Background. Participation of minority older adults in mental health research has been limited by mistrust, transportation difficulties, lack of knowledge, and insufficient community partnership. We describe strategies utilized to overcome these recruitment barriers. Methods. Our target population included 553 public housing residents of older adult high-rise buildings in Rochester, NY. We had a...

OBJECTIVE The authors investigated the current practice of intensive psychotherapy by residents in the department of psychiatry. METHODS We mailed a questionnaire to 126 fourth-year psychiatry residents in order to obtain data on their clients' sociodemographic characteristics, the settings in which psychotherapy is being conducted, the effects of psychotherapy, the difficulties associated wi...

BACKGROUND Various rates of alcoholism, drug abuse, mental illness, and suicide among physician have been reported, generally higher than those in the general population. Psychiatry residents, as other specializing physicians, seem to be prone to suffering them. The prevalence of psychological symptoms among psychiatry residents has not been formally studied. METHOD The authors studied the pr...

BACKGROUND Primary care physicians (PCPs) provide ~50 % of all mental health services in the U.S. Given the widening gap between patient mental health needs and resources available to meet those needs, there is an increasing demand for family medicine and psychiatry trainees to master competencies in both behavioral medicine and primary care counseling during residency-if for no other reason th...

OBJECTIVES To explore the extent of and factors associated with male nursing home residents who wander. DESIGN Cross-sectional design with secondary data analyses. SETTING One hundred thirty-four nursing home facilities operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs. PARTICIPANTS Fifteen thousand ninety-two nursing home residents with moderate or severe cognitive impairment admitted over ...

conclusions this study suggested that treatment of constipation in the nursing home was unsatisfactory. to improve treatment outcomes in those susceptible to altered bowel function, a coordinated approach with involvement of physicians, nursing staff, and other professionals including dieticians and pharmacists seems necessary. results low bmi, increased fluid intake, liquid food intake, poor f...

This paper focuses on the mental health burden medical and healthcare residents during 1st wave of COVID-19 pandemic crisis in 2020 describing activities a service for (NAPREME) public university, UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil; preliminary study showing an increasing depressive symptoms depression among residents. Data is related to screening interviews multi-professional who sought from March Dec...