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Pascual-Sánchez A, Jenaro C, Montes JM. Performance of a measure to assess distress in bipolar disorder. SPANISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY AND MENTAL HEALTH 2023; 16:209-214. [PMID: 32682666 DOI: 10.1016/j.rpsm.2020.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Revised: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/16/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Bipolar disorder is a condition that causes distress even for euthymic patients, having an impact on functional capabilities and quality of life. Personal and social variables are potential sources of distress. Yet, there is a lack of measures to identify specific distress in bipolar disorder. This study describes the development and evaluation of a brief measure for assessing distress in patients with bipolar disorder. We also identify associations with related constructs such as functioning, stigma, and personal beliefs regarding mental illness. MATERIAL AND METHODS We used a sample of 101 euthymic bipolar outpatients. Psychological assessment consisted of the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) and the Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D) to establish euthymia. Distress was assessed with Distress on Bipolar Patients-Short (DISBIP-S); associated variables were assessed with the Functioning Assessment Short Scale (FAST), the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness (ISMI), and the Personal Beliefs about Illness Questionnaire (PBIQ). RESULTS The DISBIP-S has strong internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha=0.90), and medium-high correlation coefficients with the time since last relapse (r=-0.401), predominant polarity (r=0.309), HDRS (r=-0.644), FAST (r=0.453), ISMI (r=0.789), and PBIQ (r=-0.796). Taken together, the scores on the ISMI, and PBIQ and the time since last relapse together explain 69.2% of the variability in distress. CONCLUSIONS The DISBIP-S can be used as a first step to develop interventions aimed at dealing with problematic personal beliefs and interpersonal sources of distress. Reducing distress experienced by bipolar disorder patients could help improve their quality of life and daily functioning.
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- Service of Psychiatry, University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, CIBERSAM, IRYCIS, University of Alcala, Madrid, Spain
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van den Heuvel SCGH, Goossens PJJ, Terlouw C, Schoonhoven L, van Achterberg T. Self-Management Education for Bipolar Disorders: A Hermeneutic-Phenomenological Study on the Tacit Knowledge of Mental Health Nurses. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2019; 40:942-950. [PMID: 31381457 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2019.1636166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Background: Self-management of bipolar disorder (BD) education is a complex nursing intervention in which patients and informal caregivers are taught to be actively involved in self-monitoring and self-regulating activities. Some studies question if nurses are sufficiently equipped to deliver these educational tasks. Other studies suggest that nurses have gathered their knowledge implicitly by experience, but to date, this tacit knowledge is not described from the experiences of mental health nurses (MHNs) in ambulant BD care. Objective: To detect the tacit knowledge used by MHNs by interpreting their experiences in delivering self-management education to people with BD and their informal caregivers. Methods: A phenomenological-hermeneutical study amongst MHNs (N = 9) from three ambulant BD care clinics in the Netherlands. Face-to-face, open, in-depth interviews guided by a topic list, were conducted and transcribed verbatim prior to the hermeneutical analysis. Findings: We found five categories resembling the complex character of self-management interventions provided by MHNs: Building a trustful collaboration, Starting a dialogue about needs and responsibilities, Explaining BD, Utilizing mood monitoring instruments, and Conceptualizing self-management of BD. Conclusion: Eventually MHNs use tacit knowledge to cope with situations that demand an outside-the-box approach. Self-management education is partially trained and partially mastered through experience. Practice implications: In order to facilitate long-term self-management of BD, the collaboration of a supporting network is essential.
