title: Nurse faculty perceptions regarding psychiatric-mental health nursing behavioral interventions: a cross-cultural comparison.
abstract: Mental disorders are internationally responsible for significant disease burden and disability. However, limited cross-culturally comparisons, related to psychiatric-mental health nurses and the care they deliver, have been conducted. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to present information obtained from nurse faculty from Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Thailand and the USA (State of Hawaii) about: a) titles and educational preparation of the psychiatric-mental health nurses; b) the role and perception of others about the psychiatric-mental health nurses; c) nursing behavioral interventions, including medications; d) length of stay of hospitalized psychiatric patients; e) leading mental health problems; and, f) the profile of the population with a mental illness. The findings reflect diversity in the role and educational preparation of psychiatric-mental health nurses, as well as how psychiatric-mental health patients are treated.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States.
authors.forename: Clinton E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.forename: Vickie A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.forename: Patricia M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Anders
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: Jintana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yunibhand
authors.forename: Thomas K S
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Sook
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sunah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawano
mesh_terms: D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D001315:Australia; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004522:Educational Status; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006254:Hawaii; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires