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Beyond Easy Answers: Facing The Entanglements Of Violence And Psychosis, Nev Jones, Mona Shattell Phd, Rn, Faan

Mona Shattell

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"Cultural Cognition:" What Mental Health Researchers Might Learn From The Climate Change Debate, Summer Schrader, Mona Shattell

Mona Shattell

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Mad Pride: Reflections On Sociopolitical Identity And Mental Diversity In The Context Of Culturally Competent Psychiatric Care, Summer Schrader, Nev Jones, Mona Shattell

Mona Shattell

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Working Hard To Relax: Improving Engagement In Leisure Time Activities For A Healthier Work-Life Balance, Linda Buettner, Mona Shattell, Madeleine Reber

Mona Shattell

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Treatment Of Persons With Mental Illness And Substance Use Disorders In Medical Emergency Departments In The United States, Mona Shattell, Melanie Andes

Mona Shattell

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Assertive Community Treatment And The Physical Health Needs Of Persons With Severe Mental Illness: Issues Around Integration Of Mental Health And Physical Health, Mona Shattell, Natasha Donnelly, Anna Sheyett, Gary Cuddeback

Mona Shattell

BACKGROUND: Assertive community treatment (ACT) is characterized as a service delivery platform and represents an ideal setting in which mental health and physical health care can be integrated. OBJECTIVE: Little is known about the extent to which ACT integrates physical health care with mental health care or the challenges ACT teams experience. To address this gap, focus groups were conducted with five ACT teams in a Midwestern US state to explore how ACT teams address the physical health care needs of persons with severe mental illness. DESIGN: A qualitative study design was used. RESULTS: Three major themes emerged: ACT teams …

Nurses And Assertive Community Treatment Teams: A Critical Combination, Gary Cuddeback, Mona Shattell

Mona Shattell

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Perspectives Of College Students With Childhood Ad/Hd, T. Robin Bartlett, Tracie Rowe, Mona Shattell

Mona Shattell

Purpose: To determine what successful young adults perceive was helpful to them when they were struggling with their attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms as children.

Study Design and Methods: Sixteen young adult college students with a history of ADHD participated in semistructured interviews that asked them which people and what strategies they had found most helpful to them during their childhood. Data were analyzed using content analysis.

Results: The most helpful people were parents and teachers; the most helpful strategies were caring behaviors and active teaching/learning strategies. Participants remembered helpful people as “giving me strategies to help me keep my …

“An Existential Place Of Pain:” The Essence Of Despair In Women, Nancy Scroggs, Mona Shattell, W. Richard Cowling

Mona Shattell

While there is a substantive body of knowledge on depression, little is known about the experience of despair. This phenomenological study explored women’s experience of despair through qualitative interviews with 14 women ages 28 to 55 (M= 45) who self-identified as experiencing despair. Three themes emerged: “crippling and debilitating,” “there’s nothing you can do”, and “it’ll never end.” The findings suggest that women desire to have their experiences recognized and validated while simultaneously receiving acknowledgement of their ability to overcome the past and to shape their own destinies.

Strengthening Mental Health Promotion: Zeroing In On The Workplace, Mona Shattell, Yorghos Apostolopoulos

Mona Shattell

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Review: Community-Based Participatory Research Approach To Address Mental Health In Minority Populations, Mona Shattell, Jeanne Stacciarini, Maria Coady-Madden, Brenda Wiens

Mona Shattell

In this review, a synthesis of studies employing community-based participatory research (CBPR) to address mental health problems of minorities, strengths and challenges of the CBPR approach with minority populations are highlighted. Despite the fact that minority community members voiced a need for innovative approaches to address culturally unique issues, findings revealed that most researchers continued to use the traditional methods in which they were trained. Moreover, researchers continued to view mental health treatment from a health service perspective.

Guest Editorial: Mental Illness In Older Adults, Mona Shattell

Mona Shattell

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Rethinking Idleness, Productivity, And Time Management: A Call To Do Nothing, More, Mona Shattell

Mona Shattell

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Stigmatizing Language With Unintended Meanings: "Persons With Mental Illness" Or "Mentally Ill Persons"?, Mona Shattell

Mona Shattell

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Why Does "Pain Management" Exclude Psychic Pain?, Mona Shattell

Mona Shattell

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Healing Scents: An Overview Of Clinical Aromatherapy For Emotional Distress, Andrea Butje, Elizabeth Repede, Mona Shattell

Mona Shattell

Individuals in emotional distress are often treated with psychotherapeutic agents, but other treatment options exist (Hogan & Shattell, 2007). One safe and effective adjunct for the prevention and treatment of emotional distress is aromatherapy (Field et al., 2005; Kuroda et al., 2005; Lemon, 2004), the therapeutic use of inhaled essential oils. Aromatherapy is one of the fastest growing modalities in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the United States (U.S.) (d’Angelo, 2002), but research on aromatherapy is relatively scant and few nursing programs offer courses in aromatherapy. This article describes the physiological effects of scent, reviews the research on aromatherapy, …

“I Have Always Felt Different:” The Experience Of Childhood Ad/Hd, Mona Shattell, T. Robin Bartlett, Tracie Rowe

Mona Shattell

Childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) is one of the most important psychiatric problems of our time. This study examined the experience of childhood AD/HD within the contexts that are most significant to this age group – home, school, and friendships. The sample included 16 college-enrolled young adults (ages 18 - 25) with a self-reported history of AD/HD. Participants revealed feelings of difference, misunderstanding, and struggle in all areas of their lives (home, school, and friendships). Nurses can use these findings to improve the care and long-term outcomes of children diagnosed with AD/HD.

Peaceful Awakenings: Taking The “Alarm” Out Of The Alarm Clock, Mona Shattell

Mona Shattell

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The Ecology Of Bipolar Disorder: The Importance Of Sleep, Mona Shattell, Mary Umlauf

Mona Shattell

Although much of the emphasis on treating Bipolar Disorder patients is pharmacotherapy, sleep loss is an important trigger for mania and plays an important role in the condition. The purpose of this paper is to fully explore the chronobiological, environmental, social and genetic factors that contribute to the sleep disruption that is characteristic of mania and bipolar disorder. This review is important because sleep, chronobiology and genetics are under-emphasized content areas in nursing education. As a result many practicing nurses are unaware of the importance of sleep for mental health or what to teach patients to improve both the quality …

The Case For Antipsychotics In Bipolar Disorder, Mona Shattell, Norman Keltner

Mona Shattell

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