Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

Includes bibliographical references.

Making fall risk assessment clinically relevant in an adult psychiatric setting -- Stigma among chinese medical students toward individuals with mental illness -- Relationships between positive and negative attributes of self-compassion and perceived caring efficacy among psychiatric-mental health nurses -- Exploring the risk factors for depressive symptoms among chinese rural older adults.

[Article Title: Making fall risk assessment clinically relevant in an adult psychiatric setting / Lily Mathew, Darlene Steigman, Denise Driscoll, Judith Ann Moran-Peters, Ira M. Fischer, Patricia Cordle, Vanessa Marie Bishop Hyde, and Sarah Eckardt, p. 21 -26] Abstract: The purpose of this non-experimental descriptive study was to measure psychiatric clinical nurses' perceptions of the Edmonson Psychiatric Falls Risk Assessment Tool compared to the Morse Fall Scale (MFS) and to evaluate patient falls with injury rates 12 months before and after the study.;[Article Title : Stigma among Chinese medical students toward individuals with mental illness / Lingling Kong, Wenyi Fan, Na Xu, Xialo Meng, Haiying Qu, and Guohua Yu, p. 27-31] Abstract: The current study aimed to examine medical students' attitudes toward individuals with mental illness. Stratified cluster sampling was used to survey 735 Chinese medical students from three medical universities in Shandong, China.;[Article Title: Relationships between positive and negative attributes of self-compassion and perceived caring efficacy among psychiatric-mental health nurses / Bobby Varghese, p. 32-40] Abstract: The purpose of this correlational quantitative study was to examine the relationships between work-related demographic variables, self-compassion, and perceived caring efficacy among psychiatric-mental health nurses (PMHNs), as measured using the Self-Compassion scale and caring efficacy scale.;[Article Title : Exploring the risk factors for depressive symptoms among chinese rural older adults / Zi Yan, Ruoyan Lu, Yueping Li, and Zhenquan Zheng, p. 41-47] Abstract: The purpose of the current study was to examine risk factors for depressive symptoms among older adults in rural China. Data were derived from the National Health Services survey in China.