Biography:

Jean-manuel Morvillers is a Nurse and PhD in Education Sciences, he was the main coordinator of a research on the therapeutic Alliance funded by the DGOS as part of the Program of Nursing and Paramedical Research (PHRIP) in 2013. He is currently in charge of research and projects within the geronto-pole of Ile de France: Gérond'IF

Marie-Conception Léocadie is a Lecturer at the University of Health of Geneva in the nursing care sector. She is a PhD student in the Research Chair in Nursing Science at Paris 13, Laboratory Health Education and Practice (LEPS), her research program called HESTIA aims to support family caregivers in dementia type disease.

Abstract:

Introduction: According to the WHO, mental illness affects 15% of people aged 60 and over, and these disorders sometimes require hospitalization in psychiatry.

Objective: The main objective of our research was to measure the Therapeutic Alliance (AT) score in hospitalized psychiatric patients and to compare the scores of patients over 60 years old with those under 60 years of age.  

METHOD: This is a cross-sectional, multicenter descriptive study conducted in four Parisian general psychiatric hospitalization centers. The STAR-P scale, translated into French by us, adapted to hospitalization and self-reported, was used to obtain the TA score between patients and nurses. Sociodemographic data as well as primary and secondary diagnoses were collected and analyzed.

Results: 240 patients were included including 41 people over 60 years old. The TA scores for the entire population included a normal distribution tending toward the highest scores (Median 10.0, IQR [8.0-12.0]). The descriptive analysis of the participants shows 5 variables with a significant difference between the 2 groups: the marital status (only 48% are single for 60 years and over vs. 68.8% p = 0.03), the living conditions: 37 , 5% of 60 years and older are owners vs. 9% (p less than 0.0001), the associated diagnosis 25% of those 60 years and older have mood disorders vs. 7.9% (p = 0.03), the mode admission to free hospitalization (65.9% vs. 48.7% p = 0.04) and the first visit to the Center Médico-Psychologique (CMP) for outpatient follow-up after discharge from hospital (97.4% vs 83.4%). , 7%, P = 0.02). The TA scores are comparable between the two populations and show rather favorable results [median 11.0 (8.0-12.0 and mean 9.9 (2.2)], for 26.8% of respondents this was their first hospitalization. Conclusion: People over 60, hospitalized in general psychiatry have a good therapeutic alliance with the nursing teams and they go massively to their first post-hospitalization appointment. It remains to show that there is a significant link between these two indicators.

Biography:

Olessia Gorkovenko, she is currently a Ph.D. (Psych) student at UNISA in South Africa. She runs a center “Pilatelicious” in Johannesburg, she is fellow in the WCP organization. She has published papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of Journal (ispcp-trcp.org/about.html). She wrote book Spiritually Evolved. She has a passion for teaching and coaching and is extremely meticulous in achieving the best results. She will work with her students and clients, then ensures that no mistakes are made and clients are staying motivated. She will carefully check with assessments and strategies, training routines, nutrition plans and therapeutic advice. If she has a suggestion to make, she won’t hesitate to do so if it’s in her client's benefit and will help them to achieve better results. That’s her main goal and purpose, to help clients become better and achieving perfect results. She operates on the fundamentals of positive psychology approaches that focus on the performance improvements as a result of holistic development. Olessia is a firm believer of best practices. She is always willing to share knowledge and collaboration between stakeholders in order to reach a common goal.

Abstract:

Introduction:

In this post-materialistic era, the basic needs of many people are constantly changing.  This is in the workplace, together with family, social, organizational and global needs. Labour activity becomes more significant and progressive, where employees have high creative potential and the opportunity to improve themselves. To improve this direction, leadership in the workplace should be based on a higher level of Cognitive Intelligence (IQ), Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Spiritual Intelligence (SQ), and even Artificial Intelligence (AI). Cognitive and Emotional Intelligence has become more common, while Spiritual Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence are in the early stages of development.

In the world and in psychology there is a growing interest in Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Spiritual Intelligence (SQ).

Labour activity becomes more significant and progressive, where employees have high creative potential and the opportunity to improve themselves.

It is for us - specialists in mental health it is necessary to solve this issue because only we stand next to the sea of the abundance of the different psychological and psychotherapeutic techniques attaining high psycho-emotional and spiritual qualities. What kind of psychological qualities can we talk about?

As our experience has shown, these are the following four psychological emotional qualities - inner calmness, - internal relaxation, - benevolence, - emotional stability. It is these qualities that give strength to the main tool of the specialist - his good mood, which, as is known, is contagious, especially in the children's environment.

