Publications by authors named "A Wakefield"
Background: New Zealand defendants found unfit to stand trial following a Court-ordered forensic mental health assessment cannot be detained in prison and must either be released, or made subject to a mental health or intellectual disability order. There is increasing awareness of the need to identify these people and protect their rights.
Methods: Retrospective audit of 8 years of Court-ordered health assessor reports addressing fitness to stand trial prepared by a New Zealand regional forensic mental health service with a catchment area of around 850,000.
Introduction: Public safety personnel (PSP) are at increased risk for posttraumatic stress injuries (PTSI). Before Operational Stress (BOS) is a mental health program for PSP with preliminary support mitigating PTSI. The current study compared the effectiveness of delivering BOS in-person by a registered clinician (i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The literature has revealed gaps in knowledge and attitudes regarding pediatric pain management among Ghanaian nurses and nursing students that can be attributed to inadequate education in the area. Consequently, nursing tutors teaching pain management might not have the appropriate knowledge to transfer to their students.
Purpose: To explore nursing tutors' experiences of teaching pediatric pain management as well as their students' learning experiences before and after the tutors' training workshop.
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- Resistance exercise training (RET) boosts muscle mass and strength, and combining it with protein intake, like dairy milk, can enhance muscle protein synthesis, but dairy isn't suitable for everyone due to allergies and lactose intolerance.
- This study compared the effects of dairy milk and soy milk on sex hormone levels after RET in six male participants through a double-blinded, randomized crossover method.
- Results showed no significant differences in hormone levels (testosterone, estrogen, progesterone) between dairy and soy milk, indicating both have similar effects after RET, although more research with larger sample sizes is recommended for confirmation.