{"title":"Big Data-Derived Population Studies and Mental Health Disparities.","authors":"Fataneh Ghadirian","doi":"10.3928/02793695-20250212-01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/02793695-20250212-01","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50071,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services","volume":"63 3","pages":"3-4"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143568744","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":"NARSAD Artworks.","authors":"Robin Webber Hagen","doi":"10.3928/02793695-20250131-01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/02793695-20250131-01","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50071,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services","volume":"63 3","pages":"52"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143568747","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":"Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder With Stimulants: Reducing Harms.","authors":"Leslie Arceneaux, Intima Alrimawi, Karan Kverno","doi":"10.3928/02793695-20250212-02","DOIUrl":"10.3928/02793695-20250212-02","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An increase in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses since 2020, along with shortages in prescription stimulants and an increase in overdose deaths from stimulants, has triggered alarm within the public sector, regulatory agencies, and health care systems. Stimulants are classified as Schedule II drugs by the Drug Enforcement Administration due to the potential for misuse and physiological and psychological dependence. Despite concerns, stimulants are effective first-line treatments for children and adults with ADHD. The majority of deaths related to stimulants are linked to misuse of illicitly manufactured stimulants that may contain the synthetic opioid, fentanyl. The current article provides a brief overview of the problem, along with clinical strategies for preventing and reducing harm. [<i>Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 63</i>(3), 7-10.].</p>","PeriodicalId":50071,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services","volume":"63 3","pages":"7-10"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143568749","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}
Wanda Martin Burton, Angelia M Sanders, Jessica Jaiswal, Kelly W Guyotte, Tracy Robin Bartlett
{"title":"A Composite Counternarrative of Discrimination as a Social Determinant of Health: Black College Women's Experiences of Gendered Racism.","authors":"Wanda Martin Burton, Angelia M Sanders, Jessica Jaiswal, Kelly W Guyotte, Tracy Robin Bartlett","doi":"10.3928/02793695-20241101-05","DOIUrl":"10.3928/02793695-20241101-05","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Discrimination is a social determinant of health (SDOH) that negatively affects racially minoritized students and patients. Nurses and nurse educators must understand discrimination, including nuanced and intersecting ways that it negatively affects academic and health outcomes.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>In-depth interviews were conducted with 12 Black women at a primarily White institution in the Southeast United States. The interview guide, informed by critical race and intersectionality theories, explored experiences of gendered racism, particularly in the students' social environments. Narrative analysis was conducted, then a composite counternarrative was composed to portray experiences of gendered racism across multiple levels, including intrapersonal, interpersonal, and institutional.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The composite narrative revealed experiences of multi-leveled gendered racial microaggressions that shape the daily lived experiences of Black college women students. Three main themes emerged: <i>Limited Autonomy</i>, <i>Differential Treatment and Differential Assumptions</i>, and <i>Differential Access to Power and Resources</i>.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Gendered racism differs from White women's experiences of sexism and Black men's experiences of racism. Institutional efforts to support Black college women must be intentional in addressing the unique ways they experience discrimination in various settings on campus. Nurses' and nurse educators' understanding of gendered racism as a SDOH may ease the hesitancy in addressing health inequities. [<i>Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 63</i>(3), 19-26.].</p>","PeriodicalId":50071,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services","volume":" ","pages":"19-26"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142607360","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":"Fear of Death and Sleep Quality in the Aftermath of an Earthquake.","authors":"Seher Cevik Aktura, Hanife Çelik, Seyhan Citlik Saritas, Gürkan Özden","doi":"10.3928/02793695-20240829-02","DOIUrl":"10.3928/02793695-20240829-02","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To examine fear of death and disruption in sleep patterns in individuals who have experienced an earthquake.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A descriptive and relationship-oriented study was performed with 322 individuals who experienced the February 6, 2023, earthquake in Turkey. Data were collected between February 20 and May 15, 2023. A personal information form, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and Death Anxiety Scale (DAS) were used for data collection.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants' mean DAS score was 7.96 (<i>SD</i> = 1.05), and mean PSQI score was 8.74 (<i>SD</i> = 4.06). Statistically significant relationships were found between sex, marital status, and mean DAS score, and these variables accounted for 11.7% of the total variance. Similarly, statistically significant relationships were found among economic status, relationship to person trapped under the rubble, financial loss from the earthquake, and mean PSQI score, accounting for 11.3% of the total variance. Women and married people had greater fear of death, and those with good economic status, whose family members were buried under rubble, and who experienced financial loss as a result of the earthquake had lower sleep quality.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The earthquake led to moderate fear of death and poor sleep quality among participants. Findings highlight the need for targeted support for vulnerable groups following disasters. [<i>Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 63</i>(2), 45-54.].</p>","PeriodicalId":50071,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services","volume":" ","pages":"45-54"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142382195","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 Process of Inclusivity: Indications for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing.","authors":"Barbara Jones Warren","doi":"10.3928/02793695-20250114-01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/02793695-20250114-01","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50071,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services","volume":"63 2","pages":"3-4"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143257306","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}
