Posted on September 2, 2008 by sjennings29
Health professionals’ attitudes towards suicide prevention initiatives, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Volume 15 Issue 7, Pages 588 - 594, 29 Jul 2008
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Preventing suicide can depend upon the ability of a range of different health professionals to make accurate suicide risk assessments and treatment plans. The attitudes that clinicians hold towards suicide prevention initiatives may influence their suicide risk [...]
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Posted on September 2, 2008 by sjennings29
Developing and testing an intervention to prevent homelessness among individuals discharged from psychiatric wards to shelters and ‘No Fixed Address’ Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Volume 15 Issue 7, Pages 569 - 575, 29 Jul 2008
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Shelter data in a recent study revealed discharges from psychiatric facilities to shelters or the street occurred at least 194 times in 2002 in London, [...]
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Posted on September 2, 2008 by sjennings29
Adaptation of Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Group for Treatment-Resistant Depression. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Volume 196(2), February 2008, pp 136-143
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Treatment resistant depression is common, persistent, and results in substantial functional and social impairment. This study describes the development and preliminary outcome evaluation of a dialectical behavior therapy-based skills training group to treat depressive symptoms [...]
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Posted on September 2, 2008 by sjennings29
1. Writing assignments: how to deconstruct an essay title, Sarra Saffron Powell
British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, Vol. 2, Iss. 7, 10 Jul 2008, pp 354 – 356
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This is the first in a four-part series of study skills articles that will help you write better assignments. The series will cover deconstructing titles, effective research [...]
Filed under: Study Guides, resource guides | Tagged: assignment, effective research skills, nurses, research, resource guides, study skills, support staff, writing | Comments Off