A model for psychiatric nurse practitioners to facilitate the mental health of women living with borderline personality disorder
- Authors: Ntshingila, Nompumelelo
- Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/273597 , uj:29150
- Description: D.Cur. , Abstract: Mental health challenges account for 13% of the global burden of diseases. Borderline personality disorder affects mostly women living with this disorder. In the researcher’s minor dissertation, women living with borderline personality disorder told life stories of living in an unsafe space during their childhood. Their life stories depict chronic feelings of emptiness in relationships with self and depict a pattern of unstable interpersonal relationships and compromised mental health. Findings indicated that they yearned for facilitated mental health. From the findings, guidelines were derived to facilitate the mental health of women living with borderline personality disorder. Due to the challenges of managing women living with borderline personality disorder and lack of skills from the psychiatric nurse practitioners the following research question was formulated and determined the focus of this study: What can be done to facilitate the mental health of women living with borderline personality? The purpose of this study was to develop a model as a framework of reference for psychiatric nurse practitioners to facilitate the mental health of women living with borderline personality disorder. A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive, contextual and theory-generating research design was used. The research was conducted following the four steps in developing a model. In step 1, concept analysis which consists of 2 phases, the central concept was identified from the researcher’s minor dissertation on facilitation of mental health of women living with borderline personality disorder. The central concept “Facilitation of self-empowerment” was identified. The central concept was defined by means of identifying essential attributes from dictionaries and subject literature. The defined central concept was then classified using the Dickoff, James and Wiedenbach (1968) survey list. In step 2, the concepts were placed into relationships. The following relationship statements were formulated: The psychiatric nurse practitioner forms a trusting and therapeutic relationship with the woman living with borderline personality disorder in a psychotherapy unit by creating a positive environment. The psychiatric nurse practitioner mobilises resources to assist the woman living with borderline personality disorder to be self-empowered. The psychiatric nurse practitioner assists the woman living with borderline...
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- Authors: Ntshingila, Nompumelelo
- Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/273597 , uj:29150
- Description: D.Cur. , Abstract: Mental health challenges account for 13% of the global burden of diseases. Borderline personality disorder affects mostly women living with this disorder. In the researcher’s minor dissertation, women living with borderline personality disorder told life stories of living in an unsafe space during their childhood. Their life stories depict chronic feelings of emptiness in relationships with self and depict a pattern of unstable interpersonal relationships and compromised mental health. Findings indicated that they yearned for facilitated mental health. From the findings, guidelines were derived to facilitate the mental health of women living with borderline personality disorder. Due to the challenges of managing women living with borderline personality disorder and lack of skills from the psychiatric nurse practitioners the following research question was formulated and determined the focus of this study: What can be done to facilitate the mental health of women living with borderline personality? The purpose of this study was to develop a model as a framework of reference for psychiatric nurse practitioners to facilitate the mental health of women living with borderline personality disorder. A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive, contextual and theory-generating research design was used. The research was conducted following the four steps in developing a model. In step 1, concept analysis which consists of 2 phases, the central concept was identified from the researcher’s minor dissertation on facilitation of mental health of women living with borderline personality disorder. The central concept “Facilitation of self-empowerment” was identified. The central concept was defined by means of identifying essential attributes from dictionaries and subject literature. The defined central concept was then classified using the Dickoff, James and Wiedenbach (1968) survey list. In step 2, the concepts were placed into relationships. The following relationship statements were formulated: The psychiatric nurse practitioner forms a trusting and therapeutic relationship with the woman living with borderline personality disorder in a psychotherapy unit by creating a positive environment. The psychiatric nurse practitioner mobilises resources to assist the woman living with borderline personality disorder to be self-empowered. The psychiatric nurse practitioner assists the woman living with borderline...
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Adolessente dogters se belewing van hulle ouers se egskeiding
- Authors: Cronjé, Vickie
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Children of divorced parents - Psychology , Separation (Psychology) in children , Teenage girls - Psychology
- Language: Afrikaans
- Type: Masters (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://ujcontent.uj.ac.za8080/10210/376021 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/245763 , uj:25462
- Description: M.Ed. , Abstract: Please refer to full text to view abstract
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- Authors: Cronjé, Vickie
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Children of divorced parents - Psychology , Separation (Psychology) in children , Teenage girls - Psychology
- Language: Afrikaans
- Type: Masters (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://ujcontent.uj.ac.za8080/10210/376021 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/245763 , uj:25462
- Description: M.Ed. , Abstract: Please refer to full text to view abstract
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Die beleweniswereld van chroniese psigiatriese pasiënte in 'n rehabilitasiesentrum
- Steyn nee Wissing, Amanda De Meion, Steyn, Amanda de Meion
- Authors: Steyn nee Wissing, Amanda De Meion , Steyn, Amanda de Meion
- Date: 2014-04-15
- Subjects: Psychotherapy patients - Rehabilitation - Research - South Africa , Rehabilitation centers - Research - South Africa
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:10721 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/10232
- Description: M.Cur. (Psychiatric Nursing) , The purpose of this study was to explore the experiential world of the chronic psychiatric patient In a rehabilitation centro and to sot guidelines for the psychiatric nurso to utilize the principles of restoration of merital health. Various stumbling blocks In the recovery process of chronic psychiatric patients were noticed in a rehabilitation centre. The centre Is highly structured and democratic decision making does not always transpire. The external environment Is In a residential area characterised by violence. The question arising, was to what degree the chronic psychiatric patient's experience of his/herworld In the rehabilitation centre, can contribute towards the mobilization of resources In order to facilitate the restoration of mental health of the chronic psychiatric patient and reintegration Into society. The approach followed, was that of the Nursing Whole Person Theory. With this theory as basis, the chronic psychiatric patient Is viewed as a whole In Interaction with his/her Internaland external environment In his/her questfor mental health as Integral part of wholeness. An exploratory and descriptive qualitative study, contextual of nature, was used as research design. The method for research was phenomenological, semi· structured interviews with chronic psychiatric patients In a rehabilitation centre. The participants In this study were selected In a purposive and non-selective manner. Botes' Model for Nursing Research was used to structure the research of this study. Measures used for reliability and validity, were that of Woods and Catanzaro. The central question "How do you experience living In this rehabilitation centre?" was asked. Similar studies were Investigated In order to ascertain similarities and unique aspects of this study. Categories of experience within the unit of assessment and diagnosis from the Nursing for the Whole Person Theory, Indicated both stumbling blocks and facilitating elements. Stumbling blocks In chronic psychiatric patients' (In a rehabilitation centre) quest for wholeness were experiences of avoidance, frustration, anxiety, lack of motivation, Inability to maintain longstanding relationships and dispute.
