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Is there a place for ontological hermeneutics in mental-health nursing research? A review of a hermeneutic study

Chang KH, Horrocks S

Int J Nurs Pract, 2008 Oct;14(5):383-90.

PMID: 18808539 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2008.00702.x

A lot of research carried out within the context of mental-health nursing using qualitative data collection tools claims that it is hermeneutical, with usually just a short section describing the hermeneutical methodology as though it is a very broad philosophical approach. Criticisms of the latter approach more often than not concentrate on the level of the data collection tools without getting to grips with the underlying hermeneutical philosophy. This paper examines the difference between methodological and ontological hermeneutics and then gives an example of a piece of research using the latter approach. It is then argued that criticisms of the hermeneutical approach usually only concentrate on methodological hermeneutics with the consequence that they seriously misapply their criticisms if the research is using ontological hermeneutics.

Matched MeSH terms: Psychiatric Nursing/manpower*

The management of a chronic ward in a mental hospital

Khan NN

Med J Malaya, 1969 Dec;24(2):117-20.

PMID: 4244135

Matched MeSH terms: Psychiatric Nursing*

History of psychiatric nursing and psychiatry in Malaysia

Khan MN

Med J Malaya, 1968 Dec;23(2):98-105.

PMID: 4240829

Matched MeSH terms: Psychiatric Nursing/history*

Drivers for Change in Mental Health Provision in Four Diverse Countries

Arthur D, Foong A, McMaster R, Cleary M

Issues Ment Health Nurs, 2020 Mar;41(3):261-264.

PMID: 31917620 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2019.1701931

Matched MeSH terms: Psychiatric Nursing/organization & administration*

Malaysian mental health law

Khan NN, Yahya B, Abu Bakar AK, Ho RC

BJPsych Int, 2015 May;12(2):40-42.

PMID: 29093848

The Malaysian Mental Health Act 2001 did not come into effect until the Mental Health Regulations 2010 came into force. The Act provides a framework for the delivery of comprehensive care, treatment, control, protection and rehabilitation of those with mental disorders. The Act governs the establishment of private and government psychiatric hospitals, psychiatric nursing homes and community mental health centres. This paper outlines the provisions of the Act and the Regulations.

Matched MeSH terms: Psychiatric Nursing

Asylum blues: staff attitudes towards psychiatric nursing in Sarawak, East Malaysia

Ashencaen Crabtree S

J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs, 2003 Dec;10(6):713-21.

PMID: 15005485 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2850.2003.00665.x

This paper draws upon findings from an ethnographic study of psychiatric service users in a psychiatric institution in Sarawak, East Malaysia. Findings focus primarily on the accounts of nursing staff in relation to attitudes towards psychiatric work and patients. These indicate that despite a rhetoric of decentralized services, a custodial 'asylum' model continues to influence the care of patients at many levels. Negative professional attitudes towards patients lead to issues of both moral and physical containment. However, an associated attitude of stigma and prejudice towards mental illness impacts upon how attractive a career in psychiatric nursing is perceived to be by respondents, subject to gender differentials.

Matched MeSH terms: Psychiatric Nursing*

Transcultural mental health nursing in Malaysia: perspectives and strategies

Chang KH

Contemp Nurse, 2010 8 10;34(2):134-5.

PMID: 20690223

Matched MeSH terms: Psychiatric Nursing/organization & administration*

Perceived training needs of nurses working with mentally ill patients

Oranye NO, Arumugam U, Ahmad N, Arumugam ME

Contemp Nurse, 2016 Oct;52(5):555-566.

PMID: 27248157 DOI: 10.1080/10376178.2016.1194726

Introductio n: In Malaysia, nurses form a significant part of the clinical mental health team, but the current level of training in mental health results in suboptimal nursing care delivery.

METHODS: For this study 220 registered nurses and medical assistants working with the mentally ill completed a structured questionnaire. The purpose of this study was to explore perceived competence in mental healthcare and the training needs of nurses working with mentally ill patients in inpatient mental healthcare facilities.

RESULTS: The skills perceived as important for practicing in mental health varied among the nurse participants. Post basic training in mental health was significantly related to perceived competence in patient mental state assessment (p=0.036), risk assessment for suicide (p=0.024), violence (p=0.044) and self-harm (p=0.013).

CONCLUSION: There is little emphasis on psychosocial skills in current post basic mental health training in Malaysia.

Matched MeSH terms: Psychiatric Nursing/education*

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