The International journal of social psychiatry
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Int J Soc Psychiatry · May 2010
Lay theories of bipolar disorder: the causes, manifestations and cures for perceived bipolar disorder.
This study aimed to investigate lay theories of the cause and treatment of bipolar disorder, and the recognition of its symptoms. This questionnaire-based study included vignette descriptions of mental disorders and 70 items relating to bipolar disorder. It was completed by 173 participants. ⋯ Drug treatment was favoured as a cure rather than psychotherapy. Theories of cause and treatment were logically correlated. Overall, the results suggest that lay people have reasonably informed beliefs about the causes and treatments of bipolar disorder, however recognition of the symptoms is poor.
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Int J Soc Psychiatry · Mar 2010
Job satisfaction and burnout among staff working in community-based personality disorder services.
To examine levels of burnout among staff working in community-based services for people with personality disorder (PD) and to explore factors which add to or lower the risk of burnout among people working in such services. ⋯ The low levels of burnout we found may reflect the early stage of the development of these services. However, it is also possible that working with people with PD does not in itself lead to burnout, especially when services are organized to share and contain work-related anxiety.
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Int J Soc Psychiatry · May 2009
Comparative StudyParenting support and PTSD in children of a war zone.
The protective role of parenting factors on the mental well-being of children exposed to war trauma remains an under-researched area. ⋯ Interventions in war zones need to ensure the minimal possible disruption to communities and family units, and to involve parents in preventive or treatment programmes for children exposed to trauma.
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Int J Soc Psychiatry · Mar 2009
Post-traumatic stress in asylum seekers and refugees from Chechnya, Afghanistan, and West Africa: gender differences in symptomatology and coping.
Internationally, a high number of refugees are in need of help as a consequence of post-traumatic stress or acculturation problems. ⋯ Social psychiatric interventions should take gender-specific symptoms and coping strategies into account. For asylum seekers and refugees, same gender client-therapist dyads and groups are highly recommended.
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Int J Soc Psychiatry · Jul 2008
Stalking behaviour by patients towards psychiatrists in a large mental health organization.
Mental health professionals are at greater risk than the general population of being stalked, particularly by patients. ⋯ Stalking by patients towards psychiatrists is common and represents an important occupational risk. Formal training programmes and policy development within healthcare organizations may help manage risk.