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Jones ES, Wright KM, McKeown M. The Impact of Patients and Student Mental Health Nurses Sharing Time Together in Forensic Units. JOURNAL OF FORENSIC NURSING 2024:01263942-990000000-00103. [PMID: 39148165 DOI: 10.1097/jfn.0000000000000508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/17/2024]
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ABSTRACT Student mental health nurses have greater patient contact than registered nurses, and this is appreciated by patients. This phenomenological study explored the impact of patients and student mental health nurses' time shared on forensic units for men carrying a personality disorder diagnosis. Phenomenology was the underpinning philosophy of this research. Patients and student mental health nurses in forensic hospitals participated in unstructured hermeneutic interviews. The time students and patients shared together was considered a gift, enabling them to feel that they were "just people" and valued, strongly impacting on their sense of person. The impact the students have on patients' quality of life is meaningful. When the students and patients connected, it had powerful implications for their sense of humanness and value, highlighting the reciprocal impact they each have on another and the importance of having student nurse clinical placements in forensic wards and facilities.Implications for Clinical Forensic Nursing Practice: This article offers a unique contribution to forensic practice by exploring the experiences of the time patients and students share together in forensic units. Students, who often have the greatest contact with patients, represent the present and future of nursing, and their time is appreciated by patients. Previous research focuses on attitudes and therapeutic relationships, rather than the impact of shared contact. In addition to this, patients in forensic services with personality disorder diagnoses can be the most stigmatized group in mental health care, and exploration of their experiences is lacking. These experiences must be shared.
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- Emma S Jones
- Author Affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Central Lancashire
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Delaney KR. The Future of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Workforce: Using Our Skill Set to Address Incongruities in Mental Health Care Delivery. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2023; 44:933-943. [PMID: 37734065 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2023.2252498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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The USA is dealing with well-documented issues around mental health and its treatment. The Psychiatric Mental Health (PMH) workforce is growing and practicing in a variety of roles within the mental health system. How will PMH nurses address instances when the structure of services does not meet the mental health needs of the population? In this piece, I argue that to some degree the future of the PMH workforce will be determined by how well we use our capacity and capabilities to address incongruities in service structure and population needs. Five areas of concern with mental health services are outlined; they all involve factors that can be addressed with innovative approaches and optimum utilization of the PMH workforce. Included are suggestions on how PMH nurses might direct efforts toward these service issues, particularly by using their skill set and presence in the mental health system. Strategies include forging a tighter connection between the work of advanced practice and registered nurses in delivering care. Broadly, these efforts should be directed at building models of patient-centered care that address the needs of populations, reducing disparities, and demonstrating how engagement is a critical lever of effective inpatient and community-based care.
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- Kathleen R Delaney
- Department of Community Mental Health and Systems, Rush College of Nursing, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Becker P, Rask M, Safipour J, Gunnarsson AB. Selfcare Strategies Shown to Be Useful in Daily Life for Adults Diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - A Systematic Review. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2023; 44:825-833. [PMID: 37669505 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2023.2234477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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Adults with ADHD experience a wide range of difficulties in daily life, and RNs and other healthcare professionals need to know how to support them. The aim was to conduct a systematic review of which selfcare strategies adults with ADHD use and need in order to manage daily life. A literature review based on the PRISMA model was performed, and seven articles with a qualitative design were found. Data were analyzed with thematic analysis. The analysis generated one major theme Enabling ways to manage the consequences of disability in daily life based on three subthemes; Establishing ways of acting to help yourself, Finding encouraging and helping relationships, and Using external aids for managing daily life. Professionals may benefit from knowing about these selfcare strategies when meeting people with ADHD.
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- Petra Becker
- Department of Research and Development, Region Kronoberg, Växjö, Sweden
- Department of Health and Caring Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden
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- Department of Health and Caring Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden
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- Department of Health and Caring Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden
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- Department of Research and Development, Region Kronoberg, Växjö, Sweden
- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Health and Rehabilitation, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
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Elran-Barak R. The experience of claiming mental health disability benefits: A qualitative analysis of clients' perspectives. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 2023. [PMID: 36633373 DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Revised: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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UNLABELLED WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: The decision to apply for disability benefits may be an important breakthrough in the life of people with severe mental illness. The literature regarding the process of applying for mental health disability benefits is scarce. WHAT THE PAPER ADDS TO EXISTING KNOWLEDGE?: This study is, to the best of our knowledge, the first to fully describe the experience of submitting a claim for mental health disability benefits, as experienced by those diagnosed with severe mental illness. The process of applying for recognition of a mental health disability has three chronological stages-before the claim submission, during the claims process and after recognition. Clients approach the process without any prior knowledge, and therefore they need professional help when submitting their claim. A deterioration in clients' mental health prompts them to apply. A lack of trust in the system affects the application decision/process. The medical committee hearing is described as a complex and multifaceted experience. Clients reported being extensively preoccupied with stigma throughout the process. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE?: Professional assistance throughout the claims process is a key factor with the potential to change clients' experience of the entire process. It is important to educate mental health nurses about the disability applicating process. Mental health professionals are encouraged to be mindful of the facilitating/hindering mechanisms that are dominant at each stage of the process. There is a need for liaising with relevant agencies that act as advocates for those diagnosed with a mental health illness. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: The decision to apply for disability benefits may be an important breakthrough in the life of those diagnosed with severe mental illness (SMI). Nevertheless, the literature regarding the application process is scarce. AIM The aim of the study was to explore how people who receive mental health disability benefits retrospectively perceive the process of applying for and receiving these benefits. METHODS Twenty-four in-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with people whose mental health disability was recognized in the past few years. RESULTS Analysis revealed three themes describing the process's chronological stages: Before submitting the claim (from deterioration to trust), during the claim process (from bureaucracy to understanding), after receiving recognition (from stigma to gratitude). Each stage includes facilitating factors (e.g. encouragement from professionals) and hindering factors (e.g. stigma, lack of knowledge and trust). DISCUSSION This is the first study to fully describe the experience of applying for mental health disability benefits, as experienced by clients. The decision to apply is perceived as complex and difficult. Although clients are extensively preoccupied with stigma throughout the process, they are able to express gratitude for the opportunities made available to them. IMPLICATIONS Professional assistance throughout the claim is a key factor with the potential to change clients' experience of the entire process.
