Webhealth
Webhealth has been specifically developed to provide access for people to
connect with Health and Social Services. This web-based approach builds on
the strengths of people and families to determine their support needs. Within the Webhealth website is Linkage. Linkage is a
partnership between an NGO, Pathways; primary health care, Pinnacle; and a
secondary provider/hospital, Health Waikato. It offers early intervention
services with a “one stop shop” in central Hamilton and New Plymouth.
Thursday, August 14, 2003
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Is Email Interaction Feasible for Intervention With Women and Children Exposed to Domestic Violence? A Literature Review
Article in Topics in Advanced Practice Nursing eJournal at Medscape - "Email interaction in assessing mothers' and children's emotional and cognitive responses to abuse is a valuable outcome to assess in research, particularly if the legal system was used to obtain protection orders. Women and children become involved with abuse when the abuse is directed at them or when they witness the abuse of another (parent or child). Email interactions have shown promise in decreasing psychiatric symptoms and providing social support to individuals with a variety of other healthcare problems. Email interaction should not fragment care or increase risk, but be a mode of access to care and enhance outcomes for these women and their children. In the era of telehealth and telecommunication, exploring and testing the feasibility of email interaction as an intervention in this population is a valid next step." [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].
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Article in Topics in Advanced Practice Nursing eJournal at Medscape - "Email interaction in assessing mothers' and children's emotional and cognitive responses to abuse is a valuable outcome to assess in research, particularly if the legal system was used to obtain protection orders. Women and children become involved with abuse when the abuse is directed at them or when they witness the abuse of another (parent or child). Email interactions have shown promise in decreasing psychiatric symptoms and providing social support to individuals with a variety of other healthcare problems. Email interaction should not fragment care or increase risk, but be a mode of access to care and enhance outcomes for these women and their children. In the era of telehealth and telecommunication, exploring and testing the feasibility of email interaction as an intervention in this population is a valid next step." [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].
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Is your hospital healthy? Organizational commitment promotes staff well-being
Article in the latest issue of Crosscurrents, the journal of the Center for Addiction and Mental Health (Toronto) - "Research conducted by the Canadian Policy Research Networks found that health care professionals are the least likely of all occupations to rate their work environment as healthy. Only 16 per cent of health care workers strongly agreed that their job allowed them to balance work and family or personal life." The article mentions a number of initiatives and programs, among them the World Health Organization's Task Force on Health Promoting Psychiatric Services web site. Information is sparse at the site, but there are links to a number of articles by Rainer Paul, Reinhold Kilian and Hartmut Berger (for example, Health Promotion - A Change in the Paradigms of Psychiatry and Empowerment and quality of life of staff working in psychiatric services).
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Article in the latest issue of Crosscurrents, the journal of the Center for Addiction and Mental Health (Toronto) - "Research conducted by the Canadian Policy Research Networks found that health care professionals are the least likely of all occupations to rate their work environment as healthy. Only 16 per cent of health care workers strongly agreed that their job allowed them to balance work and family or personal life." The article mentions a number of initiatives and programs, among them the World Health Organization's Task Force on Health Promoting Psychiatric Services web site. Information is sparse at the site, but there are links to a number of articles by Rainer Paul, Reinhold Kilian and Hartmut Berger (for example, Health Promotion - A Change in the Paradigms of Psychiatry and Empowerment and quality of life of staff working in psychiatric services).
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U. of Iowa Researchers urge advances in meth abuse treatment
University of Iowa press release at EurekAlert - "People who use or abuse methamphetamine, or meth, do not necessarily need specialized treatment but do need more time in intensive outpatient or residential drug treatment than currently occurs. A multidisciplinary team of University of Iowa researchers made the recommendation in a review article that appeared in the April 2003 issue of the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. The team also identified areas of research that could help improve treatment, including retention and new drug therapies."
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University of Iowa press release at EurekAlert - "People who use or abuse methamphetamine, or meth, do not necessarily need specialized treatment but do need more time in intensive outpatient or residential drug treatment than currently occurs. A multidisciplinary team of University of Iowa researchers made the recommendation in a review article that appeared in the April 2003 issue of the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. The team also identified areas of research that could help improve treatment, including retention and new drug therapies."
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Study looks at loss, its role in depression
Boston Globe story - "In their search for the roots of depression, psychiatrists have long focused on the experience of loss -- the jarring loss of a loved one, the lost haven of a relationship, or the more primal feelings of loss that can be traced back to the mother's breast. But a new study of more than 7,000 adult twins calls into question assumptions about depression that date to Sigmund Freud. The events that send people into major depression, the authors found, are not merely losses, but humiliating ones that drive at a person's self-esteem -- most typically, being abandoned by a romantic partner. The classic experience of pure loss -- the death of a family member -- is only about half as likely to lead to depression, according to the study, published this week in Archives of General Psychiatry." An abstract of the study, "Life Event Dimensions of Loss, Humiliation, Entrapment, and Danger in the Prediction of Onsets of Major Depression and Generalized Anxiety" is available at the Archives of General Psychiatry, where the full text can also be ordered for a fee.
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Boston Globe story - "In their search for the roots of depression, psychiatrists have long focused on the experience of loss -- the jarring loss of a loved one, the lost haven of a relationship, or the more primal feelings of loss that can be traced back to the mother's breast. But a new study of more than 7,000 adult twins calls into question assumptions about depression that date to Sigmund Freud. The events that send people into major depression, the authors found, are not merely losses, but humiliating ones that drive at a person's self-esteem -- most typically, being abandoned by a romantic partner. The classic experience of pure loss -- the death of a family member -- is only about half as likely to lead to depression, according to the study, published this week in Archives of General Psychiatry." An abstract of the study, "Life Event Dimensions of Loss, Humiliation, Entrapment, and Danger in the Prediction of Onsets of Major Depression and Generalized Anxiety" is available at the Archives of General Psychiatry, where the full text can also be ordered for a fee.
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