Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Exploring psychiatric & mental health nursing practices to support people to live their unique way

Faculty details

Research topics in division

Research of faculty members

1. Research on the practices of certified nurse specialists in liaison psychiatric nursing and the outcomes of these
   • Research on the outcomes of interventions by certified nurse specialists in psychiatric & mental health nursing for patients with depression
   • Development and evaluation of educational programs for nurses caring for cancer patients with depression
   • Support for nurses by certified nurse specialists in psychiatric & mental health nursing during the covid-19 pandemic
2. Research on sleep and mental health
   • Study on the mental health, sleep, and Quality of Life (QOL) of heart failure patients
   • Relationship between sleep, daily stress and mental health of nursing students
   • Relationship between sleep, daily stress and mental health of nursing students during covid-19 pandemic
3. Research on support for nurses involved in patient advers events
4. An exploration of interactions between invindividuals with mental illness and nursing sudents at community-based welfare agencies
5. Research on the experiences of families facing the acute exacerbation of a family member's mental state
6. Literature review of family experiences of people with mental health crises
7. Research on assertiveness of nurses

Research keywords
psychiatric nursing, liaison psychiatric nursing, depression, sleep disorders, assertion, certified nurse specialists in psychiatric and mental health nursing

Research by graduate students
＜Master's thesis topics for the past 5 years＞

• COVID-19 感染流行下における看護師の精神的健康とレジリエンス、コーピングの関連
• 救急搬送された自殺未遂患者をケアする看護師への精神看護専門看護師による支援
• A scoping review of nursing interventions for chronic heart failure patients with depression as an outcome measure
• A systematic review of non-pharmacological interventions for older adults with insomnia symptoms
• An exploration of interactions between invindividuals with mental illness and nursing students at community-based welfare agencies

＜Past doctoral thesis topics＞

• 東日本大震災における福島県の看護師の心的外傷後ストレスに関する研究
• The structure and process of Nurse Manager's Support for nurses with patient adverse even ts

Introduction to division

The number of patients receiving treatment for mental illnesses is increasing every year. Rapidly changing social structures, socio-economic, and disasters and infectious disease pandemics are threatening the mental health of people. Mental health is very important for people to live their lives independently and with dignity. In the division of psychiatric and mental health nursing, we aim to make contributions from the standpoint of nursing such that people can live mentally enriching lives while respecting each other. We are engaged in developing certified nurse specialists and researchers to improve and solve mental health.
Our current research topics include tele-nursing for mental health and sleep of heart failure patients and the practices of certified nurse specialists in during covid-19 pandemic. We collabolate with researchers in various fields. With regard to education, we teach various theories, assessment techniques, intervention skills, etc., for advanced psychiatric nursing practices by lectures, role plays, group discussions, and supervision so that students can integrate the knowledge and skills. In the CNS program, we provide the training with experienced certified nurse specialists.
We hold case study meetings regulary for graduates to support and empower them.

Psychiatric nursing case study meeting

Main publications

• Sato Y & Nozue K(2023).Posttraumatic negative cognitions and nurse's mental health: One year after the Great East Japan earthquake and nuclear accident in Fukushima. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 89:103635.
  https://foi.org/10/1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103635
• 野末聖香、杉山暢宏編集,日本うつ病学会気分障害のガイドライン検討委員会制作（2020）;うつ病看護ガイドライン.日本うつ病学会
  https://www.secretariat.ne.jp/jsmd/iinkai/katsudou/data/guideline_kango.pdf
• 野末聖香（2020）;看護におけるアサーション・トレーニング,精神療法,46(3),324-329.
• 野末聖香（2017）;看護師のストレス予防と対処のためのアサーション・トレーニング,ストレス科学,31(3),209-216.
• 野末聖香,宇佐美しおり,福田紀子ほか(2016).がん患者の抑うつ状態に対する精神看護専門看護師によるケアの効果-無作為化比較試験による検討.日本看護科学学会誌,36,147-155.
• 福田紀子,野末聖香,田久保美千代,平岩千明(2023). COVID-19 パンデミック下における精神看護専門看護師による看護師支援のプロセス.日本看護科学学会誌,43,547-556.
• 福田紀子(2020).医療事故に関わったスタッフを支える.日本看護協会出版会.
• 福田紀子,野末聖香ほか(2019).抑うつ状態にあるがん患者をケアする看護師のための教育プログラムの開発と評価.SFCジャーナル,18(2),24-40.
• 福田紀子(2019).精神科リエゾンチームの役割とその意義,日本総合病院精神医学会リエゾン多職種委員会編:精神科リエゾンチーム活動指針.
• 福田紀子(2017).看護師長による医療事故当事者および看護チームへの支援　チームで取り組む再発防止.日本看護科学学会誌,37,263-271.
• 平岩千明（2022）. 精神状態の急性増悪により入院を要した人の家族の体験―自分の'家族'の具合が急 に悪くなった時-日本看護科学学会誌,42,763-771.
• 平岩千明(2020). 精神状態の急性増悪に直面した家族の体験に関する文献検討.日本看護科学会誌. 40, 305 - 311.

Career after degree completion

Number of qualified certified nurse specialists（As of December 2023）

• Certified nurse specialists in psychiatric nursing: 29 persons

Place of employment of graduates

• General hospitals/advanced treatment hospitals
• Psychiatric hospitals
• Psychiatric clinics
• Home nursing stations
• Universities/colleges
• Companies

Message

All faculty members in the division of psychiatric and mental health nursing have or had experience practicing as certified nurse specialists We are looking forward to exploring advanced practice and reasearch with you.