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- Roni Elran-Barak
- School of Public Health, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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Sergerie-Richard S, Dupuis F, Cassivi C. For a better understanding of the relationship between caregivers and young adults living with a concomitant substance-related mental health and substance use disorder: an integrative review. Rech Soins Infirm 2023; 153:24-39. [PMID: 37709664 DOI: 10.3917/rsi.153.0024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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Introduction The importance of a quality relationship between young adults living with dual diagnosis and their health care providers is well documented. Context Although this complex phenomenon was mostly studied from an individual perspective, the results indicated the systemic nature of this relationship. Objective This study aims to better understand the relationship between young adults living with dual diagnosis and their health care providers, with a systemic perspective. Method Six data bases were consulted; manual research in gray literature and references screening enhanced the process. Results Of a total of 532 studies and reports identified, 44 were included in the review. Thematic data analysis was carried out, and two themes were identified: the health care system as a constraining environment; and the relationship at the heart of care. Discussion This study confirms the joint role played by the young adult in question and their health care provider in developing and maintaining the relationship, by acknowledging the importance of the care, of mutual confidence, and of a hierarchic relationship. Conclusion This integrative review provides a basis for future nursing interventions that foreground the relationship and take a systemic approach.
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- Sophie Sergerie-Richard
- Infirmière, M.Sc, Faculté des sciences infirmières de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Infirmière, Ph.D, professeure agrégée, Faculté des sciences infirmières de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Infirmière, M.Sc, Faculté des sciences infirmières de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Moyo N, Jones M, Kushemererwa D, Arefadib N, Jones A, Pantha S, Gray R. Service User and Carer Views and Expectations of Mental Health Nurses: A Systematic Review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:11001. [PMID: 36078717 PMCID: PMC9517907 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191711001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 08/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Service users' views and expectations of mental health nurses in a UK context were previously reviewed in 2008. The aim of this systematic review is to extend previous research by reviewing international research and work published after the original review. Five databases were searched for studies of any design, published since 2008, that addressed service user and carer views and expectations of mental health nurses. Two reviewers independently completed title and abstract, full-text screening and data extraction. A narrative synthesis was undertaken. We included 49 studies. Most included studies (n = 39, 80%) were qualitative. The importance of the therapeutic relationship and service users being supported in their personal recovery by mental health nurses were core themes identified across included studies. Service users frequently expressed concern about the quality of the therapeutic relationship and indicated that nurses lacked time to spend with them. Carers reported that their concerns were not taken seriously and were often excluded from the care of their relatives. Our critical appraisal identified important sources of bias in included studies. The findings of our review are broadly consistent with previous reviews however the importance of adopting a recovery approach has emerged as a new focus.
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- Nompilo Moyo
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC 3086, Australia
- Victorian Tuberculosis Program, Melbourne Health, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC 3086, Australia
- Department of Rural Health, University of South Australia, Whyalla Campus, Whyalla Norrie, SA 5608, Australia
- IIMPACT in Health, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC 3086, Australia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC 3086, Australia
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Wrexham Glyndwr University, Wrexham LL11 2AW, UK
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC 3086, Australia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC 3086, Australia
- Department of Rural Health, University of South Australia, Whyalla Campus, Whyalla Norrie, SA 5608, Australia
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Piat M, Sofouli E, Wainwright M, Albert H, Rivest MP, Casey R, LeBlanc S, Labonté L, O'Rourke JJ, Kasdorf S. Translating mental health recovery guidelines into recovery-oriented innovations: A strategy combining implementation teams and a facilitated planning process. EVALUATION AND PROGRAM PLANNING 2022; 91:102054. [PMID: 35219017 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2022.102054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2020] [Revised: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Recovery is the focus of mental health strategies internationally. However, little translation of recovery knowledge has occurred in mental health services. The purpose of this research is to bridge the gap between recovery guidelines and practice by developing a new implementation strategy involving the formation of implementation teams made up of different stakeholders (service users, service providers, managers, knowledge users) and facilitating a 12-meeting implementation planning process. Sevenmental health organizations across Canada successfully completed the process of translating the guidelines into a recovery-oriented innovation that was implemented. Fifty-five implementation team members were interviewed upon completion of the 12-meeting process. Findings indicate that implementation team members perceived the structured planning process as positive. Nevertheless, the language of implementation science remains difficult to understand for a non-academic audience. Key elements of the 12-meeting process included the value of consensus building among implementation team members and the subsequent shifting power relationships. While working with diverse stakeholders came with certain challenges, the process in itself was a form of system transformation. This type of engaged planning process was a significant departure from the more top-down approaches to organizational change that staff were used to.
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- Myra Piat
- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Quebec, Canada; Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Quebec, Canada.
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Quebec, Canada; Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Quebec, Canada.
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Quebec, Canada; Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Quebec, Canada.
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- Université de Moncton, École de travail social, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
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- Université de Moncton, École de travail social, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
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- Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of British Columbia, Canada.
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- Université de Moncton, École de travail social, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
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- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Quebec, Canada.
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- Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of British Columbia, Canada.
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- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Quebec, Canada.
