Engaging with children and adolescents in mental health settings who are exhibiting behaviours that challenge can often result in the use of seclusion, restraint and coercive practices. It is recognised that more therapeutic ways to engage this population are needed, adopting trauma informed interventions may provide a solution. The aim of this systematic review is to synthesize the evidence in relation to the effect of trauma-informed interventions on coercive practices in child and adolescent residential settings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMental health disorders among primary school children remain a crucial issue. Early health promotion interventions can positively affect and prevent the onset of mental disorders. Promising digital mental health methods have been implemented for adolescents and youths with scarce evidence among younger ages.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Oligodendroglioma (ODG) are CNS resistant tumors characterized by their unique molecular signature, namely a combined deletion of 1p and 19q simultaneously to an IDH1/2 mutation. These tumors have a more favorable clinical outcome compared to other gliomas and a long-time survival that ranges between 10 and 20 years. However, during the course of the disease, multiple recurrences occur and the optimal treatment at each stage of the disease remains unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Organisation and management are factors of paramount importance in higher education for achieving higher quality of training, better professional adaptation, and more effective career pursuance of the students.
Aim: The present study analyses the use of various teaching methods for the students in the major of Healthcare Management as they are employed in two medical universities.
Materials And Methods: We conducted a detailed questionnaire survey which included the students in the Healthcare Management major in the Faculty of Public Health (FPH) at Sofia Medical University (SMU) and the Medical Faculty of Plovdiv Medical University (PMU).
Folia Med (Plovdiv)
September 2009
Introduction: The faculties of social health care have been established in response to the growing social demand for highly qualified managerial staff at all levels of the health care system. The mission of these faculties is to train specialists who will have the necessary knowledge so that they can join in the reforms in the field of social health care to support the changes in the medical and paramedical sector in Bulgaria.
Aims: To determine the specific features of the directions and tendencies in the development of the higher education in Public Health Care.
Folia Med (Plovdiv)
May 2006
Background: The burnout syndrome, as defined in literature, is the ultimate result of prolonged stress in the professional life of nurses characterised mainly by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment.
Aim: The purpose of the present study was to investigate and analyse those factors of the work environment that have an effect on the development of burnout syndrome in nurses working in an oncology in-patient clinic.
Material And Methods: The study was designed as a questionnaire survey.