Perspectives in Psychiatric Care back issues from February 2006:
A Tale of Two APNs: Addressing Blurred Practice Boundaries in APN Practice
Feb 01, 2006; ... Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have become increasingly visible and important providers in America's changing and often unpredictable healthcare system. Evidence exists establishing both the quality and cost-effectiveness of the APN role in meeting the needs of patients (Cooper, 2001; ...
"It's Important to be Proud of the Place You Live In": Housing Problems and Preferences of Psychiatric Survivors
Feb 01, 2006; ... TOPIC. It is important to understand housing and mental health issues from the perspective of psychiatric survivors. This paper reports findings from a series of focus group meetings held with survivors of mental illness to address issues concerning housing preferences and housing ...
Schizophrenia in College Students in Korea: A Qualitative Perspective
Feb 01, 2006; ... PURPOSE. The objective of this study was to identify the salient themes that characterize the life experiences of college students with schizophrenia. METHODS. Twenty-one schizophrenia patients enrolled in college underwent in-depth interviews employing semistructured questionnaires. The ...
Treatment Considerations for Patients Experiencing Rapid-Cycling Bipolar Disorder
Feb 01, 2006; ... Question: I work with several patients who have frequent "mood swings" and they are poor responders and have responded poorly to lithium which I initiated 6 months ago. Initially their symptoms remitted, but they have not achieved optimal response to current treatment. Are they considered "rapid ...
Forming and Belonging to a Peer Consultation Group for Your Own Mental Health and Creating a Psychotherapy Practice that Addresses Specific Topics
Feb 01, 2006; ... Pat Barry, PhD, APRN One of the visions for this column when it was created was to provide a forum for those of you who are advanced practice psychiatric !mental health nurses when you are seeking ideas and recommendations about setting up and conducting your practices. As I write the ...
Letters to the Editor
Feb 01, 2006; ... Dr. Susan McCabe, I am responding to your article "Where Is the Mental Health in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing?" (Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, volume 41, number 3, July-September, 2005). It is my impression that since the "decade of the brain" proclamation was made in psychiatry ...
The Science of Happiness
Feb 01, 2006; ... Aristotle observed 2,300 years ago that more than anything men and women seek happiness. The pursuit of happiness is as old as the human race but the existence of rigorous, scientific research on who is happy and what makes them happy is relatively new. The decade of the brain has opened the ...
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Part I: Historical Development of the Concept
Feb 01, 2006; ... TOPIC. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a significant health problem, characterized by high rates of chronicity and comorbidity. PURPOSE. This is the first of three articles examining the sufficiency of the current PTSD construct to articulate the spectrum of human responses to ...
Therapeutic Interpersonal Interactions: The Sacrificial Lamb?
Feb 01, 2006; ... TOPIC. Emotional upheaval is rampant in society, affecting mental and physical health. Yet the focus, in the "Era of the Brain," lacks direction on how to address these issues. However, psychiatric-mental health nursing possesses the know-how to provide solutions. PURPOSE. To explore the ...
Qigong: The Art of Self-Healing
Feb 01, 2006; ... The Myth of Chiron Long ago in ancient Greece, the great hero god Heracles was invited to the cave of the centaur Pholos. Chiron, a wise and beneficent centaur and a great master of healing, was also present. As a token of appreciation and hospitality, Heracles brought a flask of heady ...
Outcomes in Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Nursing
Feb 01, 2006; ... Introduction Every nurse has undoubtedly heard of the concept of "outcome" with its confusing and anxiety-provoking overtones. The importance of measuring the effects of health care-positive, negative, or none-is hardly a new idea. Florence Nightingale proposed the systematic collection ...
Aprons on a Clothesline
Feb 01, 2006; ... Aprons on a Clothesline by Traci DePree 1-57856-730-0 WaterBrook Press, Colorado Springs, Colorado 2005; paperback: 324 pages. This is a beautifully written book that captures a slice of life in a family where a beloved member has experienced a stroke. It tells the story of Virginia ...