Lunar Phase and Acting-Out Behavior

1986 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 987-990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark W. Durm ◽  
Crispin L. Terry ◽  
Cathy R. Hammonds
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychiatric Hospital ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Full Moon ◽  
Lunar Phase ◽  
Acting Out ◽  
Moon Phase ◽  
Hospital Records

Psychiatric hospital records were used to ascertain whether acting-out behavior increases during the full moon phase. Acting-out behavior is identified as that which was dangerous to self or others to the extent that either seclusion or restraint was deemed necessary by qualified mental health professionals to prevent physical harm. Records in the seclusion/restraint log book of an Alabama hospital for 1982, 1983, and 1984 were used for the study. To ensure confidentiality no identification of subjects was made. This study, like many previous similar studies shows no significant increases during the full moon phase.

Lunar Phases and Psychiatric Hospital Admissions

1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1435-1440 ◽  
Author(s):  
John J. Gorvin ◽  
M. Susan Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Hospital Admission ◽  
Psychiatric Hospital ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Full Moon ◽  
Lunar Cycle ◽  
Developmentally Disabled ◽  
Moon Phase ◽  
Contributing Factors

To assess the lunar hypothesis as predictive of mental health emergencies and antisocial behavior, the relation of the lunar hypothesis and the occurrence of psychiatric hospital admissions of developmentally disabled adults was examined. The full moon phase of the lunar cycle did not explain a higher rate of hospital admission and accounted for only .007% of the variance. A critique of the methodology in prior research led to the suggestion that more immediate stressors and environmental factors are more plausible contributing factors to hospital admission.

scholarly journals Prevalence, Factors, and Outcome of Physical Violence against Mental Health Professionals at a Nigerian Psychiatric Hospital

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oluyemi O Akanni ◽  
Adeagbo F Osundina ◽  
Sunday O Olotu ◽  
Imafidon O Agbonile ◽  
Alex N Otakpor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychiatric Hospital ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Physical Violence

scholarly journals Caregiver burden and distress following the patient's discharge from psychiatric hospital

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronica Ranieri ◽  
Kevin Madigan ◽  
Eric Roche ◽  
David McGuinness ◽  
Emma Bainbridge ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Psychiatric Hospital ◽  
Caregiver Burden ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Clinical Implications

Aims and methodCaring for someone with a mental illness is increasingly occurring within the community. As a result, family members who fulfil a caregiving role may experience substantial levels of burden and psychological distress. This study investigates the level of burden and psychological distress reported by caregivers after the patient's admission.ResultsThis study found that the overall level of burden and psychological distress experienced by caregivers did not differ according to the patient's legal status. However, the caregivers of those who were voluntarily admitted supervised the person to a significantly greater extent than the caregivers of those who were involuntarily admitted. Approximately 15% of caregivers revealed high levels of psychological distress.Clinical implicationsThis study may emphasise a need for mental health professionals to examine the circumstances of caregivers, particularly of those caring for patients who are voluntarily admitted, a year after the patient's admission.

Using the Rorschach as a Group Intervention to Promote the Understanding of Adolescents by Staff Members in Inpatient Residential Programs

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filippo Aschieri ◽  
Carlo Vetere
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Group Intervention ◽  
Pathological Process ◽  
Emotional Dysregulation ◽  
Treatment Center ◽  
Acting Out ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Adolescent Inpatient

Abstract. Mental health professionals working in adolescent residential treatment facilities face various challenges in delivering effective treatment to their patients. Establishing therapeutic alliance is often regarded as particularly daunting. Adolescents’ acting-out behaviors, emotional dysregulation, and difficulty in trusting adults can trigger strong reactions in mental health professionals. These reactions may increase the risk that mental health professionals respond to adolescents’ behaviors in similarly unmodulated ways and become involved in a reciprocal pathological process. The Rorschach test can provide vivid imagery and response content that depicts the subjective dilemmas adolescents are struggling with during their recovery in the treatment center. In this paper we show how to use Rorschach imagery to allow the mental health professionals working in adolescent inpatient treatment centers to understand their patients and increase empathy in response to adolescents’ troubling behaviors. We illustrate this procedure through the case of an adolescent patient who engaged in severely disruptive acting-out behaviors with the treating staff. Even though the staff were considering terminating his treatment in the facility as the only viable option, they instead found new empathy and a way to work with him after discussion of his Rorschach led by the inpatient center psychologist.

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