Journal of Psychiatric Nursing

 Research evidences suggest about the association of deficiency of micronutrients with psychiatric disorders. The relation between micronutrient deficiency and psychiatric disorders are bidirectional. Identification of micronutrient deficiency in psychiatric disorder and psychiatric evaluation in patients with micronutrient deficiency are highly essential. Understanding this association will help the clinician for appropriate use of micronutrients in clinical practice.

Keywords: Micronutrients, Psychiatric disorder, Clinical Practice

The size of elderly population in India is increasing over time. Long term care, elder abuse and retirement are some of the special concerns of old adults. Government of India has taken many initiatives for welfare of elderly.These initiatives envisage State support to ensure financial and food security, health care, shelter and other needs of older persons, and protection against abuse. Many social, economic and familial factors have triggered the need for old age home facilities for the older adults. Many states in India have provided for old age homes run by either government or non-governmental organisations. However, these are not adequate to cater to the large and growing population of elderly. There are now many retirement colonies, resorts coming up, which are a far cry from the old age homes synonymous with charitable institutions for the helpless elderly.

Keywords: Old Age Homes; Elderly; Old Adults; Retirement Township; Welfare. 

Internet addiction is a current days burning issue and an emergency, which needs societal attention as a whole. This paper develops an overview about the underlying causes and effects of internet addiction. The indexed studies were reviewed for the findings. Finally the paper suggests that sensitising and increasing awareness among people about life style modification as the strategic management to prevent and manage internet addiction.

Keywords: Internet; Addiction; Cause; Effect; Perspective. 

Background: Waste poses a threat to public health and the environment if it is not stored, collected, and disposed properly.The quantity of solid waste generated by society is increasing daily and at the same time many household do not recycle their waste, but instead, tend to dispose it outside their homes or on the streets. Method:Non Experimental design and descriptive approach was used to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice among adults on proper disposal of waste. The population was adults residing in Bastwad at Belgaum Karnataka. Fifty adults were selected by employing non-probability convenient sampling technique. Self-administered structured questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding disposal of waste. The tool was highly reliable with ‘r’ value 0.8.The data were collected after getting consent from the adults. Survey technique was adopted and selfadministered questionnaire was answered by each adult for the duration of 20-30 minutes. Data were compiled using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: With regards to knowledge 5(10%) subjects were having inadequate knowledge, 24(48%) had moderately adequate knowledge and 21(42%) had adequate knowledge on proper disposal of waste. 31(62%) had moderately positive attitude, and 19(38%) had positive attitude.With respect to the practice on proper disposal of waste, 13(26%) reported moderately acceptable practice and 37(74%) reported acceptable practice. Conclusion: The people who have adequate knowledge on waste management technique are more likely to develop positive attitude and acceptable practice on disposal of waste.

Keywords: Knowledge; Attitude; Practice; Adults; Disposal of Waste.

 Background and Objectives: Caregivers play a vital role in supporting family members who are sick, infirm or disabled. Patients with mental illness are dependent on their caregiver and their well being is directly related to the nature and quality of the care provided by the care giver. Caring for a mentally ill individual is burdensome due to the quantum of effort needed to satisfy both their physical and psychological needs. Hence, this study was undertaken with an objective to determine the level of subjective burden among the care givers of patients with mental illness. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted among the care givers of the patients with mental illness attending the psychiatric out patient department of a tertiary care hospital. A cross sectional descriptive study design was adopted. The sample size was 178 subjects. Caregivers of the mentally ill were chosen through non-probability convenient sampling method. The caregiver burden was assessed using the Zarit Burden Interview. Results: The result of this study revealed that, among the 178 subjects, a vast majority of subjects (82%) had subjective burden and only 17.9% had experienced no burden. Among the 146 subjects who reported to have care giver burden, about 66 (45.2%) subjects had mild burden; 63 (43.2%) had moderate burden and only 17 (11.6%) subjects had severe burden. Conclusion: It was evident form the present study that at any given point of time, a majority of caregivers of patients with mental illness experienced burden in some form. Hence it is imperative that alleviating the burden among caregivers should be given importance in order to achieve better clinical outcome. Interventional programs exclusively developed for care givers will help them to manage the burden effectively. Psychiatric nurses must give priority in addressing the burden of caregivers in their routine patient care.

Keywords: Caregiver; Patients with Mental Illness; Caregiver Burden.

Introduction: The Nursing profession is a demanding profession and involves complex interaction of nurses with many people. Nurses differ in their emotional intelligence, perception of stress and in coping styles which are influenced by many variables. There can be multiple stressors leading to high stress and poor quality of work. Identification and appropriate intervention is definitely helpful. Objectives: Study was conducted to assess the occupational stress, coping styles of nurses, to examine the relationship between emotional intelligence and stress and to study the effect of intervention on stress and emotional intelligence in nurses. Materials and Methods: This was a prospective study done in the department of Psychology, Osmania University, Hyderabad. A total of 200 female nurses working in three Corporate hospitals, Hyderabad, were selected randomly. The Emotional intelligence, Stress and Coping styles were assessed through Emotional Intelligence Scale, Occupational Stress Index, and Coping Strategies Scale by way of questionnaires. Thirty nurses had high stress levels and intervention was given to them. All the three scores were again assessed after intervention. Results: Nurses differed in emotional intelligence. Nurses more than 50 years showed higher EI. Education also influenced the EI. The EI did not differ based on work area. Stress affected nurses equally irrespective of age and work area. There was a significant difference in Coping styles among nurses. Appropriate intervention given to nurses with high levels of stress improved the EI and Coping styles. Conclusion: Nursing profession is a demanding profession and nurses shoulder lot of responsibility and commitment inherent in it, which can give rise to high levels of stress among nurses. Intervention definitely helps to lower the stress levels and increase the emotional intelligence and coping styles.

Keywords: Nurses; Emotional Intelligence; Occupational Stress; Coping Styles; Relaxation Techniques.