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Showing 1 to 20 of 88 for “"Psychiatric hospital"”.
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Health Literacy and Psychiatric Hospital Readmissions
… the relationship between health literacy and psychiatric hospital readmissions, identified differences in readmission rates between health literacy groups, and explored the best predictors of hospital readmission from among selected demographic characteristics (social support, gender, …
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The Effects of Partial Hospitalization on Acute Psychiatric Hospital Readmission Days
… effects of a combination of partial and acute psychiatric hospitalization and only acute psychiatric hospitalization on the total number of acute hospital readmission days over a 12 month period using a causal-comparative design. Two hundred and forty cases were randomly selected from an …
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The lived experiences of parents of individuals admitted to a psychiatric hospital
… of caring for an individual admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Moreover, the objectives of this study were to explore the impact on the parent of an individual admitted to a psychiatric hospital, to explore if healthcare professionals and the healthcare system were of assistance during …
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Factors related to length of stay in a state psychiatric hospital for schizophrenic patients
… patients' length of stay in a state psychiatric hospital and readily available intrapersonal, interpersonal, and sociodemographic factors. The factors selected for study were:1. Admission Legal Basis2. Relationship of Responsible Person3. Previous Episodes of Hospitalization 4. Sex5. …
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The Lived Experience of K-12 Educators Who Practice Within An Acute Care Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital
… who practice within an acute care inpatient psychiatric facility. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the lived experiences of educators in order to identify emergent themes that best describe their experiences.</p><p> The psychiatric hospital in this study is a large …
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Identity and multiple admissions to psychiatric hospital: a biographic narrative study of the experiences of patients.
… door' patients, are frequently readmitted to psychiatric hospitals. This study explores how these patients construct meaning and reality and how this enacted reality provides a context for shaping their identities. The study draws on mental health policy, political ideologies and the history …
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COVID-19 and serious mental illness: Experience from a psychiatric hospital in Cape Town, South Africa
… factors make patients admitted to specialist psychiatric units more vulnerable and susceptible to infections like SARS-COV-2. This includes psychiatric hospital infrastructure and service design, patients' mental health profiles, and staff's medical skills. Aim: To describe the psychiatric and …
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Services provided to relatives of patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital : an assessment of family satisfaction
… them on their relatives' admission to Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital in Cape Town. The rationale for doing this research arose from the researcher's encounters with families of psychiatric patients and the perceived lack of involvement of the professionals with the families. In addition, a needs …
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Psychosocial factors perpetuating suicide attempt among young adults at selected Psychiatric Hospital, in Gauteng Province, South Africa
… at selected Mental Institution, Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital, in Pretoria West Gauteng Province, South Africa. For this reason, a qualitative methodology will be used in the study, and the study will adopt descriptive phenomenology research method, using focus group discussion as method …
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Rate of psychiatric readmissions and associated factors at Saint John of God Psychiatric Hospital in Mzuzu, Malawi
… studies have established that 40-50% of psychiatric patients with SMDs are readmitted within one year of discharge from the acute hospital admission. Lowand middle-income countries (LMICs) such as Malawi have also reported high rates of psychiatric readmissions. This poses challenges when …
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Documenting of care arrangements for children of mothers admitted to a psychiatric hospital: A South African case study
… a large government run tertiary female inpatient psychiatric unit in Cape Town, regarding the enquiring and documenting practice within the first 24 hours of admission, of these care arrangements. Methods: The study is a cross sectional study using a mixed methods approach including: i) a case …
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A demographic study of adolescent in-patients at Lentegeur Psychiatric Hospital 1986-1990 : implications for policy and intervention
… at the Sonstraal Adolescent unit of Lentegeur Hospital, during the period 1986 to 1990. This demographic study details the following aspects of the adolescent in-patients: size, that is, numbers of those admitted to the unit; composition, including age, sex and area. Treatment characteristics …
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Theatrical bodies and madness: a case study of a theatre playground in a South African forensic psychiatric hospital
… period, a theatre programme with forensic psychiatric patients and staff at Fort England psychiatric hospital in Grahamstown/Makhanda, South Africa. Framed as a ‘theatrical playground', programme sessions were structured around theatre games, improvisation and devised theatre processes that …
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A retrospective study of outcomes after referral to the early intervention in psychosis programme at Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital
… (EISH) service at reducing readmission to hospital in patients with psychotic disorders. Setting. Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital, Cape Town. The EISH Team is an outpatient service consisting of psychiatrists, a psychologist, an occupational therapist, psychiatric nurses and social workers. …
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A study to identify factors associated with readmission to a psychiatric hospital in adults attending a partial care program
… which lead chronic mentally ill adults to be rehospitalized when compared to other chronic mentally ill adults, attending the same partial care program, who have not been rehospitalized. The sample included 108 subjects attending a particular partial care program. The subjects ranged between the …
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An Ethnographic Study of Psychiatric Assistants: The Social Processes Involved in the Subordination of Workers in a Psychiatric Hospital
… examined how the structure of a modern day psychiatric institution shapes the work experiences of subordinated, non-licensed-workers. I found that that the work experiences of PAs are shaped by their institutional positions. The PA position by default is one of subjugation and servitude, and …
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