issues surrounding medical care for individuals with schizophrenia

... programs for people with intellectual disability Ment Retard 1993;31:377–87 42 National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities Sexuality education for children and youth with ... adults with autism J Autism Dev Disord 1991;21:471–81 22 Sex education for children and youth with disabilities NICHCY News Digest 1992;1:1–27 (National Information Center for Children and Youth with ... some states They need to be cared for with dignity; often have severe health care needs; and must also be protected from being abused (sexually and physically) ISSUES FOR PARENTS Parents’ reactions...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 14:20

... consistent with the Information for Health strategy of the NHS Information Authority8 in England (Informing Healthcare: transforming healthcare using information and IT in Wales) In line with the ... resource for patients, carers and staff They should also be aware of local community resources for spiritual care General palliative care services, including care of dying patients ES23 Patients with ... to ensure that patients with cancer, with their families and carers, receive support and care to help them cope with cancer and its treatment at all stages The NHS Plan2 for England set out the...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 23:20

... Routing for individuals with multiple special needs Routing for individuals with multiple special needs: users with cognitive impairments, wheelchair users, and users with low vision Chang et ... model, our prototype called U-Service DOG (Ubiquitous Service for Direction Guide) is designed to assist with navigation for individuals with cognitive disabilities It consists of PDA user interfaces, ... [6] See Figure for three routes planned for individuals with various disabilities In the prototype, the Dijkstra algorithm, a time-honored graph theoretic method [24] is applied for routing Oftentimes,...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... preserved Next, individuals with stroke walking on ground level with BWS were not compared to a control group such as individuals with stroke walking either with BWS on a treadmill or with no BWS ... Therefore, our hypothesis that six weeks of gait training with BWS during overground walking would improve walking performance of individuals with chronic stroke was partially confirmed with ... treadmill with BWS combined with overground without BWS [41] Our results suggest that training with BWS during overground walking effectively increases walking speed of individuals with chronic...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... Participants Eight able-bodied participants and two individuals with quadriplegia (one with a C1-C2 incomplete spinal cord injury and the other with severe spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy) participated ... pathway Medical engineering & physics 2008, 30(4):498-505 Tsukahara R, Aoki H: Skin potential response in letter recognition task as an alternative communication channel for individuals with severe ... thermal imaging BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2004, 3:19 Rose AD, Kanade V: Thermal imaging study comparing phacoemulsification with the sovereign with WhiteStar System to the legacy with AdvanTec...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... to patients with different characteristics between groups) [68] Statistical methods for handling missing data and dealing with selection bias in CRTs are limited [69], and for some forms of missing ... effects on cost without retransformation [95] Correlation structure, standard errors, and controls for confounding variables will be as specified for the main analysis Adjustment for differential ... physiotherapists’ and chiropractors’ (in Victoria, Australia) compliance with a CPG for acute LBP, compared with providing practitioners with a printed copy of the guideline Specifically, our primary objectives...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... for primary care GPs will be informed about the project, and when they agree to participate they will be instructed to send in an admission form with data on practice organization necessary for ... registration form will have baseline data on treatment issues This also will allow for within group analyses, giving information about the effectiveness of both implementation strategies separately Unfortunately, ... educational materials for the professionals and patients There is a recommended protocol for multidisciplinary management and a template for clinical care presented as a guiding registration form Furthermore,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... the primary care team There are National Institute for Health and Clinical Effectiveness (NICE) guidelines defining standards of care, but studies of the quality of care for patients with diabetes ... secondary care [31-33] Aim The aim of this study is to improve the quality of care for patients with diabetes cared for in primary care by identifying individual, team, and organisational factors that ... primary care team within each practice We will collect information about the organisation and team functioning of the primary care team from both clinical and non-clinical team members and information...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... of executive functions with high ecological validity have been applied to the study of patients with schizophrenia [23,24] Interestingly, planning performance on tasks with real-world approximating ... Female 15.8 23.1 Schizophrenia, paranoid 27 71.1 30 76.9 Schizophrenia, disorganized 2.6 Schizophrenia, residual Schizophrenia, undifferentiated 5.3 2.6 0 Schizoaffective disorder 13.2 Schizophrenia ... cognitive remediation for patients with schizophrenia [49] Following one individual introductory session, each session lasted 45 minutes and took place in a group of 3-5 participants, with participants...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22

... satisfaction with care by both patients and informal caregivers Finally, we aim for a positive effect on attitudes, knowledge and skills of nurses Collaborative Care for patients with severe borderline ... adequate validity and reliability [69,70] Questionnaires for informal carers Process indicators Carer satisfaction with care For the measurement of carer satisfaction an adapted version of the CQ-index ... are indicative for positive or negative outcomes Informal carers Participants Patients This Collaborative Care Program is developed to improve the quality of care for patients with severe personality...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22

