scholarly journals Difficulties Experienced in Implementing Counteractive Measures Against Infection During Influenza Outbreak in a Closed Ward for Chronic Psychiatric Patients

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-72
Author(s):  
Minako KANESAKI
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Influenza Outbreak ◽  
Chronic Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Closed Ward

A tribute to Johann Gottlieb Burckhardt-Heussler (1836–1907), the pioneer of psychosurgery

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S553-S553 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Arts ◽  
P. Michielsen ◽  
S. Petrykiv ◽  
L. de Jonge
Keyword(s):  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Brain Regions ◽  
Medical Community ◽  
Psychiatric Illnesses ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
Show Evidence ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Chronic Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Deep Brain

IntroductionJohann Gottlieb Burckhardt-Heussler was a Swiss psychiatrist, who pioneered controversial psychosurgical procedures. Burckhardt-Heussler extirpated various brain regions from six chronic psychiatric patients under his care. By removing cortical tissue he aimed to relieve the patients of symptoms, including agitation, rather than effect a cure.ObjectivesTo present the scientific papers of Johann Gottlieb Burckhardt-Heussler on psychosurgery.AimsTo review available literature and to show evidence that Burckhardt-Heussler made a significant contribution to the development of psychosurgery.MethodsA biography and private papers are presented and discussed, followed by a literature review.ResultsThe theoretical basis of Burckhardt-Heussler's psychosurgical procedure was influenced by the zeitgeist and based on his belief that psychiatric illnesses were the result of specific brain lesions. His findings were ignored by scientists to make them disappear into the mists of time, while the details of his experiments became murky. Decades later, it was the American neurologist Walter Freeman II, performing prefrontal lobotomies since 1936, who found it inconceivable that the medical community had forgotten Burckhardt-Heussler and who conceded that he was familiar with, and probably even influenced by, Burckhardt's work.ConclusionIt is partly thanks to Burckhardt-Heussler's pioneering work that modern psychosurgery has gradually evolved from irreversible ablation to reversible stimulation techniques, including deep brain stimulation.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals The Chronic Patient in the Community A Two-Year Follow Up of 338 Chronic Patients

1968 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Herjanic ◽  
A. Stewart ◽  
R. C. Hales
Keyword(s):  
Social Worker ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Chronic Patient ◽  
Chronic Patients ◽  
Chronic Psychiatric Patients

Three hundred and thirty-eight chronic psychiatric patients were followed up for two years after their discharge. Information was available on all but four patients. During the twenty-four month follow-up period, 11% had died and 25% required readmission. The source of support and living arrangements for the whole group were discussed, and the opinions about the outcome by the informant, psychiatrist, and social worker, were compared, The opinions correlated remarkably well. Characteristics of community care deemed important by the investigators were discussed briefly.

Measurement of Symptom and Behavior Change in Chronic Psychiatric Patients Using the Missouri Inpatient Behavior Scale

1988 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 840-842
Author(s):  
Richard C. Evenson ◽  
Dong W. Cho
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Change ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Chronic Patients ◽  
Behavior Scale ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Chronic Psychiatric Patients

Scores on eight scales of the Missouri Inpatient Behavior Scale changed significantly during the last 6 mo. prior to discharge of chronic public psychiatric patients. Improvement in chronic patients appears to occur primarily in day-to-day competence, communication, and affect.

An Assessment of the Educational Needs of Chronic Psychiatric Patients and their Relatives

1992 ◽  
Vol 160 (5) ◽  
pp. 674-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim T. Mueser ◽  
Alan S. Bellack ◽  
Julie H. Wade ◽  
Steven L. Sayers ◽  
Carole K. Rosenthal
Keyword(s):  
Affective Disorder ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Discriminant Analyses ◽  
Common Problems ◽  
Relative Status ◽  
Specific Interests ◽  
Chronic Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Advocacy Organisation

