De somatische gezondheidstoestand van patiënten met een 'servere mental illness' (SMI) of ernstige psychiatrische aandoening - waaronder schizofrenie, ernstige depressie, schizo-affectieve en bipolaire stoornissen - krijgt steeds meer aandacht in de geestelijke gezondheidszorg. Somatische screening en de hierop volgende behandeling zijn van cruciaal belang voor een goede lichamelijk een geestelijke gezondheid van deze patiënten.
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Bipolar disorder is a severe mental illness with serious consequences for daily living of patients and their caregivers. Care as usual primarily consists of pharmacotherapy and supportive treatment. However, a substantial number of patients show a suboptimal response to treatment and still suffer from frequent episodes, persistent interepisodic symptoms and poor social functioning. Both psychiatric and somatic comorbid disorders are frequent, especially personality disorders, substance abuse, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. Multidisciplinary collaboration of professionals is needed to combine all expertise in order to achieve high-quality integrated treatment. 'Collaborative Care' is a treatment method that could meet these needs. Several studies have shown promising effects of these integrated treatment programs for patients with bipolar disorder. In this article we describe a research protocol concerning a study on the effects of Collaborative Care for patients with bipolar disorder in the Netherlands.
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This thesis describes an Action Research (AR) project aimed at the implementation of Evidence Based Practice in a mental health nursing setting in the Netherlands. The main research question addressed in this thesis is: In what way is Action Research with an empowering appropriate to implement Evidence Based Practice in a mental health nursing setting in the Netherlands and what is the effect of this implementation on the care experienced by the client, the nursing interventions and the context in this setting compared to a comparative setting? To answer this main research question, the following questions derived from it were addressed: What is Evidence Based Practice? What is known about implementing evidence-based practice in nursing through Action Research? Which factors have to be dealt with in a mental health nursing setting, so the implementation of EBP with AR with an empowering intent will be more successful? Which factors have to be dealt with in a mental health nursing setting, so the implementation of EBP with AR with an empowering intent will be successful? How is EBP implemented through AR with an empowering intent and what are the outcomes for the use of evidence, the context and the facilitation in the setting? What is the effect of the implementation of EBP in mental health nursing using AR with an empowering intent on the care experienced by the client, the nursing interventions and the context compared to a comparison setting? The first two questions were answered by a search of the literature while the remaining questions were answered during the AR study conducted in two mental health organisations in the Netherlands.
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Waar eenzaamheid onder ouderen en de bestrijding ervan al langere tijd een bekend en erkend maatschappelijk vraagstuk is, geldt dit voor eenzaamheid onder studenten niet. Pas recentelijk ontstaat er (wetenschappelijke) interesse voor dit onderwerp. Studenten die eenzaamheid ervaren lopen het risico op een verminderd welbevinden, minder goed participeren in het onderwijs (met mogelijk vertraging en/of uitval als gevolg) en hebben een vergrote kans op andere mentale problemen, zoals stemmings- of angststoornissen en lichamelijke klachten (zoals een hoge bloeddruk en diabetes). Samen met studenten en relevante partijen, zoals het studentendecanaat van de Hanzehogeschool, wordt een interventie ontwikkeld, uitgevoerd en geëvalueerd die studenten helpt eenzaamheid te bespreken en te verminderen.
