Thesis--Columbia University. / Microfilm of typescript. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1975. -- 1 reel ; 35 mm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 92-99).

Thesis--Ohio State University. / Vita. Includes bibliography.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1982. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 166-169).

Thesis--Wisconsin. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 437-454).

Thesis--University of Colorado. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

D.Cur. (Psychiatric Nursing) / Please refer to full text to view abstract

D.Cur. ( Psychiatric Nursing) / A marked "revolving door" system is noticeable in health services in South Africa, and the more so in psychiatric services. This is happening in the form of psychiatric patients who are repeatedly being readmitted to psychiatric hospitals for the same or related problem. In most cases this is caused by the psychiatric patients' lack of compliance with the psychiatric treatment prescribed for them once they have been released back into the community. Lack of compliance by the psychiatric patients with their treatment means that the treatment that is prescribed to help the patient to function in the community, is not congruent with his/her life ways, social structure and environmental context. These are the components of everyone's culture, and they determine the psychiatric patients' cultural beliefs, values and practices, including those concerning mental health care. The purpose of this research study is to explain and describe the influence of culture on approaches to mental illness and the patients' compliance with psychiatric treatment, to generate a practice model for culture-congruent psychiatric nursing and guidelines for a culture-congruent approach in psychiatric nursing. The Nursing for the Whole Person Theory was used as the paradigmatic framework of the entire study. The research study followed three distinct phases in which different objectives were addressed. In Phase 1, an explanatory-descriptive study was conducted for the purpose of compiling explanatory case studies reflecting cultural approaches to mental illness and the patients' compliance with psychiatric treatment. The sample population consisted of four psychiatric patients randomly selected from four different long-term wards at the same psychiatric hospital, a group of psychiatric nurses nursing these patients, and the psychiatrists treating these patients, making a total of 22 respondents. Literature was first reviewed on the interrelationships among world view, culture, health beliefs, values and practices, approaches to mental illness and the patients' compliance with psychiatric treatment. The information obtained from literature review was utilized to compile guidelines for explanatory case studies. The explanatory case studies were compiled for each of the four psychiatric patients based on information from interviews, field notes and the patients' clinical...

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University. / Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Elizabeth M. Maloney. Dissertation Committee: Mary T. Ramshorn. Includes bibliographical references.

This study is a formulative exploratory study in the area of communication. It investigates the operation of the social worker-patient communication process with respect to selected variables thought to influence this process. The study consists of three parts; the original research design, the critique of the original design, and the new design. The project takes place at the Riverview Hospital and involves both Crease Clinic and Centre Lawn units. The original design is formed around a frame of reference which underlines the need for communication by patients at a mental hospital. Unfortunately, the original design, which involved a study of factors affecting the information flow between social worker and patient, failed to achieve a clear focus in its purpose and problem formulation. The critique pointed out the various factors influencing the original study and which led to the necessary revision of the study design. It includes a comprehensive outline of the extraneous variables which were encountered in this study and suggests the extent to which they may affect the validity of the study findings. The new design incorporates the findings and implications of the original design, and was enlarged to include communication between the staff treatment team (doctor, social worker, charge nurse) and the patient. A more specific theoretical frame of reference was developed and in addition suggestions for implementation of the new design are made and can serve as a reference point for any continuing studies in this area. / Arts, Faculty of / Social Work, School of / Graduate