Women Physicians and Nurses in Treatment for Substance Use Disorders: Commonalities and Disparities by Profession.

Women physicians and nurses are health professionals with significant differences in their role, but they share common social and occupational stressors. This study compares the outcomes of female physicians and nurses in treatment in a highly specialized program for health professionals with substance use disorders. This was a 9-year, survival, observational, cohort study, conducted with data from medical e-records of female nurses (n = 58) and physicians (n = 50) in treatment for addictions.

Comparing nurses attending a specialised mental health programme with and without substance use disorder: a retrospective, observational study in Spain.

Objectives: To analyse the differences between nurses with and without substance use disorders (SUDs) admitted to a specialised mental health programme.

Design: Retrospective, observational study.

Setting: Specialised mental health treatment programme for nurses in Catalonia, Spain.

Quitline nurses' experiences in providing telephone-based smoking cessation help to mental health patients: A mixed methods study.

WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Quitlines are known to be effective in helping people quit smoking, including those with mental health conditions. It is particularly important to address smoking in this population as the prevalence of smoking ranges from 40% to 75%. However, professionals working in quitlines often face barriers due to their limited training and resources to effectively support these smokers quit, especially if they are not mental health professionals.

Help Seeking of Highly Specialized Mental Health Treatment before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Health Professionals.

(1) Background: Ongoing specialized programs for health professionals (HPs) adapted their treatment services during the COVID-19 pandemic. (2) Methods: We conducted a retrospective observational study of medical e-records of HPs with mental disorders working in Catalonia that were consecutively admitted to the Galatea Care Program Clinical Unit. The sample (N 1461) was divided into two periods: 21.

Acceptability and participation predictors for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial to test a smoking cessation intervention after discharge from mental health wards.

Background And Aim: Hospitalization is an ideal time to promote smoking cessation, but interventions are limited for supporting cessation maintenance after discharge. This study aimed to evaluate the acceptability of participating in a trial that tested the efficacy of an intensive telephone-based intervention for smokers after discharge.

Methods: Adult smokers admitted to mental health wards of six hospitals were invited to participate in the trial.

Nurse admissions at a specialized mental health programme: A pre-Covid-19 retrospective review (2000-2019).

Aims: Nursing is a stressful and emotionally demanding profession. To date, few mental health treatment interventions have been developed for them worldwide. This study aims to explore referral trends in nurses with mental disorders admitted to a pioneer specialized mental health programme in Europe from 2000 to 2019.

Characteristics of resident physicians accessing a specialised mental health service: a retrospective study.

Objectives: Little is known about resident physicians being treated at physician health programmes around the world despite the fact that it is a highly demanding training period. This study aims to describe the profiles of resident physicians accessing a specialised mental health service in Spain over a 20-year period and to compare them to consultant-grade physicians.

Design: Retrospective observational study.

Smoking cessation interventions in substance use disorders treatment centers of Catalonia: The abandoned addiction.

Substance use disorders (SUD) treatment centers are an optimal setting for delivering smoking cessation interventions (SCI). This study aimed to examine the adoption of SCI in SUD treatment centers in Catalonia (Spain) as well as to assess their managers' views on the appropriateness and feasibility of providing SCI. Managers directly in charge of SUD treatment centers (n = 57) answered a 30-item on-line questionnaire.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of healthcare professionals.

Introduction: Healthcare professionals (HPs) have been confronted by unprecedented traumatic experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in countries that had not experienced similar epidemic outbreaks in recent years.

Aim: To analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of HPs.

Method: We comprehensively reviewed the studies published in MEDLINE (PubMed), Web of Science and Google Scholar between December 2019 and May 2020.

Family physicians with mental disorders admitted to a physicians' health programme: what can be learned?

Background: Family physicians (FPs) are said to be suffering from high rates of mental distress. Physicians' health programmes (PHPs) have been developed in several countries to provide specialized care for those suffering from mental disorders.

Objective: To describe the profile of FPs admitted to the Integral Care Programme for Sick Physicians (PAIMM) compared to other physicians and the evolution of their referrals during a 20-year period.

Integral Treatment Programme for Addicted Physicians: Results from The Galatea Care Programme for Sick Physicians.

Introduction: Addictions among physicians are a matter of public health interest because of their negative impact on the physician's well-being and the potential risk of malpractice. Physicians' Health Programmes (PHP) have been developed in several countries to address this issue. Although they share some similarities, they differ in organisational and clinical aspects.

Effectiveness of a telephone-based intervention for smoking cessation in patients with severe mental disorders: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Up to 75% of inpatients with mental disorders smoke, and their life expectancy is decreased by up to 25 years compared to the general population. Hospitalized patients without monitoring after discharge quickly return to prehospitalization levels of tobacco use. The aim of the 061 QuitMental study is to assess the effectiveness of a multicomponent and motivational telephone-based intervention to stop smoking through a quitline addressed to smokers discharged from mental health hospital wards.

