RESUMO
It is now common policy in providing care for people with learning disabilities to ensure improved access to mainstream health services. Consequently, all nursing disciplines are required to have improved understanding about the physical and mental health needs of this client group. This article focuses on their mental health needs. It is predominantly targeted at mental health and learning disability nurses, but will be of interest to all nurses who increasingly come into contact with people with a learning disability and require insight into all aspects of their health.
Assuntos
Deficiência Intelectual/complicações , Deficiências da Aprendizagem/complicações , Transtornos Mentais/prevenção & controle , Avaliação das Necessidades/organização & administração , Adulto , Benchmarking , Medicina Baseada em Evidências , Promoção da Saúde , Acessibilidade aos Serviços de Saúde , Saúde Holística , Humanos , Masculino , Programas de Rastreamento , Transtornos Mentais/epidemiologia , Transtornos Mentais/etiologia , Papel do Profissional de Enfermagem , Avaliação em Enfermagem , Defesa do Paciente , Prevalência , Enfermagem Psiquiátrica/organização & administração , Psicoterapia , Psicotrópicos/uso terapêutico , Gestão da Qualidade Total/organização & administração , Reino Unido/epidemiologia , Populações VulneráveisRESUMO
Body mass, calcium and skeletal changes occur in humans who have worked in microgravity. Physiologic changes are seen as early as one week and are still occurring 312 days into space flight. The physiologic changes in bone and mineral metabolism may be among those which limits long duration space flight if an adequate countermeasure is not developed. The purpose of this paper is to summarize what is known about calcium dynamics and bone mineral changes as well as associated changes of body mass induced by space flight. The data reported is from a variety of studies conducted in both actual and simulated space flight.