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- Authors: Steyn nee Wissing, Amanda De Meion , Steyn, Amanda de Meion
- Date: 2014-04-15
- Subjects: Psychotherapy patients - Rehabilitation - Research - South Africa , Rehabilitation centers - Research - South Africa
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:10721 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/10232
- Description: M.Cur. (Psychiatric Nursing) , The purpose of this study was to explore the experiential world of the chronic psychiatric patient In a rehabilitation centro and to sot guidelines for the psychiatric nurso to utilize the principles of restoration of merital health. Various stumbling blocks In the recovery process of chronic psychiatric patients were noticed in a rehabilitation centre. The centre Is highly structured and democratic decision making does not always transpire. The external environment Is In a residential area characterised by violence. The question arising, was to what degree the chronic psychiatric patient's experience of his/herworld In the rehabilitation centre, can contribute towards the mobilization of resources In order to facilitate the restoration of mental health of the chronic psychiatric patient and reintegration Into society. The approach followed, was that of the Nursing Whole Person Theory. With this theory as basis, the chronic psychiatric patient Is viewed as a whole In Interaction with his/her Internaland external environment In his/her questfor mental health as Integral part of wholeness. An exploratory and descriptive qualitative study, contextual of nature, was used as research design. The method for research was phenomenological, semi· structured interviews with chronic psychiatric patients In a rehabilitation centre. The participants In this study were selected In a purposive and non-selective manner. Botes' Model for Nursing Research was used to structure the research of this study. Measures used for reliability and validity, were that of Woods and Catanzaro. The central question "How do you experience living In this rehabilitation centre?" was asked. Similar studies were Investigated In order to ascertain similarities and unique aspects of this study. Categories of experience within the unit of assessment and diagnosis from the Nursing for the Whole Person Theory, Indicated both stumbling blocks and facilitating elements. Stumbling blocks In chronic psychiatric patients' (In a rehabilitation centre) quest for wholeness were experiences of avoidance, frustration, anxiety, lack of motivation, Inability to maintain longstanding relationships and dispute.
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Maintenance of mental health by utilizing psychiatric nurse-patient interaction
- Authors: Müller, Ann
- Date: 2014-05-08
- Subjects: Psychiatric nursing , Psychotherapy patients , Psychiatric nurses - Mental health , Nurse and patient - Psychological aspects
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:10968 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/10541
- Description: D.Cur. (Psychiatric Nursing) , Please refer to full text to view abstract
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- Authors: Müller, Ann
- Date: 2014-05-08
- Subjects: Psychiatric nursing , Psychotherapy patients , Psychiatric nurses - Mental health , Nurse and patient - Psychological aspects
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:10968 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/10541
- Description: D.Cur. (Psychiatric Nursing) , Please refer to full text to view abstract
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A model to facilitate the mental health of psychiatric nurses in a forensic unit to manage hostile behaviour constructively
- Authors: Tema, Tebogo Rebecca
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Nurse and patient - South Africa , Psychiatric nursing - South Africa , Aggresiveness
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/246879 , uj:25616
- Description: D.Cur. , Abstract: In South Africa, the number of mental health care users in mental health institutions increases on daily basis. Most mental health care users are young, and the reasons for their admission are aggression and violent behaviours. This is supported by the study by Poggenpoel (2008:1), which found that there is great anger in schools in South Africa. Loots and Louw (2012:1) assert that the historical and contemporary social environments of South Africa have particular relevancy to the increase in aggression and violence. Most of these individuals who display aggression and violent behaviours commit serious criminal offences, and some of them end up being admitted to psychiatric institutions in forensic units, for care, treatment and rehabilitation. In almost all psychiatric institutions in South Africa, forensic units are full and a lot of mental health care users are cared for in prisons due to this lack of space. The mental health care users in forensic units are seldom discharged, as most of their families seem unwilling to have them back in their homes, and they end up being long-term mental health care users. Efforts are taken to contact families of mental health care users in forensic units, but family members fail to turn up for various reasons. This state of affairs tends to frustrate mental health care users in forensic units, and as a result, they quite often display hostility towards nurses who are caring for them, and they do so when it is least expected. This current study is based on the researcher’s previous study on the “Psychiatric nurses’ experience of hostile behaviour by mental health care users in a forensic unit” (Tema, 2010:33-46). The findings of the study revealed that psychiatric nurses in a forensic unit were distressed, and they needed to be assisted to have control and manage hostility in the forensic unit in a constructive manner. The purpose of this study was to develop a model to facilitate the mental health of the psychiatric nurses in a forensic unit to manage hostility constructively...
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- Authors: Tema, Tebogo Rebecca
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Nurse and patient - South Africa , Psychiatric nursing - South Africa , Aggresiveness
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/246879 , uj:25616
- Description: D.Cur. , Abstract: In South Africa, the number of mental health care users in mental health institutions increases on daily basis. Most mental health care users are young, and the reasons for their admission are aggression and violent behaviours. This is supported by the study by Poggenpoel (2008:1), which found that there is great anger in schools in South Africa. Loots and Louw (2012:1) assert that the historical and contemporary social environments of South Africa have particular relevancy to the increase in aggression and violence. Most of these individuals who display aggression and violent behaviours commit serious criminal offences, and some of them end up being admitted to psychiatric institutions in forensic units, for care, treatment and rehabilitation. In almost all psychiatric institutions in South Africa, forensic units are full and a lot of mental health care users are cared for in prisons due to this lack of space. The mental health care users in forensic units are seldom discharged, as most of their families seem unwilling to have them back in their homes, and they end up being long-term mental health care users. Efforts are taken to contact families of mental health care users in forensic units, but family members fail to turn up for various reasons. This state of affairs tends to frustrate mental health care users in forensic units, and as a result, they quite often display hostility towards nurses who are caring for them, and they do so when it is least expected. This current study is based on the researcher’s previous study on the “Psychiatric nurses’ experience of hostile behaviour by mental health care users in a forensic unit” (Tema, 2010:33-46). The findings of the study revealed that psychiatric nurses in a forensic unit were distressed, and they needed to be assisted to have control and manage hostility in the forensic unit in a constructive manner. The purpose of this study was to develop a model to facilitate the mental health of the psychiatric nurses in a forensic unit to manage hostility constructively...
