{"title":"The Relationship Between Trait Mindfulness and Depression Severity Among People With Schizophrenia: The Role of Perceived Public Stigma Toward Mental Illness.","authors":"Ahmad Rayan","doi":"10.1177/10783903241312682","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10783903241312682","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Studies have found that trait mindfulness is associated with lower levels of depressive symptoms among people diagnosed with schizophrenia. Still, the role of the perceived public stigma in this association has yet to be established.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>The purpose of this study was to assess the association between mindfulness and depressive symptoms experienced by people diagnosed with schizophrenia, controlling for the impact of their demographics and their perceived public stigma against mental illness.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A quantitative descriptive correlational design was used. The sample included 184 Jordanian outpatients diagnosed with schizophrenia who completed self-administered measures of mindfulness, depressive symptoms, public stigma against mental illness, and demographic information. Multiple hierarchical regression analysis was performed to identify the unique variance in perceived depression explained by participants' demographic and clinical variables, public stigma, and mindfulness.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants had moderate perceived discrimination and moderate to severe depression. Age, gender, perceived physical pain, perceived public stigma, and mindfulness were significantly correlated with depression among the study participants. After controlling for demographic and clinical variables, public stigma was significantly associated with depression and accounted for 14% additional variance above and beyond the 37% accounted for by demographic and clinical variables. Mindfulness accounted for a 15% additional variance above and beyond the variance accounted for by all other predictors.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Anti-stigma programs could be combined with mindfulness-based interventions to reduce depression in people diagnosed with schizophrenia.</p>","PeriodicalId":17229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association","volume":" ","pages":"10783903241312682"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143066715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preparing for the Future While Honoring the Past.","authors":"Joyce M Shea","doi":"10.1177/10783903241303179","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10783903241303179","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association","volume":" ","pages":"89-91"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142823928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Influence of Writers on Psychiatric Mental Health Care Policy and Practice.","authors":"Michelle DeCoux Hampton","doi":"10.1177/10783903241303509","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10783903241303509","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association","volume":" ","pages":"5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142846957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Saudi Arabian Nurses' Motivations and Barriers to Employment in Inpatient Mental Health Facilities: A Qualitative Investigation.","authors":"Seham Mansour Alyousef","doi":"10.1177/10783903241260734","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10783903241260734","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The shortage of inpatient psychiatric mental health care nurses in Saudi Arabia represents an important health care challenge.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>The aim of this study was to illuminate perspectives of psychiatric mental health nurses employed in psychiatric inpatient settings about their employment experiences.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This study adopted an exploratory qualitative approach using thematic content analysis. Ten professional nurses with psychiatric inpatient caring experience participated in two focus groups composed of Master of Nursing students.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Four main themes emerged: inadequate professional skills and knowledge for psychiatric mental health care practice, negative public attitudes toward psychiatric/mental health nurses, concerns for personal safety, and alternatives and advantages. The findings of this study suggest that nurses' lack of interest in working in psychiatric units is not merely personal but also social and organizational.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The study findings may encourage managers and authorities to develop measures to attract more mental health nurses to work in psychiatric units. Such strategies may include modification of nurses' skills, training, and professional knowledge, collegial supervision, mentoring, and working conditions and environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":17229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association","volume":" ","pages":"64-75"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141432219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thoughts on Connections and Control: A Letter From 2024 APNA Award for Distinguished Service Recipient, Dr. Diane Allen.","authors":"Diane E Allen","doi":"10.1177/10783903241301783","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10783903241301783","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association","volume":" ","pages":"6-7"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142751224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interactions Between Serotonin Transporter Gene and Adverse Childhood Experience in a Generalized Additive Model: A Pilot Study.","authors":"Kosuke Niitsu, Chiyoung Lee, Michael J Rice","doi":"10.1177/10783903241255710","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10783903241255710","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>While most people experience potentially traumatic events (PTEs), including Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), the stress reactions to PTEs on mental health outcomes are highly heterogeneous. Resilience is influenced by a complex biopsychosocial ecological system, including gene serotonin transporter-linked promoter region or <i>5-HTTLPR</i> /rs25531 by ACEs interactions.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This pilot study investigated the gene-by-environment interactions on mental health outcomes in adults enrolled in a health care profession program using a generalized additive model (GAM).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Seventy health care college students (mean age = 27.4 years, 67.1% women) participated in this cross-sectional study. Saliva samples were collected from students to analyze <i>5-HTTLPR</i>/rs25531. Participants completed the ACE Questionnaire and the Mental Health Inventory. GAMs with different interaction terms were built adjusting for age, gender, and race. The value of the effective degree of freedom (EDF) quantifies the curvature of the relationship.