Abstract: This study gives a systematic and recent overview of studies that focus on staff variables that may have an influence on the origin and maintenance of challenging behaviour of clients with an intellectual disability. Thirty three studies were identified through computerized searches of the PsycInfo and ERIC-databases on the basis of specific search terms and inclusion criteria. The re...

Introduction Pharmacists have expanded their roles within interprofessional teams in substance use disorder (SUD) care, but data characterizing pharmacist-delivered comprehensive medication management (CMM) outpatient SUD treatment are limited. Objectives The purpose of this study was to characterize the patient population, and therapy problems (MTPs), describe considerations for CMM developmen...

BACKGROUND A growing body of literature indicates that smartphone technology is a feasible add-on tool in the treatment of individuals with early psychosis (EP) . However, most studies to date have been conducted independent of outpatient care or in a research clinic setting, often with financial incentives to maintain user adherence to the technology. Feasibility of dissemination and implement...

Population models are widely applied in biomedical data analysis since they characterize both the average and individual responses of a population of subjects. In absence of a reliable mechanistic model, one can resort to the Bayesian nonparametric approach that models the individual curves as Gaussian processes. This paper develops an efficient computational scheme for estimating the average a...

A hybrid cloud is a cloud computing environment in which an organization provides and manages some internal resources and has others provided externally. However, this new environment could bring irretrievable losses to the clients due to a lack of integrity verification mechanism for distributed data outsourcing. To support scalable service and data migration, in this paper we address the cons...

[Investment banks play an intermediary role in the financial system that is integral to its efficient operation. A core, and highly visible, aspect of their work is providing financial advisory services to institutional clients on transactions that have strategic importance, such as mergers and acquisitions. As these services are but one aspect of the broad and diverse range of financial servic...

Following a consultation and review process, the interRAI suite of assessment tools was chosen as the most suitable instrument for assessment of the care needs of older people in Ireland. We used previously validated questionnaires to examine the usability, practicality and acceptability of these tools to professionals, carers and clients in rural and urban acute, long-term care and community s...

ISSUE ADDRESSED To investigate the role of a community kitchen for clients living in a socio-economically disadvantaged neighbourhood. METHODS In 2005, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 clients attending a community kitchen located in a socio-economically disadvantaged neighbourhood in New South Wales. Participants were asked their reasons for attending the kitchen. Qualitativ...