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Begeleiding ter voorkoming van vermoeidheid by psigiatriese verpleegkundiges
- Authors: Greeff, Minrie
- Date: 2014-03-12
- Subjects: Psychiatric nursing , Fatigue
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:4305 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/9658
- Description: M.Cur. , Nursing is a stressful activity and therefore it is necessary for nurses to develope effective coping mechanisms, or to strengthen existing ones in a healthy manner, in order to be capable of dealing with stress, arising from their personal and professional lives. It is however, not soley stress itself which predisposes nurses to fatigue (physical, psychological and emotional exhaustion) but rather the chronic nature and excessive amount of stressors which place excessive demands on the energy resources and coping mechanisms of nurses resulting in the ineffective handling of stress which in turn leads to the eventual development of fatigue. The detrimental results of this experience are however not confined to the nurse herself, but extends further to the patient and the organization. Thus, if fatigue is not controlled or dealt with, all parties and organizations concerned could suffer. This research covers the accompaniment function of the psychiatric nurse specialist in the prevention of fatigue in psychiatric nurses by strengthening their mental preparedness. As a possible solution to the experience of fatigue, a structured, accompanied program of three days duration was offered to a group of psychiatric nurses. This group was identified as the experimental group. The control group was only provided with literature giving essential data concerning fatigue. This was done in order to limit the Hawthorne effect of this research. The Solomon four group design was followed in order to eliminate influences on the subjects resulting from the completion of the self-evaluation scale as pre-test. In order to determine the level of fatigue experienced by psychiatric nurses, half/Of / the experimental group were tested before and after the three day structured accompanied program was presented, by means of the self-evaluation scale. The second half of the group were tested once only after the structured accompanied program was held by means of the same scale. The control group was divided and dealt with in the same way except that no structured accompanied program was presented to this group...
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- Authors: Greeff, Minrie
- Date: 2014-03-12
- Subjects: Psychiatric nursing , Fatigue
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:4305 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/9658
- Description: M.Cur. , Nursing is a stressful activity and therefore it is necessary for nurses to develope effective coping mechanisms, or to strengthen existing ones in a healthy manner, in order to be capable of dealing with stress, arising from their personal and professional lives. It is however, not soley stress itself which predisposes nurses to fatigue (physical, psychological and emotional exhaustion) but rather the chronic nature and excessive amount of stressors which place excessive demands on the energy resources and coping mechanisms of nurses resulting in the ineffective handling of stress which in turn leads to the eventual development of fatigue. The detrimental results of this experience are however not confined to the nurse herself, but extends further to the patient and the organization. Thus, if fatigue is not controlled or dealt with, all parties and organizations concerned could suffer. This research covers the accompaniment function of the psychiatric nurse specialist in the prevention of fatigue in psychiatric nurses by strengthening their mental preparedness. As a possible solution to the experience of fatigue, a structured, accompanied program of three days duration was offered to a group of psychiatric nurses. This group was identified as the experimental group. The control group was only provided with literature giving essential data concerning fatigue. This was done in order to limit the Hawthorne effect of this research. The Solomon four group design was followed in order to eliminate influences on the subjects resulting from the completion of the self-evaluation scale as pre-test. In order to determine the level of fatigue experienced by psychiatric nurses, half/Of / the experimental group were tested before and after the three day structured accompanied program was presented, by means of the self-evaluation scale. The second half of the group were tested once only after the structured accompanied program was held by means of the same scale. The control group was divided and dealt with in the same way except that no structured accompanied program was presented to this group...
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A psycho-educational programme to address the aggression of late-adolescents who did not complete secondary school education
- Authors: Walters, Cleveland Trevor
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Aggressiveness in adolescence , Adolescent psychology , Educational psychology , Dropouts - Psychology
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/83136 , uj:19055
- Description: Abstract: Please refer to full text to view abstract , D.Phil. (Psychology of Education)
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- Authors: Walters, Cleveland Trevor
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Aggressiveness in adolescence , Adolescent psychology , Educational psychology , Dropouts - Psychology
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/83136 , uj:19055
- Description: Abstract: Please refer to full text to view abstract , D.Phil. (Psychology of Education)
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A model to facilitate the mental health of students living with HIV in a university and practitioners caring for them
- Authors: Diedricks, Teolene Ganene
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: HIV infections , Caregivers , HIV positive persons - Mental health
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/270382 , uj:28738
- Description: D.Ed. (Educational Psychology) , Abstract: Students living with HIV (SLHIV) have a myriad of challenges they are faced with when dealing with living with HIV. These challenges add tremendous stress and anxiety on the SLHIV which impacts negatively on their mental health and subsequently result in an inability to cope effectively with living with HIV. SLHIV need support to deal effectively with HIV and to help them overcome the challenges related to the infection. The aim of my research was to explore the experiences from the perspectives of SLHIV and HIV practitioners dealing with them, in order to develop a model to facilitate mental health of SLHIV. The following objectives were designed to achieve the aim of the research, namely: • To explore and describe, through Appreciative Inquiry, the experiences of being a student living with HIV and an HIV practitioner. • To identify, define and classify the central concept from results derived from Appreciative Inquiry interviews. • To describe a model and its implementation guidelines to facilitate mental health of SLHIV. The research study was approached from the Social Cognitive theory perspective as described by Bandura (1989b, 1999), the Theory for Health Promotion as outlined by the University of Johannesburg (2012), and the Self-Efficacy theory (Bandura, 1989a). A theory-generative, qualitative, exploratory and contextual design was applied and selected as the most appropriate design to explore the experiences of SLHIV and HIV practitioners. In order to develop a model to facilitate mental health of SLHIV, I applied the four step model as prescribed by Chinn and Kramer (2011:185-204)...
