OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to examine the effect of a psychoeducational intervention based on the Positive Psychotherapy Balance Model on balanced living, psychological well-being, and self-efficacy among caregivers of patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer. METHODS:This study employed a randomized controlled trial with repeated measures (pretest, posttest, and follow-up). A total of 38 caregivers of patients with colorectal cancer were included. Nineteen caregivers in the intervention group received a structured psychoeducation program consisting of five sessions based on the Positive Psychotherapy Balance Model, while 19 caregivers in the control group received a single-session informational intervention. Data were collected at baseline, immediately postintervention, and at the 3-month follow-up using the balanced living scale, psychological well-being scale, and general self-efficacy scale. Statistical analyses included chi-square and Fisher's exact tests, independent samples t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, repeated measures analysis of variance, and the Friedman test. RESULTS:The psychoeducation intervention significantly improved balanced living, psychological well-being, and general self-efficacy among caregivers in the intervention group compared with baseline. However, these improvements were partially attenuated at follow-up, indicating a decline over time. CONCLUSIONS:The findings suggest that a psychoeducational program based on the Positive Psychotherapy Balance Model may be an effective psychiatric nursing intervention for enhancing psychosocial well-being among caregivers of oncology patients. However, the results should be interpreted cautiously considering the study's methodological limitations. To support the sustainability of these outcomes, integrating structured psychoeducation into routine oncology care and follow-up processes, along with periodic booster sessions, may be beneficial.

PURPOSE:The current study aimed to evaluate the effects of a brain awareness psychoeducation intervention on metacognition, self-efficacy, and treatment motivation, and examine its impact on relapse prevention in patients with substance use disorder (SUD). METHOD:A randomized control group design was used. Seventy-seven inpatients were included. The experimental group (EG, n = 39) received a brain awareness intervention (BAI) and the control group (CG, n = 38) received education about general health in addition to standard treatment. Metacognition, self-efficacy, and treatment motivation were assessed at baseline, postintervention, and follow up using validated scales. RESULTS:The EG showed significant improvements in metacognition, self-efficacy, and treatment motivation compared with the CG. Pathological metacognitive activities significantly decreased, whereas self-efficacy perception and treatment motivation increased and relapse rates decreased. CONCLUSION:The BAI significantly reduced relapse rates, demonstrating that incorporating neurocognitive awareness practices into standard treatment protocols enhances outcomes in treatment for SUD and psychiatric nursing practice.

Klinik simülasyon, öğrenciler klinik uygulamaya başlamadan önce klinik uygulamaya hazır oluşluğunu sağlamak amacıyla planlanmaktadır. Klinik simülasyon uygulaması INACSL Simülasyon En İyi Uygulama Standartları’na göre gerçekleştirilmektedir. Standardize hasta klinik simülasyon modalitesinin kullanıldığı uygulamada, standardize hastanın eğitimi için ASPE En İyi Uygulama Standartları’ndan yararlanılmaktadır. Klinik simülasyon; prebriefing (ön bilgilendirme), klinik simülasyonun uygulanması ve debriefing (çözümleme) aşamalarından oluşmaktadır. Öğrenciler tarafından etkili öğrenmenin gerçekleştiği çözümleme aşamasında PEARLS yöntemi kullanılmaktadır.

Objectives: This study used an experimental, pre-test-post-test control group repeated measures design to evaluate the effect of an emotional development psychoeducation program (EDPP) on the emotion management skills and caregiver burden of caregivers of patients with mental illness. Methods: The study was conducted in the Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC) affiliated with the Bakirkoy Mental and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital. The sample consisted of 61 caregivers (experimental: 31 and control: 30) who met the inclusion criteria and agreed to participate in the study. Data were collected using a Caregiver Demographics Questionnaire, the Emotion Management Skills Inventory (EMSI), and the Caregiver Burden Results: All participants had similar demographic characteristics. There was no significant difference in pre-test EMSI and CBI scores between the experimental and control groups. The experimental group had a significantly higher posttest EMSI score than the control group. Although the experimental group had a lower post-test CBI score than the control group, the difference was statistically insignificant. Conclusion: Health-care administrators should inform CMHC nurses about EDPPs and encourage them to attend them regularly.

