BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program on psychiatric symptoms, global functioning, life satisfaction, and recovery-promoting relationships among individuals with mental illness. METHODS Participants were patients at the Suwon Mental Health Center. Thirty-two patients were part of the ACT program and 32 patients matched fo...

BACKGROUND Military service is considered to be a hidden variable underlying current knowledge about well-being in the elderly. This study aimed to examine life satisfaction and quality of life in Australia's surviving male Korean War veterans and a community comparison group, and to investigate any association with war deployment-related factors. METHODS Participants completed a postal quest...

BACKGROUND Effective pharmacological treatment with a favorable side-effect profile increases treatment adherence and is therefore very important for patients with schizophrenia. Psychiatrists need easy to use and reliable assessments instruments to evaluate treatment effectiveness in their patients. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A group of European leading psychiatrists have proposed a framework for ...

Expectations of today's healthcare consumers mirror other industries, with customers used to benefits like 24-hour services or mobile access. The ideal patient experience is built on clinical and nonclinical factors like convenience, customer service and staff attitudes. The measurement of patient satisfaction is an integral part of hospital market research. Aim was to understand response rates...

The purpose of this study was to describe and evaluate the Unassigned Geriatric Evaluation and Management (UGEM) program recently developed at Bundoora Extended Care Centre (BECC). The UGEM program resembles a bed substitution service and aims to prevent hospital admissions by providing community case management services to clients who would otherwise require inpatient admission. Data was colle...

Measurement of program climate, defined as a sense of environmental safety amid respectful relationships and effective organizational systems, has been associated with a myriad of important outcomes in school and workplace settings. However, climate has received scant attention in the realm of graduate training, including training in psychology health service programs, despite related research ...

INTRODUCTION Cancer-related pain has a severe negative impact on quality of life. Combination analgesic therapy with oxycodone and pregabalin is effective for treating neuropathic cancer pain. We investigated the efficacy and tolerability of a dose-escalation combination therapy with prolonged-release oxycodone/naloxone (OXN-PR) and pregabalin in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer and sev...

Archival data of inpatient defendants referred for competency restoration were used to make comparisons between those who were restored to competency (CST; n = 43) and those who remained incompetent (IST; n = 15). The groups did not differ on demographic variables, intellectual capacity, type of offense (violent versus nonviolent), clinical diagnoses, substance abuse, or psychotic symptomatolog...