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- Authors: Diedricks, Teolene Ganene
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: HIV infections , Caregivers , HIV positive persons - Mental health
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/270382 , uj:28738
- Description: D.Ed. (Educational Psychology) , Abstract: Students living with HIV (SLHIV) have a myriad of challenges they are faced with when dealing with living with HIV. These challenges add tremendous stress and anxiety on the SLHIV which impacts negatively on their mental health and subsequently result in an inability to cope effectively with living with HIV. SLHIV need support to deal effectively with HIV and to help them overcome the challenges related to the infection. The aim of my research was to explore the experiences from the perspectives of SLHIV and HIV practitioners dealing with them, in order to develop a model to facilitate mental health of SLHIV. The following objectives were designed to achieve the aim of the research, namely: • To explore and describe, through Appreciative Inquiry, the experiences of being a student living with HIV and an HIV practitioner. • To identify, define and classify the central concept from results derived from Appreciative Inquiry interviews. • To describe a model and its implementation guidelines to facilitate mental health of SLHIV. The research study was approached from the Social Cognitive theory perspective as described by Bandura (1989b, 1999), the Theory for Health Promotion as outlined by the University of Johannesburg (2012), and the Self-Efficacy theory (Bandura, 1989a). A theory-generative, qualitative, exploratory and contextual design was applied and selected as the most appropriate design to explore the experiences of SLHIV and HIV practitioners. In order to develop a model to facilitate mental health of SLHIV, I applied the four step model as prescribed by Chinn and Kramer (2011:185-204)...
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Mental health education of families of psychiatric patients : traditional health practices versus Western psychiatric treatment
- Authors: Pekane, Antoinette Sindiswa
- Date: 2015-10-29
- Subjects: Mental health - Study and teaching - South Africa , Blacks - Mental health - South Africa , Blacks - Mental health services - South Africa
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:14498 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/15019
- Description: M.Cur. (Psychiatric Nursing) , There is an increase in the readmission rate of African psychiatric patients to psychiatric hospitals as determined by the records. This to a large extent involves those diagnosed as being psychotic of one category to another forming eighty percent of all patients in the admission wards for both the male and the female patients ...
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- Authors: Pekane, Antoinette Sindiswa
- Date: 2015-10-29
- Subjects: Mental health - Study and teaching - South Africa , Blacks - Mental health - South Africa , Blacks - Mental health services - South Africa
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:14498 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/15019
- Description: M.Cur. (Psychiatric Nursing) , There is an increase in the readmission rate of African psychiatric patients to psychiatric hospitals as determined by the records. This to a large extent involves those diagnosed as being psychotic of one category to another forming eighty percent of all patients in the admission wards for both the male and the female patients ...
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Effectiveness of interventions for patient with mental and substance use disorder : a systematic review
- Authors: Linda, Simangele Lettie
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Dual diagnosis , Mental health services , Mental illness - Treatment , Substance abuse - Diagnosis
- Language: English
- Type: Masters (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/296880 , uj:32352
- Description: M.Cur. , Abstract: Dual diagnosis (DD) is co-occurring disorders that may include any combination of mental disorder and substance use disorder (SAMSHA, 2015:2). The majority of studies done focused on the risk of relapse and readmission. Few studies were conducted on interventions using the quantitative research design. Therefore, this study looked at the interventions used in treating patients with DD. The challenges faced when treating patients with DD was attributed to financial problems, structural problems, licensing problems and administrative issues. The challenges were not limited to the facilities that provide treatment for DD, but extended to families and patients. The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review, to explore and describe the evidence of interventions used to treat patients with DD. The objectives were to describe the interventions and how they are implemented, and to make recommendations based on the results. This study received ethical clearance from the Research Ethics Committee of the University. The research design used was a systematic review in order to answer the research question: what are the interventions that have been found in research to treat patients with DD of mental and substance use disorder? The research started with a literature search using Google Scholar and various other databases. All studies that met the selection criteria were further analysed. A data abstraction form was used to analyse data and the findings were then presented in Chapter 3. The primary results of the study showed the combined interventions as: Cognitive behavioural therapy and motivational interviewing Cognitive behavioural therapy and contingency management Cognitive behavioural therapy and family interventions Cognitive behavioural therapy and harm reduction...
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- Authors: Linda, Simangele Lettie
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Dual diagnosis , Mental health services , Mental illness - Treatment , Substance abuse - Diagnosis
- Language: English
- Type: Masters (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/296880 , uj:32352
- Description: M.Cur. , Abstract: Dual diagnosis (DD) is co-occurring disorders that may include any combination of mental disorder and substance use disorder (SAMSHA, 2015:2). The majority of studies done focused on the risk of relapse and readmission. Few studies were conducted on interventions using the quantitative research design. Therefore, this study looked at the interventions used in treating patients with DD. The challenges faced when treating patients with DD was attributed to financial problems, structural problems, licensing problems and administrative issues. The challenges were not limited to the facilities that provide treatment for DD, but extended to families and patients. The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review, to explore and describe the evidence of interventions used to treat patients with DD. The objectives were to describe the interventions and how they are implemented, and to make recommendations based on the results. This study received ethical clearance from the Research Ethics Committee of the University. The research design used was a systematic review in order to answer the research question: what are the interventions that have been found in research to treat patients with DD of mental and substance use disorder? The research started with a literature search using Google Scholar and various other databases. All studies that met the selection criteria were further analysed. A data abstraction form was used to analyse data and the findings were then presented in Chapter 3. The primary results of the study showed the combined interventions as: Cognitive behavioural therapy and motivational interviewing Cognitive behavioural therapy and contingency management Cognitive behavioural therapy and family interventions Cognitive behavioural therapy and harm reduction...