Climate change is recognised as one of the fundamental determinants of human health. Anxiety experienced in response to an ecological crisis is defined as eco-anxiety. This study aims to determine the eco-anxiety levels of nursing students and the relationship between eco-anxiety and their mental health. The sample of the cross-sectional correlation and descriptive study consisted of nursing students (N = 609) from two different universities in Istanbul. Data were collected with Personal Information Form, Eco-Anxiety Scale and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21). The data were analysed with SPSS (v.28) by using the Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests, the Spearman correlation test and general linear model. It was determined that 84.2% of the participants were women and 60.8% were 18-20 years old. The participants' total Eco-Anxiety Scale score was 25.65 ± 7.49, and the total DASS-21 score was 21.24 ± 14.76. There is a statistically significant and positive relationship between the Eco-Anxiety Scale and DASS-21. Mental health nurses can play a key role in planning and raising awareness of interventions for eco-anxiety.

Elektrokonvülsif terapi (EKT), özellikle akut psikotik belirtiler veya yüksek düzey intihar riski ile takip edilen bireylerin tedavisinde tercih edilen seçeneklerden biridir. EKT, psikiyatrist, anestezi uzmanı, anestezi teknikeri ve hemşireden oluşan multidisipliner bir ekip ile gerçekleştirilir. EKT tedavisi alan bireye tedavi öncesi, sırası ve sonrasında uygun hemşirelik bakımının sunulması gerekmektedir. Bu bölümün amacı; EKT tedavisi alan bireye hemşirelik yaklaşımı hakkında bilgi vermektir.

Anksiyete, psikiyatri kliniklerinde sık karşılaşılan bir durumdur. Hemşirelik bakımı sırasında bireyin anksiyete düzeyinin belirlenmesi, bakımın planlanması açısından oldukça önemlidir. Klinik uygulama sırasında öğrenci, bireyin anksiyete düzeyini belirledikten sonra azaltılması amacıyla derin solunum egzersizi, progresif kas gevşeme egzersizi ve görsel imgeleme gibi yöntemleri birey ile çalışmalıdır. Bunun yanı sıra, anksiyete ile baş etme yöntemleri hakkında bireye psikoeğitim vererek yeni baş etme yöntemleri kazanması açısından bireyi desteklemelidir. Psikiyatri kliniklerinde sık karşılaşılan bir diğer durum olan travma, bireyin işlevselliğini önemli düzeyde etkileyebilmektedir. Klinik uygulama sırasında öğrenci, travma öyküsü olan bireyin fiziksel ve ruhsal durumunu değerlendirmeli, kendine zarar verme ve intihar gibi riskli durumlar ve travma sonrası stres bozukluğu açısından izlem yapmalıdır. Bu bölümün amacı; anksiyetesi ve/veya travma öyküsü olan bireye hemşirelik yaklaşımı hakkında bilgi vermektir.

PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to investigate the views of married men regarding domestic violence and factors that facilitate this violence against women. DESIGN:This cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted on a sample of married men registered to a Family Health Center in Turkey. METHODS:This study included 1110 married men. Data were collected using the "Perception of Gender" scale, and a questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression were used for data analysis. FINDINGS:It was found that the average score of men on the Perception of Gender Scale was 74.39 ± 19.08. 57% of participants perpetrated violence on their wives, 66% were subjected to domestic violence during childhood and 57% witnessed domestic violence against women during childhood. The most significant factor affecting domestic violence against women was that the man witnessed domestic violence against women during childhood. CONCLUSION:This study demonstrated that married men commonly perpetrated violence on their wives, Witnessing domestic violence against women during childhood was the most significant factor affecting domestic violence against women. CLINICAL EVIDENCE:The study revealed that childhood witness to domestic violence against women was the most significant factor affecting participants' domestic violence against women.

