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Management of anxiety states
- Author:
- GOURNAY Kevin
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 8.11.95, 1995, pp.29-31.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Anxiety states affect millions of people in the UK. Specialist mental health nurses can provide very effective treatment for a range of some of the most severe conditions. However, because of their prevalence all nurses should know something of their nature and management.
Coping strategies among adolescents: a cross-cultural study
- Author:
- OLAH Attila
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adolescence, 18(4), August 1995, pp.491-512.
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
Studied the influence of culture on coping behaviour of young people across different types of anxiety-provoking situations. The subjects were 17-18-year-old Indian, Italian, Hungarian, Swedish and Yemenite boys and girls.
Prevention of anxiety and depression in vulnerable groups: a review of the theoretical, epidemiological and applied research literature
- Author:
- MURRAY Joanna
- Publishers:
- Gaskell, Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 112p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Review looking at primary prevention of anxiety and depression occurring in adults in the community.
Family structure and the mental health of Pakistani Muslim mothers and their children living in Britain
- Authors:
- SHAH Qurrat, SONUGA-BARKE Edmund
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 34(1), February 1995, pp.79-81.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The relationship between family structure and mental health was examined in a British Pakistani Muslim community. Mothers completed an inventory of psychological symptoms of depression and anxiety while a teacher rated their children's behavioural adjustment. Mothers living in extended families reported feeling more depressed and anxious than those in nuclear families; their children, patterns of association between family structure and psychological well-being for mothers and children are discussed.
The impact of home assessment on depression in the elderly: a clinical trial
- Authors:
- COLE Martin G., et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 10(1), January 1995, pp.19-23.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reports on a clinical trial to determine if home assessment was more effective than clinic assessment in eliciting useful clinical information and in reducing depression, anxiety, functional disability and social isolation among elderly depressed patients referred to an outpatient clinic. The trial failed to prove that home assessment improved the assessment or the outcome of the elderly patients in this sample.
Mental disorders, medications and clinical social work
- Author:
- AUSTRIAN Sonia G
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 317p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- New York
Practical guide, aimed at social workers, to mental health problems. Includes chapters on: anxiety disorders; mood disorders; somatoform and factitious disorders; dissociative disorders; schizophrenia; disorders arising from substance abuse; eating disorders; personality disorders; dementia; psychological and neuropsychological assessment; and psychotropic medications.
Expressed emotion, attributions and coping in staff who have been victims of violent incidents
- Authors:
- COTTLE Mandy, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 8(3), 1995, pp.168-183.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
In some occupations, there is an increased risk of becoming a victim of a violent incident. Nursing and care work, in settings for people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour, or who have mental health needs, are occupations which can involve such a risk. This study examined how staff felt, after a violent incident, towards the perpetrator of the incident, and the reasons that the care staff gave as to their belief about the cause of the incident. Coping was investigated by looking at measures of anxiety.
Mental health: a technical document produced by the Health Gain Panel of Review
- Authors:
- FARMER Anne, chair
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Welsh Office. NHS Directorate. Welsh Health Planning Forum
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 520p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Set of papers compiled by the Health Gain Panel of Review with the aim of improving the provision of services to people with mental health problems in Wales. Includes sections on: the epidemiology of mental illness; promoting mental health; mixed anxiety depressive syndrome; depression; bipolar affective disorders; schizophrenia; dementia; personality disorders; suicide and parasuicide; eating disorders; child and adolescent mental health; older people with mental health problems; homelessness and mental health; and therapies.
Attachment theory and post-traumatic stress disorder
- Author:
- SABLE Pat
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Analytic Social Work, 2(4), 1995, pp.89-109.
Attachment theory is applied to understanding and treatment of the anxiety condition of post-traumatic stress disorder in adults. The secure base of a therapeutic relationship provides an opportunity to review experiences relevant to current distress in order to affirm emotional reactions and come to terms with distressing events. Implications for prevention are discussed.