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among participants with the long allele of <i>5-HTTLPR</i>/rs25531, a linear pattern was found between the total ACE score and mental health outcomes (EDF = 1). Conversely, among participants with the short allele, EDF was approximately 2, indicating a curved association suggesting that mental health worsens in individuals exposed to up to four types of ACEs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The impact of up to four ACEs on mental health was stronger among individuals with the short allele of <i>5-HTTLPR</i>/rs25531 than those with the long allele. Although this study does not claim to provide a definite approach to analyzing gene-by-environment interactions, we offer a different perspective to explore the relationship.</p>","PeriodicalId":17229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association","volume":" ","pages":"55-63"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141179886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving Mental Health Literacy and Stigma Among the Hmong.","authors":"Mayche Vang-Kue, Cynthera McNeill, Umeika Stephens","doi":"10.1177/10783903241277344","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10783903241277344","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>One in five adults in the United States suffers from mental illness. Negative social influences in the Hmong community stigmatize those who have mental health challenges and mental health outcomes are impacted by poor mental health literacy. Language barriers, conflicting traditional beliefs, and Western concepts of health contribute to low mental health literacy and willingness to seek professional mental health services among the Hmong.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>The aim of this project was to successfully implement Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) to a group of 30 or more Hmong adult church leaders in a faith-based setting.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A pretest posttest project design was used. The project implementation process was guided by the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model and took place from June 2023 to August 2023. Participants were recruited from three local Detroit Hmong churches. Indicator measures included the Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) and Community Attitudes toward Mental Illness (CAMI) Scale before and immediately after training. One final survey was administered at 6 weeks post MHFA training to measure information retention, stigma, and utilization of MHFA skills.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results reflect the existing body of literature regarding MHFA and the positive impacts on mental health literacy, confidence level, mental health awareness, and decreasing stigma.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>MHFA continues to demonstrate successful implementation across many settings and populations, especially for this project among Hmong adult church leaders. More research is needed to expand on mental health and the Hmong.</p>","PeriodicalId":17229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association","volume":" ","pages":"83-88"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142140422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Home Health Nurses' Perceptions of Caring for Persons With Severe and Persistent Mental Illnesses.","authors":"Kiernan Riley, Judith E Hupcey","doi":"10.1177/10783903241252165","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10783903241252165","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Severe and persistent mental illnesses (SPMIs) affect a significant portion of the adult population in the United States. Despite their increased medical disease burden, individuals with SPMIs often lack access to appropriate medical care. Home health services offer cost-effective options for caring for this population in the comfort of their homes. However, little is known about the perceptions of home health nurses providing care to persons with SPMIs, and how they are adjusting care to persons with SPMIs.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This study aimed to explore home health nurses' perspectives on caring for persons with SPMIs.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using a grounded theory approach, individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with home health and home hospice nurses. The research questions focused on the nurses' experiences, barriers and facilitators to care, and the impact of the home environment on caring for persons with SPMIs. Data analysis followed coding procedures outlined in grounded theory, resulting in the development of an axial coding model.</p><p><strong>Results/conclusions: </strong>The findings provide valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities faced by home health nurses when providing care for individuals with SPMIs. The outcomes of this study are intended to contribute to the understanding of current care practices and can guide the allocation of resources to improve care for this vulnerable population, such as incorporating training specific to persons with severe psychiatric illnesses.</p>","PeriodicalId":17229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association","volume":" ","pages":"46-54"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11762327/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140860289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mikayla McAdams, Matthew W Henninger, Katharine Bloeser, Kelly K McCarron
{"title":"Institutional Betrayal in Military and Veteran Populations: A Systematic Scoping Review.","authors":"Mikayla McAdams, Matthew W Henninger, Katharine Bloeser, Kelly K McCarron","doi":"10.1177/10783903241299720","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10783903241299720","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>BACKGROUND:</b> Institutional betrayal (IB) refers to the wrongdoings, encompassing both action and inaction, committed by institutions against their affiliated individuals. Military members are particularly vulnerable to IB due to strong social identification with the military, values of loyalty and self-sacrifice, dependence on the institution, the military power structure and legal system, and the complexity of morality in an occupation centered around war. <b>AIMS:</b> This review examines the state of IB literature within the military/Veteran population, identifying research gaps and implications for future policy and clinical care. <b>METHODS:</b> Conducting a systematic scoping literature review across seven databases resulted in 16 eligible publications out of 44 found. <b>RESULTS:</b> Findings indicate a high prevalence of IB experiences within the studied population, correlating with increased psychiatric symptoms and clinical features. The existing literature primarily focuses on military sexual trauma, with limited exploration of IB in the context of combat, politics, return from deployment, illness, military exposures, and moral injury. <b>CONCLUSIONS:</b> Future research should expand on IB in other military experiences, evaluate intervention efficacy and policies, and validate a standardized IB measure. These insights highlight the need for provider education, revised assessments, and interventions tailored to address the complex impact of IB on military and Veteran populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":17229,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association","volume":" ","pages":"8-22"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142791768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}