Emel Bahadir Yilmaz, Sema Nur Türkoğlu Dikmen, Arzu Yüksel
{"title":"Medication Adherence and Functioning in Individuals With Bipolar Disorder Type I.","authors":"Emel Bahadir Yilmaz, Sema Nur Türkoğlu Dikmen, Arzu Yüksel","doi":"10.3928/02793695-20240930-01","DOIUrl":"10.3928/02793695-20240930-01","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To determine the correlation between medication adherence and functioning in individuals with bipolar disorder (BD) and the predictors of functionality.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This cross-sectional and correlational study was conducted with 145 individuals with BD type I. Data were collected using a Patient Information Form, the Medication Adherence Rating Scale, and Functioning Assessment Short Test.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings showed that most participants did not take medication as prescribed. Medication adherence was negatively correlated with functionality. Predictors of functionality were years of treatment, number of hospitalizations, working status, medication adherence, family history of mental illness, and history of suicide.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Medication nonadherence is a fundamental problem for individuals with BD. Nursing interventions to increase functionality and medication adherence among this at-risk group should be planned and implemented. [<i>Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 63</i>(2), 25-33.].</p>","PeriodicalId":50071,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services","volume":" ","pages":"25-33"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142382196","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}
Ming Yu, Hui Wang, Yuxia Wu, Qin Zhang, Xinyi Du, Xuefang Huang, Haiou Yan
{"title":"The Influence of Emotional Intelligence on Psychiatric Nurses' Care Behavior, and the Chain Mediating Role of Compassion Fatigue and Perception of Management.","authors":"Ming Yu, Hui Wang, Yuxia Wu, Qin Zhang, Xinyi Du, Xuefang Huang, Haiou Yan","doi":"10.3928/02793695-20241101-02","DOIUrl":"10.3928/02793695-20241101-02","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To investigate psychiatric nurses' emotional intelligence and its effect on care behavior, while also examining the mediating effect of compassion fatigue and perception of management.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This cross-sectional study was conducted in several specialized psychiatric hospitals with 360 psychiatric nurses. Self-report surveys were administered, which included the Caring Factor Survey-Caring of Manager, Caring Behaviors Inventory, Compassion Fatigue Short Scale, and Wong Law Emotional Intelligence Scale. Data were analyzed using descriptive, correlation, and path analyses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Mean score for care behavior was 4.78 (<i>SD</i> = 0.83), which was at a moderate level. Compassion fatigue exhibited negative correlations with other variables. Results of mediation effect analysis showed that emotional intelligence directly predicted care behavior (<i>p</i> < 0.001). Emotional intelligence also indirectly affected care behavior through the mediating roles of perception of management and compassion fatigue, and affected care behavior through the chain mediation effect of perception of management and compassion fatigue.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Nurse managers should pay attention to the influence of emotional intelligence on care behavior and improve care behavior by strengthening leadership and alleviating compassion fatigue. [<i>Journal of Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health Services, 63</i>(2), 35-43.].</p>","PeriodicalId":50071,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services","volume":" ","pages":"35-43"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142604552","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":"Effect of Obstructive Sleep Disorder Treatment on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms: A Literature Review.","authors":"Jennifer W Carpenter","doi":"10.3928/02793695-20241001-01","DOIUrl":"10.3928/02793695-20241001-01","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To explore whether continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) adherence among adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects the PTSD Checklist (PCL), a validated tool that measures severity of PTSD symptoms.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Studies focusing on PTSD and OSA were searched in PubMed and CINAHL databases. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied, decreasing the article yield to nine. All articles chosen focused on the adult population and were conducted in North America.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The literature review yielded eight observational cohort studies and one descriptive study. Seven studies were conducted with Veterans and all studies used the PCL tool. Three themes were identified: (a) <i>Trauma and OSA</i>, (b) <i>OSA and PTSD Symptoms</i>, and (c) <i>CPAP Therapy and PTSD Symptoms</i>. An area of further study is assessing how CPAP adherence might affect improvement in PTSD symptoms and how adherence can be improved.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>OSA is correlated with more severe PTSD symptoms, but CPAP use is associated with improvement in PTSD symptoms. The literature reviewed found PCL scores improved up to 10 points within 3 months of CPAP use. These findings highlight the importance of collaboration between mental health and sleep medicine professionals and opportunity for further study in this area. [<i>Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 63</i>(2), 17-24.].</p>","PeriodicalId":50071,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services","volume":" ","pages":"17-24"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142382194","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":"Antihypertensives Used for Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders.","authors":"","doi":"10.3928/02793695-20250115-79","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/02793695-20250115-79","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50071,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services","volume":"63 2","pages":"5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143257296","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}