Objectives: This study was conducted to assess the validity-reliability and psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Prejudice toward People with Mental Illness scale. Methods: This was a methodological study conducted between June 1, 2021, and September 1, 2021. The sample of this study consisted of 297 people who were registered at a family health center in Gaziosmanpasa. The personal information form consisted of 17 questions. It had eight sociodemographic characteristics questions and nine situations participants might find themselves in with people with mental illness . In the data analysis, descriptive statistics, coefficient were used. According to experts' opinions, the content validity index of the items was 0.97. Results: As a result of confirmatory factor analysis, it was determined that the scale had a four-factor structure and consisted of 19 items. The item-total correlations of the Turkish version of the scale ranged from r=0.30 to r=0.68. The total Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the scale was found to be 0.86. Test-retest correlations were found to be statistically significant for the total scale and subscales (r=0.48; p<0.01). Conclusion: The Turkish version of the Prejudice toward People with Mental Illness scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool that can be used in the evaluation of prejudice toward people with mental illness in the Turkish community. This scale is also suggested to be used for assessing the efficacy of interventions to reduce public prejudice toward people with mental illness.

Amaç: Bu çalışma LGBT Destekçi Kimlik Ölçeğinin Türkçe geçerlilik güvenirliğini yapmak için gerçekleştirildi. Gereç ve Yöntem: 215 katılımcı ile gerçekleştirilen çalışmada K. Nicole Jones ve arkadaşları tarafından oluşturulun LGBT Destekçi Kimlik Ölçeği ve araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan 21 soruluk kişisel bilgi formu kullanıldı. Bulgular: Yaş aralığı 18-55 arasında değişen katılımcıların %66,5'i (n=143) kadın, %33,5'i (n=72) erkektir. Çalışmada dil geçerliliği gerçekleştirilmiş olup, yapı geçerliliği için açımlayıcı faktör analizi (AFA) ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizi (DFA) yapıldı. Ölçeğin güvenirlik değeri Cronbach alfa katsayısı ile hesaplandı ve .950 (KMO=0.950; p<0.01) sonucu elde edildi. Doğrulayıcı faktör analizi sonuçlarında elde edilen uyum indekslerinin kabul edilebilir sınırlarda olduğu görüldü (X2= 302,053 Sd= 127, p <.001 X2/df=2.378, RMSEA=.88, CFI=.94, GFI= 0.86, NNFI=.91). Ölçeğin orijinal versiyonundaki alt ölçek sayısı (3 alt ölçek) ile Türkçe versiyonundaki alt ölçek sayısı (2 alt ölçek) değişiklik gösterdi. Alt ölçek sayısı ve alt ölçeklere dağılan maddeler farklılık gösterdiği için alt ölçeklerin isimleri orijinalinden farklı olarak tekrar düzenlendi. Madde faktör yükleri en düşük .51 en yüksek .89 olarak bulundu. Sonuçlar: Yapılan istatiksel analizler sonucunda LGBT Destekçi Kimlik Ölçeğinin Türkçeye uyarlama çalışmasının güvenilir ve geçerli olduğu kabul edildi. .

Öz aşkınlık V. Frankl ile psikoloji terminolojisinde yer almıştır. Çeşitli disiplinler tarafından ele alınan öz aşkınlık kavramı özellikle hemşire kuramcılar tarafından incelenmiştir. Öz aşkınlık kuramı Pamela G. Reed tarafından tümdengelim yaklaşımı kullanılarak geliştirilen bir hemşirelik kuramıdır. Bu kuramın amacı, bireylerin ve ailelerin kayıp veya yaşamı sınırlandıran bir hastalık gibi zorlu yaşam durumları ile karşı karşıya kaldığı zamanlarda, iyilik halinin sağlanması ve sürdürülmesine ilişkin uygulama ve araştırma için bir çerçeve sağlamaktır. Bütüncül, hümanistik bir bakım bilimi olan hemşirelik, öz aşkınlığın insanla bir bütün olarak nasıl ilişkilendirileceği ile ilgilenmektedir. Öz aşkınlık ile ilgili yapılan teorik ve ampirik araştırmalar öz aşkınlığın pek çok ruh sağlığı göstergesi ile ilişkili olduğunu göstermektedir. Öz aşkınlık; bireysel ve kişilerarası sınırların aşılması ile sağlık ile ilişkilidir. Hemşireler öz aşkınlık bilgisi ile hastalarının iyilik halini destekleyen çeşitli uygulamalarda kullanabilirler. Bu derlemenin amacı öz aşkınlık kuramının kavramsal çerçevesinin incelenmesidir.