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- S C G H van den Heuvel
- Expertise Centre for Health, Social Care and Technology, Saxion University of Applied Sciences , Deventer , The Netherlands.,Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, IQ Healthcare , Nijmegen , The Netherlands.,Dimence Group, Center for Mental Health Care, SCBS Bipolar Disorders , Deventer , The Netherlands.,Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Academic Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, KU Leuven , Leuven , Belgium
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- Dimence Group, Center for Mental Health Care, SCBS Bipolar Disorders , Deventer , The Netherlands.,Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, Ghent University , Ghent , Belgium
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- Expertise Centre for Educational Innovations, Saxion University of Applied Sciences , Deventer , the Netherlands
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- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University , Utrecht , the Netherlands.,School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton , Southampton , UK
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- Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, IQ Healthcare , Nijmegen , The Netherlands.,Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Academic Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, KU Leuven , Leuven , Belgium
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Ewertzon M, Hanson E. Support Interventions for Family Members of Adults with Mental Illness: A Narrative Literature Review. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2019; 40:768-780. [PMID: 31145025 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2019.1591547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The aim of this review was to describe research related to support interventions for adult family members of people with mental illness and the significance that support may have. The results indicate the importance of flexible and individualized forms of support from both professionals and people with personal experience as a family member of someone with mental illness. In many cases, the intervention studies revealed that family members' burden decreased, their knowledge of the disease and treatment increased, and their ability to cope with the situation was improved. The results highlight the importance of support both from professionals and peers.
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- Mats Ewertzon
- Department of Health Care Sciences, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College , Stockholm , Sweden.,Swedish Family Care Competence Centre , Kalmar , Sweden
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- Swedish Family Care Competence Centre , Kalmar , Sweden.,Department of Health & Caring Sciences, Linnaeus University , Kalmar , Sweden
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van den Heuvel S, Goossens P, Terlouw C, Schoonhoven L, van Achterberg T. Informal Caregivers' Learning Experiences With Self-Management Support of Individuals Living With Bipolar Disorder: A Phenomenological Study. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc 2018; 24:531-541. [PMID: 29313419 DOI: 10.1177/1078390317752864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND The degree of informal caregiver involvement influences the self-management of individuals living with bipolar disorder (BD). OBJECTIVE This article aims to provide a description of informal caregivers' learning experiences in self-management support of BD in order to guide professionals in tailoring future psychosocial and psychoeducational interventions. DESIGN In-depth open interviews with 10 informal caregivers of patients with BD who followed treatment in the context of specialized outpatient bipolar care were conducted. RESULTS Four learning phases emerged from the phenomenological analysis describing the informal caregivers learning process: (1) understanding BD, (2) overcoming the dilemmas in self-management support for individuals living with BD, (3) dividing tasks and responsibilities, and (4) acquiring a personal definition of self-management support for individuals living with BD. CONCLUSION By grasping the concept of BD, informal caregivers gradually learn how to overcome dilemmas resulting from living with someone with BD, and how to control the expression of emotions. They learn to reflect on the nature of conflicts and how to share the responsibilities of illness management with individuals living with BD and professionals. Mastering these skills eventually allows them to define and delimit their supporting informal caregiver role in the self-management of BD. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Our findings provide information regarding the educational needs of informal caregivers to tailor counseling, and psychosocial and psychoeducational interventions in specialized outpatient care for individuals living with BD.
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- Silvio van den Heuvel
- 1 Silvio van den Heuvel, MA, RN, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Deventer, Netherlands; Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, IQ Healthcare, Nijmegen, Netherlands; Dimence Group, Deventer, Netherlands; KU Leuven, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Academic Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, Leuven, Belgium
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- 2 Peter Goossens, PhD, MANP, RN, FEANS, Dimence, Institute for Mental Healthcare, Deventer, Netherlands; Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Nijmegen, Netherlands; Institute for the Education of Clinical Nurse Specialists in Mental Health, Utrecht, Netherlands; Ghent University, University Centre of Nursing and Midwifery, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Services, Ghent, Belgium
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- 3 Cees Terlouw, PhD, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Deventer, Netherlands