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Piat M, Wainwright M, Cherkas D, Leblanc S, Sofouli E, Rivest MP, Albert H, Casey R, O'Rourke JJ, Labonté L. Identifying and understanding the contextual factors that shaped mid-implementation outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic in organizations implementing mental health recovery innovations into services. Implement Sci Commun 2021; 2:101. [PMID: 34526136 PMCID: PMC8441235 DOI: 10.1186/s43058-021-00206-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Seven housing and health services organizations were guided through a process of translating Chapter Six of the Canadian Guidelines for Recovery-Oriented Practice into a recovery-oriented innovation and plan for its implementation. At the time of the COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown measures, six of the seven organizations had begun implementing their chosen innovation (peer workers, wellness recovery action planning facilitator training, staff training and a family support group). This mid-implementation study used the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to identify contextual factors that influenced organizations to continue or postpone implementation of recovery-oriented innovations in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS Twenty-seven semi-structured 45-min interviews were conducted between May and June 2020 (21 implementation team members and six providers of the innovation (trainers, facilitators, peer workers). Interview guides and analysis were based on the CFIR. Content analysis combined deductive and inductive approaches. Summaries of coded data were given ratings based on strength and valence of the construct's impact on implementation. Ratings were visualized by mid-implementation outcome and recovery innovation to identify constructs which appear to distinguish between sites with a more or less favorable mid-implementation outcomes. RESULTS Four mid-implementation outcomes were observed at this snapshot in time (from most to least positive): continued implementation with adaptation (one site), postponement with adaptation and estimated relaunch date (four sites), indefinite postponement with no decision on relaunch date (one site), and no implementation of innovation yet (one site). Two constructs had either a negative influence (external policies and incentives-renamed COVID-19-related external policy for this study) or a positive influence (leadership engagement), regardless of implementation outcome. Four factors appeared to distinguish between more or less positive mid-implementation outcome: adaptability, implementation climate and relative priority, available resources, and formally appointed internal implementation leaders (renamed "engaging implementation teams during the COVID-19 pandemic" for this study). CONCLUSIONS The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented outer setting factor. Studies that use the CFIR at the mid-implementation stage are rare, as are studies focusing on the outer setting. Through robust qualitative analysis, we identify the key factors that shaped the course of implementation of recovery innovations over this turbulent time.
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- Myra Piat
- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University and Douglas Mental Health University Institute, 6875, boul. LaSalle, Montréal, Québec, H4H 1R3, Canada.
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- Department of Anthropology, Durham University, Dawson Building, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, 246 Bloor St W, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1V4, Canada
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- École de travail social, Université de Moncton, 18, avenue Antonine-Maillet, Moncton, Nouveau-Brunswick, E1A 3E9, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Ludmer Research & Training Building, 1033 Avenue des Pins, Montréal, QC, H3A 1A1, Canada
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- École de travail social, Université de Moncton, 18, avenue Antonine-Maillet, Moncton, Nouveau-Brunswick, E1A 3E9, Canada
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- École de travail social, Université de Moncton, 18, avenue Antonine-Maillet, Moncton, Nouveau-Brunswick, E1A 3E9, Canada
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- Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, T-325, 2211 Westbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2B5I, Canada
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- Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, T-325, 2211 Westbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2B5I, Canada
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- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, 6875, boul. LaSalle, Montréal, Québec, H4H 1R3, Canada
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Boden-Stuart ZVR, Larkin M, Harrop C. Young adults' dynamic relationships with their families in early psychosis: Identifying relational strengths and supporting relational agency. Psychol Psychother 2021; 94:646-666. [PMID: 33774896 DOI: 10.1111/papt.12337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Revised: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Most existing research on the family context of psychosis focuses on the 'burden' of caring for people experiencing psychosis. This research is the first to ask young people experiencing early psychosis to 'map' and describe their experiences and understandings of their family relationships, and how they have related to their psychosis and recovery. DESIGN The research took an inductive, multimodal hermeneutic-phenomenological approach (Boden, Larkin & Iyer, 2019, Qual. Res. Psychology, 16, 218-236; Boden & Larkin, 2020, A handbook of visual methods in psychology, 358-375). METHOD Ten young adults (18-23), under the care of early intervention in psychosis services in the UK, participated in an innovative relational mapping interview (Boden, Larkin & Iyer, 2018), which invited participants to draw a subjective 'map' of their important relationships. This visual methodology enables subtle, complex, ambivalent, and ambiguous aspects of the participants' experiences to be explored. RESULTS Findings explore the participants' accounts of how they love, protect, and care for their families; how they wrestle with family ties as they mature; and their feelings about talking about their mental health with loved ones, which was typically very difficult. CONCLUSIONS This paper advances understanding of recovery in psychosis through consideration of the importance of reciprocity, and the identification and nurturance of relational strengths. The capacity of a young person to withdraw or hold back when trying to protect others is understood as an example of relational agency. The possibility for extending strengths-based approaches and family work within the context of early intervention in psychosis services is discussed. PRACTITIONER POINTS Young adults experiencing early psychosis may benefit from support to identify their relational strengths and the opportunities they have for reciprocity within their family structures, where appropriate. Relational motivations may be important for a range of behaviours, including social withdrawal and non-communication. Services may benefit from exploring the young person's relational context and subjective meaning-making in regard to these actions. Young adults experiencing early psychosis may benefit from opportunities to make sense of their family dynamics and how this impacts on their recovery. Attachment-based and relationally oriented interventions that increase trust and openness, and reduce feelings of burdensomeness are likely to support family functioning as well as individual recovery.
