WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: The clinical effect of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been confirmed for a majority of patients with several psychiatric disorders. ECT is mostly used in patients with severe depression. Choosing, persevering with and completing ECT depends on the patients' motivation for undergoing this therapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe majority of older adults with dementia living in a nursing home exhibit behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). This behavior is difficult for residents to cope with. Early recognition of BPSD is important in order to implement personalized integrated treatment, and nursing staff are in the unique position to consistently observe residents' behavior.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The life expectancy of patients with severe mental illness (SMI) is estimated to be 20 to 30 years shorter than in the general population due to avoidable physical illnesses. This gap is widening. Health care professionals' performance with regard to physical health and lifestyle appears to be suboptimal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences and perceptions of Dutch postdoctoral nurses working in research with leadership and career development.
Methods And Design: A generic explorative qualitative design with semistructured in-depth interviews was used. A criterion sample of 13 postdoctoral nurses working in research in the Netherlands was included.
What Is Known On The Subject: If women suffer from postpartum psychosis, treatment in a specialist facility like a psychiatric mother-baby unit is recommended and should focus on the maternal health, mother-baby outcomes and the care for the next of kin. The role of mental health nurses on a mother-baby unit is essential but challenging, given the complex problems and care needs of the patient, the baby and family members. To date, very little evidence about effective nursing interventions for patients with postpartum psychosis is available.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To describe the experiences of patients with nursing care they had received when hospitalized for mania.
Design And Methods: Multicenter qualitative study using open interviews. Data were analyzed using the Stevick-Colaizzi-Keen method.
The presence of parents during a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission is important for the well-being of both infants and their parents. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify parental presence in terms of frequency, duration, and activities in the NICU in relation to characteristics of both infants and parents. An observational study was performed in a Dutch level III NICU.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Neonates admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) rely highly on intravenous (IV) therapy, for which the peripheral intravenous cannula (PIVC) is the preferred device to allow such therapies to proceed. Placement of a PIVC is a painful procedure and repeated attempts for successful insertion should therefore be limited. We aimed to quantify the incidence, complications, and factors associated with these complications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this paper we describe the development and content of Video-feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting for Children with Autism (VIPP-AUTI). VIPP-AUTI is an adapted version of the evidence-based intervention VIPP. The lack of social responsiveness in children with autism often lowers the quality of the parent-child interaction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn a randomized controlled trial, we evaluated the early intervention program Video-feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting adapted to Autism (VIPP-AUTI) with 78 primary caregivers and their child (16-61 months) with Autism Spectrum Disorder. VIPP-AUTI is a brief attachment-based intervention program, focusing on improving parent-child interaction and reducing the child's individual Autism Spectrum Disorder-related symptomatology in five home visits. VIPP-AUTI, as compared with usual care, demonstrated efficacy in reducing parental intrusiveness.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study explores parental reactions subsequent to receiving their child’s autism spectrum disorder (ASD)-diagnosis. Seventy seven parents of recently diagnosed children participated in the Reaction to Diagnosis Interview. Within this group, associations between parental reaction to diagnosis, parental and child characteristics and prediagnostic circumstances were analysed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPerspect Psychiatr Care
October 2012
Purpose: Bipolar mania is characterized by marked impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. One should expect to see an equally severe burden in informal caregivers. The literature was reviewed in order to provide a foundation upon which to build nursing interventions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Autism Dev Disord
January 2013
Oxytocin seems associated with parenting style, and experimental work showed positive effects of intranasally administered oxytocin on parenting style of fathers. Here, the first double-blind, placebo-controlled, within-subject experiment with intranasal oxytocin administration to fathers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is presented. Fathers with their typically developing toddler (n = 18), and fathers of toddlers diagnosed with ASD (n = 14), were observed in two play sessions of 15 min each with an intervening period of 1 week.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim And Objectives: To explore the evidence on rehabilitation of stroke patients with aphasia in relation to nursing care, focusing on the following themes: (1) the identification of aphasia, (2) the effectiveness of speech-language interventions.
Background: Patients with poststroke aphasia have higher mortality rates and worse functional outcome than patients without aphasia. Nurses are well aware of aphasia and the associated problems for patients with stroke because they have daily contact with them.