scholarly journals Depressive disorders – the nurse’s role in the education of the patient and his family

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-27
Author(s):  
Ałła Woźniak

Background: Depression is a chronic, relapsing disease. Disorder is not only physical and mental state of man, but also its function in society. Patients and their families often have a lack of knowledge about the disease, which has a negative impact on the course and duration of the patient’s disease. Treating depression is a long-term process, requiring special treatment of the patient. Comprehensive treatment of depression requires the cooperation of all members of the treatment team, as the participation of the patient and his family.Aim of the study: The aim of the study is to present the role of education of the patient and his family to restore it to act independently in the environment, and the role of nurses in psycho-education of the patient and his family.Material and methods: Patient information was collected by interview with the patient and his family. Observation of the patient was performed for the entire period of hospitalization. An analysis of the documentation of the medical history of the patient in the ward.Case: The subject of description is 58-year-old patient brought to the Provincial Team Specialist Neuropsychiatric in Opole by Team Rescue after a suicide attempt. The patient was admitted to the department for their own consent with the diagnosis; recurrent depressive disorders;. The patient was previously treated in the local hospital in 2010. In the first day of the patient in reduced mood, psychomotor slowing in confirming thoughts suicidal. Used pharmacological treatment, individual and group psychotherapy. The patient participated in various forms of occupational therapy. As a result of the implemented measures nursing patient fully accepted his illness and acquired knowledge and skills on how to deal with it in order to maintain mental balance.Conclusions: Used in patient therapy including psychoeducation comprehensive nurse brought the expected results. Mental state improved. The patient was discharged from the hospital with instructions.

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1964 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 749-757
Author(s):  
William J. Waters ◽  
Eva Porter

Maternal titer, history of previously treated sibling, positive Coombs, prematurity, cord serum bilirubin, and hemoglobin concentration do not by themselves indicate the need for immediate exchange transfusion in an infant who shows no signs of disease. The measurement of the reserve albumin binding capacity is a useful aid in determining the need for exchange transfusion in preventing bilirubin encephalopathy. A delay in treatment of infants who have an adequate reserve binding capacity does not increase the need for re-exchange and avoids unnecessary procedures. The rate of re-exchange among infants receiving added albumin and managed according to the criteria outlined was lower than in the conventionally treated series.


2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vrushali Angadi ◽  
Joseph Stemple

The nature of voice therapy has progressed since the 1930s when treatment for voice disorders was chiefly in the medical domain. The role of the speech-language-pathologist (SLP) in the treatment of voice disorders has evolved steadily over the years with advances in diagnosis and the growing base of evidence in the literature with respect to treatment. The speech-language pathologist is now an important part of the treatment team that includes the otolaryngologist, singing teacher, vocal coach, and other allied health professionals. This team approach has improved patient care with a greater focus on the individual that goes beyond the disorder. In this article, we will provide a brief history of the evolution of voice therapy that encompasses the past and present, as well as providing directions for the future.


Author(s):  
Yuliya Maуstrenko-Vakulenko

Abstract. The article considers the peculiarities of formation of the collection of educational and methodical funds of the Drawing Department of the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture (NAFAA). The purpose of the study is to identify the role of the custodian in the process of forming the collection; determination of special professional requirements and specific range of job responsibilities of the keeper of museum collection of the institution of higher art education by studying the history of the collection. On the basis of the study of NAFAA archival materials and conversations with employees of the Academy, the list of persons responsible for the preservation of the collection of educational and methodical funds of the Drawing Department since 1937 has been established. It was found out that the position of the person responsible for the preservation of the collection of educational and methodical funds of the Drawing Department, during second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, had different names: Head of the drawing studyroom, Educational master, Master of industrial training, Head of the educational laboratory of the Drawing Department. People who worked with the funds mostly had higher art education (or intended to acquire it): they were practicing artists, graduates of painting, graphic arts, restoration, theory and history of art, pedagogical or architectural faculties. It was noted that the process of transferring art values took place between the responsible employees without any documentary support, and the employees themselves were changing their positions almost annually until the 1990s. It was proved that the absence of appropriate position of funds keeper in the staff schedule of the KSAI-NAFAA, which requires a professional education in art history and knowledge of museum management methods, had a negative impact on the preservation of collection. Thus, the museum, which is planned to be established under the NAFAA in the near future, should become a special structural subdivision. Along with its main activity related to the acquisition, recording, storage, conservation (preservation) and restoration of museum treasures, the NAFAA museum should perform an important educational and methodological function. To the typical duties of the Head keeper of the NAFAA museum collections there should necessarily be the requirement to know the history, methods and techniques of teaching artistic disciplines, as well as to have pedagogical experience.


2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 865-875 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. C. Kopala-Sibley ◽  
R. Kotov ◽  
E. J. Bromet ◽  
G. A. Carlson ◽  
A. P. Danzig ◽  
...  

