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In. Caribbean Public Health Agency. Caribbean Public Health Agency: 60th Annual Scientific Meeting. Kingston, The University of the West Indies. Faculty of Medical Sciences, 2015. p.[1-75]. (West Indian Medical Journal Supplement).
Monografia em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-17960

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OBJECTIVE: This study addressed the psychoeducational approach to understand mental illness, illness self-management and social skills. It evaluated the effects of a structured-mannualized psychoeducation programme that taught inpatients about their illness and how to maintain remission after discharge and avoid re-admissions. DESIGN AND METHODS: A total of 505 inpatients admitted with mental disorders were randomly assigned to either an experimental group or control group. The psychoeducation programme consisted of six teaching modules distributed in 219 sessions of 45-minute-sessions in each of 5 wards, on a continuous, five-day-a-week schedule. The effects were measured reviewing the records of admissions and re-admissions after discharge. RESULTS: Results indicated that inpatients of the experimental group significantly improved their knowledge and performance of the skills taught in sessions, compared with the control group who did not participate in the educational group sessions. Re-admissions of participants of the experimental group were significantly less than the control group (2.1 percent versus 16.6 percent). CONCLUSIONS: Not only can patients learn relatively complex material during a typical inpatient stay despite the acuteness of their illness, but they can also meaningfully improve the continuity of their own care by participating in brief and highly structured teaching programmes in inpatient and outpatient settings.


Assuntos
Pessoas Mentalmente Doentes , Gerenciamento Clínico , Saúde Mental , Readmissão do Paciente/tendências , Hospitais Psiquiátricos , Trinidad e Tobago
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In. Caribbean Public Health Agency. Caribbean Public Health Agency: 60th Annual Scientific Meeting. Kingston, The University of the West Indies. Faculty of Medical Sciences, 2015. p.[1-75]. (West Indian Medical Journal Supplement).
Monografia em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-18010

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OBJECTIVE: This project was intended to compare the quality of life of rehabilitees engaged in the Landscaping Employment Services programme with an unemployed group of rehabilitees. DESIGN AND METHODS: A total of 26 rehabilitees were invited to participate in the study with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and bipolar disorder. An experimental group of 13 rehabilitees was assigned to the Landscaping Employment Services for Rehabilitees, and a control group of 13 rehabilitees were also evaluated. The landscaping programme consisted of seven days of activity. The effects were measured using a ‘Quality of Life Inventory’ applied to rehabilitees. Patients' knowledge and performance of the specific materials taught in the Landscaping Employment Services for Rehabilitees programme was ascertained through assessments conducted before and after training. RESULTS: Results indicated that participants of the Landscaping Employment Services for Rehabilitees programme significantly improved their knowledge, performance of the skills and their quality of life. CONCLUSIONS: Not only can patients learn relatively complex material, but they can also meaningfully improve the continuity of their employment capability by participating in a brief and highly structured employment training programme.


Assuntos
Qualidade de Vida , Resultado do Tratamento , Pessoas Mentalmente Doentes , Readaptação ao Emprego , Trinidad e Tobago
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In. Caribbean Public Health Agency. Caribbean Public Health Agency: 60th Annual Scientific Meeting. Kingston, The University of the West Indies. Faculty of Medical Sciences, 2015. p.[1-75]. (West Indian Medical Journal Supplement).
Monografia em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-18011

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OBJECTIVE: To determine the extent and socio-demographic determinants of burden of care of caregivers of adult schizophrenic patients. DESIGN AND METHODS: Cross-sectional study of 115 dyads of schizophrenic patients-caregivers attending public mental health clinics, March 24 – April 4, 2014 were consecutively recruited. Burden of care was evaluated using the 22-item Zarit Burden Scale (maximum score, 88). Multiple linear regression model explored factors associated with caregiver burden. RESULTS. Caregivers were predominantly females (75.7%) and were on average 50.8 ñ 15.0 years. Most schizophrenic patients were males (65.2%) and were on average 43.6 ñ 17.2 years old. Caregivers showed on average, mild to moderate burden (score, 30.0 ñ 14.7; median, 28.0). There was a tendency for caregivers of patients who were parents or spouses to have higher levels of burden. In multivariable analyses, higher burden of caregiving was associated with inability to perform self-care, closer kinship and higher numbers of psychotic episodes in the previous year. CONCLUSIONS: Functional and social factors were important determinants of caregiver burden. Further investigations are needed which consider factors such as health status and health expenditures as predictor variables of caregiver burden.


Assuntos
Qualidade de Vida/psicologia , Cuidadores , Pessoas Mentalmente Doentes , Jamaica
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In. Caribbean Public Health Agency. Caribbean Public Health Agency: 60th Annual Scientific Meeting. Kingston, The University of the West Indies. Faculty of Medical Sciences, 2015. p.[1-75]. (West Indian Medical Journal Supplement).
Monografia em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-18012

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OBJECTIVE: Visual problems in persons who are institutionalized suffering from mental disorders are overwhelmingly under-recognized. The aim of this study was therefore to screen for visual acuity among 285 patients at the St. Ann’s Psychiatric Hospital (SAH) and 27 at the Arima Rehabilitation Centre (ARC). The projected number of patients to be screened was 427 persons. However, only 312 inpatients were included to participate in the study. The study evaluated the patients who were chosen to assess their visual acuity. The project was conducted from August to December, 2011. DESIGN AND METHODS: A total of 312 inpatients admitted to the hospital and rehabilitation centre with mental disorders were evaluated using either the Snellen or Lea Charts by trained technicians from the Lions Club of Trinidad and Tobago. The evaluations were conducted for four months on 25 wards and at the Arima Rehabilitation Centre. A Stereo Optical Vision Tester was used for the evaluation of patients using a Snellen Chart and/or a Lea Chart. Analysis was done using SPSS version 20.0. RESULTS: One hundred and twenty-five (125) patients were found to have visual acuity problems and recommended for further evaluation by an ophthalmologist. This represents 40.1% of the sample tested. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings coincided with the existing literature that visual impairment appears to be an area of physical health which is under-recognized, under-diagnosed and under-treated in people with severe mental health problems, even though certain psychiatric medications are known to cause visual problems as a side effect.


Assuntos
Acuidade Visual , Peneiramento de Líquidos , Pessoas Mentalmente Doentes , Trinidad e Tobago
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In. Maharajh, Hari D. ; Merrick, Joav. Social and cultural psychiatry experience from the Caribbean Region. New York, Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2010. p.39-50, tab. (Health and human development).
Monografia em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-17512

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There is an ethnic pattern of mental and physical diseases associated with the export of Indian labor overseas between the period of 1830-1920. The establishment of Indian communities overseas emerged from the culture and civilization of the Indian sub-continent and was a direct consequence of mainly British exploitation of economic wealth overseas. This movement of Indians from their homeland with the maintenance of the practice of their religion, culture and lifestyle is referred to as the Indian diaspora. This chapter looks at the effects of the 'coolie migration' particularly to Trinidad, but with reference to other Caribbean islands and at least a dozen countries across the seas. Information is gathered from published reports but more importantly, from dozens of immigrants and hundreds of first generation Indians with whom the author has been in contact during their treatment. There appear to be a commonality of social, psychological and physical diseases in these migrant groups within the diaspora. A possible explanation is the similarity of the genetic pool and environmental influences experienced by the migrants overseas.


Assuntos
Humanos , Saúde Mental , Pessoas Mentalmente Doentes , Trinidad e Tobago , Região do Caribe
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