Physical Health of People with Mental Illness: A Snapshot of Consumer Engagement in the Provision of Care in Primary Care.

Primary care is crucial to the health of people with mental illness. However, there is limited information on their reported engagement in this setting. This study surveyed 100 people with mental illness who had a general practitioner or a general practitioner and a case manager from a tertiary mental health service to determine their engagement level with their GP and what interventions they received to manage their health.

Hidden and unacknowledged: The mental health and psychosocial interventions delivered by school nurses in Western Australia.

Schools are an important setting for the early identification, assessment and intervention of mental health problems in children and young people. Internationally, many nurses work in schools, but the role of this group with young people experiencing mental health problems has had only limited investigation. This study explored the activities school nurses undertook with young people experiencing mental health problems in Australia.

Correlates of resilience among university students in Oman: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Resilience has a paramount role in dealing with different life stressors and has a great impact on mental health.

Aim: To assess the level of resilience among university students and explore the relation between resilience and a number of variables including psychological well-being, self-esteem and physical health.

Methods: A cross-sectional design was utilized.

The mental health impact of COVID-19 on pre-registration nursing students in Australia: Findings from a national cross-sectional study.

Aim: The study aimed to measure and describe the mental health impact of COVID-19 on Australian pre-registration nursing students.

Background: The COVID -19 pandemic has had a swift and significant impact on nursing students across the globe. The pandemic was the catalyst for the closure of schools and universities across many countries.

Nursing staff composition and its influence on seclusion in an adult forensic mental health inpatient setting: The truth about numbers.

Introduction: Research on the influence of nursing staff composition and use of seclusion in the forensic mental health inpatient settings is sparse. Nursing staff composition refers to staffing levels, roles, gender ratio and skill mix of the ward teams. Internationally, the rates of seclusion in some forensic mental health inpatient settings have increased over the past 10 years despite global efforts to reduce and eliminate its use.

An : Exploring Experiences of Secondary School Nurses Who Encounter Young People with Mental Health Problems.

School nurses have reported stress and worry caring for young people experiencing mental health problems, but why this occurs and how they respond has not been well-explored. In this study researchers generated a substantive theory of the experiences of secondary school nurses who encountered young people with mental health problems using the original method of grounded theory. Thirty-one Western Australian school nurse participants reported that students presented with complex mental and social health needs that were not easily resolved.

Jordanian University Students' Lived Experience of Misusing Amphetamine (Captagon): A Qualitative Study.

Background: Substance misuse is a growing problem among Jordanian university students.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to explore the lived experiences of university students who misuse Captagon (amphetamines).

Methods: The interpretative phenomenological analysis methodology was used.

There is no health without Cultural Safety: why Cultural Safety matters.

Nurses and midwives predominately work in western-centric health care settings, which may not align with Indigenous perspectives of health and wellbeing. Nurses and midwives will also view care through their own cultural lens. Culturally inappropriate health care can reduce access and engagement in services and contribute to reduced health outcomes for Indigenous peoples.

Associated factors of stigma toward people with mental illness among university and school students.

Purpose: This study aimed to explore the associated factors of stigma towards people with mental illness among Omani school and university students.

Design And Method: A cross-sectional study among 371 school and university students with a multivariable linear regression model to identify the associated factors of personal and perceptions of stigma.

Results: Male students, those with highly educated mothers, have high monthly income, higher mental health knowledge, employed fathers, and received focused education on mental illness showed fewer stigmatizing attitudes.

Development of the dementia community attitudes questionnaire.

Background: What it means to live with dementia is changing. Autonomy, independence and continued community involvement are now recognised goals. As a result, new initiatives are required to support people with dementia to sustain their quality of life, update community understanding and reflect resultant change in community attitudes.

Emergency nurses' experience of providing care to patients who self-harm.

Background: Individuals who self-harm may present to emergency departments (EDs) for medical care. As first responders, emergency nurses can have a significant impact on the health outcomes of people who self-harm. This research explored emergency nurses' experiences of working with patients who self-harm.

Mental health nurses' perspectives of people who self-harm.

Self-harm is a significant health issue, a leading cause of serious injury and is an indicator of psychological distress. Nurses play an important role in providing therapeutic care to people who self-harm. The aim of this study was to explore mental health nurses' (MHNs) experience of working with people who self-harm.

Using Q-methodology to explore mental health nurses' knowledge and skills to use recovery-focused care to reduce aggression in acute mental health settings.

