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Neuro-rehabilitation Approach for Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Published on: January 25, 2016
Comprehensive evidence-based program teaching self-management of auditory hallucinations on inpatient psychiatric
Robin Kay Buccheri1, Louise Nigh Trygstad, Martha D Buffum
1University of San Francisco, School of Nursing, San Francisco, California 94117, USA. buccherir@usfca.edu
Abstract:
Patients hearing command hallucinations to harm whose only self-management strategies are to obey these commands, can represent serious safety concerns on inpatient psychiatric units. A comprehensive evidence-based program teaching self-management of auditory hallucinations on inpatient psychiatric units is described that includes five components: suggestions for staff education; patient self-assessment tools; an interview guide and safety protocol; a course to teach strategies for managing distressing voices and commands to harm; suggestions to improve staff communication; and a plan to extend the program from inpatient care settings into the community by sharing materials with community case managers and caregivers when patients are discharged.
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