Background: Improved recognition and awareness of compassion fatigue, burnout, and compassion satisfaction as basic components of professional quality of life among mental health nurses are expected to prevent emotional exhaustion, and aid in the identification of appropriate coping strategies and quality intervention. Aim: To determine the effect of training program about compassion on professional quality of life of psychiatric nurses. Study design: A quasi-experimental research design. Tool of the study: Professional Quality of Life Scale Version 5. Sample: All available nurses who provide direct care for psychiatric patients (50) nurses at the time of the study. Setting. The study was conducted at The Psychiatry Center of Tanta University. Results: The result revealed that there were statistically significant difference in total score of compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress through phases training program . Conclusion: The study concluded compassion has positive effect on improving professional quality of life of mental health nurses, and also confirmed the effect of educational training program. Recommendations: The study recommended by t in services training program for nurses about; how to assess and improve professional quality of life.

Spirituality affects mental health in a positive way and creates an environment conducive for personal well being. Spirituality is being referred to one of the forgotten dimensions of personal well being and mental health care. It is often described as a mental platform, where one can meet their true self. It is considered a sacred realm of human and self experience. Aim of the Study : to determine the impact of psycho-educational program about spirituality on the quality of life among hospitalized psychiatric patients. Study design : A quasi experimental design was utilized for this study. Setting : The study was conducted at Tanta mental health hospital. Subjects : The subjects of this study consisted of 50 hospitalized psychiatric inpatients , they were fulfilling the following inclusion criteria ; adult aged from 18 to 63 years , psychotic patient not having mystical experiences , able to communicate relevantly and willing to participate in the study. Tools: Three tools were used to collect data A structured Interview Schedule to collect data regarding socio demographic and clinical characteristics of the studied patients , Daily Spiritual Experience Scale and WHO Quality of life instrument. Results : showed that there were significant statistically positive correlation between the total score of quality of life and total score of spirituality among the studied patients pre , immediately , one month and three months post application of the program. The study concluded : The use of spiritual program have a positive effects on quality of life of hospitalized psychotic patients. Recommendations : Awareness and training programs about importance of spirituality for mentally ill patients should be develop and conducted for all psychiatric nurses to participate in the provision of spiritual care .

Patient satisfaction is a crucial and frequently used parameter for assessing the standard of medical service. The COVID-19 epidemic forces the health systems to quickly adapt and find ways to deliver their customary offline services using online resources. Telepsychiatry enables psychiatrists to care for more patients in the far places. Where both the psychiatrists and their patients were able to connect, run through psycho diagnostics, and even recommend (pharmacology and psychotherapy) treatment. Aim: We aimed to assess patient level of satisfaction with use of telepsychiatry and their felt stigma in psychiatric clinic. Design: The descriptive correlational design was used. Setting: carried out at private health care center and private clinic that provide care through telepsychiatry using Chezlong, and Nabd Tech application. Tools: The study data was collected by using the following two tools: Tool I: Standardized Stigma Scale, Tool II: Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire Short Form (PSQ-18). Result: The main results revealed that more than half of the individuals that were investigated, were satisfied with tele psychiatry, most of them had great stigma level, also, there was not a statistically significant correlation between stigma and satisfaction with tele psychiatry. Conclusion: the majority of the studied patients were satisfied with the accessibility of using telepsychiatry and there was no statistically significant correlation between patients' satisfaction with using tele psychiatry and their perception of mental stigma. Recommendations: we offered recommendations for health IT policy makers, developers, and researchers to sustain the continuity of telehealth activities beyond the COVID-19 pandemic and enable the wide adoption and use of telehealth services.

Early-stage schizophrenia patients are already more prone to feel inadequate, and less aware of their own aims and assertive conduct. They are also more likely to feel pessimistic about the future. The study aimed to explore the relation of assertive behavior, hope feeling, and recovery for patients with schizophrenia. Design: a correlational descriptive research design was used. Study subjects: A convenience sample of 100 patients involved in the study. Three tools were used: Tool I part1: A structured interview schedule include socio-demographic & clinical characteristics of patients. part2: Assertiveness inventory. Tool II: The Herth Hope Index 12 items (HHI). Tool III: The Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS). The result; Most of patients have low total recovery levels, two thirds of them have a little assertiveness level and majority of them have higher hope level. Conclusion: Hope levels and recovery have an extremely negative statistically significant correlation and there is no statistically significant link between a patient's assertiveness and recovery level. The study recommended that all psychotic patients in hospitals should participate in an assertiveness skill training program.

Self-empowerment in schizophrenia may be associated with symptoms and social functioning. It is possible that being disempowered may adversely affect one's level of functioning and that improvements in self-empowerment were associated with overall severity of symptoms and improvement of social functioning. Aim of the study: to determine the relation between selfempowerment and social function among patients with schizophrenia. Subject: A convenient sample of 130 patients with schizophrenia from both inpatient and outpatient services of Neuropsychiatric Department of Tanta University Hospital. Study design: A descriptive correlation research design was utilized. Study tools: four tools were used: Tool 1 is Structured interview, Tool 2 is " Positive and negative syndrome scales, Tool 3 is The Empowerment Scale, and Tool 4 is Social Function Scale. Results: This study revealed that more than half of the studied patients had low sense of self-empowerment, one third of patients had moderate sense of self-empowerment, and the minority had high sense of self-empowerment. Conclusions: it can be concluded that, there was a highly positive statistical significant correlation between total self-empowerment level and total social functioning level, while there was highly negative statistical significant correlation between total self-empowerment level and total Positive & negative syndrome level, and there was a highly negative statistical significant correlation between social functioning level and total positive & negative syndrome level. Recommendations: Further research on developing programs that are needed for a better understanding of relations between schizophrenia, empowerment and social functioning to improve social functions and self-empowerment levels of patients with schizophrenia.