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Personal recovery in bipolar disorder: Systematic review and "best fit" framework synthesis of qualitative evidence - a POETIC adaptation of CHIME. J Affect Disord 2021; 292:375-385. [PMID: 34139411 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.05.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Revised: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Personal recovery, living a satisfying, hopeful life alongside symptoms, has become an increasingly valued aim across mental health care agendas internationally. However, there is little understanding of how people experience personal recovery alongside the mood challenges characteristic of a bipolar disorder diagnosis. Personal recovery frameworks have been developed for populations with mixed psychiatric diagnoses, predominantly psychotic disorders. METHODS This systematic review of qualitative data used the widely adopted personal recovery processes Connectedness, Hope and optimism, Identity, Meaning and purpose, Empowerment (CHIME) in a "best fit" framework synthesis to understand personal recovery experiences in bipolar disorder. Included studies were coded with deductive framework analysis based on the CHIME processes and inductive thematic analysis for aspects beyond the a priori framework. RESULTS A comprehensive search of six literature databases led to inclusion of twelve articles published 2010-2020. Deductive coding supported the fit with the CHIME framework but revealed difficulties, losses, and tensions within and across recovery processes. The proposed framework for personal recovery in bipolar disorder, Purpose and meaning, Optimism and hope, Empowerment, Tensions, Identity, Connectedness (POETIC), organises all CHIME processes around these tensions. LIMITATIONS Diversity among study participants was limited with majority middle-aged, female, Western participants. CONCLUSIONS The compact POETIC personal recovery framework tailored for bipolar disorder is directly applicable to clinical practice with personal recovery objectives. It highlights the need for professionals to introduce personal recovery in a realistic and balanced way to address recent criticism by service user organisations of personal recovery as overly optimistic.
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Martínez-Martínez C, Sánchez-Martínez V, Ballester-Martínez J, Richart-Martínez M, Ramos-Pichardo JD. A qualitative emancipatory inquiry into relationships between people with mental disorders and health professionals. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 2021; 28:721-737. [PMID: 33351223 DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2020] [Revised: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: A therapeutic alliance with people with mental disorders could help increase the efficacy of treatment. The paradigm shift from a paternalistic model to one that respects the person's autonomy has led to professionals accepting the active role of people with mental disorders making decisions that affect their treatment. WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS TO EXISTING KNOWLEDGE?: People with mental disorders perceive paternalistic and stigmatizing attitudes from health professionals, and they do not feel involved in decisions about their health, which can render effective therapeutic alliances difficult. The findings reveal that although people in Mediterranean countries are used to paternalistic treatment from health professionals due to cultural factors, people with mental disorders are increasingly critical of how they are treated and demand greater autonomy and respect in the decision to undergo drug therapy. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE?: In their interactions with people with mental disorders, health professionals should include efforts aimed at improving shared decision-making capabilities and avoiding paternalistic or stigmatizing attitudes. ABSTRACT: Introduction A therapeutic alliance with people is essential for the efficacy of treatments. However, the traditional paternalistic values of the Mediterranean society may be incompatible with patient autonomy. Aim To explore the therapeutic relationship from the perspective of people diagnosed with mental disorders with health professionals, including nurses. Methods This emancipatory research was performed through focus groups, with people with mental disorders who had a variety of diagnoses and experiences of acute and community-based mental health services and other healthcare services. Data were analysed using the content analysis method. Results Four main themes emerged: stereotypes and prejudice; quality of interactions and treatment; emotional and behavioural impacts; and demands. Discussion According to the participants' descriptions, health professionals are not exempt from prejudice against persons with psychiatric diagnoses. They reported experiencing abuse of power, malpractice, and overmedication. Thus, in the Mediterranean culture, professional attitudes may represent a barrier for an appropriate therapeutic alliance, and people with mental disorders do not feel involved in making decisions about their health. Implications for practice Knowing how people with mental disorders perceive their interactions with health professionals and the effects is necessary to move the care model towards more symmetric relationships that facilitate a therapeutic alliance.
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- Concepción Martínez-Martínez
- Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Europea, Valencia, Spain.,Faculty of Nursing and Podiatry University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Nursing Department, Health Sciences Faculty, University of Alicante, San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain
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Molin J, Vestberg M, Lövgren A, Ringnér A, Graneheim UH, Lindgren BM. Rather a Competent Practitioner than a Compassionate Healer: Patients' Satisfaction with Interactions in Psychiatric Inpatient Care. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2021; 42:549-554. [PMID: 32975473 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2020.1820645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Interactions with staff are important aspects in patients' experiences of psychiatric inpatient care (PIC). This study aimed to evaluate patients' satisfaction with their interactions with PIC staff and whether sociodemographic factors, depression and anxiety symptoms were associated with their perceptions of these interactions. In this cross-sectional study, we collected data from 84 patients receiving inpatient care in three psychiatric settings in Sweden. The patients' perceptions of interactions with staff and self-reported degrees of depression and anxiety were evaluated through questionnaires. Overall, patients were satisfied with the patient-staff interaction. However, significantly higher scores were related to staffs' practical competence than to their compassion. Older patients reported significantly more satisfaction than younger patients with their most recent meeting with staff. Tailored nursing interventions may improve staff's compassionate capacity. Further research in larger samples is needed to improve our understanding of the factors associated with how patients perceive their interactions with staff.
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- Jenny Molin
- Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.,Division of Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Odontology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.,Department of Paediatrics, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.,Department of Health Sciences, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden
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Donner L, Wiklund Gustin L. Navigating between Compassion and Uncertainty - Psychiatric Nurses' Lived Experiences of Communication with Patients Who Rarely Speak. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2021; 42:307-316. [PMID: 32790482 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2020.1793246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Caring conversations are considered essential in psychiatric and mental health nursing. However, some patients are more or less silent and rarely express themselves verbally. This can be challenging for nurses who also need to find ways of communicating with these patients. Therefore, the aim of this study is to describe psychiatric nurses' lived experiences of communication with patients who rarely speak. Five nurses were recruited from a psychiatric nursing home. Participants were encouraged in interviews to reflect on their experiences of caring for patients who are more or less silent. The transcribed interviews were subject to a phenomenological hermeneutic analysis. The findings are reflected in three main themes: (i) giving space for the unspoken narrative, (ii) remaining in uncertainty, and (iii) being in reflective vigilance. The themes were synthesised and reflected on in the light of Fredriksson's theory of caring conversations. The comprehensive understanding reveals that nurses' understanding of the patient's unspoken narrative relies both on compassion and a willingness to engage, but also on a preparedness to remain in the uncertainty of not knowing. Balancing good intentions and the fear of one's own shortcomings requires reflections not only in actions during encounters with the patient, but on actions. When nurses can apprehend and respond to what the patient expresses non-verbally, a joint narrative can emerge.