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A psycho-educational programme for academically excluded higher education students
- Authors: Van den Berg, Ian Johannes
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: School failure , Failure (Psychology)
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/270399 , uj:28740
- Description: Ph.D. (Education) , Abstract: Academic failure and exclusion from further study in higher education institutions are an unpleasant fact for many students in our current higher education climate in South Africa. Academically excluded students face the reality of impaired future expectations and perspectives, and for many the involuntary transitions go hand in hand with a range of negative emotions and trauma experiences. Excluded students face an uncertain future, and they need to identify alternative educational and career options, whilst dealing with negative experiences and feelings such as failure, disappointment, inferiority, depression, anxiety, and anger. These students also must deal with the burden of informing their parents and communities of their failures as well as deal with the financial consequences of their failed studies. Academically excluded students are thus often left without support to adequately deal with their situations, to understand their situations and to reconsider their future options in a sensible manner. The result is that they might experience diminished future perspectives and difficulties in addressing their circumstances in a resilient manner. The researcher, as an educational psychologist previously practicing in a higher education institution, was therefore concerned about the individual students that were refused permission to continue their higher education studies and being excluded from the higher education institution for any other similar academic programme. The research questions that rose from this problem was: How do students experience being academically excluded at a higher education institution and what can be done to facilitate the mental health of academically excluded students during the time of transitioning out of their institution of study? The main objective of this study was to understand academically excluded students’ experiences, to describe a conceptual framework, psycho-educational programme and guidelines to implement a psycho-educational programme to facilitate their mental health...
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- Authors: Van den Berg, Ian Johannes
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: School failure , Failure (Psychology)
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/270399 , uj:28740
- Description: Ph.D. (Education) , Abstract: Academic failure and exclusion from further study in higher education institutions are an unpleasant fact for many students in our current higher education climate in South Africa. Academically excluded students face the reality of impaired future expectations and perspectives, and for many the involuntary transitions go hand in hand with a range of negative emotions and trauma experiences. Excluded students face an uncertain future, and they need to identify alternative educational and career options, whilst dealing with negative experiences and feelings such as failure, disappointment, inferiority, depression, anxiety, and anger. These students also must deal with the burden of informing their parents and communities of their failures as well as deal with the financial consequences of their failed studies. Academically excluded students are thus often left without support to adequately deal with their situations, to understand their situations and to reconsider their future options in a sensible manner. The result is that they might experience diminished future perspectives and difficulties in addressing their circumstances in a resilient manner. The researcher, as an educational psychologist previously practicing in a higher education institution, was therefore concerned about the individual students that were refused permission to continue their higher education studies and being excluded from the higher education institution for any other similar academic programme. The research questions that rose from this problem was: How do students experience being academically excluded at a higher education institution and what can be done to facilitate the mental health of academically excluded students during the time of transitioning out of their institution of study? The main objective of this study was to understand academically excluded students’ experiences, to describe a conceptual framework, psycho-educational programme and guidelines to implement a psycho-educational programme to facilitate their mental health...
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Die leefwêreld van onder-offisiere in 'n korrektiewe diens
- Authors: Marais, Susarah Jacoba
- Date: 2015-02-09
- Subjects: Correctional personnel , Conduct of life , Prison wardens - South Africa - Social conditions , Psychiatric nursing - Research - South Africa , Correctional personnel - South Africa - Psychological aspects
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:13190 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13218
- Description: M.Cur. , Please refer to full record to view abstract
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- Authors: Marais, Susarah Jacoba
- Date: 2015-02-09
- Subjects: Correctional personnel , Conduct of life , Prison wardens - South Africa - Social conditions , Psychiatric nursing - Research - South Africa , Correctional personnel - South Africa - Psychological aspects
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:13190 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13218
- Description: M.Cur. , Please refer to full record to view abstract
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'n Keuringsmodel vir voornemende kandidate in gevorderde psigiatriese verpleegkunde
- Authors: Van Reenen, Marina Guizelle
- Date: 2014-02-11
- Subjects: Psychiatric nurses - Selection and appointment
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:3766 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/9142
- Description: D.Cur. ( Psychiatric Nursing Science) , The aim of this study was to develop a selection model for prospective candidates in advanced psychiatric nursing, based on a whole person approach. In her interaction with patients, the nurse is confronted by the unusual realities of death, birth, pain and suffering of her patients, and the concomitant dependency and intimacy needs of these patients. This reality activates intense and complex feelings in the nurse's internal world, against which she develops a system of defense mechanisms which enable her to control her feelings and effect distance between her and her patient. These defense mechanisms protect her in general nursing practice, but become stumbling blocks for those nurses who wish to specialize in psychiatric nursing. It is contingent upon her as an advanced practitioner in psychiatric nursing to expose herself by casting off these defense mechanisms, building up intimate relationships with her patients, and to be open in terms of her own feelings. This process is intensely painful, anxiety provoking and stressful, and all are not equal to this task. The research question which arises is: To what extent can candidates who are not equal to the task of a course in, and the practice of, advanced psychiatric nursing, be protected by an effective selection procedure? A theory generational approach was used in the design and description of a selection model for prospective candidates in advanced psychiatric nursing. The methodology of Chinn & Jacobs (1987) was combined with that of Dickofj, James & Wiedenbach (1968) in this process. The 5 steps in this combined approach included: * The identification, definition and classification of concepts central to the model. Concepts were identified by utilizing four different methods: A literature survey of the characteristics of the mature person (ideal candidate). A survey of existing selection methods and techniques.
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- Authors: Van Reenen, Marina Guizelle
- Date: 2014-02-11
- Subjects: Psychiatric nurses - Selection and appointment
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:3766 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/9142
- Description: D.Cur. ( Psychiatric Nursing Science) , The aim of this study was to develop a selection model for prospective candidates in advanced psychiatric nursing, based on a whole person approach. In her interaction with patients, the nurse is confronted by the unusual realities of death, birth, pain and suffering of her patients, and the concomitant dependency and intimacy needs of these patients. This reality activates intense and complex feelings in the nurse's internal world, against which she develops a system of defense mechanisms which enable her to control her feelings and effect distance between her and her patient. These defense mechanisms protect her in general nursing practice, but become stumbling blocks for those nurses who wish to specialize in psychiatric nursing. It is contingent upon her as an advanced practitioner in psychiatric nursing to expose herself by casting off these defense mechanisms, building up intimate relationships with her patients, and to be open in terms of her own feelings. This process is intensely painful, anxiety provoking and stressful, and all are not equal to this task. The research question which arises is: To what extent can candidates who are not equal to the task of a course in, and the practice of, advanced psychiatric nursing, be protected by an effective selection procedure? A theory generational approach was used in the design and description of a selection model for prospective candidates in advanced psychiatric nursing. The methodology of Chinn & Jacobs (1987) was combined with that of Dickofj, James & Wiedenbach (1968) in this process. The 5 steps in this combined approach included: * The identification, definition and classification of concepts central to the model. Concepts were identified by utilizing four different methods: A literature survey of the characteristics of the mature person (ideal candidate). A survey of existing selection methods and techniques.
