Smoking Cessation Barriers among Individuals with Mental Illnesses: A Qualitative Study of Patients' and Healthcare Providers' Perspectives
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2023 Oct 11:1-8. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2023.2255261. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn this paper we aimed to explore: (1) challenges that people with mental illnesses (MIs) describe in engaging in smoking cessation, (2) challenges that mental health providers (MHPs) perceive that people living with MIs face, and (3) how the perceived challenges are similar and/or different from both perspectives. Semi-structured interviews were used to obtain narrative data from 16 MHPs and 13 psychiatric inpatients with MIs. We identified themes purport societal, group, and individual factors may influence smoking...
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - October 11, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Bassema Abufarsakh Jennifer Scarduzio Chizimuzo Okoli Source Type: research

Striking the Right Balance and Supporting Social Aspirations: How Agency and Choice Play out in a Recovery-Oriented Mental Health Service
DISCUSSION: Staff were uncertain of their role in promoting choice, resulting in service-users feeling unsupported in their recovery. Staff had to adopt a titrated approach to social inclusion, to protect service-users from discrimination and rejection.IMPLICATIONS: Mental health professionals need to take a more proactive role in enabling service-users to realise their social aspirations, as well as managing any adverse impacts of stigma and discrimination.PMID:37819779 | DOI:10.1080/01612840.2023.2260472 (Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing)
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - October 11, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Amy Pritchard Michael Coffey Jaynie Rance Source Type: research

"What Can I Do to Not Have This Life"? A Qualitative Study of Paternal Postnatal Depression Experiences among Fathers in the United Kingdom
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2023 Oct 11:1-12. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2023.2262574. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTUnderstandings of paternal postnatal depression (PND) in fathers from the United Kingdom (UK) have received limited attention, particularly in view of changing dynamics of contemporary parenthood. To rectify this, eight UK fathers with PND took part in one-to-one interviews, with Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis used to understand their lived experiences. Our findings demonstrate that UK fathers with PND experienced extremely distressing emotions, including anger and misery, after their babies are born. Thei...
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - October 11, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Caroline Davenport Viren Swami Source Type: research

Barriers and Needs of Mental Health Nursing Practitioners toward the Provision of Physical Health Care for Individuals with Severe Mental Illness: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Survey in India
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2023 Oct 11:1-11. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2023.2262581. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDespite the potential and opportunity for nurses in mental health settings to deliver comprehensive care to individuals with severe mental illnesses, existing evidence indicates inadequacy in providing physical health care. To understand this gap, we examined the mental health nurse's attitudes, practices, training needs, and barriers toward physical healthcare of individuals with severe mental illness and explored the associated socio-demographic differences. All mental health nurses working in an apex mental healt...
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - October 11, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Jothimani Gurusamy Senthil Amudhan Melwine Menen Kathyayani B Veerabhadraiah Dinakaran Damodharan Source Type: research

Smoking Cessation Barriers among Individuals with Mental Illnesses: A Qualitative Study of Patients' and Healthcare Providers' Perspectives
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2023 Oct 11:1-8. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2023.2255261. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn this paper we aimed to explore: (1) challenges that people with mental illnesses (MIs) describe in engaging in smoking cessation, (2) challenges that mental health providers (MHPs) perceive that people living with MIs face, and (3) how the perceived challenges are similar and/or different from both perspectives. Semi-structured interviews were used to obtain narrative data from 16 MHPs and 13 psychiatric inpatients with MIs. We identified themes purport societal, group, and individual factors may influence smoking...
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - October 11, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Bassema Abufarsakh Jennifer Scarduzio Chizimuzo Okoli Source Type: research

Striking the Right Balance and Supporting Social Aspirations: How Agency and Choice Play out in a Recovery-Oriented Mental Health Service
DISCUSSION: Staff were uncertain of their role in promoting choice, resulting in service-users feeling unsupported in their recovery. Staff had to adopt a titrated approach to social inclusion, to protect service-users from discrimination and rejection.IMPLICATIONS: Mental health professionals need to take a more proactive role in enabling service-users to realise their social aspirations, as well as managing any adverse impacts of stigma and discrimination.PMID:37819779 | DOI:10.1080/01612840.2023.2260472 (Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing)
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - October 11, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Amy Pritchard Michael Coffey Jaynie Rance Source Type: research

"What Can I Do to Not Have This Life"? A Qualitative Study of Paternal Postnatal Depression Experiences among Fathers in the United Kingdom
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2023 Oct 11:1-12. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2023.2262574. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTUnderstandings of paternal postnatal depression (PND) in fathers from the United Kingdom (UK) have received limited attention, particularly in view of changing dynamics of contemporary parenthood. To rectify this, eight UK fathers with PND took part in one-to-one interviews, with Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis used to understand their lived experiences. Our findings demonstrate that UK fathers with PND experienced extremely distressing emotions, including anger and misery, after their babies are born. Thei...
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - October 11, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Caroline Davenport Viren Swami Source Type: research

A Meta-Ethnographic Review of Forensic Psychiatry Inpatient Care. Nursing Staff Experiences of the Nurse-Patient Encounter
CONCLUSION: The encounter is experienced as a continuous process in which the foundation is laid for the encounter (approach), the encounter unfolds and develops (action) and the nurse experiences the encounter (activation). The process is intertwined with and takes place in a context where care is influenced by the duality of the task (task), the culture of care (context), the patient's expression (patient) and the nurse's own impression of the patient's expression (oneself).IMPLICATIONS: Professional communities should support initiatives that can strengthen nurses' self-awareness and provide opportunities for reflection...
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - October 6, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Ove Hellz én Lars Hammarstr öm Oliva Ekman Siri Andreassen Devik Source Type: research