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- Lucas Donner
- Stiftelsen Hemmet ("The Home Foundation"), Lemland, Finland.,School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Mälardalen University Sweden, Västerås, Sweden
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- School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Mälardalen University Sweden, Västerås, Sweden.,Department of Health and Care Sciences, UiT/The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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Durbin A, Nisenbaum R, Wang R, Hwang SW, Kozloff N, Stergiopoulos V. Recovery Education for Adults Transitioning From Homelessness: A Longitudinal Outcome Evaluation. Front Psychiatry 2021; 12:763396. [PMID: 34880792 PMCID: PMC8645597 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.763396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Objective: Grounded in principles of adult education, Recovery Education Centres (RECs) hold promise in promoting recovery for adults with mental health challenges, but research on recovery outcomes for hard-to-reach populations participating in RECs is scant. This quasi-experimental study compares 12-month recovery outcomes of adults with histories of homelessness and mental health challenges enrolled in a REC, to those of participants of other community services for this population. Methods: This pre-post quasi-experimental study compared participants enrolled in a REC for people with histories of homelessness and mental health challenges (n = 92) to an age-and-gender frequency matched control group participating in usual services (n = 92) for this population in Toronto, Ontario. Changes from program enrollment to 12 months in personal empowerment (primary outcome), disease specific quality of life, recovery, health status, health related quality of life, and mastery were assessed. Post-hoc analyses compared subgroups with 1-13 h (n = 37) and 14+ h (n = 37) of REC participation during the study period to the control group. Linear mixed models estimated mean changes and differences in mean changes and 95% confidence intervals. Results: Mean change in perceived empowerment from program enrollment to 12 months in the intervention group [0.10 (95% CI: 0.04, 0.15)] was not significantly different from the control group [0.05 (-0.01, 0.11)], mean difference, 0.05 [(-0.03, 0.13), P = 0.25]. In the post-hoc analysis, the mean change in perceived empowerment for the intervention subgroup with 14+ h of REC participation [0.18 (0.10, 0.26)] was significantly different than in the control group [0.05 (-0.01, 0.11)] mean difference, 0.13 [(0.03, 0.23), P < 0.01]. Mean change in mastery was also significantly different for the intervention subgroup with 14+ h of REC participation [2.03 (1.04, 3.02)] vs. controls [0.60 (-0.15, 1.35)], mean difference, 1.43 [(0.19, 2.66), P = 0.02]. There were no significant differences in other outcomes. Conclusion: With sufficient hours of participation, recovery education may be a helpful adjunct to health and social services for adults with mental health challenges transitioning from homelessness.
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- Anna Durbin
- MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Institute for Clinical Evaluatives Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Applied Health Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Institute for Clinical Evaluatives Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Slaight Centre for Youth in Transition, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Institute for Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Jacques MC. Le dévoilement de soi dans la recherche d’aide et le suivi dans les services de santé mentale et psychiatrie. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF BIOETHICS 2020. [DOI: 10.7202/1073552ar] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Le dévoilement de soi des patients est essentiel au travail des professionnels de la santé, et ceci est encore plus critique en santé mentale où la parole du patient est le reflet du contenu de la psyché. Le dévoilement de soi concerne alors des symptômes invisibles qui sont associés à des problèmes de santé où la discrimination et la stigmatisation sont encore très présentes. Cet article explore les enjeux éthiques de ce phénomène encore très peu étudié. Le dévoilement en tant que processus décisionnel, interpersonnel, dynamique et complexe sera défini et approfondi à l’aide d’exemples tirés de la recherche. Par la suite, la vulnérabilité de la personne qui se dévoile sera abordée, suivie des enjeux liés aux normes de pratique professionnelle associées au dévoilement des patients et à leur responsabilité avers celui-ci. Ces éléments mettent en lumière de nombreuses questions éthiques et nous amènent, en dernier lieu, à une amorce de proposition pour positionner les professionnels impliqués.
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- Marie-Claude Jacques
- École des sciences infirmières, Université de Sherbrooke, Longueuil, Québec, Canada
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Sapiro B. Assessing trustworthiness: Marginalized youth and the central relational paradox in treatment. CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW 2020; 116:105178. [PMID: 32684658 PMCID: PMC7367082 DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Marginalized youth are at elevated risk for mental health difficulties, yet they encounter numerous barriers to engagement with mental health services. Past negative experiences with family, social workers, and systems of care contribute to distrust of service providers and ambivalence about engaging in trusting relationships with adults. This longitudinal qualitative study explored how marginalized youth living with mental health conditions make decisions about trust in their relationships with helping professionals. Semi-structured, open-ended in-depth interviews were conducted with 13 young women living with a mood or anxiety disorder, exploring trust, mutuality, and disconnection in relationships between marginalized youth and helping professionals. Eleven of the participants also participated in a second interview, 3 months later, that explored participants' relationships with friends and family. Transcripts were analyzed using thematic analysis and interpreted through the lens of relational-cultural theory. Results indicated that the majority of interview participants described feeling unseen, judged, or invalidated in their relationships with family members. Four themes emerged as factors in the assessment of the trustworthiness of service providers: genuine caring; understanding; non-judgmental acceptance; and adult respect for youth agency. Concerns about confidentiality and mandated reporting informed participants' decisions about disclosure in these relationships. Analysis of findings reveals evidence of the central relational paradox in these descriptions of helping relationships, reflecting the simultaneous appeal and peril of vulnerability in relationships, especially relationships characterized by power differentials. Findings suggest that practitioners working with marginalized youth can expect both openness and guardedness in the treatment relationship.