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A psycho-educational model for the facilitation of mental health of young women living with HIV
- Authors: Nkuna, Nomsa Sybil Martha
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: HIV-positive women - Medical care - South Africa , HIV-positive women - Mental health - South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/268660 , uj:28522
- Description: D.Cur. (Psychiatric Nursing) , Abstract: South Africa as a country has turned into a ‘melting pot’ for people seeking refuge from its neighbouring and other countries within the continent of Africa. This has negatively impacted the health system in terms of overstretching the limited health budget and resources meant for citizens within the country. Instead, the health system is compelled to accommodate unforeseen circumstances being faced with overwhelming challenges, in particular HIV/AIDS. South Africa is therefore, facing a serious challenge and harsh realities in terms of escalating HIV infections, exacerbated by the ‘stigma’ attached to HIV/AIDS. This condition continues to be a serious public health issue in terms of lacking a holistic approach (that is, emotional, social, spiritual, psychological, and physical wellbeing) for individuals. Such an approach is necessary for the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions of young women living with HIV in order to reduce their levels of internal and external stressors related to the stigma attached to HIV/AIDS. I have observed that in most health facilities, people living with HIV who are going for consultation and intervention, more often than not, are given treatment as the primary objective, to try and manage HIV by health professionals. This includes the pre and post-HIV counselling which is usually done during the initial visit for Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT). There seems to be no sustainability for follow-up counselling or the promotion of mental health relating to their stressors as a result of the HIV status. These individuals are only given follow-up treatments consisting of medication and focusing on the side-effects of treatment. Instead of extending questions to assess the mental state of individuals in relation to their HIV status, the cliché questions always asked of people living with HIV are: “medication o go tshwere bjang?” meaning: “how is the medication treating you?”…”are you experiencing any side-effects?”. They are then issued with the due supply of medication in haste, so as to see the next health care user or patient. Perhaps, this could be associated with staff shortage, attempts to manage long queues and time constraints, making it difficult for health care workers to practice...
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- Authors: Nkuna, Nomsa Sybil Martha
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: HIV-positive women - Medical care - South Africa , HIV-positive women - Mental health - South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/268660 , uj:28522
- Description: D.Cur. (Psychiatric Nursing) , Abstract: South Africa as a country has turned into a ‘melting pot’ for people seeking refuge from its neighbouring and other countries within the continent of Africa. This has negatively impacted the health system in terms of overstretching the limited health budget and resources meant for citizens within the country. Instead, the health system is compelled to accommodate unforeseen circumstances being faced with overwhelming challenges, in particular HIV/AIDS. South Africa is therefore, facing a serious challenge and harsh realities in terms of escalating HIV infections, exacerbated by the ‘stigma’ attached to HIV/AIDS. This condition continues to be a serious public health issue in terms of lacking a holistic approach (that is, emotional, social, spiritual, psychological, and physical wellbeing) for individuals. Such an approach is necessary for the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions of young women living with HIV in order to reduce their levels of internal and external stressors related to the stigma attached to HIV/AIDS. I have observed that in most health facilities, people living with HIV who are going for consultation and intervention, more often than not, are given treatment as the primary objective, to try and manage HIV by health professionals. This includes the pre and post-HIV counselling which is usually done during the initial visit for Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT). There seems to be no sustainability for follow-up counselling or the promotion of mental health relating to their stressors as a result of the HIV status. These individuals are only given follow-up treatments consisting of medication and focusing on the side-effects of treatment. Instead of extending questions to assess the mental state of individuals in relation to their HIV status, the cliché questions always asked of people living with HIV are: “medication o go tshwere bjang?” meaning: “how is the medication treating you?”…”are you experiencing any side-effects?”. They are then issued with the due supply of medication in haste, so as to see the next health care user or patient. Perhaps, this could be associated with staff shortage, attempts to manage long queues and time constraints, making it difficult for health care workers to practice...
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Student nurses' experience of interaction with culturally diverse psychiatric patients
- Authors: Zwane, Theresa Sheila
- Date: 2014-09-15
- Subjects: Psychiatric nursing - Research - South Africa , Transcultural nursing - Research - South Africa , Intercultural communication - Research - South Africa , Communication in nursing - Research - South Africa , Nurse and patient - Research - South Africa
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:12296 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/12082
- Description: M.Cur. , Please refer to full text to view abstract
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- Authors: Zwane, Theresa Sheila
- Date: 2014-09-15
- Subjects: Psychiatric nursing - Research - South Africa , Transcultural nursing - Research - South Africa , Intercultural communication - Research - South Africa , Communication in nursing - Research - South Africa , Nurse and patient - Research - South Africa
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:12296 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/12082
- Description: M.Cur. , Please refer to full text to view abstract
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A model for culture-congruent psychiatric nursing
- Authors: Madela, Edith Nonhlanhla
- Date: 2014-03-10
- Subjects: Psychiatric nursing
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:4250 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/9608
- Description: D.Cur. ( Psychiatric Nursing) , A marked "revolving door" system is noticeable in health services in South Africa, and the more so in psychiatric services. This is happening in the form of psychiatric patients who are repeatedly being readmitted to psychiatric hospitals for the same or related problem. In most cases this is caused by the psychiatric patients' lack of compliance with the psychiatric treatment prescribed for them once they have been released back into the community. Lack of compliance by the psychiatric patients with their treatment means that the treatment that is prescribed to help the patient to function in the community, is not congruent with his/her life ways, social structure and environmental context. These are the components of everyone's culture, and they determine the psychiatric patients' cultural beliefs, values and practices, including those concerning mental health care. The purpose of this research study is to explain and describe the influence of culture on approaches to mental illness and the patients' compliance with psychiatric treatment, to generate a practice model for culture-congruent psychiatric nursing and guidelines for a culture-congruent approach in psychiatric nursing. The Nursing for the Whole Person Theory was used as the paradigmatic framework of the entire study. The research study followed three distinct phases in which different objectives were addressed. In Phase 1, an explanatory-descriptive study was conducted for the purpose of compiling explanatory case studies reflecting cultural approaches to mental illness and the patients' compliance with psychiatric treatment. The sample population consisted of four psychiatric patients randomly selected from four different long-term wards at the same psychiatric hospital, a group of psychiatric nurses nursing these patients, and the psychiatrists treating these patients, making a total of 22 respondents. Literature was first reviewed on the interrelationships among world view, culture, health beliefs, values and practices, approaches to mental illness and the patients' compliance with psychiatric treatment. The information obtained from literature review was utilized to compile guidelines for explanatory case studies. The explanatory case studies were compiled for each of the four psychiatric patients based on information from interviews, field notes and the patients' clinical...