BACKGROUND:Simulation-based training can help nursing students improve their mental and physical healthcare knowledge and skills.OBJECTIVES:This study focused on two different simulation modalities and investigated whether they helped nursing students acquire knowledge and develop skills necessary to address the physical health problems of people with mental disorders.DESIGN:This is a mixed-method study.SETTINGS:This study was conducted in Turkey.PARTICIPANTS:The sample consisted of 61 students divided into two experimental groups and one control group.METHODS:One experimental group participated in a clinical simulation scenario involving a standardized patient modality, while the other participated in a hybrid simulation modality (standardized patient and high-fidelity model simulator). The control group participated in conventional training. The researchers evaluate the effect of the modalities and conventional training on clinical practice one month after the interventions. Focus group interviews were conducted with all participants one month after the evaluation. Knowledge test was administered to all participants before the intervention, after the intervention, at the third and sixth months after the intervention.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The clinical simulation was statistically effective for students' skill development about physical health problems of psychiatric patients. Also, in the qualitative findings, the clinical simulation increased the knowledge level of the students and improved their physical health assessment skills. Standardized patient simulation and hybrid simulation modalities should be used to help nursing students develop their assessment skills regarding the physical health problems of psychiatric patients.

Background: Dating violence is an increasing issue among young people and affects them psychologically. It also includes characteristics like controlling and/or monitoring. Cyber-dating abuse is dating violence characterized as harassing another person in a romantic connection via texting or online emails to control, threaten, or stalk them.Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate nursing students' knowledge of and attitudes towards dating, dating violence, and cyber-dating violence.Design: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. Participants: The sample consisted of 448 nursing students from three universities in Istanbul, Turkey.Methods: Data were collected using a Personal Information Form, the Dating Violence Knowledge Form (DVKF), the Dating Violence Scale (DVS), and the Cyber-Dating Abuse Questionnaire (CDAQ).Results: Participants had a mean age of 20.9 +/- 1.9 years. Most participants were women (83.7 %). More than a quarter of the participants were involved in romantic relationships (30.6 %). Participants had a mean DVKF score of 82.0 +/- 9.1. One in ten participants was subjected to dating violence (11.2 %). Participants had a mean DVS score of 4.69 +/- 0.25. There was no significant difference in CDAQ scores between participants who used violence (28.3 +/- 11.5) and those subjected to violence (27.0 +/- 8.9). There was a negative correlation between partici-pants' DVKF and CDAQ scores (p < 0.05). The results showed that participants had a high DVKF score and disapproved of dating violence. Participants with a higher DVKF score were less likely to use or be exposed to cyber violence.Conclusions: In conclusion, we should develop interventions to strengthen young people's mental health because they are subjected to dating violence. Nurse educators and nurses should also plan interventions to protect young people's mental health and raise their awareness of cyber violence.

Aims: This study examined the relationships between self-transcendence and depressive symptoms, self-esteem, and locus of control in persons with substance abuse disorder (SUDs). Methods: This descriptive-relational study examined 115 participants who had been diagnosed with SUD. Results: High self-transcendence scores were positively associated with lower levels of depressive symptoms, higher levels of self-esteem, and internal locus of control. Practice implications: Mental health nurses are effective at finding and maintaining resources that promote self-transcendence and support the potential and well-being of individuals with SUD. This study addresses a research gap regarding self-transcendence in such individuals; it provides a basis for nurses to develop interventions to strengthen the mental health of patients and conduct future investigations on the topic.

The aim of the study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Substance Abuse Self-Stigma Scale-TR. The data were collected from 260 participants with substance use disorder history who were attending group therapy in the Istanbul Probation Department between April 4 and May 1, 2016. Using exploratory factor analyses, internal consistency, split-half reliability, construct validity, and concurrent validity were evaluated. The Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient of the Substance Abuse Self-Stigma Scale-TR was .77. Item-total correlation coefficients for the scale items were between .30 and .63. According to confirmatory factor analysis, chi-square/degrees of freedom ratio was 1.69 and rootmean-square error of approximation was .05 (p < .01). There was a strong positive correlation between the Substance Abuse Self-Stigma Scale-TR and the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale (r =.712; p < .001). These preliminary findings should be confirmed in larger-scale, multi-center studies among patients in long-term treatment. This study indicates that the Substance Abuse Self-Stigma Scale-TR is a reliable and valid instrument for determining self-stigma in individuals with substance use disorder.