When nurses practise recovery-focused care, they contribute positively to the consumer's mental health recovery journey and empower the person to be actively engaged in the management of their illness. While using recovery-focused care is endorsed in mental health policy, many health professionals remain uncertain about its application with consumers who have a risk for aggression during their admission to an acute mental health inpatient setting. This paper reports on Australian research using Q-methodology that examined the knowledge and skill components of recovery-focused care that nurses use to reduce the risk for aggression.

Interprofessional Education and Collaboration: Strategies for Implementation.

Interprofessional education (IPE) is an integral educational outlook that is necessary to make sure that the graduates of an allied health care education are able to be valuable members or leaders of collaborative healthcare practices. Literature and resources are available about various models that have been used by different institutions to integrate IPE as part of their curriculum. With the growing need for collaborative practice, the curriculum must be designed to foster competencies required for IPE.

A unified call to action from Australian nursing and midwifery leaders: ensuring that Black lives matter.

Nurses and midwives of Australia now is the time for change! As powerfully placed, Indigenous and non-Indigenous nursing and midwifery professionals, together we can ensure an effective and robust Indigenous curriculum in our nursing and midwifery schools of education. Today, Australia finds itself in a shifting tide of social change, where the voices for better and safer health care ring out loud. Voices for justice, equity and equality reverberate across our cities, our streets, homes, and institutions of learning.

Exploring the Health Status of People with First-Episode Psychosis Enrolled in the Early Intervention in Psychosis Program.

People diagnosed with mental disorders are at risk of developing physical health co-morbidities. An exploratory "within-subject" and "between-group" design examined the health outcomes of a group diagnosed with first-episode psychosis enrolled in an early intervention in psychosis program over 12 months. The findings were compared with a group diagnosed with psychosis for more than two years.

Knowledge, Attitudes, Prevalence and Associated Factors of Cigarette Smoking Among University Students: A Cross Sectional Study.

This study aimed to assess the prevalence of smoking and associated sociodemographic and economic factors as well as students' knowledge about and attitudes towards smoking among university students in Oman. A proportionate random sampling technique recruited 401 students from three universities in a cross-sectional study. The prevalence of smoking was 9.

A qualitative exploration of family carer's understandings of people with dementia's expectations for the future.

Background: There is little evidence that outlines how family carers understand the person with dementia's perspective, values and anticipated future needs. Whilst people with dementia should be consulted about their own quality of life and care values, carers - otherwise known as care partners - require such understandings to ensure that the support the person receives into the future upholds their quality of life and is consistent with what they desire.

Aim: This research aimed to explore and describe family carers' experience of supporting the person with dementia to maintain their quality of life by understanding how carers developed an awareness and understanding of the person with dementia's expectations for the future and what they believed was important for the person to whom they provided care.

Knowledge and Attitudes of Young People toward Mental Illness: A Cross Sectional Study.

The aim of the study was to investigate young Jordanians' knowledge and attitudes toward people who have a mental illness. A cross sectional design was utilized. A convenient sample of 858 participants aged between 15-24 years old completed a survey.

Parents' Perceptions of the Physical Health Outcomes of Young People Diagnosed with First Episode Psychosis.

This study explores parents' perceptions of their son/daughter's physical health needs following a first episode psychosis diagnosis and commencement on antipsychotic medication. The research process was guided by grounded theory methodology and data were collected using semi-structure interviews with 16 parents. Four categories were identified.

Promoting positive and safe care in forensic mental health inpatient settings: Evaluating critical factors that assist nurses to reduce the use of restrictive practices.

Reducing and eliminating the use of restrictive practices, such as seclusion and restraint, is a national priority for Australia's mental health services. Whilst legislation, organization and practice changes have all contributed to a reduction in these practices, forensic mental health services continue to report high rates. This paper details the findings of research that examined the experiences of nurses working in the inpatient forensic mental health setting.

The physical health of young people experiencing first-episode psychosis: Mental health consumers' experiences.

Young people experiencing first-episode psychosis taking antipsychotic medications often develop comorbidities such as obesity and cardiometabolic abnormalities at an earlier age than young people in the general population. Therefore, it is important to explore the healthcare needs and experiences of this group of consumers. This paper reports research conducted to obtain an informed understanding of young people's health literacy, physical healthcare needs, and interest and knowledge about their physical health.