Working for psychiatric patients?

Exploring the Reasons for Dissatisfaction of Nurses Working in Psychiatric Wards: A Qualitative Study

Objectives: This study sought to learn more about psychiatric nurses' experiences working in Iraq because it has been reported that the field of mental health nursing is challenging and has low job satisfaction. Methods: This research is a qualitative study and draws on lived experience conducted on 24 nurses working at Al-Rashad a special hospital in Baghdad that included psychiatric wards se...

Psychiatric team's experience of working in psychiatric wards

BACKGROUND Psychiatric team plays an important role in treating and taking care of psychiatric patients. Using this team's experience seems necessary for enhancing care services. The aim of this study was to assess psychiatric team's experience of working in different psychiatric groups. METHODS This is a qualitative study with phenomenological approach. Samples were chosen using purposive sa...

Do stressful working conditions cause psychiatric disorders?

EDITORIAL Do stressful working conditions cause psychiatric disorders? Twenty-five employees of France Telecom, a European telecommunications giant, have committed suicide within less than a 2-year period. The company's trades unions claimed that the number of suicides was a result of stressful working conditions. These events alerted the media globally—but doubts have been raised about whether...

[The attitudes nurses working at psychiatric hospitals in Turkey have towards forensic psychiatric patients and the associated factors].

OBJECTIVE To determine the attitudes nurses working at psychiatric hospitals in Turkey have towards forensic psychiatric patients and the associated factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study included 620 nurses working at 8 psychiatric hospitals in Turkey that completed ≥80% of the Nurses' Attitudes Towards Forensic Psychiatric Patients Scale (NAFPPS). Data were evaluated base...

[Letter: Psychiatric classification of psychiatric patients].