When we talk about the spiritual, it is in the context of a bio-psycho-socio-spiritual paradigm.

About the program:

In the process of the master class: - two concepts of Emotional Intelligence (EI) - the Western (Mayer, Salovey, Caruso) and Russian constructive model (Tabidze) will be used. New psychodiagnostic techniques will be given, allowing to measure all these qualities and establish a new psychological indicator of SQ  - high or low, EQ - the degree of emotional maturity of a person - that it is the formation of the positive degree of emotional maturity of EQ that is the key to achieving high Emotional Intelligence - a new theory of personality will be presented showing how much Emotional Intelligence depends on the psychophysiology of a person and his unconscious processes - a new model of the psyche overcoming the limitations of the models of Freud, Myasischev, Wayne, Gurdjieff will be presented - it will be shown how this new model and emotional maturity are related to the moral, spiritual qualities of a person. - and, finally, it will be shown that it is the high emotional intelligence that is the basis of bodily health, the condition of family happiness and creative longevity.

In the definition of Spiritual Intelligence (SQ), the Zohar Danas model (1997) will be presented that describes Spiritual Intelligence (SQ) - as an innate human need to understand oneself, "about oneself" and understand others more deeply. She proposed 12 principles to describe Spiritual Intelligence and Self-Consciousness.

The model of the King (2009) will also be mentioned. He defined Spiritual Intelligence as a set of adaptive mental abilities based on intangible and superior aspects of reality. Specifically, they "contribute to understanding, integration, and adaptive application of the intangible and superior aspects of their existence. They lead to a profound existential reflection, increase in significance, recognition of the transcendental self, and mastery of spiritual levels. King’s (2009) a 24-item questionnaire to be used in this Master Class (training).

Participants:

The master class is intended for psychiatrists, psychotherapists, psychologists, social workers, nurses and other assisting professions and is aimed at improving both their emotional and spiritual qualities.The aim is to build skills in achieving a high degree of emotional maturity and spirituality. This is helpful in upgrading and improving professional education in the psychotherapeutic field.

Biography:

Jay Ostrowski is the Director of the TeleBehavioral Health Center of Excellence and the CEO of Behavioral Health Innovation, creators of Adaptive Telehealth software. Jay is as a subject matter expert on Telebehavioral Health for the United State Federal Government. He's pioneered research on the laws/ethics of telemental health, founded the Board Certification in Telemental health, created 9 peer-reviewed courses in telemental health, created 10 software applications for telehealth, and continues Telebehavioral health research with Harvard University and the University of Virginia. Jay holds a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology and is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Supervisor

Abstract:

Peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary, and focused on best-practices, this seminar is a quick-start guide derived from extensive research and applies to international audiences. The same author created the Board Certification in Telemental Health (BC-TMH) for the Center for Credentialing and Eduction in the United States that launched in 2018. This practical seminar was created from the most comprehensive study to date of international laws, ethics, best practices and efficacy research on the topic of telebehavioral health and the collective experience of 20 telebehavioral health experts. The extensive literature review included the 46 related terms for mental and behavioral health services delivered over the internet that are found in the research and popular literature. The professions included are (in US terms) medical doctors, nurse-practitioners, psychologists, social workers, professional counselors, addictions therapists, and marriage and family therapists.

Telebehavioral Health solves many provider shortage and access problems for mental and behavioral health services around the world. Developing safe, effective, and sustainable services requires knowledge in a wide range of areas in addition to mental and behavioral health training. with this in mind, a specific process is presented for efficiently creating or improving a telebehavioral health program and can be applied to a small single clinic or an extensive multi-hospital network. The process is flexible enough to be applied to most all scenarios. Areas of focus include efficient program development, funding, selecting settings, selecting and setting up service offerings (psychiatry, medication-assisted therapy, psychological assessment, counseling, peer-coaching, clinical supervision, self-help, etc.), internet security selecting secure video software, setting up online workflows, provider and patient adoption strategies and how to prevent the most common program failures. Particular attention is paid to differences between clinic-to-clinic work and direct-to-consumer (in patient home) work where setup, security, software and best practices differ.

Biography:

Xu Xiaofeng is a graduate student at Sichuan University,China.Her major is Geriatrics Nursing.She has published some articles in indifferent journals. She has done a series of research on Geriatrics Nursing.Hu Xiuying is professor and has published more than 100 articles in in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute.

