Red Flower's Journal of Psychiatric Nursing

 Schizophrenia is a chronic illness with a relapsing nature. It is of paramount importance to avert a recurrance for the following reasons 1. The symptoms of a relapse are more severe than the previous episode 2. Burden to the family and society is humungous 3. It is imperative that a schizophrenic patient leads a normal life. Therfore, this article gives information on ways to monitor one’s mental health and prevent a relapse.

Keywords: Prevent; Relapse; Schizophrenia.

 Human beings can never be perfect instead they should enjoy their imperfections and celebrate them because there is nothing like a perfect life. The Missing Tile Syndrome is a term coined by Dennis Prager. It means focusing on the things that one does not have and in the process, robbing ones happiness. Life is a beautiful gift of god and we should always keep this in mind.

Keywords: Missing; Lacking; Unsatisfied; Syndrome.

 Background: Alcoholism is considered as a serious public health issue in India and at large in the world. Adolescence is a period of the life cycle when individuals are managing multiple and complex development tasks. They have less self-control, emotional stability and more likely to smoke, drink, use drugs, and get in to trouble with the law. Objectives: 1. To assess the pre-test knowledge regarding alcoholism among adolescents. 2. To assess the post-test knowledge regarding alcoholism among adolescents. 3. To find out the association between post-test knowledge scores regarding alcoholism and selected demographic variables. Material and Methods: A pre-experimental studyone group pre-test and post-test design was selected for the study. The study was conducted at Government Senior Secondary school, Gurugram, Haryana. Data was collected from 30 students using structured knowledge questionnaire. Results: The study findings revealed that the mean knowledge score of students on alcoholism during pre-test (10.87±2.62) was lower than mean knowledge score of students on alcoholism during post-test (13±2.12). The difference in mean pre-test and post-test knowledge scores was found to be significant. Conclusion: The result of present study clearly showed that the structured teaching programme regarding alcoholism had significant impact on knowledge of senior secondary school students.

Keywords: Alcoholism; Structured Teaching Programme; Adolescents; Effectiveness.

 Background of the study: Adolescents is the stage in which an individual grow and develop physically and psychologically from puberty to legal adulthood. The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of sleep promotion education regarding quality of sleep among adolescents in selected schools of Doiwala Block, Uttarakhand. Method: Quantitative research approach was adopted for present study. Total 260 adolescents were selected through total enumerative sampling technique. Data was collected by administering tool to the participants. Tool consists of socio- demographic Performa, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. The data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: This study showed that sleep promotion education improved significant improvement in sleep quality from baseline mean 7.22 to 4.81; p< 0.001 post interventions as measured by Pittsburgh sleep quality index. The results showed that mean score is decreasing from pre interventions to the third week of post interventions which means that sleep promotion education was effective in improving the sleep quality of adolescents. There was no significant association between pre-test quality of sleep scores among adolescents regarding sleep promotion education with selected demographic variables tested at 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: The study concluded that the adolescents had inappropriate sleep quality for which sleep promotion education was given to the adolescents. Sleep promotion education improved the sleep quality of adolescents significantly after three weeks of education.

Keywords: Effectiveness; Sleep Quality; Adolescents; Sleep Promotion Education

 Depression is the oldest and most common psychiatric illness. A study to assess the effectiveness of the Planned Teaching Programme related to depression in selected mental health hospitals of Gujarat state. Aims: To assess the level of knowledge regarding depression and its homecare management among primary caregivers of patients admitted with depression before and after administration of planned teaching programme, To assess the effectiveness of Planned teaching programme regarding depression and its homecare management, To find out association of pre-test knowledge score regarding depression and its homecare management with selected demographic variables. Method: Pre-experimental research approach was used with one group pre-test post-test design, samples consisted of 40 and non probability purposive sampling technique for selecting 40 samples. A structured knowledge questionnaire was prepared to assess the knowledge of the samples. Result: The mean pretest knowledge score of samples about primary caregivers of patients admitted with depression was 10.2 where as post-test knowledge score was 22.45. The mean post test knowledge score is significantly higher than the mean pre test knowledge score with the mean difference of 12.28 and the calculated ‘t’ value (t = 22.22) was greater than tablulated ‘t’ value (t =2.02) which was statistically proved at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study reveal that there is no significant association with pre-test knowledge scores and selected demographic variables of the samples except religion of primary caregivers regarding homecare management of depression. Conclusion: The result of the study reveals that the primary caregivers of patients had poor knowledge before administration of Planned Teaching Programme. After administration of planned teaching programme, the knowledge had been improved. Hence, it can be seen that the Planned Teaching Programme was effective in enhancing knowledge of primary caregivers of depressive patients.

Keywords: Home care management; Depressive patients; Primary caregivers; Planned Teaching Programm.

 Introduction: Street children are often subjected to abuse and exploitation and they release their aggression through direct and indirect means. The investigators explored aggression, exposure to violence and abuse among street children residing in shelter homes. Methodology: A quantitative approach non-experimental descriptive research design was selected. The sample consisted of 60 street children residing in shelter homes. The data was collected by structured interview. A structured tool was developed by the investigator to assess aggression, exposure to violence and abuse. Results: 87% of street children were found to have severe aggression, 60% of street children had moderate exposure to violence and 86.6% of street children reportedly were victims of severe abuse. Conclusion: Street children should be counselled intermittently and provided opportunity to ventilate their pent up feelings so that prevention can be done at primordial level to prevent further complications.

Keywords: Street Children; Aggression; Abuse; Violence.