scholarly journals Mental health and mental illness in paramedic practice: A warrant for research and inquiry into accounts of paramedic clinical judgment and decision-making

2004 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramon Shaban
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Clinical Judgment ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Judgment And Decision Making

Summary This paper is the first in a series that heralds a study examining paramedic accounts and constructs of judgment and decision-making (JDM) of mental health and mental illness. Providing an introduction and background to the evolving study, the paper will establish a warrant for the research and scope of the research agenda and methods of inquiry.

scholarly journals Paramedic clinical judgment of mental illness: Representations of official accounts

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramon Shaban
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Clinical Judgment ◽  
Judgment And Decision Making ◽  
Illness Representations ◽  
Historical Case Study ◽  
Historical Case

This paper is the fourth in a series that heralds a study that examines paramedic accounts and constructs of judgment and decision-making (JDM) of mental health and mental illness. This paper will provide the results of one stage of this study in which a discourse-historical case study of paramedic JDM of mental health and mental illness using ethnographic and ethnomethodological research methods was conducted. Preliminary themes describing the ways in which paramedics officially account for their judgments of mental illness will be presented.

scholarly journals Accounting for assessments of mental illness in paramedic practice: A new theoretical framework

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramon Shaban
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Judgment And Decision Making ◽  
Historical Case Study ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Historical Case ◽  
Key Aspects

This is the third paper in a series that heralds a study that examines paramedic accounts and constructs of judgment and decision-making (JDM) of mental health and mental illness. This paper will overview an innovative theoretical framework for conducting a discourse-historical case study of paramedic judgment and decision-making of mental health and mental illness using ethnographic and ethnomethodological research methods. The review of the existing research and literature suggests an insufficiency of current theoretical and methodological frameworks to address the research problem and questions of this study. Little examination of judgment in mental illness and health has occurred, which is discussed in an earlier paper.1 Those studies, and the theoretical frameworks used, are insufficient in addressing key aspects of inquiry in judgment and decision-making, particularly in the paramedic ecology. The theoretical framework described here seeks to begin addressing this insufficiency in a new and innovative way.

Improving Clinical Judgment and Decision Making in Forensic Evalution

1993 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randy Borum ◽  
Randy Otto ◽  
Stephen Golding
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Clinical Judgment ◽  
Judgment And Decision Making ◽  
Forensic Evaluations ◽  
Legal Proceedings ◽  
Clinical Evaluations ◽  
Almost All

Psychologists, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals are frequently involved as expert witnesses in legal proceedings. However, clinical judgment and decision making, which play a role in almost all clinical evaluations, have problems and limitations. Mental health professionals who conduct forensic examinations should be aware of these problems and take steps to address them. This article details the limitations of clinical judgment and decision making, and suggests ways to minimize associated problems, thereby improving the validity and utility of forensic evaluations.

scholarly journals Storytelling, Safeguarding, Treatment, and Responsibility: attributes of recovery in psychiatric intensive care units

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (02) ◽  
pp. 105-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karleen Gwinner ◽  
Louise Ward
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Psychiatric Distress ◽  
Nurse Knowledge

AbstractBackground and aimIn recent years, policy in Australia has endorsed recovery-oriented mental health services underpinned by the needs, rights and values of people with lived experience of mental illness. This paper critically reviews the idea of recovery as understood by nurses at the frontline of services for people experiencing acute psychiatric distress.MethodData gathered from focus groups held with nurses from two hospitals were used to ascertain their use of terminology, understanding of attributes and current practices that support recovery for people experiencing acute psychiatric distress. A review of literature further examined current nurse-based evidence and nurse knowledge of recovery approaches specific to psychiatric intensive care settings.ResultsFour defining attributes of recovery based on nurses’ perspectives are shared to identify and describe strategies that may help underpin recovery specific to psychiatric intensive care settings.ConclusionThe four attributes described in this paper provide a pragmatic framework with which nurses can reinforce their clinical decision-making and negotiate the dynamic and often incongruous challenges they experience to embed recovery-oriented culture in acute psychiatric settings.

Best practices in perinatal mental health for mothers with severe mental illness

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. 911-911
Author(s):  
L. Howard
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Perinatal Period ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Pharmacological Treatments ◽  
Profound Impact ◽  
Competing Interest

Perinatal mental disorders are common and can have a profound impact on women and their families. This session will briefly review the epidemiology of disorders in the perinatal period and current evidence on pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments. The role of the psychiatrist in helping women in their decision-making on treatment will be discussed.Disclosure of interestThe author has not supplied his declaration of competing interest.

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