Both psychiatric patients and their relatives benefit from learning about mental illness and how to cope with it, but the specific interests of these consumers remain unclear. To determine specific educational needs and to compare the needs of different consumers, a questionnaire survey was conducted with a sample of patients with schizophrenia and affective disorder and their relatives. Both patients and relatives reported strong interest in learning more about psychiatric illness and strategies for coping with common problems, but patients with schizophrenia were less interested than patients with affective disorder and both sets of relatives. Discriminant analyses revealed that needs differed as a function of patient diagnosis, patient/relative status, and relatives' membership of a self-help and advocacy organisation. Consumers of mental health services are capable of specifying their own educational needs, and educational programmes should be tailored to meet these.

scholarly journals Percepção da sobrecarga familiar nos cuidados ao paciente psiquiátrico crônico

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 245-247
Author(s):  
Mohema Duarte de Oliveira ◽  
Mariana Ferreira de Sá ◽  
Maria Luciene Rocha
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Family Burden ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Chronic Psychiatric Patients

Objetivos: avaliar o impacto da sobrecarga familiar nos cuidados ao paciente psiquiátrico crônico. Metodologia: pesquisa bibliográfica por meio de referências publicadas em documentos, livros, revistas, artigos científicos, internet, ou seja, aborda tudo o que foi publicado sobre o tema proposto. Resultados: a convivência com a pessoa acometida por uma doença mental é desgastante para o familiar e, muitas vezes, há dificuldade de compreensão dos sintomas apresentados pelo doente. Conclusão: há a necessidade de desenvolver programas de informação, orientação e apoio aos familiares dos pacientes psiquiátricos.Descritores: Sobrecarga, Familiares Cuidadores, Pacientes Psiquiátricos.Perception of the familiar overload in the cares to the chronic psychiatric patientAims: to assess the impact of family burden in caring for chronic psychiatric patients. Methodology: literature search by means of references in published papers, books, magazines, papers, and internet, that is, it approaches all publishings on the theme. Results: living with the person affected by mental illness is stressful for the family and sometimes there is difficulty in understanding the symptoms presented by the patient. Conclusion: there is a need to develop information, guidance and support to families of psychiatric patients.Descriptors: Overload, Family Caregivers, Psychiatric Patients.La percepción de la carga familiar en el cuidado de pacientes psiquiátricos crónicosObjectivos: Evaluar el impacto de la carga familiar en el cuidado de pacientes psiquiátricos crónicos. Metodología: la literatura a través de referencias de artículos publicados, libros, revistas, periódicos, internet, o las direcciones de lo que se ha publicado sobre el tema. Resultados: la convivencia con la persona afectada por una enfermedad mental es muy estresante para la familia y con frecuencia hay dificultad en la comprensión de los síntomas que presenta el paciente. Conclusión: Hay una necesidad de desarrollar programas de información, orientación y apoyo a las familias de los pacientes psiquiátricos.Descriptores: Sobrecarga, Los Cuidadores Familiares, Los Pacientes Psiquiátricos.

Psychological Effects of Jogging: A Preliminary Study

1978 ◽  
Vol 47 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1215-1218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lionel S. Lion
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Halfway House ◽  
Chronic Patients ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Chronic Psychiatric Patients

Three chronic psychiatric patients in a halfway house were enrolled in a program of regular supervised jogging. In comparison with three other chronic patients from the same setting who received the same amount of attention but no jogging, the jogging group showed significantly less posttest trait anxiety. No significant posttest differences in body image were found between groups. The role of multi-process relaxation is discussed.

Home Care for Chronic Mental Illness in Bangalore: An Experiment in the Prevention of Repeated Hospitalisation

1985 ◽  
Vol 147 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaila Pai ◽  
S. M. Channabasavanna ◽  
Nagarajaiah ◽  
R. Raghuram
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
Matched Control ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Care Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Chronic Mental Illness ◽  
Care Programme ◽  
Duration Of Illness ◽  
Chronic Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Trained Nurse

SummaryThe article describes the outcome of a comparative study of home care, by a trained nurse, versus hospital out-patient supervision in the management of chronic psychiatric patients in Bangalore, India. Twenty-five patients, with a mean duration of illness of nine years, were started on the home care programme while a matched control group of 25 similar patients continued the regular out-patient contact offered by the hospital. Comparative assessments were carried out on the groups at the time of intake and again after two years. The results indicate that hospital admission was less often needed among the home care group.

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