Abstract:

Objective： To investigate the current situation of the activities of daily living (ADL) of the aged at home in western China, and to analyze its influencing factors so that we can improve the quality of life and pension services of elderly people.

Methods: The elderly people who came from Qinghai Pro-vince, Ningxia Autonomous Region, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Shanxi Province, Guizhou Pro-vince, Guangxi Province, Sichuan Province, Yunnan Province and Chongqing were surveyed by questionnaires. Logistic regression model was used to analyze the influencing factors of ADL.

Results: A total of 7 175 aged people living in the western China were surveyed. In the study, 78.86% of the aged at home could independently live. 12.32% of the aged were of mild dysfunction. 6.27% of the aged had mode-rate dysfunction. And 2.55% of the aged suffered severe dysfunction. Multiple Logistic analyses indicated that age, educational level, economic income, body mass index and disease were the factors that affected their ADL. The risk of decreased ADL in the 60-69 and 70-79year-old groups were 0.221 (95%CI: 0.190-0.258) and 0.353 (95%CI: 0.305-0.409) times that of the elderly over the age of 80. Compared with illiterate seniors，the risks of decline in ADL of primary school, junior high school, secondary or high school, college or undergraduates, postgraduates or above were 0.299 (95%CI: 0.140-0.637), 0.312 (95%CI: 0.146-0.663), 0.238 (95%CI: 0.112-0.510), 0.226 (95%CI: 0.105-0.484), and 0.238 (95%CI: 0.110-0.514) times. The declines in the risk of ADL for elderly people with quite difficult economic conditions, slight difficulty and breaking even were 2.720 (95%CI: 2.015-3.672), 2.344 (95%CI: 1.816-3.027), and 1.542 (95%CI: 1.215-1.957) times of the economically abundant people. Compared with those with a body mass index (BMI)≥28, the risk of ADL reduction for BMI<18.5 was 1.577 (95%CI: 1.142-2.179) times. And the ADL of the elderly with no disease was at the risk of falling 0.685 (95%CI: 0.602-0.779) times that of an elderly person with the disease.

Conclusion: The activities of daily living of age at home of western China are not high, and affected by many factors, such as age, educational level and so on. With the increasing of the elderly, maintaining and improving the ADL are the problems and challenges that we are faced with.

Biography:

Wang Lingying is studying in West China School of Medical,Sichuan University for master nursing degree.She is a student cadre. Hu Xiuying is a professor. She has published more than 100 articles in reputed journals and is the head of the nursing department in West China Hospital.

Wang Lingying is studying in West China School of Medical,Sichuan University for master nursing degree.She is a student cadre.

Hu Xiuying is a professor. She has published more than 100 articles in reputed journals and is the head of the nursing department in West China Hospital.

Abstract:

Objective:  To provide a reference for further research on the burden of dementia patients by studying the relationship between the burden of disease in dementia patients and the existing problems.

Methods:  Bibliometric analysis was conducted on the main contents and related characteristics of the literatures in CBM, VIP, CNKI and WanFang databases. Results  A total of 147 articles were included in this studyand about 122 articles(83.0%) were periodical ones. Literatures from Beijing enjoyed the largest share of 24 articles(16.4%); 86.4% of the first author were from hospitals and universities;All articles were published in 76 kinds of journals and Chinese Journal of Gerontology had the biggest share, about 5.4%; Cooperation degree of the authors was 3.21 and coauthor rate was 74.8%. Most research objects were caregivers, accounting for 57.8% and 6.8% of the literatures were carried out in multidimensional burden. 45 papers were supported by funds and 22 literatures were cited more than 20 times.

Conclusion:  The research on the burden of disease in dementia patients is more and more concerned by researchers. However, the quality, breadth and depth of overall research need to be strengthened to improve the research and reduce the burden of dementia patients.

Biography:

Vernita Annette Marsh has completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Michigan State University and her Pre-doctoral and Post-doctoral training from Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Hospital. Following this training, she has completed a Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Currently, she is the Founder of a group clinical practice, Dr. Vernita Marsh & Associates and she is also the Founder of The Marsh Clinics®, an organization to address the disparities concerning mental health care. Most notably, she has served as a Consultant, Supervisor, and Mentor for clinicians. She has published, presented, and offered several trainings in the various topics of Mental Health

Abstract:

The use of telehealth is rapidly changing; how one interfaces with healthcare including mental health services. A model is proposed specifically for reaching and servicing clients in the urban and undeserved communities via the use of telehealth to reduce the social stigma of mental health care. Considerations of the use of telehealth including the ethical and legal ramifications of mental health for this population are elucidated. Multicultural and interdisciplinary perspectives are also visited. Both the advantages as well as the challenges of telehealth are discussed.