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- 4 Lisette Schoonhoven, PhD, RN, FEANS, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- 5 Theo van Achterberg, PhD, RN, FEANS, KU Leuven, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Academic Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, Leuven, Belgium; Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Nijmegen, Netherlands; Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Doody O, Butler MP, Lyons R, Newman D. Families' experiences of involvement in care planning in mental health services: an integrative literature review. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 2017; 24:412-430. [PMID: 28102020 DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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UNLABELLED WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Current policy advocates for the participation of family carers in care planning. Caring for a person with a mental illness requires a significant commitment from families to support their relative's recovery. WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS TO EXISTING KNOWLEDGE?: The evidence of family involvement in care planning is generally fraught with conflicting experiences related to different requirements between mental health professionals, families and service users. Confidentiality remains contentious at a practice level in terms of information sharing and decision-making. There is a requirement and need for a shared understanding around care planning between families and mental health professionals. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE?: The provision of written information pertaining to families regarding confidentiality is required at service level. Educational workshops concerning care planning and treatment options should be provided for service users, families and mental health professionals. Further research into effective service-wide strategies that explore with families how their engagement can be positively fostered in mental health services is warranted. ABSTRACT Introduction Mental health service policy stipulates that family carers be involved in care planning. Aim To identify families' experiences of care planning involvement in adult mental health services. Method An integrative review where electronic databases and grey literature were searched for papers published between 01 January 2005 and 10 February 2016. Results Fifteen papers met the inclusion criteria. Thematic analysis generated three themes: (1) families' experience of collaboration, (2) families' perceptions of professionals and (3) families' impressions of the care planning process. Collaborative decision-making is not regularly experienced by families with an 'us' and 'them' divide, perpetuated by a lack of communication, confidentiality constraints and a claim of 'insider knowledge' of service users. When involved, families perceive care planning to be uncoordinated and that their lived experiences are not always appreciated. Discussion Families need to be valued, empowered and engaged in care planning and the partnership distance be addressed. Accommodating the views of family, service user and professionals is preferable but not always possible. Our findings suggest that the key element for professionals is to value all 'insider knowledge' where possible. Implications for Practice Services should develop written information on confidentiality for families and facilitate open communication concerning their involvement in care planning.
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- O Doody
- Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Cork Intergrative Service, Health Service Executive, Cork, Ireland
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Andershed B, Ewertzon M, Johansson A. An isolated involvement in mental health care - experiences of parents of young adults. J Clin Nurs 2017; 26:1053-1065. [DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Birgitta Andershed
- Faculty of Health, Care and Nursing; Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Gjövik Norway
- Department of Palliative Research Centre; Ersta Sköndal University College; Stockholm Sweden
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- Research and Development Centre; Skaraborg Hospital; Skövde Sweden
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Lindgren E, Söderberg S, Skär L. Being a Parent to a Young Adult with Mental Illness in Transition to Adulthood. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2016; 37:98-105. [PMID: 26864840 DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2015.1092621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Parents of young adults with mental illness may face a continued demand for support, even though their children have reached the age of majority. The aim of this study was to explore relatives' experiences of parenting a young adult with mental illness in transition to adulthood. Individual interviews were conducted and analysed according to Grounded Theory. The results showed that relatives experienced powerlessness and a sense of inescapable duty with limited possibilities to be relieved. With a family nursing approach, relatives can be supported and, when the young adults' needs of care are met, they can be relieved from their burden of responsibility.
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- Eva Lindgren
- a Luleå University of Technonogy , Department of Health Science , Luleå , Sweden
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- b Mid Sweden University , Department of Nursing Science , Östersund , Sweden
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- c Blekinge Institute of Technology , Department of Health , Karlskrona , Sweden
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Skundberg-Kletthagen H, Wangensteen S, Hall-Lord ML, Hedelin B. Relatives of patients with depression: experiences of everyday life. Scand J Caring Sci 2013; 28:564-71. [DOI: 10.1111/scs.12082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2013] [Accepted: 08/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Hege Skundberg-Kletthagen
- Department of Health Sciences; Faculty of Health, Science and Technology; Karlstad University; Karlstad Sweden
- Department of Nursing; Faculty of Health, Care and Nursing; Gjøvik University College; Gjøvik Norway
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- Department of Nursing; Faculty of Health, Care and Nursing; Gjøvik University College; Gjøvik Norway
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- Department of Health Sciences; Faculty of Health, Science and Technology; Karlstad University; Karlstad Sweden
- Department of Nursing; Faculty of Health, Care and Nursing; Gjøvik University College; Gjøvik Norway
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- Department of Nursing; Faculty of Health, Care and Nursing; Gjøvik University College; Gjøvik Norway
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