Examining the effects of chronic pain on work performance in the military.

Background: Effectively managing pain is a unique challenge for the U.S. military.

Mantram Repetition Program Decreases Insomnia Among Homeless Women: A Pilot Study.

The current pre-/posttest pilot study recruited homeless women from "safe" car parks and transitional housing to evaluate the use of mantram in regard to insomnia. At baseline, study participants completed measures of cognitive function, depression, and the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI). In 40 minutes, women were taught three skills of the Mantram Repetition Program (MRP) in the natural environment: (a) silently repeating a mantram several times, several times per day; (b) repeating the mantram slowly every night before sleep; and (c) focusing full attention on the mantram during repetitions.

Impact of war on American adolescents.

Problem: The impact of the Persian Gulf war on adolescents in Columbia, Charleston, and Sumter, SC.

Methods: Four semiannual surveys measured adolescents' exposure to and evaluations of the Persian Gulf war, and the relationship between this exposure and mental distress.

Findings: Of the sample, 814 (65.

Effects of a long-term psychosocial nursing intervention on adolescents exposed to catastrophic stress.

This research tested the effects of a long-term psychosocial nursing intervention designed to decrease mental distress in adolescents following a catastrophic event. Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses conducted the Catastrophic Stress Intervention (CSI) in two South Carolina high schools for three years following Hurricane Hugo. The CSI consisted of nine protocols designed to decrease adolescents' mental distress by increasing their understanding of stress and by enhancing their self-efficacy and social support.