Experiences of Help from the Perspective of Parents Whose Adolescent Is Harming Themselves or Has Died by Suicide
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2023 Oct 6:1-13. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2023.2258211. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAdolescent self-harm or suicide are emotionally difficult for parents, thus also parents need help. This qualitative descriptive study aimed to produce knowledge on the experiences of help received by Finnish parents (n = 23) whose adolescent is harming themselves or has died by suicide. The parents received diverse help for themselves, and for their self-harming adolescent or the deceased adolescent's sibling. Parents described negative experiences, but also factors that promoted their experience of help. There are ...
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - October 6, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Tiina Maria Miettinen Marja Kaunonen Jari Kylm ä Marja-Liisa Rissanen Anna Liisa Aho Source Type: research

A Meta-Ethnographic Review of Forensic Psychiatry Inpatient Care. Nursing Staff Experiences of the Nurse-Patient Encounter
CONCLUSION: The encounter is experienced as a continuous process in which the foundation is laid for the encounter (approach), the encounter unfolds and develops (action) and the nurse experiences the encounter (activation). The process is intertwined with and takes place in a context where care is influenced by the duality of the task (task), the culture of care (context), the patient's expression (patient) and the nurse's own impression of the patient's expression (oneself).IMPLICATIONS: Professional communities should support initiatives that can strengthen nurses' self-awareness and provide opportunities for reflection...
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - October 6, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Ove Hellz én Lars Hammarstr öm Oliva Ekman Siri Andreassen Devik Source Type: research

Experiences of Help from the Perspective of Parents Whose Adolescent Is Harming Themselves or Has Died by Suicide
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2023 Oct 6:1-13. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2023.2258211. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAdolescent self-harm or suicide are emotionally difficult for parents, thus also parents need help. This qualitative descriptive study aimed to produce knowledge on the experiences of help received by Finnish parents (n = 23) whose adolescent is harming themselves or has died by suicide. The parents received diverse help for themselves, and for their self-harming adolescent or the deceased adolescent's sibling. Parents described negative experiences, but also factors that promoted their experience of help. There are ...
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - October 6, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Tiina Maria Miettinen Marja Kaunonen Jari Kylm ä Marja-Liisa Rissanen Anna Liisa Aho Source Type: research

A Meta-Ethnographic Review of Forensic Psychiatry Inpatient Care. Nursing Staff Experiences of the Nurse-Patient Encounter
CONCLUSION: The encounter is experienced as a continuous process in which the foundation is laid for the encounter (approach), the encounter unfolds and develops (action) and the nurse experiences the encounter (activation). The process is intertwined with and takes place in a context where care is influenced by the duality of the task (task), the culture of care (context), the patient's expression (patient) and the nurse's own impression of the patient's expression (oneself).IMPLICATIONS: Professional communities should support initiatives that can strengthen nurses' self-awareness and provide opportunities for reflection...
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - October 6, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Ove Hellz én Lars Hammarstr öm Oliva Ekman Siri Andreassen Devik Source Type: research

Experiences of Help from the Perspective of Parents Whose Adolescent Is Harming Themselves or Has Died by Suicide
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2023 Oct 6:1-13. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2023.2258211. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAdolescent self-harm or suicide are emotionally difficult for parents, thus also parents need help. This qualitative descriptive study aimed to produce knowledge on the experiences of help received by Finnish parents (n = 23) whose adolescent is harming themselves or has died by suicide. The parents received diverse help for themselves, and for their self-harming adolescent or the deceased adolescent's sibling. Parents described negative experiences, but also factors that promoted their experience of help. There are ...
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - October 6, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Tiina Maria Miettinen Marja Kaunonen Jari Kylm ä Marja-Liisa Rissanen Anna Liisa Aho Source Type: research

A Meta-Ethnographic Review of Forensic Psychiatry Inpatient Care. Nursing Staff Experiences of the Nurse-Patient Encounter
CONCLUSION: The encounter is experienced as a continuous process in which the foundation is laid for the encounter (approach), the encounter unfolds and develops (action) and the nurse experiences the encounter (activation). The process is intertwined with and takes place in a context where care is influenced by the duality of the task (task), the culture of care (context), the patient's expression (patient) and the nurse's own impression of the patient's expression (oneself).IMPLICATIONS: Professional communities should support initiatives that can strengthen nurses' self-awareness and provide opportunities for reflection...
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - October 6, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Ove Hellz én Lars Hammarstr öm Oliva Ekman Siri Andreassen Devik Source Type: research

Experiences of Help from the Perspective of Parents Whose Adolescent Is Harming Themselves or Has Died by Suicide
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2023 Oct 6:1-13. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2023.2258211. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAdolescent self-harm or suicide are emotionally difficult for parents, thus also parents need help. This qualitative descriptive study aimed to produce knowledge on the experiences of help received by Finnish parents (n = 23) whose adolescent is harming themselves or has died by suicide. The parents received diverse help for themselves, and for their self-harming adolescent or the deceased adolescent's sibling. Parents described negative experiences, but also factors that promoted their experience of help. There are ...
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - October 6, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Tiina Maria Miettinen Marja Kaunonen Jari Kylm ä Marja-Liisa Rissanen Anna Liisa Aho Source Type: research