Biomedical subjects

L H Beebe

Publications and source records attributed to L H Beebe.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2001

Community nursing support for clients with schizophrenia.

A true experimental, posttest only, control group design was used to pilot test the effectiveness of a telephone nursing intervention in increasing community survival, and decreasing the number and length of rehospitalizations for persons with schizophrenia. The vulnerability model was used as a framework for the study. The intervention was hypothesized to function as a moderating factor to reduce the effects of stress on vulnerable persons with schizophrenia. Experimental subjects received telephone nursing intervention weekly for 3 months; control subjects received informational calls at weeks 6 and 12. Readmission rates were 13% (n = 2) for experimental subjects and 23% (n = 5) for controls. Compared with controls, experimental subjects experienced a 4% increase in community survival and a 27% reduction in length of stay if readmission occurred. These preliminary data suggest that telephone intervention can increase community survival in persons with schizophrenia. Future studies should focus on increasing sample size and refining the intervention.

Adaptation, Psychological↗

PubMed2001

Preventing depression in high-risk college women: a report of an 18-month follow-up.

The authors tested the long-term effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioral group intervention in reducing depressive symptoms, decreasing negative thinking, and enhancing self-esteem in 92 college women aged 18 to 24 years who ere at risk for clinical depression. The women were randomly assigned to either an experimental or a no-treatment control group. The experimental group participated in a 6-week cognitive-behavioral intervention that targeted identification and reduction of negative thinking, using such techniques as thought stopping and affirmations. Data on depressive symptoms, self-esteem, and negative thinking were collected before the intervention and at intervals of 1, 6, and 18 months postintervention. The women in the intervention group experienced a greater decrease in depressive symptoms and negative thinking and a greater increase in self-esteem than those in the control group. The beneficial effects continued over an 18-month follow-up period. These findings support the importance of thought stopping and affirmations as prevention interventions with at-risk college women.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1990

Reframe your outlook on recidivism.

1. Deinstitutionalization has placed many chronically mentally ill people in communities that are not prepared to care for them. A lack of fit between clients and the programs provided often results in repeated visits to psychiatric emergency services. 2. Repeated visits to a community program can be viewed positively: community services carry less stigma than hospital admissions, they are less expensive, and they are directly linked with the community. 3. By encouraging a return to a community program before decompensation necessitates a hospital admission, it becomes possible to focus on how a client can cope with, rather than simply react to, the illness.

Adaptation, Psychological↗