The relationship between COVID-19 pandemic-related stress and meaning in life: testing the moderating effects of self-compassion and savoring.

Background And Objectives: The stress people experience in relation to a highly stressful event, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, can undermine their sense of meaning in life. This study examined the relationship between COVID-19 pandemic-related stress and meaning in life and whether self-compassion and savoring positive emotional experience moderated this relationship.

Methods: Participants ( = 498) completed measures of pandemic-related stress, dimensions of meaning in life (comprehension, purpose, mattering), self-compassion (self-kindness, common humanity, mindfulness), and savoring (savoring through anticipation, savoring the moment, savoring through reminiscence).

Development and psychometric testing of the career success in Nursing Scale.

Aim: To develop and test the psychometric properties of an instrument assessing career success in nurses.

Background: Despite the importance of achieving success in nursing, to date, this construct has been measured using unidimensional or generic scales not fully reflecting career success as perceived by nurses.

Methods: This scale development study used a large sample of nurses across 10 hospitals in Tabriz, Iran.

Mental health services planning for G20 summit in Brisbane and assessment of impact.

Objective: The objective of this study was to inform planning for similar events, our aim was to describe planning undertaken by Brisbane Mental Health Services for the 2014 G20 Summit and the impact of the Summit on service use.

Methods: We analysed routinely collected service data comparing presentations and discharges for the same time period in two consecutive years.

Results: While presentations to mental health services increased from the previous year across a five-month period (including the month of G20), the week of the G20 Summit showed little change.

Attending to physical health in mental health services in Australia: a qualitative study of service users' experiences and expectations.

Evidence is unequivocal: the premature death of people with severe mental health problems is attributable primarily to cardiovascular disease, and healthcare provided is often suboptimal. With the overarching aim of improving outcomes, policies and guidelines oblige mental health services and psychiatrists to monitor cardio-metabolic health of patients and intervene as appropriate. Practice is highly variable; however, with ongoing debate about resourcing and responsibilities dominated by clinicians who have identified disinterest among patients as influencing practice.