• Capacity-based legislation in Norway has so far scarcely influenced the daily life and responsibilities of patients' carers: a qualitative study 

      Wergeland, Nina Camilla; Fause, Åshild; Weber, Astrid Karine; Osnes Fause, Anett Beatrix; Riley, Henriette (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-02-20)
      Background - When capacity-based mental health legislation was introduced in Norway in 2017, there was concern about the consequences of change in the law for patients’carer whose community treatment order was revoked as a result of being assessed as having capacity to consent. The concern was that the lack of a community treatment order would increase carers’ responsibilities in an already challenging ...
    • The fate of the mentally ill during the Second World War (1940–1945) in Troms and Finnmark, Norway 

      Fause, Åshild (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-12-15)
      The article analyses the fate of the mentally ill living in northern Norway during the 2nd World War, and the way the war changed their lives. The study is the first to give a systematic account of how the mentally ill fared during the deportation of Finnmark and Northern Troms and afterwards. The reader is introduced to the general conditions for mentally ill persons living in the north, their ...
    • Framveksten av psykiske helsetjenester i Nord med et blikk på sykepleiens utvikling og bidrag : 

      Fause, Åshild (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Essayet handler om framveksten av psykiske helsetjenester i Troms og Finnmark fra 1848 til 2010 med et blikk på sykepleiens bidrag til utvikling av feltet. Til grunn for studien ligger både klausulert kildemateriale, statistikk, fagartikler og forskning. Framstillinga er periodisert ut fra en analyse av sentrale trekk og kjennetegn ved den daglige ivaretakelsen av mennesker med psykiske lidelser og ...
    • Health professionals' experience of treatment of patients whose community treatment order was revoked under new capacity-based mental health legislation in Norway: qualitative study 

      Wergeland, Nina Camilla; Fause, Åshild; Fause, Anett Beatrix Osnes; Riley, Henriette; Weber, Astrid Karine (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-11)
      <p><b> Background</b> Norway introduced capacity-based legislation in mental healthcare on 1 September 2017 with the aim of increasing patient autonomy and legal protection and reducing the use of coercion. The new legislation was expected to be particularly important for patients under community treatment orders (CTOs). <p><b> Aims</b> To explore health professionals’ experiences of how ...
    • Increased autonomy with capacity-based mental health legislation in Norway: a qualitative study of patient experiences of having come off a community treatment order 

      Wergeland, Nina Camilla; Fause, Åshild; Weber, Astrid; Riley, Henriette (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-07)
      Background: Capacity-based mental health legislation was introduced in Norway on 1 September 2017. The aim was to increase the autonomy of patients with severe mental illness and to bring mental health care in line with human rights. The aim of this study is to explore patient experiences of how far the new legislation has enabled them to be involved in decisions on their treatment after they ...
    • Living the War in the Barents Region 1939–1945: Living conditions, childhood, sickness, and nursing 

      Elstad, Ingunn; Fause, Åshild (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2015-12-15)
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    • Migratory birds: Silent panic and play – Reflections on memories of childhood and adolescence from World War II 

      Stenvold, Heidi; Fause, Åshild (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-12-15)
      The museum of reconstruction for Finnmark and Northern Troms uses personal war memories from childhood and adolescence e.g. in exhibitions, articles and lectures. However, 70-year-old memories are most likely processed and changed over time, and critics often consider memories untrustworthy. Some scholars claim that positive memories stick better than negative memories, while others vice versa. ...
    • The Norwegian Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in the Korean War (1951-1954): Military Hospital of Humanitarian "Sanctuary?" 

      Lockertsen, Jan-Thore; Fause, Åshild; Hallett, Christine E. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-01)
      During the Korean War (1950–1953) the Norwegian government sent a mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) to support the efforts of the United Nations (UN) Army. From the first, its status was ambiguous. The US-led military medical services believed that the “Norwegian Mobile Army Surgical Hospital” (NORMASH) was no different from any other MASH; but both its originators and its staff regarded it as a ...
    • The Nursing Legacy of The Korea Sisters 

      Lockertsen, Jan-Thore; Fause, Åshild (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-12-27)
      <p>Aim: During the Korean War (1950–1953), the Norwegian government sent a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) to support the efforts of the United Nations (UN) Army. During the war, 111 Norwegian nurses served in seven contingents, each 6 month, at the Norwegian Field Hospital in Korea. The nurses were nicknamed “The Korea Sisters”. The aim of this study is to explore the impact and influence of ...