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Bacha K, Hanley T, Winter LA. 'Like a human being, I was an equal, I wasn't just a patient': Service users' perspectives on their experiences of relationships with staff in mental health services. Psychol Psychother 2020; 93:367-386. [PMID: 30720230 PMCID: PMC7217193 DOI: 10.1111/papt.12218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2018] [Revised: 12/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The quality of therapeutic relationships in psychiatric services has a significant impact upon the therapeutic outcomes for people diagnosed with a severe mental illness. As previous work has not explicitly explored service users' in-depth views about the emotional impact of these relationships, the objective of this work was to bring this perspective to the fore and to gain a greater understanding about which relational components can lead to psychological change. DESIGN The project was conducted alongside a service user organization. An interview design was used to qualitatively explore service users' experiences and perceptions of their relationships with mental health practitioners. METHODS Eight individuals who had experience of the mental health system in the United Kingdom were interviewed. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used to analyse the data. FINDINGS Three superordinate themes emerged from the analysis. These were (1) Trying to survive: am I a person or just an object in the system?; (2) Traumatic experiences within relationships; and (3) Helpful and transformative relationships. Further, the key transformative components of these relationships were power, safety, and identity. CONCLUSIONS Mental health services should be more focused upon care, rather than control. The Power Safety Identity (PSI) model, a reflexive model based upon key relational components highlighted by participants, is proposed for services and professionals to consider their work. The components of this model are managed by mental health practitioners and can determine whether these relationships maintain, increase, or alleviate psychological distress. PRACTITIONER POINTS Awareness of the relational components of power, safety, and identity has the potential to help practitioners reflect upon the tensions they experience in their relationships with service users. Mental health services and professionals that are sensitive to issues related to power, safety, and identity when responding to the needs of the service users can improve how individuals perceive the quality of care provided by them. Relationships between service users and mental health practitioners can encourage recovery if they are consistent, safe, trusting, provide protective power, and mirror a positive sense of self.
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- Karin Bacha
- Manchester Institute of EducationUniversity of ManchesterUK
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- Manchester Institute of EducationUniversity of ManchesterUK
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The Influence of a Positive Empathetic Interaction on Conditioned Pain Modulation and Manipulation-induced Analgesia in People With Lateral Epicondylalgia. Clin J Pain 2020; 36:411-419. [PMID: 32079999 DOI: 10.1097/ajp.0000000000000822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Conditioned pain modulation (CPM) and manipulation-induced analgesia (MIA) are 2 forms of endogenous analgesia. Many forms of analgesia can be influenced by the nature of the patient-clinician interaction. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of an empathetic and supportive interaction on CPM and MIA in people with lateral epicondylalgia (LE). MATERIAL AND METHODS In a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial, 68 participants with LE were assigned to 2 groups: the empathetic and neutral interaction groups. The interactions were carried out by a trained, professional role-play actor, playing the part of a research assistant. The research assistant actor spent 15 minutes before CPM and MIA assessment interacting with the participants in an empathetic or neutral manner. Immediately after the interaction, a blinded assessor measured pressure pain threshold at the symptomatic elbow and ipsilateral wrist during CPM and MIA testing. Linear mixed models were used to evaluate differences in CPM and MIA responses between the interaction groups. RESULTS There was a significant difference in Consultation and Relational Empathy scores between the groups (P<0.001), indicating that the intervention group experienced a more empathic interaction. Both groups showed a significant increase in pressure pain threshold measures, indicative of a CPM and MIA analgesic response (P<0.001), however, the analgesic responses were greater in the group that had experienced a supportive, empathetic interaction (post CPM, wrist: P<0.001; elbow: P=0.001) (post MIA wrist: P<0.001; elbow: P=0.001). DISCUSSION A single session of empathetic interaction positively influenced both CPM and MIA responses in people with LE.
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Scheffelaar A, Bos N, Triemstra M, de Jong M, Luijkx K, van Dulmen S. Qualitative instruments involving clients as co-researchers to assess and improve the quality of care relationships in long-term care: an evaluation of instruments to enhance client participation in quality research. BMJ Open 2020; 10:e033034. [PMID: 32060154 PMCID: PMC7045080 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2019] [Revised: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Enhancing the active involvement of clients as co-researchers is seen as a promising innovation in quality research. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility and usability of five qualitative instruments used by co-researchers for assessing the quality of care relationships in long-term care. DESIGN AND SETTING A qualitative evaluation was performed in three care organisations each focused on one of the following three client groups: frail older adults, people with mental health problems and people with intellectual disabilities. A total of 140 respondents participated in this study. The data comprised observations by researchers and experiences from co-researchers, clients and professionals. RESULTS Two instruments scored best on feasibility and usability and can therefore both be used by co-researchers to monitor the quality of care relationships from the client perspective in long-term care. CONCLUSIONS The selected instruments let co-researchers interview other clients about their experiences with care relationships. The study findings are useful for long-term care organisations and client councils who are willing to give clients an active role in quality improvement.