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- Authors: Madela, Edith Nonhlanhla
- Date: 2014-03-10
- Subjects: Psychiatric nursing
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:4250 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/9608
- Description: D.Cur. ( Psychiatric Nursing) , A marked "revolving door" system is noticeable in health services in South Africa, and the more so in psychiatric services. This is happening in the form of psychiatric patients who are repeatedly being readmitted to psychiatric hospitals for the same or related problem. In most cases this is caused by the psychiatric patients' lack of compliance with the psychiatric treatment prescribed for them once they have been released back into the community. Lack of compliance by the psychiatric patients with their treatment means that the treatment that is prescribed to help the patient to function in the community, is not congruent with his/her life ways, social structure and environmental context. These are the components of everyone's culture, and they determine the psychiatric patients' cultural beliefs, values and practices, including those concerning mental health care. The purpose of this research study is to explain and describe the influence of culture on approaches to mental illness and the patients' compliance with psychiatric treatment, to generate a practice model for culture-congruent psychiatric nursing and guidelines for a culture-congruent approach in psychiatric nursing. The Nursing for the Whole Person Theory was used as the paradigmatic framework of the entire study. The research study followed three distinct phases in which different objectives were addressed. In Phase 1, an explanatory-descriptive study was conducted for the purpose of compiling explanatory case studies reflecting cultural approaches to mental illness and the patients' compliance with psychiatric treatment. The sample population consisted of four psychiatric patients randomly selected from four different long-term wards at the same psychiatric hospital, a group of psychiatric nurses nursing these patients, and the psychiatrists treating these patients, making a total of 22 respondents. Literature was first reviewed on the interrelationships among world view, culture, health beliefs, values and practices, approaches to mental illness and the patients' compliance with psychiatric treatment. The information obtained from literature review was utilized to compile guidelines for explanatory case studies. The explanatory case studies were compiled for each of the four psychiatric patients based on information from interviews, field notes and the patients' clinical...
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A psycho-educational programme for caregivers of mentally ill persons to fa-cilitate their mental health
- Authors: Ntsayagae, Esther Ikaege
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Mentally ill - Home care , Caregivers - Mental health
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://ujcontent.uj.ac.za8080/10210/374359 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/285794 , uj:30913
- Description: D.Cur. (Psychiatric Nursing) , Abstract: The year 1978, marked an important development of mental health services in Botswana, where the government made strides to de-institutionalise mental health care and relegate it to primary health care setting (Ben-Tovim, 1983:109-110). This was done with a view to bring mental health services to the people. The focus towards community care lead to increase in family caregiving responsibility. While the focus is on the patient, the nearly invisible population waits in the wings, the people who provide care to the patients at home. The movement of community based care implicitly but deniably pulled the relatives of persons living with mental illness into the critical stage of caregiving. Caring for persons living with mental illness is often described as challenging and difficult. This shift in treatment philosophy had a profound, but rarely acknowledged effect on the family. Caregiving evoked feelings of frustrations and powerlessness, thus leading to need for support. Despite the many studies on caregivers’ experiences of caring for persons living with mental illness conducted, there has not been any known meta-synthesis of the studies done in Africa. Until now the findings remain isolated. At present there has not been any psycho-educational programme conducted for the family caregivers of persons living with mental illness, and yet the expectation is that family caregivers be able to cope with caregiving. As such the purpose of this research was to conduct a meta-synthesis on phenomenological studies on family caregivers’ lived experiences and to identify common themes in the conducted research. This served as a basis for the development of a psycho-educational programme to facilitate effective coping with caregiving of family caregivers caring for persons living with mental illness. The overall objective was to develop, implement and evaluate a psycho-educational programme and to assist family members to effectively cope with caregiving of persons living with mental illness in the home setting in Botswana. In order to achieve the research aim a qualitative meta-synthesis design (Bondas & Hall, 2007:114) which is exploratory, descriptive, interpretive, analytic, reflective and contextual in nature was utilized. The research took place in four steps. Step one...
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- Authors: Ntsayagae, Esther Ikaege
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Mentally ill - Home care , Caregivers - Mental health
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://ujcontent.uj.ac.za8080/10210/374359 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/285794 , uj:30913
- Description: D.Cur. (Psychiatric Nursing) , Abstract: The year 1978, marked an important development of mental health services in Botswana, where the government made strides to de-institutionalise mental health care and relegate it to primary health care setting (Ben-Tovim, 1983:109-110). This was done with a view to bring mental health services to the people. The focus towards community care lead to increase in family caregiving responsibility. While the focus is on the patient, the nearly invisible population waits in the wings, the people who provide care to the patients at home. The movement of community based care implicitly but deniably pulled the relatives of persons living with mental illness into the critical stage of caregiving. Caring for persons living with mental illness is often described as challenging and difficult. This shift in treatment philosophy had a profound, but rarely acknowledged effect on the family. Caregiving evoked feelings of frustrations and powerlessness, thus leading to need for support. Despite the many studies on caregivers’ experiences of caring for persons living with mental illness conducted, there has not been any known meta-synthesis of the studies done in Africa. Until now the findings remain isolated. At present there has not been any psycho-educational programme conducted for the family caregivers of persons living with mental illness, and yet the expectation is that family caregivers be able to cope with caregiving. As such the purpose of this research was to conduct a meta-synthesis on phenomenological studies on family caregivers’ lived experiences and to identify common themes in the conducted research. This served as a basis for the development of a psycho-educational programme to facilitate effective coping with caregiving of family caregivers caring for persons living with mental illness. The overall objective was to develop, implement and evaluate a psycho-educational programme and to assist family members to effectively cope with caregiving of persons living with mental illness in the home setting in Botswana. In order to achieve the research aim a qualitative meta-synthesis design (Bondas & Hall, 2007:114) which is exploratory, descriptive, interpretive, analytic, reflective and contextual in nature was utilized. The research took place in four steps. Step one...