... effectiveness of such programs for patients with a bipolar disorder is scarce Collaborative Care (CC) programs have been developed to integrate multidisciplinary care for complex disorders and to ... enhancing access to care and continuity of care The care manager, a nurse or a social worker, provided actively outreaching care when a patient was at risk of losing contact with mental health ... until now no studies have been performed on the effects of CC for patients with bipolar disorder The current study will be the first to implement CC for patients with bipolar disorder, and moreover,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22

... the primary care team There are National Institute for Health and Clinical Effectiveness (NICE) guidelines defining standards of care, but studies of the quality of care for patients with diabetes ... secondary care [31-33] Aim The aim of this study is to improve the quality of care for patients with diabetes cared for in primary care by identifying individual, team, and organisational factors that ... primary care team within each practice We will collect information about the organisation and team functioning of the primary care team from both clinical and non-clinical team members and information...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:20

... developed along with a process for combining this information with appointment and scheduling data Working with local information technology personnel, we tested a number of strategies for obtaining ... resources in an ongoing system-wide effort to improve the performance of the VA healthcare system and, thus, quality of care for veterans QUERI researchers collaborate with VA policy and practice leaders, ... checkout form However, with inconsistent use by the myriad of providers rotating through the eye care clinic and with a primarily electronic medical record system, sustainability of the hard copy forms...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:21

... Follow-Up Study of Schizophrenia and Bipolar I Disorder [24-26] Fifty-two patients who fulfilled the DSM-IV criteria for schizophrenia [27] were recruited over nine months among individuals attending ... 15.0 for Windows) An alpha level of 0.05 was used for all statistical tests Data were analyzed using Student's paired t test to compare the means (T1 vs T2) for all patients, as well as for each ... benefits of atypical APDs over conventional APDs for the full range of cognitive disturbances in schizophrenia remain controversial, especially for the most severe impairments, i.e., serial learning,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:22

... or standard care alone iii) Referral for group Art Therapy is associated with improved mental health, social functioning, well-being and satisfaction with care compared to referral for attention ... referral to group Art Therapy plus standard care in people with schizophrenia compared to referral to attention control treatment plus standard care or standard care alone on health and social functioning ... opportunities for interaction with peers in a group setting They were also designed to reflect the kind of activity-based groups currently provided by mental health and social care services for people with...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:22

... RCTs comparing music therapy for inpatients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia plus standard care with standard care alone A minimum of 20 sessions was associated with significant improvement ... psychoeducation group with the patient, a psychoeducation group with the patient plus a support group without the patient, or treatment as usual Patient adherence with standard care was better for families ... among participants with severe symptoms and lower functioning Physical Health Screening and treatment for physical health problems is an important aspect of care for individuals with severe mental...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20

... were not available for children with oedema, this programme's data showed that mortality among children with oedema was the same as for children with MUAC of 11 cm or less and with no oedema Our ... not for citation purposes) Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2009, 7:2 was negligible Non-CTC children were therefore stratified by HIV status, to account for the increased death rate with ... under from the Zambia census [17] Mortality with HIV was assumed to be double that without HIV [18] For the CTC option, outcomes at the end of health centre care were death, recovery, referral to...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... lower for schizophrenia versus controls for all miRNAs, and the difference in ratios reached statistical significance for of the (miR-26b, p = 0.009; miR-9-3p, p = 0.002; and miR24, p = 0.037) For ... associated with a 30-fold increased risk of schizophrenia [33,34] Microdeletions in 22q11 occur in approximately in 3,000 live births but are present in 0.5% to 3% of individuals with schizophrenia ... determined for eight subjects, four with schizophrenia and four healthy subjects (Additional data file 3) Expression was calculated using the delta-delta C(t) method: 2ΔCT healthy-ΔCT schizophrenia with...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 18:20

... eligibility for vision rehabilitations services beyond the ICD-9-CM definitions for low vision and blindness (ICD-9-CM codes beginning with the prefix 3695) Medicare has suggested that individuals with ... unable to drive, individuals with this visual acuity rarely suffer significant reductions in their ability to perform other functions and are, therefore, unlikely to be candidates for vision rehabilitation ... blindness” for the purposes of classifying individuals with low vision and blindness because the former terms more accurately reflect the fact that some residual vision remains in patients with these...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 18:20

... rates for other students? 76 Why are some scholarships for Alaska Native students only? 77 Do Alaska Native people get “free” medical care? 78 The Future 87 What does the future look like for Alaska ... Kuskokwim DO ALASKA NATIVE PEOPLE GET FREE MEDICAL CARE * And other frequently asked questions about Alaska Native issues and cultures ? *No, they traded land for it See page 78 Libby Roderick, Editor ... materials for their arts, crafts, and technologies, Alaska Native peoples understand that they would not exist as peoples, communities, and cultures without them For these reasons, and for reasons...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 15:21