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- Aukelien Scheffelaar
- Nivel (Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research), Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Radboud university medical center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Department of Primary and Community Care, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Nivel (Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research), Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Nivel (Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research), Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Tranzo Academic Centre for Transformation in Care and Welfare, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
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- Nivel (Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research), Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Radboud university medical center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Department of Primary and Community Care, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway, Drammen, Norway
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Durbin A, Kapustianyk G, Nisenbaum R, Wang R, Aratangy T, Khan B, Stergiopoulos V. Recovery education for people experiencing housing instability: An evaluation protocol. Int J Soc Psychiatry 2019; 65:468-478. [PMID: 31250692 DOI: 10.1177/0020764019858650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recovery education centers (RECs) offer recovery supports through education rather than traditional health services. The Supporting Transitions and Recovery Learning Centre (STAR) in Toronto, Canada, is among the few that are internationally focused on individuals with histories of homelessness. Although research suggests that RECs positively impact participants, there is a paucity of rigorous studies and none address the engagement and impacts on homeless individuals. AIMS This protocol describes a realist-informed evaluation of STAR, specifically examining (1) if STAR participation is more effective in promoting 12-month recovery outcomes than participation in usual services for individuals experiencing housing instability and mental health challenges and (2) how STAR participation promotes recovery and other positive outcomes. METHODS This study uses a quasi-experimental mixed methods design. Personal empowerment (primary outcome) and recovery, housing stability, social functioning, health service use and quality of life (secondary outcomes) data were collected at baseline, and 6 and 12 months. Intervention group participants were recruited at the time of STAR registration while control group participants were recruited from community agencies serving this population after screening for age and histories of housing instability. Interviews and focus groups with service users and providers will identify the key intervention ingredients that support the process of recovery. RESULTS From January 2017 to July 2018, 92 individuals were recruited to each of the intervention and control groups. The groups were mostly similar at baseline; the intervention group's total empowerment score was slightly higher than the control group's (M (SD): 2.94 (0.23) vs 2.84 (0.28), p = .02), and so was the level of education. A subset of STAR participants (n = 20) and nine service providers participated in the qualitative interviews and focus groups. CONCLUSION This study will offer important new insights into the effectiveness of RECs, and expose how key REC ingredients support the process of recovery for people experiencing housing instability.
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- Anna Durbin
- 1 Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.,2 Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,3 Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- 1 Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- 1 Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.,4 Department of Biostatistics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- 1 Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- 1 Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- 2 Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- 1 Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.,2 Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,5 Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Determinants of the quality of care relationships in long-term care - a participatory study. BMC Health Serv Res 2019; 19:389. [PMID: 31200705 PMCID: PMC6570956 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4195-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background The quality of the care relationship between a client and a professional is important in long-term care, as most clients depend on support for a lengthy period. The three largest client groups who receive long-term care in the Netherlands are older adults who are physically or mentally frail, people with mental health problems and people with intellectual disabilities. There is little clarity about how generic and variable the determinants of the quality of care relationships are across these client groups. The aim of this study is to explore and compare the determinants of the quality of care relationships in these three client groups in long-term care. Methods This participatory study involving clients as co-researchers was held in three healthcare organizations, each providing long-term care to one client group. The research was conducted by three teams consisting of researchers and co-researchers. We interviewed clients individually and professionals in focus groups. The focus was on care relationships with professionals where there is weekly recurring contact for at least 3 months. Clients and professionals were selected using a convenience sample. The interviews were coded in open, axial and selective coding. The outcomes were compared between the client groups. Results The study sample consisted of 30 clients and 29 professionals. Determinants were categorized into four levels: client, professional, between client and professional, and context. The findings show that the majority of the determinants apply to the care relationships within all three client groups. At the professional level, eleven generic determinants were found. Eight determinants emerged at the client level of which two were found in two client groups only. At the level between a client and a professional, six determinants were found of which one applied to mental healthcare and disability care only. Five determinants were found at the contextual level of which two were specific for two client groups. Conclusions The study yielded a variety of determinants that came to the fore in all three client groups in long-term care. This suggests that including a homogenous client group from a single care setting is not necessary when studying the quality of long-term care relationships. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12913-019-4195-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Bjorkman A, Andersson K, Bergström J, Salzmann-Erikson M. Increased Mental Illness and the Challenges This Brings for District Nurses in Primary Care Settings. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2018; 39:1023-1030. [PMID: 30624130 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2018.1522399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Patients with mental illness generally make their initial healthcare contact via a registered nurse. Although studies show that encountering and providing care to care-seekers with mental illness might be a challenge, little research exists regarding Primary Care Nurses' (PCN) view of the challenges they face. The aim of this study was to qualitatively explore PCNs' reflections on encountering care-seekers with mental illness in primary healthcare settings. The results consist of three themes: constantly experiencing patients falling through the cracks, being restricted by lack of knowledge and resources, and establishing a trustful relationship to overcome taboo, shame, and guilt.
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- Annica Bjorkman
- a Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences , Uppsala University , Uppsala , Sweden.,b Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies , University of Gavle , Gavle , Sweden
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- b Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies , University of Gavle , Gavle , Sweden
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- b Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies , University of Gavle , Gavle , Sweden
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Scheffelaar A, Bos N, Hendriks M, van Dulmen S, Luijkx K. Determinants of the quality of care relationships in long-term care - a systematic review. BMC Health Serv Res 2018; 18:903. [PMID: 30486821 PMCID: PMC6264609 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-018-3704-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The quality of a care relationship between a client and a care professional is seen as fundamental if high-quality care is to be delivered. This study reviews studies about the determinants of the quality of the client-professional relationship in long-term care. METHODS A systematic review was performed using the electronic databases of Medline, Psycinfo, CINAHL and Embase. The review focused on three client groups receiving long-term care: physically or mentally frail elderly, people with mental health problems and people with physical or intellectual disabilities. Included studies concern clients receiving inpatient or outpatient care and care professionals who provided recurring physical and supporting care for a long period of time. The studies we included contained primary empirical data, were written in English and were published in peer-reviewed journals. Data extraction was carried out by two researchers independently. RESULTS Thirty-two studies out of 11,339 initial hits met the inclusion criteria. In total, 27 determinants were revealed, six at the client level, twelve at the professional level, six between the client and care professional levels and three at the contextual level. The data analysis showed that most determinants were relevant in more than one client group. CONCLUSIONS This is the first review that looked at determinants of the quality of the care relationship for three large client groups receiving long-term care. It suggests that the current client group-specific focus in research and quality improvement initiatives for care relationships might not be needed. Care organisations can use the findings of this review as guidance on determinants to look for when mapping the quality of a care relationship in order to get a picture of specific points of attention for quality improvement.
