, so all medicine was free of cost. Due to the poor financial quality of life of psychiatric patients , prescribers were forced to write the hospital avilable medicine to the patients. The main limitation of this study was, it is only a single centered sudy so the result was very limited. So multicentered study is recommended to get a better result to find out the prescribing pattern and pattern of schizophrenia in kerala.

Empirical Investigations of the MMPI-2 Gender-Masculine and Gender-Feminine Scales 1Dr Matthew Woo, Principal Psychologist, is now at the Department of Psychology, Institute of Mental Health, 10 Buangkok View, Singapore 539 747.

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Woo ◽  
Tian P.S. Oei
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Clinical Samples ◽  
Pairwise Comparisons ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Sex Type ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Cross National

Abstract. The present study examined the validity of two Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) scales - Gender Masculine (GM) and Gender Feminine (GF) - in discriminating between the gender types - Masculine (High GM/Low GF); Feminine (Low GM/High GF); Androgynous (High GM/High GF) and Undifferentiated (Low GM/Low GF), in cross-national clinical samples. The study consisted of 70 Singaporean and 107 Australian psychiatric patients. Significant pairwise comparisons were found for Undifferentiated-Stereotyped Masculinity, Undifferentiated-Androgynous, Stereotyped Femininity-Stereotyped Masculinity, and Stereotyped Femininity-Androgynous on both measures of psychological well-being for both countries, but not for comparisons between the Stereotyped Masculinity-Androgynous and Undifferentiated-Stereotyped Femininity categories. Independent dimensions of masculinity and femininity - the GM and GF scales - were, therefore, found to distinguish between two of the four sex-type categories on measures of psychological well-being. The current findings indicate that the GM and GF scales seem effective in differentiating between Masculine and Feminine traits, however they seem less effective in differentiating between the four gender types.

Applicability, Internal Structure, and basic Patterns of a Multicultural Brief Quality of Life Measure in a Sample of Psychiatric Patients with Comorbid Substance Use Disorders

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 120-124
Author(s):  
Ihsan M. Salloum ◽  
Juan E. Mezzich ◽  
Levent Kirisci
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Internal Structure ◽  
Treatment Adherence ◽  
Substance Use Disorders ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale

 Background: The measurement of quality of life as estimate of well being is assuming increasing importance in the evaluation of health and treatment efficacy.  Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate the applicability, internal structure and clinical patterns of the Multicultural Quality of Life Index (MQLI), a brief, self-rated, culturally informed, quality of life scale, in patients experiencing comorbid psychiatric and substance use disorders.  Methods: Sixty-two consecutively admitted outpatients completed the MQLI. With this data, the applicability, internal consistency, factorial structure, and prediction of treatment adherence over a three-month period were assessed.   Results: It was found that the MQLI was easy to administer. It had good internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha 0.89).  Factor analysis revealed that the first factor explained 53% of the variance, indicating the unidimensionality of the instrument around quality of life. Two MQLI items, interpersonal functioning and the availability of supports, significantly predicted treatment adherence. Conclusions: The MQLI is easy to use, it has a coherent structure, and is clinically useful in psychiatric patients with comorbid substance use disorders. 

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