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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Mental health unit"”.
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Inpatient Mental Health: What Helps/Hinders the Transition into Communities?
… period for patients transitioning from inpatient units to community settings (Coleman, Pincus, Epstein & Ofedahl, 2015). Patients with mental illness have unique needs and vulnerabilities, therefore increasing the need for improved coordinated transitional discharge plans (Coleman et al., 2015). …
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Exploratory study: The lived experiences of caregivers of individuals diagnosed with Schizophrenia in Windhoek, Namibia
… from the Windhoek Central Hospital’s Mental Health Unit, and face-to-face in-depth interviews were conducted with the individuals who met the criteria. Furthermore, thematic analysis was applied to identify prominent themes in the data. Key findings of the study suggested that there …
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Implementation of Violence Risk Assessment Tool on In-patient Psychiatric Unit
<p>Violence towards healthcare workers in acute care settings, particularly mental health units is increasing nationwide, causing safety and financial concerns for health care organizations. Efforts were made to decrease assaults directed towards healthcare staff on a twenty five bed adult mental …
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The impact of childhood emotional abuse in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia : how adults relate past abuse to their mental health
… the impact of childhood emotional abuse on mental health in Saudi Arabia. The research focused on understanding how adults relate their experiences of emotional abuse in childhood to their mental health status. The aim of the study is to enable adults who have experienced mental health …
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Adoption of ICT4D frameworks to support screening for depression in Nigerian universities
Health is fundamental to development and access to healthcare is a major health and development issue particularly in developing countries where preventable diseases and premature deaths still inflict a high toll. In Nigeria, for instance, under-financing, inefficient allocation of limited medical …
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Family experiences and the role of the family in the development of substance use in adolescents and young adults in Zimbabwe: a qualitative study
Background Mental disorders including substance use disorders are a leading cause of disease burden, contributing 16% of the global burden of disease in young people aged 10 to 19 years. Substance use in adolescents and young people cannot be viewed outside of the family system. The family may …
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Inter-professional collaboration among membrs of the mental health team at Vhembe District of Limpopo Province, South Africa
… inter-professional collaboration, members of the mental health team continue to operate in silos. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the status of inter-professional collaboration among members of the mental health team in Vhembe district. This was a qualitative, descriptive and …