Issues in mental health nursing
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Issues Ment Health Nurs · Feb 2010
"Suffering in thought": an analysis of the mental health needs of female domestic workers living with violence in Malawi.
The impact of violence on the mental health of women has been acknowledged but with limited exploration in resource-poor countries. Using critical ethnography and feminist methods, we analyzed the impact of violence on the mental health of a sample of Malawian women employed in domestic service. The analysis showed mental health as being situated in the context of poverty, inhumane treatment, social isolation, and the erosion of hope. We offer suggestions on how psychiatric nurses and other health care providers can promote the mental health of women employed in domestic service while acknowledging the limited mental health services in Malawi.
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Issues Ment Health Nurs · Nov 2009
ReviewManaging weight in persons living with severe mental illness in community settings: a review of strategies used in community interventions.
Although several published reviews have summarized the results of behavioral weight management interventions for persons with severe mental illness, little attention has been paid to the interventions themselves, despite the breadth of intervention strategies that have been examined in published trials. This study identified and systematically described 16 behavioral weight management interventions for community-dwelling persons with severe mental illness. ⋯ Individual and societal resources to address obesity among persons living with severe mental illness are limited. Further research is needed to identify the most effective and the most parsimonious interventions.