Cigarette dependence and depressive symptoms as predictors of smoking status at five-year follow-up after a workplace smoking cessation program.

Workplace smoking cessation interventions increase quit rates compared to no treatment or minimal interventions. However, most studies report data up to one year. This study aims to evaluate long-term effects of a worksite smoking cessation intervention based on cognitive behavioral cessation groups combined with first-line medications, and determine to what extent cigarette dependence (FTCD) and depressive symptoms may influence results at five-year follow-up.

Deconstructing myths, building alliances: a networking model to enhance tobacco control in hospital mental health settings.

Life expectancy for people with severe mental disorders is up to 25 years less in comparison to the general population, mainly due to diseases caused or worsened by smoking. However, smoking is usually a neglected issue in mental healthcare settings. The aim of this article is to describe a strategy to improve tobacco control in the hospital mental healthcare services of Catalonia (Spain).

Safety of Varenicline for Smoking Cessation in Psychiatric and Addicts Patients.

Unlabelled: The safety of varenicline in the treatment of tobacco dependence has been questioned, in psychiatric patients. However, most published studies have not included psychiatric patients.

Objective: Assess the safety of varenicline for smoking cessation in patients with psychiatric disorders.

Smoking cessation in hospital workers: effectiveness of a coordinated program in 33 hospitals in Catalonia (Spain).

Background: The Catalan Network of Smoke-free Hospitals coordinates a smoking cessation program addressed to hospital workers. The program included training in tobacco cessation, a common software, and free access to pharmacological treatments.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Catalan Network of Smoke-free Hospitals smoking cessation program for abstinence among workers of the 33 participating hospitals.

Smoke-free policies in psychiatric services: identification of unmet needs.

Introduction: Smoke-free policies have been extended to enclosed workplaces in many countries; however, smoking continues to be commonly allowed on psychiatric premises. The aim of this study was to describe tobacco control strategies undertaken in psychiatric inpatient services and day centres in Spain.

Methods: This cross-sectional survey included all psychiatric service centres that offered public services in Catalonia, Spain (n=192).

The alternative five-factor model of personality, nicotine dependence and relapse after treatment for smoking cessation.

Personality is one of several factors that have been related to the initiation, maintenance and cessation of smoking. This paper aims to analyze the relationship between the alternative five-factor model of personality (AFFM), nicotine dependence (ND), nicotine use (NU) and cessation after twelve months of a cognitive-behavioral therapy combined with medication. In this prospective study, a sample of 103 smokers who were taking part in a workplace smoking cessation intervention, answered the Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire.

[Impact of depressive symptoms on outcomes of a workplace smoking-cessation program].

Introduction: Although smoking and depression have been related, little importance is given to the impact of depression on outcomes of smoking cessation interventions in the workplace. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of depressive symptoms and a history of depression on abstinence after a workplace smoking cessation intervention, and to explore the roles of gender, nicotine dependence and antidepressants.

Methods: A retrospective study with employees of Barcelona City Council participating on a voluntary basis.

[Impact of a training in brief intervention. Differences in the hospital approach of tobacco and alcohol consumption].

Objective: To evaluate th e impact of a training intervention To evaluate the impact of a training intervention for health care professionals on inpatients' smoking and alcohol consumption and to compare the hospital intervention for the two substances.

Methods: Through two parallel studies, we compared, using auto-administered questionnaires, the referred clinical behaviour on smoking of 66 health care professionals and the intervention received by 169 patients, with the clinical behaviour on hazardous drinking of other 38 professionals and other 118 patients from different hospital wards before and after attending a training in brief intervention on smoking cessation and hazardous alcohol drinking respectively.

Results: We only found slight differences between alcohol and tobacco concerning professionals' behaviour.

[Evaluation of a training programme for health professionals on smoking cessation in hospitalized patients].

Introduction: The promotion of smoking cessation in hospital settings is uncommon. One of the main barriers to such promotion is lack of knowledge on how to proceed. The objective of this study is to assess changes in professionals' knowledge, attitudes and actions after having received training in brief intervention.

Teaching hospital staff about hazardous drinking: the effect of a single intervention.

Aims: To determine if a teaching intervention on hazardous drinking could improve the knowledge, attitudes and clinical behaviour of Health Professionals (HP) in a hospital.

Methods: Changes were assessed at baseline and 1 month after the intervention through questionnaires delivered to 38 professionals and interviews with patients (N = 240).

Results: Knowledge of professionals improved.

[Evaluation of brief intervention for smoking cessation in hospitalized patients].

Background And Objective: Since World Health Organization (WHO) recommends brief interventions for smoking cessation to be included systematically in daily practise as a part of clinical work, the main aim of this study is to know if this intervention is done by health professionals working in hospital wards in a general hospital in Barcelona. Secondly, to assess prevalence rates for smoking among patients of a general hospital in Barcelona/Spain.

Patients And Method: Brief intervention was assessed asking inpatients at discharge and revising discharge reports.