Facilitation of mental health of women living with borderline personality disorder
- Authors: Mthethwa, Nompumelelo
- Date: 2013-06-03
- Subjects: Borderline personality disorder - Treatment , Women - Mental health
- Type: Mini-Dissertation
- Identifier: http://ujcontent.uj.ac.za8080/10210/375220 , uj:7573 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8436
- Description: M.Cur. (Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing) , Few studies have been done on life stories of women living with borderline personality disorders in South Africa. It was therefore considered to find out how women diagnosed with borderline personality disorder would tell their life story. For the researcher working in a psychotherapy ward, where women are mostly diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, and the care of these women is of vital importance, as mental health care providers understand them less. The research aimed to explore and describe the life stories of women living with borderline personality disorder and to formulate guidelines for psychiatric nurse practitioners to facilitate the mental health of women living with borderline personality disorder. A qualitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual study design was used. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews focusing on the question “Tell me your life story,” Tesch’s method was used for data analysis and an external coder was utilised. Eight participants were interviewed. In the findings it is evident through the life stories of women living with borderline personality disorder that there are childhood experiences of living within an unsafe space related to unhealthy family dynamics, boundary violations and educational challenges. They experienced chronic feelings of emptiness in the relationship they also presented with a pattern of unstable interpersonal relationships and compromised mental health, which was evident through early onset of mental problems, emotional upheaval, looking for emotional escape and having different trigger factors. Lastly all these women yearned for facilitated mental health.
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- Authors: Mthethwa, Nompumelelo
- Date: 2013-06-03
- Subjects: Borderline personality disorder - Treatment , Women - Mental health
- Type: Mini-Dissertation
- Identifier: http://ujcontent.uj.ac.za8080/10210/375220 , uj:7573 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8436
- Description: M.Cur. (Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing) , Few studies have been done on life stories of women living with borderline personality disorders in South Africa. It was therefore considered to find out how women diagnosed with borderline personality disorder would tell their life story. For the researcher working in a psychotherapy ward, where women are mostly diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, and the care of these women is of vital importance, as mental health care providers understand them less. The research aimed to explore and describe the life stories of women living with borderline personality disorder and to formulate guidelines for psychiatric nurse practitioners to facilitate the mental health of women living with borderline personality disorder. A qualitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual study design was used. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews focusing on the question “Tell me your life story,” Tesch’s method was used for data analysis and an external coder was utilised. Eight participants were interviewed. In the findings it is evident through the life stories of women living with borderline personality disorder that there are childhood experiences of living within an unsafe space related to unhealthy family dynamics, boundary violations and educational challenges. They experienced chronic feelings of emptiness in the relationship they also presented with a pattern of unstable interpersonal relationships and compromised mental health, which was evident through early onset of mental problems, emotional upheaval, looking for emotional escape and having different trigger factors. Lastly all these women yearned for facilitated mental health.
