Background: Continuing Medical Education (CME) of general practitioners (GPs) regarding most of the diseases, especially psychiatric disorders, is implementing worldwide to maintain and develop their knowledge, skills, and professional performance. We investigated the effects of CME on GPs knowledge in the field of psychiatric disorders in Dezful University of medical sciences (DUMS) as a Newly...

UNLABELLED This qualitative study had the purpose to increase the discussions about the constitution of competences in the education of nurses so that they can work in the mental healthcare area. GOALS to analyze the representations of the research subjects about mental healthcare competences. METHOD qualitative research. SETTING The nursing department in a public university in the state ...

Neuropsychiatric disorders are recognized by the World Health Organization as the most important cause of disability, accounting for approximately one-third of years lost due to disability (YLD) among individuals age 15-andover, across gender and income, around the world (1). Unipolar depressive disorders alone are the third-largest contributor to global burden of disease, and the first in midd...

The mock trial is an important educational technique that has seldom been reported in the medical literature. In this paper we describe the evolution of mock trials as a regular component in the educational program for our multidisciplinary staff. The mock trial is not only an excellent strategy for teaching about the interface between psychiatry and the law, but also for teaching about malprac...

This is a theoretical reflection on the clinical nursing care in mental health that is offered to the family. In view of having a family member with mental suffering, the family would delegate the care to that relative to the mental institution, thus there should be collaboration between the nursing and medical team to organize the environment and ensure family and social isolation. With the Ps...

In Japan, pharmacists' activities for the most part consist of dispensing although in some University Hospitals they are directly involved in patient care. In the United States, pharmacists' activities have evolved over forty years in providing drug therapy and have now expanded to improvement in the patient's quality of life. In addition, a six-year pharmacy education program based on patient ...

background: bipolar mood disorder type 1 is one of the most serious psychiatric disorders. we aimed to assess the efficacy of a short-term family–focused treatment for patients with bipolar mood disorder type 1 in a one-year follow-up period.   methods: sixty patients with bipolar mood disorder and acute mania episodes who referred to ibn-e-sina psychiatric hospital in mashhad were recruited. h...

Stigmatization towards persons with mental illnesses is a major quality of care concern. Unfortunately, nurses are no less implicated than other health professions. This article reports the results of an evaluation of a learning intervention for psychiatric nursing students in partnership between Brandon University and the Mental Health Commission of Canada. We describe this intervention as an ...

Supported education may be defined as the provision of support and services to help persons with psychiatric disabilities gain access to and succeed in a postsecondary college or technical school. Since recovery-oriented services are those that support individuals in reclaiming their lives in the community and overcoming the effects of being perceived as mental patients (Tondora & Davidson, 200...

An estimated 1 in 5 children (22%), which is about 20 million young people, have severe psychiatric disorders and are in need of expert evaluation and treatment (1). At this time, there are only 7,000 child and adolescent psychiatrists. Beyond the clinical needs that child and adolescent psychiatrists must address, child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP) training directors are under tremendous pr...