To elucidate patterns of substance misuse, across diagnoses and demographic variables, in patients with severe mental illness. We studied 141 adults admitted to an acute psychiatric unit in Hamilton, New Zealand. Semi-structured interviews, including the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)...
Characteristics of Older Adults With Serious Mental Illness Enrolled in a Publicly Funded In-Home Mental Health Treatment Program In-home mental health services for older adults will likely become increasingly utilized as the population ages. Little is known about older adults with se... Michael,J....
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Talk therapy (psychotherapy) is an important part of helping individuals who are living with bipolar disorder achieve the highest level of functioning possible by improving ways of coping with the illness from day to day, as well as on a long-term basis. These interventions are therefore seen b...
Facts, factors, and facets that influence or are, in turn, affected by resilience are subjects of ongoing research. The purpose of this chapter is to construct a framework for sorting out the complex, confusing, and sometimes conflicting relationships among these different dimensions. We employ an...
Adolescence and young adulthood is a period during which individuals experience significant physical, emotional, mental, and social growth and development. Maintenance of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is critical in assuring that such growth and d
We conducted a cross-sectional study with 285 caregivers providing care to older adults aged 60 years and above who were diagnosed with physical and/or mental illness in Singapore. The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) was used to measure resilience and burden was measured by the Zarit...
The prevalence of dementia diagnoses among people with schizophrenia at 66 years of age was similar to the prevalence at 88 years of age for the group without serious mental illness. Meaning The findings suggest that further study is needed about the processes and impairments that lead to ...
improved to reverse its deleterious effects among older Americans. Despite the availability of evidence that demonstrates the benefits of good nutrition for healing and recovery, there is no consensus for implementing optimal nutrition care with gaps associated with nutrition screening, assessment, ...
With the establishment of the welfare state, problems such as poverty, illness and disability in old age that have traditionally been managed within families also came to be recognized as the state’s responsibility (Aysan & Beaujot,2009). The main aim of generous pension policies, as available...