Publications by authors named "Katarina Needham"
Article Synopsis
- Psycho-existential symptoms in palliative care are often overlooked, and the study aimed to implement a screening tool called the Psycho-existential Symptom Assessment Scale (PeSAS) across Australian palliative care services.
- Over one year, 216 clinicians were trained on PeSAS, leading to a significant increase in their confidence in identifying patients' psycho-existential wellness and collecting data from 1405 patients.
- Findings revealed common symptoms like anxiety (41.1%) and hopelessness (35.8%), showing a significant need for better recognition and management of these issues in palliative care.
Objective: A developmental model of alexithymia in relation to alcohol-related risk was examined.
Method: Validated indices of parental bonding, adult attachment, alexithymia, theory of mind (ToM), alcohol-related risk, and mood were administered to a nonclinical sample of 286 alcohol-using men and women.
Results: Hierarchical regression incorporating demographic and psychosocial variables accounted for 44% of the variance in alexithymia.