Predictors associated with the mental health of Japanese male registered          nurses: focusing on environments with many female registered nurses and female patients’          refusal to accept nursing services from male registered nurses

Background: Nurses report high levels of workplace stress, which has been linked to an increased risk for experiencing depressive symptoms.Nurses’ workplace stress is also linked to increased absenteeism and decreased job satisfaction. Objectives: The objectives of this study were to examine: (1) the incidence of depressive symptoms among hospital-based registered nurses in Bangladesh; (2) common sources of workplace stress and their relationships to individual characteristics and depressive symptom scores; and (3) the potential mediating roles of coping strategies in the relationship between workplace stress and depressive symptoms. Methods: A cross-sectional study design involved three hundred and fifty-two registered nurses. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire and three standardized tools measuring sources of nurses’ workplace stress, coping strategies, and depressive symptoms. Results: More than half of the participants scored ≥ 16 on the CES-D, which was associated with a major depression episode. Total NSS scores had a small but significant influence on scores on the depression scale. Coping strategies had no mediated effect on the relationship between workplace stress and scores on the depression scale. Low-reliability coefficients for subscales of two of the standardized tools highlight the challenge for researchers in developing countries to address contextual differences that may influence the meanings attached to individual items. Conclusion: Findings suggest that the mental health of registered nurses in Bangladesh requires immediate attention in part by attending to workplace stressors. Further research should focus on a deeper understanding of Bangladeshi registered nurses’ work experiences and the unique contribution that workplace stressors have on their physical and mental health.

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Sex Work, Motivations for Entry, and the Combined Impact of Both on Mental Health: A Case Report of Japanese Female Patients within Therapeutic Relationships

Open Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.4236/ojpsych.2015.52026 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 05 (02) ◽

pp. 214-227

Author(s):

Masayo Uji

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Case Report ◽

Sex Work ◽

Therapeutic Relationships ◽

Female Patients ◽

Japanese Female ◽

Combined Impact

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Working conditions of a nursing team in mental health facility

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0407 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 74 (suppl 3) ◽

Author(s):

Aline Silvia Esteves Morais ◽

Gisele Fernandes Tarma Cordeiro ◽

Angela Aparecida Peters ◽

Tatiana Marques dos Santos ◽

Rosa Gomes dos Santos Ferreira ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Working Conditions ◽

Care Center ◽

Psychosocial Care ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Nursing Services ◽

Nursing Team ◽

Analytical Research ◽

Interdisciplinary Partnership ◽

Nursing Professionals

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze how the nursing team from a Psychosocial Care Center II relates its insertion in the service with the work process. Methods: Descriptive, analytical research outlined as a case study with a qualitative approach. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews with nursing professionals and went through content analysis subsidized by Bardin’s work. Results: Two thematic categories emerged: a) Ways of intake in the nursing services at the Psychosocial Care Center; b) Setbacks in nursing routine at the Psychosocial Care Center. Final considerations: The fact that the professionals have not planned to work in mental health nor have training impacts the rhythm of psychosocial care development at the Psychosocial Care Center, forcing them to seek training in the field after admission. Unmotivated by the working conditions, the nursing team suffers from the absence of an interdisciplinary partnership and goes to great lengths to approach psychosocial care.

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