Biography:

Dr. Beverly Dexter, a US Navy Commander (Retired) with over 35 years of military experience, served on 4 shipboard tours, and tours with US Marines and Special Forces stateside, and Joint Service with US Marines and US Army in Iraq. A leader in the treatment and prevention of trauma, she founded Military Special Interest Groups for the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and the EMDR International Assoication. In continuing humanitarian work, she also has provided Planned Dream Intervention training at no cost, to groups in England, India, Israel, Zimbabwe, Australia, Canada and across the US.

Abstract:

Planned Dream Intervention (PDI) is a highly effective, rapidly learned skill that teaches the dreaming brain how to sleep through nightmares.  Developed by Dr. Beverly Dexter in 2001 and taught to thousands of clients (including in an active combat zone),  health care providers and educators around the world. PDI is dramatically different from previous therapies that require multiple sessions, an established therapy relationship, continued follow up if more disturbing events occur, and is much more acceptable to the large percentage of nightmare sufferers who would never pursue traditional therapy or who might not have in-person access to therapy.  Briefly, the successful PDI is: 1) an intuitive emotion-gut creation; 2) may not necessarily be the first thing the individual thinks of; 3) the ‘emotional volume’ of the effective PDI matches that of the dream at the point where the dreamer woke up; 4) the successful PDI is not re-writing the dream—it kick-starts the person back into the dream with a sense of mastery; 5) if the dream is about a real life event, the PDI that will work may not necessarily appear to be related to what the dreamer would like to have happen in real life;  and 6) effective dream interventions can be created from physical sensations or emotions, even when the individual does not remember actual dream content.  PDI training creates a mastery experience allowing the dreamer to sleep through any dream without waking or acting out dream content, now and in the future.

Biography:

Linda Roberts received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto and her Master’s degree from the Wurzweiler School of Social Work. She is the Assistant Manager of the Greenberg Academy for Successful Living, Hospital for Special Surgery. She has presented at national conventions as well as local organizations reaching a wide variety of professional and public audience.

Abstract:

Background: It is vital for physicians and surgeons to communicate successfully with older adults, who often perceive themselves as stigmatized and powerless in healthcare settings. Communication with older adults is complicated by age-related issues (such as cognitive decline) as well as negative stereotypes about older adults and aging, which are an occupational hazard for healthcare workers, who encounter the most vulnerable elderly. Successful patient communication leads to better recall of information, compliance, adherence to medications, satisfaction, and overall better outcomes.

Methodology: At Hospital for Special Surgery, in NYC, we developed a two-part training program (ongoing for 8 years) comprised of: 1) small-group interactive didactic sessions on aging issues; and 2) workshop demonstrations given by the residents to a group of older adults, followed by a question and answer session. Residents were assessed using a 22-item pre–post questionnaire covering medical knowledge of aging, attitudes toward older adults, and personal anxiety about aging. Older adult participants were surveyed for perceptions of residents’ sensitivity toward them. Seventy (70) PGY3 residents, for whom the program is a requirement, and 711 older adult participants, participated over 8 years.

Results: Older adult participants: Of 711 participants, 648 (91%) responded; 96% strongly agreed/agreed that the residents had demonstrated sensitivity toward them. Residents: Of 70 residents, 35 (50%) were assessed. Mean knowledge scores increased significantly (p≤0.001); five of nine attitude items (p≤0.05) and one of four anxiety items improved significantly (p≤0.001).

Conclusions: In addition to significant increase in knowledge scores, significant change was seen in residents’ attitudes and anxiety levels toward older adults, attributes that are usually deep seated and hard to change. Our program enables residents to learn and realistically practice universal underlying communication skills in order to maintain effective and sensitive communication with this vulnerable population. Further research is needed to evaluate if this training program is replicable to other specialty resident programs.

Biography:

Torill Landgraff Bratlie has an Advanced master’s Degree in education (Cand.Paed.) from University of Oslo, Norway. Her field is adult learning psychology in organizations and organizational culture development. She has later studied practical neuro scientific tools and hypnosis techniques, voice dialogue method, non-violent communication, yoga teaching, Buddhism and Tibetan meditation, all at private schools in Scandinavia. She has extensive experience within the field of organizational culture development and leadership development from her clients. She has worked for global companies like Coca-Cola, Tomra, BDO, Subsea7, and for national organizations at all sizes in both private and public sector in Norway.

