Correction to: Types of Malingering in PTSD: Evidence from a Psychological Injury Paradigm

AbstractBackgroundRestraint and seclusion were considered a form of treatment but consistently has led to physical and mental injuries to staff and patients. De-escalation has been viewed as a safer option. Understanding which intervention yields decreased injuries, aggression and violence will guide policy and inform practice.ObjectivesTo identify which intervention leads to decreased physical and psychological injury to patients and staff.MethodsThe frequency of physical injuries to patients and staff from aggressive patients; frequency of psychological injuries to patients and staff from violent, aggressive incidents; frequency of violence, agitation and aggression; competence of staff at managing aggression and violence were evaluated.ResultsFourteen studies were included in this review. There are many forms of de-escalation. Studies where techniques were taught to staff, the intervention was effective in decreasing injury in approximately half the studies. De-escalation techniques taught to patients decreased injury in 100% of the studies included in this review.ConclusionConsensus on which intervention works best could not be reached, nor is there overwhelming evidence for a particular type of de-escalation better suited for decreasing aggression and violence. Caution should be exercised when choosing a de-escalation technique for implementation in institutions due to lack of regulating agencies that inform practice and standards. In addition, the literature lacks best practices for de-escalation techniques backed by evidence. Restraint and seclusion should be used as a last resort due to inherent risk associated with the intervention.

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Prevalence and Organisational Factors of Psychological Injury Among Australian School Teachers

Australasian Journal of Organisational Psychology ◽

10.1017/orp.2014.5 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Adam Garrick ◽

Peter C. Winwood ◽

Anita S. Mak ◽

Stuart Cathcart ◽

Arnold B. Bakker ◽

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Keyword(s):

Injury Risk ◽

Safety Climate ◽

Working Environment ◽

Psychological Injury ◽

Risk Indicator ◽

Australian School ◽

School Teachers ◽

Low Socioeconomic ◽

Socioeconomic Index ◽

Organisational Factors

In this study, we investigated the prevalence, severity, and organisational factors of risk for psychological injury in a national sample of Australian school teachers, using the Psychological Injury Risk Indicator. We predicted that teachers would report higher levels of risk for psychological injury if working in schools located in rural areas, with a low socioeconomic index, and low psychosocial safety climate. Teachers from across Australia (N = 960) completed an online survey that measured risk for psychological injury and relevant organisational factors. We found a high number of teachers (26%) whose responses showed high risk, indicating the need for professional intervention in order to avoid potentially debilitating psychological injury. Analyses also showed main effects for two organisational factors, indicating that teachers most at risk for psychological injury tended to be employed by schools with low psychosocial safety climate and in areas with a low socioeconomic index. These results highlight the severe levels of work-related psychological injury risk in the Australian teacher population, and the important role for school administration and education departments in maintaining a working environment that supports staff psychologically.

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Interpolated Flaps

Facial Plastic Surgery ◽

10.1055/s-0037-1598170 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 33 (01) ◽

pp. 034-042 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kaveh Karimnejad ◽

Ian Maher ◽

Paul Gruber ◽

Scott Walen ◽

Samkon Gado

Keyword(s):

Blood Supply ◽

Psychological Injury ◽

Nasal Reconstruction ◽

Central Feature ◽

Human Face ◽

Forehead Flap ◽

Future Directions ◽

Donor Tissue ◽

Indian Medical ◽

Iatrogenic Trauma

AbstractNasal reconstruction has been articulated in the literature since 700 B.C. when the earliest iteration of the forehead flap was described in the Indian medical treatise, the Sushruta Samhita. Since then it has evolved into the interpolated flap which has served as a powerful tool for facial reconstruction. The interpolated flap is constructed from nonadjacent donor tissue that has an inherent blood supply. It requires a multistaged approach and is best suited for reconstruction of large or deep defects of the nose. There are three types of interpolated flaps used for nasal reconstruction: the forehead, melolabial, and nasofacial interpolation flaps. The nose is the central feature of the human face and its placement is both aesthetic and functional. Any defects owing to accidental or iatrogenic trauma can cause physiologic and psychological injury to patients. This article aims to review the aforementioned flaps and give indications, contraindications, procedure details, and future directions of these flaps.

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Psychological Injury: Systems, Change Processes, Development

Psychological Injury and Law ◽

10.1007/s12207-008-9020-5 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 1 (4) ◽

pp. 243-254 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Gerald Young

Keyword(s):

Systems Change ◽

Psychological Injury ◽

Change Processes

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Psychological Assessment of Symptom and Performance Validity, Response Bias, and Malingering: Official Position of the Association for Scientific Advancement in Psychological Injury and Law

Psychological Injury and Law ◽

10.1007/s12207-014-9198-7 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 197-205 ◽

Cited By ~ 52

Author(s):

Shane S. Bush ◽

Robert L. Heilbronner ◽

Ronald M. Ruff

Keyword(s):

Response Bias ◽

Psychological Assessment ◽

Psychological Injury ◽

Performance Validity ◽

Official Position ◽

Scientific Advancement ◽

Psychological Injury And Law ◽

And Performance

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Pendampingan Pastoral Kepada Perempuan Korban KDRT dI HKBP

Mitra Sriwijaya: Jurnal Teologi dan Pendidikan Kristen ◽

10.46974/ms.v1i2.18 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 39-65

Author(s):

Mangara Pakpahan

Keyword(s):

Domestic Violence ◽

Women Victims ◽

Psychological Injury ◽

Crisis Counseling ◽

Personal Lives ◽

The Church

This research is intended to give attention to members of the congregation, especially women (wives) victims of Domestic Violence (Domestic Violence) in the HKBP church, especially HKBP Duren Sawit. Cases of domestic violence experienced by women as victims greatly affect their personal lives and relationships to others. Women victims of domestic violence suffer physical and psychological injury. This happens as a result of the violence and suffering experienced. Based on this the authors conducted research and provide assistance through pastoral assistance that is sustaining, reconciling and healing. Supporting is to strengthen women victims of domestic violence who are experiencing a crisis so that they do not dissolve in their sadness, disappointment and fear. Reconciling is helping women victims of domestic violence build and renew their relationships with God and others. Healing is overcoming the damage suffered by women domestic violence, returning to wholeness and leading it to a better direction. Sampling was carried out for five female congregation (wife) victims of domestic violence at the HKBP Duren Sawit church. Pastoral assistance from the Duren Sawit HKBP church to victims of domestic violence has never been done well and seriously. This makes the congregation of victims of domestic violence despair because of the violence and suffering they experienced, thus making it stay in a feeling of confusion and fear. As a result there are congregation victims of domestic violence who actually go outside the church, to seek protection in the hope of receiving strength and recovery. Crisis counseling is a form of service that the church can do to women victims of domestic violence, so that they can experience strengthening, reconciliation, and healing from the violence and suffering experienced.

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