title: Managing mental illness in the dialysis treatment environment: a team approach.
abstract: Outpatient chronic hemodialysis facilities often serve large populations of patients in an open and sometimes fast-paced environment. Any sizeable group of people will contain a sample of mental illnesses -and the end-stage renal disease diagnosis can be accompanied by co-occurring or comorbid mental illness. Thus, it is important for professional teams to be able to effectively manage related issues arising in the dialysis clinic. Guided by Medicare mandates, dialysis clinics all employ a masters level social worker to respond to the myriad psychosocial needs of this population; MSWs are trained to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental illnesses, and can help guide the team response.
authors.affiliation: Renal Center at St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, Calif, USA.
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prescott
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002983:Clinical Competence; D015897:Comorbidity; D003704:Dementia / Q000628:therapy; D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy; D006272:Health Facility Environment / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D008403:Mass Screening; D006278:Medicare; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D024382:Professional Role; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000523:psychology; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration*