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Filter by:Background: The environment at a psychiatric in-patient ward can lead to emotional distress and behavioral deviations in vulnerable individuals potentially resulting in conflicts, increased use of need-based medication and coercive actions, along with low satisfaction with treatment. To accommodate these challenges recreational and entertaining interventions are generally recommended. The tested interventions have, however, shown varying effects and often demand a high degree of planning and staff involvement while also being difficult to adapt to individual needs. Virtual Reality (VR) may help overcome these challenges. Methods: The study is a clinical trial, employing a mixed-methods design, enrolling 124 patients hospitalized at one closed psychiatric ward in the capital region of Denmark. All patients will be offered VR based stress reduction (e.g., mindfulness/relaxation techniques), entertainment, and distraction regularly during their hospitalization. Feasibility and acceptability will be explored with qualitative interviews supplemented with repeated non-participants observations and focus groups. The effect of the intervention will be assessed by comparing quantitative outcomes (e.g., coercion, need-based medication, and perceived stress) for a 12-month period with VR experiences available to a 12-month period without VR experiences available. Discussion: It is of significant interest to find non-intrusive interventions with minimal side-effects that may provide an alternative to pharmacological interventions and coercive actions in mental health services. If the VR intervention is found to be feasible and acceptable a larger study can be initiated and if found to be effective in a psychiatric in-patient setting, it can be scaled for use in psychiatric treatment facilities in general where it may benefit a large group of patients.
Psychiatric establishments show significant disparities in terms of coercion: while some use it frequently, others use it only exceptionally. This project aims at a better understanding of the less coercive establishments, which are currently little investigated and whose study may allow to identify the levers of a psychiatry more respectful of individual liberties.
Introduction National guidelines and The Patient Act from 2014 call for an active role for the patient in the decision making process. The role of the doctor is not only to give advice and to prescribe treatments, but also to present different alternatives with pros and cons. The method of Shared Decision Making (SDM) is meant to improve patient participation in line with ethical guidelines and legal demands. In summary, SDM consists of three steps: 1. To introduce a choice. 2. To discuss the options. 3. To make a shared decision. Systematic studies on SDM show patients becoming better informed and less uncertain regarding decisions made, and decisions closer to clinical guidelines compared to treatment as usual (TAU). It is still unresolved if SDM leads to improved clinical outcomes. Aim The aim of the study is to investigate outcomes of SDM carried out in psychiatric inpatient care: the patients' perceived participation (primary outcome) and health related outcomes (secondary). Method The decision situation in focus for this project is the planning of hospital discharge and future outpatient care. The participants are randomized to either SDM or TAU. Patient participation will be measured by questionnaires, interviews with patients and recorded decision talks. Clinical outcomes will be measured 12 months after discharge. Preliminary results A pilot study conducted in 2017-2018 clarified the feasibility of instruments and the intervention, and gave data for power estimation.
This study aims to identify unusual experiences and psychiatric symptoms that indicate a heightened risk for severe mental disorders - especially psychoses. It is important to develop reliable questionnaire methods that are cost-effective in first-stage screening, leading to in-depth assessments and targeted care. However, existing psychosis-risk questionnaires are limited in content, intended for adults, and have been insufficiently tested for actual predictive value. Therefore we will collect a new, large dataset from an unselected group of adolescents entering psychiatric care in three major urban areas of Finland. Comprehensive national health care registers will be used to assess how well the selected experiences and symptoms predict the participants' mental health over the following few years.
The involvement of family members is crucial and improves the prognosis of psychiatric patients and reinforces therapeutic adherence and reduces the frequency of relapses. For schizophrenia, the scientific literature clearly shows that it's in the interest of the patient to offer to his family a psychoeducational program. Therapeutic education programs are now part of the recommendations of good clinical practice and in the French health through the law n ° 2009-879 of July 21, 2009 on the reform of the hospital and relating to patients, health and territories.