Abstract:

A few years ago, I went into a deep depression and life gave me an opportunity to transform. The trials along my journey taught me how to «lose my mind» and let go of what I previously believed was my life. I changed the pictures I had in my head, changed the words I kept saying to myself, and chose to go for the unknown! Every day for almost 3 years in a vast variety of situations, I asked myself and others: “what is love in this situation?” That’s how I gradually learned to overcome tremendous mental pain and start to visualize, emotionalize and realize my deepest desires. As a coach for other people through the past 18 years, with a higher university degree and more than 6000 coaching sessions as a professional coach, I took my own medicine! Now I can share and create from a new place and give back the elixir that I found. I will contribute by sharing my perspectives on mental health and what love has to do with it, through the eyes of an academic with almost 20 years’ experience in the field of leadership development, living real life with tough experiences. Working with top management leaders daily, I have found strong needs among clients to understand the connections between mental health at work and how we treat each other. That’s why I have been recreating the concept of finding love at work and how we can utilize and benefit from our relationship capital.

Biography:

Sharon Stecher is a Board Certified Advanced Practice Nurse since 1989. Her work spans a variety of settings with numerous populations. She also taught Nursing for 15 yrs. Her work experience covers hospital, outpatient, office and clinical settings. She diagnoses and treats patients over 16 years of age covering the spectrum of Psychiatric Disorders. She works in collaboration with a doctor in a very busy Psychiatric practice, although much of her work is solo with a doctor for collaboration and post review of records. She is a Member of the ANA, MONA, and Sigma Theta Tau. She holds BSN and MSN(R) degrees from St. Louis University.

Abstract:

Disorders of mood generally effect particular aspects of an individual’s mood. The person experiencing a disorder of thought, such as schizophrenia, becomes more isolated and has problems to communicating with the outside world. They are unable to discern reality from fantasy. People with mood disorders have better relationship skills. People with disorders of thought have very poor interpersonal skills and have an extremely poor support system. We will discuss the bipolar spectrum. People experiencing these disorders frequently have comorbid diseases. Other problems such as PTSD, addictions, ADHD, chronic medical illnesses, TBI, etc, lead to a more complex and integrated treatment approach. Other issues, such as denial of disease and medication non-compliance lead to frequent relapses of not just the bipolar, but all their comorbid diseases. Bipolar I disorder is perhaps the best known and frequently discussed. PT’s in the acute state usually require in-PT stays. Bipolar II disorder is much less known and often misdiagnosed for many years. Some of these PT’s also require in-PT stays. Mixed episodes: these are the least understood of the mood disorders. They are frequently misdiagnosed or missed altogether. Genetics and family history will be discussed in relationship to the disease along with research that has been completed demonstrating brain inflammation and decrease in brain volume with psychotic episodes. Current research also demonstrates that the brain also has some ability to heal itself. Other applicable research findings will be presented. Current treatment modalities and medications to treat the complex issues these patients suffer will also be discussed. Short and long term treatment strategies will be addressed. Life path for recovering patients will be discussed if time allowed. Patients are never cured of these diseases; they can become much better at managing their symptoms and be proactive in their treatment.

Biography:

Zidan Khalaf Murad has completed his MSc from University of Duhok. Currently, he is working as Assistant Lecturer at College of Nursing-University of Duhok.

Abstract:

Post-traumatic stress disorder is a psychiatric disorder that happens after an individual witnessed or experienced traumatic or terrifying event such as killing, threatening, kidnapping, and sexual or physical abuse, etc., that induce a serious danger to someone’s life. The present study was established in order to assess the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among Shengalian internally displaced persons. A descriptive, retrospective study design was conducted from the period of 1^st of November, 2015 through 12^th of May, 2017 in order to collect data related to assessing post-traumatic stress disorder among Shengalian internally displaced persons. A cluster-simple random sampling approach was used to recruit 400 subjects. A questionnaire was developed as a tool of data collection for the purpose of the study. Data were collected through using PTSD Checklist Civilian Version and adopting direct interview technique. Pilot study carried out to determine the content validity through the panel of (7) experts, and the reliability of the study’s instrument was determined through application of test-retest reliability. Analysis of data was performed through the use of Descriptive and Inferential Statistical methods. The findings of the study showed that the prevalence of PTSD among Shengalian IDPs in this study is 14.5%. The study concluded that post-traumatic stress disorder is more prevalent among female than male.