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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"people with severe mental illness"”.
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Effects of Modified ACT Program for the Psychiatric Rehabilitation of People with Severe Mental Illness
본 연구는 정신재활모형을 근거로 중증 정신장애인 대상 정신재활을 위한 한국형 ACT 프로그램을 개발하는 1단계와 개발된 한국형 ACT 프로그램을 중증 정신장애인에게 적용한 후 그 효과를 파악하는 2단계로 나누어진다. 1단계 연구방법을 보면, 중증 정신장애인의 회복을 위한 한국형 ACT 프로그램 개발을 위하여, 정신재활모형에서 도출된 개념과 문헌고찰을 통해 ACT 기반 프로그램을 작성하였다. 작성된 프로그램은 전문가 집단을 통해 프로그램 구성요소와 내용에 대해 자문을 받았으며, 프로그램 적용 가능성은 20명의 중증 정신장애인에게 …
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The Impact of the Working Alliance on Vocational Outcomes for People with Severe Mental Illness Enrolled in Employment Programs
… of two employment programs providing services to people with severe mental illness (SMI). Because prior research has found that the strength of the relationship, or working alliance, between service providers and people with SMI is related to a variety of beneficial outcomes, the purpose of the …
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Smoking cessation in those living with schizophrenia
… at a group home located in Salem County where 6 people with severe mental illness reside. 4 of the 6 people are smokers and diagnosed with schizophrenia. The 4 people in the study all showed interest in quitting smoking. The subjects were given questionnaires weekly and were monitored daily to …
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Common active comorbid medical conditions among mental health users treated by the assertive community treatment team at Valkenberg Psychiatric hospital
Introduction People with severe mental illness have co-morbid medical conditions which are often undiagnosed and untreated leading to morbidity and mortality. Aims and Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the documented rate of comorbid medical conditions in the Valkenberg Hospital …
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The relationship between patient, carer and staff perceptions of need in an assertive community treatment team in South Africa
… heterogeneous, and what factors were associated with local perceived needs. Methods The study was informed by a systematic review of the literature focused on the individual needs of people with severe mental illness assessed from multiple perspectives. Patients, carers and staff on the …
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Transition from institutional care to community care for residents of community care units in Greece: construction of the notion of “asylum” in community care units
… to explore the shifting meaning of “asylum” for people with severe mental illness (SMI), who are residents of community care units (CCUs), by comparing and contrasting participants’ experiences of CCUs with their previous lives in institutions. Currently, there is a gap in the Greek context in …
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Engagement in community-based day centres for people with psychiatric disabilities
… of occupational engagement in day centres for people with psychiatric disabilities and contributes to measurement development in the area of occupational engagement. The first study focused on the characteristics of the occupations carried out at the day centre by exploring occupational …
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Characterising recent mortality trends in people with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia in England using linked hospital and mortality data
Background and objectives Mortality is higher in people with severe mental illness than others. An important policy goal is to reduce this ’mortality gap’. The objectives of this thesis were to investigate whether the gap has reduced in recent years in people with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, …
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Investigating the Mental-Physical Health Interface Using National Register-based Data
… research has convincingly demonstrated that many mental and physical health conditions do oftentimes co-occur together, the causality between distinct pairs of mental and physical health conditions as well as the outcomes resulting from the co-occurrence of these, remain incompletely described and …
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Work and psychiatric disabilities. A person, environment, and occupation perspective on Individual Placement and Support
… to secure a more sustainable working career for people with severe mental illness (SMI). The thesis has given the IPS-participants an active voice about what it is like to start to work in a Swedish context, visualised the psychiatric disability in relation to work, discerned the support and …
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What are individual perceptions of the role that physical activity plays during treatment of severe mental illness (SMI)?
… been many studies published on treatments for severe mental illness (SMI) and the use of physical activity programs during treatment of SMI. However, many of the problems faced by community living individuals recovering from SMI are overlooked or not accounted for. Discrimination, side effects …
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What matters to me? Photovoice with people living with severe mental illness
This research aimed to engage with long term services users with severe or serious mental illness whose voices have traditionally been silenced to add to the growing body of knowledge as to how these identified gaps can be addressed. Four participants who attend a day service were issued with …
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Pilot testing models of task shifting for the care of severe mental illness in South Africa
Background Mental and substance use disorders cause significant disability worldwide. In spite of the availability of evidence-based treatment, non-adherence rates remain high in people with severe mental illness. Mental health services are however under-resourced, especially in low- and …