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Videoterugvoering in groepsverpleegterapie in die psigiatriese verpleegkunde
- Authors: Alberts, Seugnet
- Date: 2014-03-18
- Subjects: Group psychotherapy - Research - South Africa , Video tapes in psychotherapy , Social skills
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:4457 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/9799
- Description: M.Cur. (Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing) , Please refer to full text to view abstract
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- Authors: Alberts, Seugnet
- Date: 2014-03-18
- Subjects: Group psychotherapy - Research - South Africa , Video tapes in psychotherapy , Social skills
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:4457 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/9799
- Description: M.Cur. (Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing) , Please refer to full text to view abstract
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Guidelines for supportive action by the psychiatric nurse in a community exposed to violence
- Authors: Madela, Edith Nonhlanhla
- Date: 2014-02-04
- Subjects: Psychiatric nursing , Violence - Research
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:7986 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8924
- Description: M.Cur. (Psychiatric Nursing) , Social situations make a person vulnerable to mental illness. These situations include circumstances such as poverty, an unstable family and inadequate nutrition. A combination of these circumstances predisposes exposed people to developing unhealthy ways of coping with stress. '. Violence can be seen as a way of managing stress, but also as a factor causing stress. An example of unhealthy ways of stress management in the current South African society is the violence that lends to unrest which has affected different communities in a short space of time. There does not seem to be much information in texts about the. effects of violence, and not enough studies have yet been done to gain enough insight into this field, since it has only recently drawn the attention of health professionals. As a result, the development of sound interventive measures in this' regard to support the communities exposed to violence, has been neglected. The aim of this study is to explore the experience of a community exposed to violence and to compile guidelines for support action for the exposed community studied. An exploratory contextual study was undertaken with the purpose of generating meaning regarding the experience of a 'community characterised by violence. . The phenomenological method of interviewing was used to gather data. The target population consisted of a township community of 228000. Ten respondents were interviewed in total, selected by the convenience purposive sampling method through intermediaries. The interviews were recorded on tape and later transcribed verbatim. Data was analysed by the method of content analysis. The results were centred on the respondents' and their families' experiences of violence since March 1990. The results indicated four types of experiences for all people exposed to violence: psychological, spiritual, physical and behaviourial experiences. The experiences of interactions with the internal environment (psychological, spiritual and physical experiences), were predominantly negative, except for only two positive spiritual experiences (improvements in the people's faith and positive experiences in both environments brought about new insights, that is, that even though most of their internal environment and part of their external environment is bleak and hopeless, the victims of violence still have the will to survive and live a normal life like other people. This positive attitude then, supplies the psychiatric nurse with a point of entry to bring about positive change that acts as a support for the community exposed to violence.
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- Authors: Madela, Edith Nonhlanhla
- Date: 2014-02-04
- Subjects: Psychiatric nursing , Violence - Research
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:7986 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8924
- Description: M.Cur. (Psychiatric Nursing) , Social situations make a person vulnerable to mental illness. These situations include circumstances such as poverty, an unstable family and inadequate nutrition. A combination of these circumstances predisposes exposed people to developing unhealthy ways of coping with stress. '. Violence can be seen as a way of managing stress, but also as a factor causing stress. An example of unhealthy ways of stress management in the current South African society is the violence that lends to unrest which has affected different communities in a short space of time. There does not seem to be much information in texts about the. effects of violence, and not enough studies have yet been done to gain enough insight into this field, since it has only recently drawn the attention of health professionals. As a result, the development of sound interventive measures in this' regard to support the communities exposed to violence, has been neglected. The aim of this study is to explore the experience of a community exposed to violence and to compile guidelines for support action for the exposed community studied. An exploratory contextual study was undertaken with the purpose of generating meaning regarding the experience of a 'community characterised by violence. . The phenomenological method of interviewing was used to gather data. The target population consisted of a township community of 228000. Ten respondents were interviewed in total, selected by the convenience purposive sampling method through intermediaries. The interviews were recorded on tape and later transcribed verbatim. Data was analysed by the method of content analysis. The results were centred on the respondents' and their families' experiences of violence since March 1990. The results indicated four types of experiences for all people exposed to violence: psychological, spiritual, physical and behaviourial experiences. The experiences of interactions with the internal environment (psychological, spiritual and physical experiences), were predominantly negative, except for only two positive spiritual experiences (improvements in the people's faith and positive experiences in both environments brought about new insights, that is, that even though most of their internal environment and part of their external environment is bleak and hopeless, the victims of violence still have the will to survive and live a normal life like other people. This positive attitude then, supplies the psychiatric nurse with a point of entry to bring about positive change that acts as a support for the community exposed to violence.
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Gesinsbehandeling in psigiatriese verpleegkunde
- Authors: Muller, Ann
- Date: 2015-11-13
- Subjects: Psychiatric nursing , Family psychotherapy
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:14587 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/15119
- Description: M.Cur. (Psychiatric Nursing) , Please refer to full text to view abstract
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- Authors: Muller, Ann
- Date: 2015-11-13
- Subjects: Psychiatric nursing , Family psychotherapy
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:14587 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/15119
- Description: M.Cur. (Psychiatric Nursing) , Please refer to full text to view abstract
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