Thesis--Indiana University. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan. / Includes bibliographical references.

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Thesis (PhD--History)--University of Auckland, 2007.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1978.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1978.

Syfte: Syftet med studien var att beskriva skötares uppfattningar av specialistsjuksköterskans kompetens i psykiatrisk vård. Metod: För att analysera detta fenomen gjordes en intervjustudie med kvalitativ design och en fenomenografisk analys tillämpades. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes där nio skötare verksamma i den psykiatriska vården vid tiden för intervjutillfället deltog. Med avsikt att finna variation bland uppfattningarna bearbetades och analyserades det transkriberade materialet i en analys omfattande sju steg. Resultat: Fyra kategorier av skötarnas uppfattningar identifierades: Osynlig kompetens, otydlig kompetens, synlig kompetens och tydlig kompetens. Relationen mellan dessa kategorier förhöll sig hierarkiskt i förhållande till i vilken grad specialistsjuksköterskans kompetens uppfattades. Slutsats: Skötarens uppfattningar ger uttryck för att det finns ett starkt behov av specialistsjuksköterskans kompetens samtidigt som man inte kan se hur den urskiljer sig från skötarens egen kompetens. Områden i specialistsjuksköterskans kompetens som har stor betydelse för och kompletterar skötarens egen kompetens värdesätts särskilt, såsom specialistsjuksköterskans arbetsledarroll, samarbetsförmåga, somatiska kunskap och helhetsbild av psykiatrin i övrigt. / Aim: The aim of this study was to describe how psychiatric aides’ understand the competence of specialist nurses in psychiatric care. Methods: In order to analyze this phenomenon, a phenomenographic interview study with qualitative design was carried out. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine psychiatric aides, working in psychiatric in-patient care at the time of the interview. In order to find the variation among the understandings, the transcribed material was processed and analyzed through an analyze method including seven steps. Results: Four categories of understandings were identified: invisible competence, unobvious competence, visible competence and obvious competence. The relationship between these different categories took a hierarchical structure in relation to the degree of which the specialist nurse competence was understood. Conclusions: The understandings of the psychiatric aides expresses the dependence of the specialist nurse's competence while at the same time one cannot see how it distinguishes itself from the psychiatric aides’ own competence. Areas of the specialist nurse competence that are of great importance for the psychiatric aides and complement their competence are especially valued, such as: the specialist nurse’s leadership, ability to cooperate, somatic knowledge and overall knowledge of psychiatry.

Reports of people with mental disorders without access to treatment are a major occurrence in prisons outside and within Africa. An estimated 450 000 000 people worldwide suffer from mental or behavioural disorders. The disproportionately high rate of mental disorders in prisons is due to several factors. The factors include the widespread misconception that all persons with mental disorders are a danger to the public; the general intolerance of many societies to difficult or disturbing behaviour, the failure to promote treatment, care and rehabilitation, and above all the lack of or poor access to mental health services in many countries. Many of these disorders may be present before admission to prison and may be further exacerbated by the stress of imprisonment. However mental disorders may develop during imprisonment itself as a consequence of prevailing conditions. / Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2011. / http://www.chr.up.ac.za/ / nf2012 / Centre for Human Rights / LLM

Homosexuality is something which has been a part of almost every society throughout history. In western society this has been a subject of secrecy and taboo. Throughout our history homosexuals have been persecuted and forced to hide their sexual identity. The effects of this on an individual should be something of concern to professionals in the mental health field. While in the past there has been little knowledge of homosexuality, and no self-expression on the part of homosexuals, there has, in recent years, been growing information and expression. The effect of this change on mental health workers is what this paper will examine. An historical survey will present the forces which shaped the current attitude of the mental health profession about homosexuality. I will present a general examination of the social ideology toward homosexuality in western society. I will also review the history of those homosexuals who have banded together for companionship, reform, and protest. This will be a context against which I will examine the attitudes of a specific group of people who care for the mentally ill--nurses and aides at a state mental hospital. The questionnaire I used to examine their attitudes surveys a broad range of possible attitudes about homosexuality. The responses will demonstrate what changes have occurred in society’s attitudes toward homosexuality. It will show, specifically, what the attitudes are of those who care for economically disadvantaged, severely disturbed homosexuals.