نتایج جستجو برای: mentaly ill persons

تعداد نتایج: 148703  

Journal: :Journal of abnormal psychology 1968
D V Cicchetti P S Ornston

The reactions of hospitalized neuropsychiatric patients were compared after exposure to a film depicting a disturbed pattern of communication between a mother, father, schizophrenic son, and psychotherapist. As hypothesized, the following results occurred: (a) Adequately adjusted, relative to inadequately adjusted, patients made fewer errors when asked questions about the filmed interaction, an...

Journal: :The Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 1989
A Kirk

The predictive validity of the clinical judgment of dangerousness in the context of short-term civil commitment was studied prospectively by comparing the behavioral scale ratings of both verbal and physical aggression between 37 persons committed on the basis of "danger to others" versus 31 persons committed on other grounds. No statistically significant difference was found between these two ...

Journal: :Schizophrenia bulletin 1989
A Everett

Labels that have been applied to various groups in our society have been found to have a tremendous impact on these people. It is the author's contention that the label "case management" has an adverse impact on the care of mentally ill people. A change in terminology is suggested. Attention is drawn to other issues in mental illness treatment that also require modification.

Journal: :Journal of medical ethics 1993
J Davies

In the author's experience most normal healthy adults would like to have the choice of medical help to die if they become incurably ill and find their suffering intolerable. The reasons for this are explored, based on ten years of listening and talking about the subject to a wide variety of people in many countries. The most familiar and common are the avoidance of futile suffering and the desi...

Journal: :The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 2013
Peter H Silverstone Yasmeen I Krameddine David DeMarco Robert Hassel

Police and law enforcement providers frequently come in contact with individuals who have psychiatric disorders. Repeated studies suggest that greater understanding of psychiatric conditions by police officers would be beneficial. However, few training approaches have been examined. We present a novel approach to training police officers to interact with those who may have a psychiatric disorde...

Journal: :Annals of health law 2010
Marchell Goins Kyneitrēs Good Cori Harley

This commentary on the stigmatization of people with mental illness explores social perceptions of them as dangerous and uncivilized. The authors discuss how the legal system suggests that these are people who should be ousted from the community while mental health professionals attempt to reiterate the fact that these individuals are simply human. The authors describe ways people with mental i...

2016
T. A. Ghebreyesus Z. Tadesse D. Jima E. Bekele A. Mihretie D. P. Rogers

Many infectious and chronic diseases are either directly or indirectly sensitive to the climate. Managing this climate sensitivity more effectively requires new working relationships between the health sector and the providers of climate data and information. In Africa, where communities are particularly vulnerable, Ministries of Health and National Meteorological Services need to collaborate t...

2008
KENNETH ADAMS JOSEPH FERRANDINO

Mentally ill inmates now comprise a substantial portion of the prison population and pose administrative and therapeutic challenges to prison administrators and mental health professionals. Some evidence suggests that both the size of the population and the seriousness of their illnesses are increasing. Given this context, several issues are highlighted and discussed in terms of contemporary ef...

Journal: :The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 2006
Ronald Schouten

In this issue of the Journal, Swanson et al. explore the demand for and utilization of psychiatric advance directives (PADs), and discuss some of the barriers to their greater acceptance. This author suggests that PADs may be more widely accepted and utilized if they are viewed as tools for maximizing individual autonomy, with an emphasis on optimizing rather than merely restricting care.

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