BACKGROUND Health care workers are exposed to various work-related traumatic incidents and crises, so building emotional resiliency is important. AIMS To examine exposure to work-related crises and resiliency of health care workers in public hospitals in Singapore. METHODS We sent questionnaires to health care workers in seven public hospitals. Participation was voluntary and anonymous. We ...

OBJECTIVE Recent critiques of incident reporting suggest that its role in managing safety has been over emphasized. The objective of this study was to examine the perceived effectiveness of incident reporting in improving safety in mental health and acute hospital settings by asking staff about their perceptions and experiences. DESIGN Qualitative research design using documentary analysis an...

BACKGROUND Adherence to advice given by the consultation-liaison (CL) psychiatrist is a prerequisite for the effectiveness and success of psychiatric consultation. It is unknown which factors are associated with better adherence to advice. AIM To review the adherence of consultees with advice given by the psychiatrist during inpatient consultation. METHOD Systematic literature review. RES...

Mental Health. The benefits of Occupation, Recreation and Amusement. By Richard Eager, O.B.E., M.D., late Medical Superintendent, Devon Mental Hospital. Published by W. V. Cole and Sons, 87 and 88 South Street, Exeter. Price, post free, 6?d. each, 6/per dozen. This little pamphlet consists of the material presented by the writer in addresses given to the Mental Hospitals Association in 1934 and...

1313 E. 60th Street, Chicago 37, Illinois. 30 cents. Although based on American experience, this brief pamphlet should be of interest to all workers concerned about the increasing number of senile patients in our mental hospitals. It is a report on the provision of specialized boarding home care for patients from the state hospitals of North Carolina, many "having been admitted there when menta...

We examined the public's preferences regarding the site of provision of mental health care and the basis for those preferences. A representative sample of the adult Israeli population (N = 1,583) was interviewed by telephone about their knowledge and attitudes. Self-referral to mental health professionals and primary medical doctors for milder disorders was low. Psychiatric clinics were preferr...

The concentration of incarcerated individuals with mental health and physical problems in the United States has led to the labeling of jails and prisons as the “hospitals of last resort” for those unable to access healthcare services in the community. As funding for community behavioral health services has dwindled, the number of people with serious psychiatric conditions in the nation’s correc...