BackgroundAccording to diathesis–stress models, personality traits, such as negative emotionality (NE) and positive emotionality (PE), may moderate the effects of stressors on the development of depression. However, relatively little empirical research has directly examined whether NE and PE act as diatheses in the presence of stressful life events, and no research has examined whether they moderate the effect of disaster exposure on depressive symptoms. Hurricane Sandy, the second costliest hurricane in US history, offers a unique opportunity to address these gaps.MethodA total of 318 women completed measures of NE and PE 5 years prior to Hurricane Sandy. They were also assessed for lifetime depressive disorders on two occasions, the latter occurring an average of 1 year before the hurricane. Approximately 8 weeks after the disaster (mean = 8.40, s.d. = 1.48 weeks), participants completed a hurricane stress exposure questionnaire and a measure of current depressive symptoms.ResultsAdjusting for lifetime history of depressive disorders, higher levels of stress from Hurricane Sandy predicted elevated levels of depressive symptoms, but only in participants with high levels of NE or low levels of PE.ConclusionsThese findings support the role of personality in the development of depression and suggest that personality traits can be useful in identifying those most vulnerable to major stressors, including natural disasters.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-33
Author(s):  
Arsenii Apetovich Velikanov ◽  
Anna Aleksandrovna Stolyarova ◽  
Nadezhda Evgenevna Kruglova ◽  
Elena Alekseevna Demchenko

Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of the most common diseases and the most common cause of death worldwide. It is known that psychosocial factors have a definite effect on the development and course of CHD. In this regard, the study of the psychoemotional characteristics of patients with CHD and their psychological features seems to be extremely important for the development and improvement of preventive measures, as well as psychotherapeutic work with this group of patients. Aim: The article aims to analyze modern foreign studies for considering the psychoemotional factors and psychological characteristics inherent in patients with coronary artery disease, as well as their impact on the development, course, and outcome of the disease. Conclusion: The present work studies and summarizes the digest of scientific literature on the features of the psychoemotional sphere of patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). The information about the link between psychoemotional factors and CHD is presented. In particular, a review of the role of anxiety and depression in CHD is presented. It is noted that describing the psychoemotional characteristics of patients with CHD requires taking into account not only the likely symptoms of anxiety and depressive disorders but such manifestations as hostility, fatigue, and stress. The present study shows that the role of traditional psychological factors in CHD is disputable and ambiguous. According to the results of the review, a comprehensive study of psychoemotional and personal characteristics in patients with cardiovascular pathology is essential to improve means for correcting psychological risk factors of CHD and its consequences, as well as for reducing their negative impact. 


1980 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 364-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rand M. Voorhies ◽  
Narayan Sundaresan ◽  
H. Tzvi Thaler

✓ The role of preoperative diagnostic tests was evaluated in 210 adult patients with single supratentorial lesions demonstrated by computerized tomography. At craniotomy, 59.5% of these patients proved to have primary brain tumors, 36.2% had metastatic tumors, and 4.3% had non-neoplastic lesions. In 23 (11%) of these patients, a single brain metastasis was the first manifestation of a systemic cancer. The primary site of cancer was identified in 14 patients (10 in the lung, three in the kidney, and one in the colon), and in nine patients the primary site could not be established. Using simple conditional probability theory, we established that the probability of a metastatic lesion in patients without a history of previously treated cancer is about 7%, if their chest x-ray film and intravenous pyelogram (IVP) are negative. Extensive preoperative testing to try to establish a primary site is unrewarding if the chest x-ray film and IVP are negative, since these are the only sites likely to be identified in these patients. In patients with a history of previously treated cancer, these tests are justified because they have prognostic value in determining treatment.


2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. N. Yakovleva ◽  
N. N. Yashalova

The article deals with the history of introducing fees for the negative impact on the environment in our country, including the introduction of natural resource payments in the Soviet Union and environmental payments in the Russian Federation. The functions of the institute for payment of nature use are revealed, its positive and negative aspects are shown. A conclusion is made about the significant role of payments for the use of natural resources and pollution of the environment in the modern mechanism of state environmental regulation, the need to modernize the mechanism for calculating and collecting environmental payments. 


2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Arceneaux

AbstractIntuitions guide decision-making, and looking to the evolutionary history of humans illuminates why some behavioral responses are more intuitive than others. Yet a place remains for cognitive processes to second-guess intuitive responses – that is, to be reflective – and individual differences abound in automatic, intuitive processing as well.


2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A442-A442
Author(s):  
P TSIBOURIS ◽  
M HENDRICKSE ◽  
P ISAACS

Crisis ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sami Hamdan ◽  
Nadine Melhem ◽  
Israel Orbach ◽  
Ilana Farbstein ◽  
Mohammad El-Haib ◽  
...  

Background: Relatively little is known about the role of protective factors in an Arab population in the presence of suicidal risk factors. Aims: To examine the role of protective factors in a subsample of in large Arab Kindred participants in the presence of suicidal risk factors. Methods: We assessed protective and risk factors in a sample of 64 participants (16 suicidal and 48 nonsuicidal) between 15 and 55 years of age, using a comprehensive structured psychiatric interview, the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI), self-reported depression, anxiety, hopelessness, impulsivity, hostility, and suicidal behavior in first-degree and second-relatives. We also used the Religiosity Questionnaire and suicide attitude (SUIATT) and multidimensional perceived support scale. Results: Suicidal as opposed to nonsuicidal participants were more likely to have a lifetime history of major depressive disorder (MDD) (68.8% vs. 22.9% χ2 = 11.17, p = .001), an anxiety disorder (87.5% vs. 22.9, χ2 = 21.02, p < .001), or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (25% vs. 0.0%, Fisher’s, p = .003). Individuals who are otherwise at high risk for suicidality have a much lower risk when they experience higher perceived social support (3.31 ± 1.36 vs. 4.96 ± 1.40, t = 4.10, df = 62, p < .001), and they have the view that suicide is somehow unacceptable (1.83 ± .10 vs. 1.89 ± .07, t = 2.76, df = 60, p = .008). Conclusions: Taken together with other studies, these data suggest that the augmentation of protective factors could play a very important role in the prevention of incidental and recurrent suicidal behavior in Arab populations, where suicidal behavior in increasing rapidly.


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