Through the Kinesthetic Lens : Observation of Social Attunement in Autism Spectrum Disorders

© 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).This paper will present a movement-informed perspective to social attunement in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). BACKGROUND: Dance movement therapy (DMT) is a psychotherapeutic intervention that is used with participants with ASD in various settings. Regular clinical outcome monitoring in an outpatient setting in the Netherlands had shown positive effects on social attunement capacities in young people with ASD. However, a systematic study of the development of social attunement movement behaviors of participants with ASD throughout a DMT intervention was not yet available. METHODS: A series of individual cases of DMT with young people with ASD (mean age 12.2 years.) were analyzed for changes in interpersonal movement behaviors employing video-based retrospective observation. RESULTS: The findings were summarized in an observation scale for interpersonal movement behaviors. This scale was then tested for its applicability for the monitoring of social attunement behaviors throughout therapy. DISCUSSION: A movement-informed perspective may be helpful to inventory changes in social attunement behaviors in participants with ASD. The relevance of a movement-informed perspective for the concept of social attunement in ASD will be discussed.Peer reviewedFinal Published versio

Childhood Lead Poisoning

Although lead encephalopathy is rare, lead intoxication continues to be a significant problem in Detroit. Neuropsychological effects may occur even at low levels of lead. Since treatment of lead poisoning consists of a painful series of injections, it is imperative that more attention be given to the prevention of this disease. To confirm the magnitude of the problems, our experience with lead poisoning during a three-year period at Henry Ford Hospital\u27s Pediatric Department is reviewed

An Emerging Theory of Human Relatedness

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ESTRESSE OCUPACIONAL EM ENFERMEIROS DA PEDIATRIA: MANIFESTAÇÕES FÍSICAS E PSICOLÓGICAS

Objetivo: verificar a presença de estresse ocupacional em enfermeiros da pediatria e analisar as manifestações físicas e psicológicas de estresse. Metodologia: estudo quantitativo, descritivo, transversal realizado com 22 enfermeiros de unidades de internação pediátrica de um hospital público situado no município do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Para a caracterização da amostra, utilizou-se um instrumento estruturado; na verificação de estresse, o Inventário Sintomas de Stress (ISS-Lipp). Resultados: a amostra foi composta, majoritariamente, pelo sexo feminino, com mais de um vínculo empregatício, trabalhando em regime de turnos e cumprindo carga horária acima de 40 horas semanais. Identificou-se a presença de estresse na amostra, sendo as fases de exaustão e resistência as mais prevalentes diante das manifestações psicológicas e físicas verificadas. Conclusão: a amostra apresentou alto nível de estresse cujo adoecimento já se faz presente, considerando-se as manifestações na fase de exaustão.Descritores: Enfermagem. Pediatria. Estresse ocupacional. Saúde Mental

The Mental Health of War?damaged Populations

Summaries This article draws upon the psychiatric, psycho?analytic and anthropological literature to show that we know very little about the psychological consequences of war and upheaval in the non?Western world. The small amount we do know suggests that while suffering is often intense, many of the therapeutic responses on offer are inappropriate as they are informed by psychiatric and psycho?analytic thought and practice which have little relevance to the majority of people living in the non?Western world

Representações sociais das atividades da enfermagem junto aos pacientes soropositivos: caracterizando ações e atores sociais

Este trabalho objetiva identificar as representações sociais das atividades que compõem o cuidado de Enfermagem e os atores sociais que as desenvolvem. Estudo qualitativo, fundamentado nas Representações Sociais desenvolvido com 20 indivíduos que convivem com HIV/AIDS em um hospital do Rio de Janeiro, no período de fevereiro a maio de 2009. Os dados foram coletados a partir de entrevistas e avaliados pela análise de conteúdo. Vislumbramos as seguintes temáticas: realização da higiene diária; implementação da prescrição farmacológica; aferição dos sinais vitais; instalação da soroterapia; alimentação do paciente e sua mobilização; rotina mecanizada e execução dos cuidados pelos técnicos. Dentre elas, o fato notório nos relatos é o desconhecimento da figura do enfermeiro. Sendo assim, concluímos que os pacientes reconhecem que os técnicos de enfermagem executam a maioria dos cuidados, e desconhecem as atividades privativas que competem ao enfermeiro. Descritores: Enfermagem; Doenças Transmissíveis; Síndrome de Imunodeficiência Adquirida; Pesquisa Qualitativa

Sense of belonging: A vital mental health concept

Sense of belonging is a concept that has not been researched in psychiatric nursing practice. Using a concept-analysis strategy proposed by Walker and Avant, the authors present a detalled description of the concept that evolved from a series of inductive and deductive strategies. Sense of belonging is defined as the experience of personal involvement in a system or environment so that persons feel themselves to be an integral part of that system or environment. Sense of belonging has important applicabillity for clinical use as well as continued theory development in psychiatric nursing.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/29998/1/0000365.pd