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The efficacy of a homoeopathic complex (t.r.s 200c ®) on the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in women
- Authors: Honnorat, Mohsina Rashid
- Date: 2012-10-24
- Subjects: Post-traumatic stress disorder - Homeopathic treatment , Women - Mental health
- Type: Mini-Dissertation
- Identifier: uj:10421 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/7887
- Description: M.Tech. , Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (hereinafter referred to as “PTSD”) is the diagnosis encompassing a cluster of distressing symptoms which is characterized by re-experiencing trauma, by avoidance behaviour and by hyper-arousal, symptoms which persist for more than a month after a traumatic event and may worsen over time (Follette and Pistorello, 2007). Where traumatic violence presents women easily develop chronic PTSD. The lifetime prevalence, risk, tendency and persistence to suffer from the disease symptoms of PTSD, is significantly higher in women compared with men. Women also experience a longer course of illness and worse quality-of-life outcomes (Seedat S., Stein D. J. and Carey P.D., 2005). Conventional treatment methods using antidepressants and mood-enhancers, are plagued by numerous, documented side effects, such as cardiovascular complications, liver impairment, neuropsychological changes, suicidal tendencies and aggression (Pacher and Kecskemeti, 2004, Gibbons R.D., Brown C. H., Hur, K., Marcus S.M., Bhaumik D.K., J.A., Herings R.M.C. and Mann J.J. (2007). The homoeopathic complex t.r.s 200C® by Pegasus Homeopathic is a commercial product which is indicated for the treatment of shock and trauma, but there has so far been no other research in respect of its effectiveness in the treatment of PTSD. The aim of this research was to determine the efficacy of the homeopathic complex Pegasus t.r.s 200C® on the symptoms of PTSD in women. Symptoms were assessed by means of a modified DSM-IV criterion. Thirty females aged eighteen-fifty-five were recruited by means of an advertisement placed at The Nisaa Institute for Women’s Development (hereinafter referred to as “Nisaa”) (Appendix A). All the participants were pre-diagnosed with PTSD lasting not longer than two years, under supervision of a registered psychologist from the institution. Participants on chronic medication, except for hypertensive medication, on contraceptives, as well as pregnant or lactating women, were excluded from the study. This research was done as a pre-test post-test non-equivalent group design with a double-blind placebo-control (Robson, 1993; Trochim, 2006). Those who met the criteria were supplied with a general information form (Appendix B), and were asked to sign a consent form (Appendix C). They also completed a patient information and case-taking form and underwent a physical examination (Appendix D).
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- Authors: Honnorat, Mohsina Rashid
- Date: 2012-10-24
- Subjects: Post-traumatic stress disorder - Homeopathic treatment , Women - Mental health
- Type: Mini-Dissertation
- Identifier: uj:10421 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/7887
- Description: M.Tech. , Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (hereinafter referred to as “PTSD”) is the diagnosis encompassing a cluster of distressing symptoms which is characterized by re-experiencing trauma, by avoidance behaviour and by hyper-arousal, symptoms which persist for more than a month after a traumatic event and may worsen over time (Follette and Pistorello, 2007). Where traumatic violence presents women easily develop chronic PTSD. The lifetime prevalence, risk, tendency and persistence to suffer from the disease symptoms of PTSD, is significantly higher in women compared with men. Women also experience a longer course of illness and worse quality-of-life outcomes (Seedat S., Stein D. J. and Carey P.D., 2005). Conventional treatment methods using antidepressants and mood-enhancers, are plagued by numerous, documented side effects, such as cardiovascular complications, liver impairment, neuropsychological changes, suicidal tendencies and aggression (Pacher and Kecskemeti, 2004, Gibbons R.D., Brown C. H., Hur, K., Marcus S.M., Bhaumik D.K., J.A., Herings R.M.C. and Mann J.J. (2007). The homoeopathic complex t.r.s 200C® by Pegasus Homeopathic is a commercial product which is indicated for the treatment of shock and trauma, but there has so far been no other research in respect of its effectiveness in the treatment of PTSD. The aim of this research was to determine the efficacy of the homeopathic complex Pegasus t.r.s 200C® on the symptoms of PTSD in women. Symptoms were assessed by means of a modified DSM-IV criterion. Thirty females aged eighteen-fifty-five were recruited by means of an advertisement placed at The Nisaa Institute for Women’s Development (hereinafter referred to as “Nisaa”) (Appendix A). All the participants were pre-diagnosed with PTSD lasting not longer than two years, under supervision of a registered psychologist from the institution. Participants on chronic medication, except for hypertensive medication, on contraceptives, as well as pregnant or lactating women, were excluded from the study. This research was done as a pre-test post-test non-equivalent group design with a double-blind placebo-control (Robson, 1993; Trochim, 2006). Those who met the criteria were supplied with a general information form (Appendix B), and were asked to sign a consent form (Appendix C). They also completed a patient information and case-taking form and underwent a physical examination (Appendix D).
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