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- Aukelien Scheffelaar
- Nivel (Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research), PO Box 1568, 3500 BN, Utrecht, The Netherlands. .,Radboud university medical center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Department of Primary and Community Care, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Nivel (Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research), PO Box 1568, 3500 BN, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Nivel (Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research), PO Box 1568, 3500 BN, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Radboud university medical center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Department of Primary and Community Care, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway, Drammen, Norway
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- Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tranzo, Scientific Center for Care and Welfare, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
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Horgan A, Manning F, Bocking J, Happell B, Lahti M, Doody R, Griffin M, Bradley SK, Russell S, Bjornsson E, O'Donovan M, MacGabhann L, Savage E, Pulli J, Goodwin J, van der Vaart KJ, O'Sullivan H, Dorrity C, Ellila H, Allon J, Hals E, Sitvast J, Granerud A, Biering P. 'To be treated as a human': Using co-production to explore experts by experience involvement in mental health nursing education - The COMMUNE project. Int J Ment Health Nurs 2018; 27:1282-1291. [PMID: 29377483 DOI: 10.1111/inm.12435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2017] [Accepted: 12/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Increasingly, experts as deemed by personal experience or mental health service use, are involved in the education of nurses; however, accompanying research is limited and focuses primarily on opinions of nurse educators and students. The aim of this study was to develop an understanding of the potential contribution to mental health nursing education by those with experience of mental health service use. The research was part of the international COMMUNE (Co-production of Mental Health Nursing Education) project, established to develop and evaluate co-produced mental health content for undergraduate nursing students. A qualitative descriptive design was adopted with data collected through focus group interviews in seven sites across Europe and Australia. Experts by experience (people with experience of distress, service use, and recovery) co-produced the project in partnership with nursing academics. Co-production enriched the process of data collection and facilitated the analysis of data from multiple perspectives. Two themes are presented in this paper. The first focuses on how experts by experience can enhance students' understanding of recovery by seeing the strengths inherent in the 'human' behind the diagnostic label. The second highlights the importance of communication and self-reflection on personal values, where students can explore their own thoughts and feelings about mental distress alongside those with lived experience. Interacting with experts by experience in the classroom can assist in challenging stigmatizing attitudes prior to nursing placements. These findings can be used to inform international nursing curricula by increasing the focus on nursing skills valued by those who use the services.
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- Aine Horgan
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- SYNERGY: Nursing and Midwifery Research Centre, University of Canberra and ACT Health, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- SYNERGY: Nursing and Midwifery Research Centre, University of Canberra and ACT Health, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Turku University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland.,Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nursing Science, Turku University, Turku, Finland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Nursing and Human Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Nursing and Human Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Nursing, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Nursing and Human Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Turku University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Turku University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland
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- Institute for Nursing Studies, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Hedmark, Norway
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- Institute for Nursing Studies, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Hedmark, Norway
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- Department of Nursing, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Waldemar AK, Esbensen BA, Korsbek L, Petersen L, Arnfred S. Recovery orientation in mental health inpatient settings: Inpatient experiences? Int J Ment Health Nurs 2018; 27:1177-1187. [PMID: 29359397 DOI: 10.1111/inm.12434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Offering mental health treatment in line with a recovery-oriented practice has become an objective in the mental health services in many countries. However, applying recovery-oriented practice in inpatient settings seems challenged by unclear and diverging definitions of the concept in and the organization of these settings. In Denmark, educational and organizational efforts have been made to organize inpatient services with a recovery-oriented approach. Hence, we aimed to explore whether and how these efforts are reflected in the inpatients' experiences of their care and treatment. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 inpatients from two mental health inpatient wards using an interview guide based on factors from the Recovery Self-Assessment. Qualitative content analysis was applied in the analysis. Six themes covering the participants' experiences were identified. The participants felt accepted and protected in the ward and found comfort in being around other people but missed talking and engaging with health professionals. They described limited choice and influence on the course of their treatment, and low information levels regarding their treatment, which they considered to consist predominantly of medication. Furthermore, they described feeling continuously observed and assessed from a distance by health professionals. Like the sparse previous research among inpatients, the results highlight ambivalent experiences of health professionals' support and ward structure as well as the medical treatment hegemony. As such, the educational and organizational efforts of introducing recovery-oriented practices in the wards seemed not very well reflected in the participants' experiences of their stay.
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- Anna Kristine Waldemar
- Competence Centre for Rehabilitation and Recovery, Mental Health Centre Ballerup, the Capital Region, Denmark, Ballerup, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Centre for Arthritis Research, Centre for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases VRR, Head and Orthopaedics Center, Rigshospitalet - Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Competence Centre for Rehabilitation and Recovery, Mental Health Centre Ballerup, the Capital Region, Denmark, Ballerup, Denmark
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- Competence Centre for Rehabilitation and Recovery, Mental Health Centre Ballerup, the Capital Region, Denmark, Ballerup, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Psychiatry Vest, Mental Health Centre Slagelse, the Zealand Region, Slagelse, Denmark
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Fredwall TE, Larsen IB. Textbook descriptions of people with psychosis – some ethical aspects. Nurs Ethics 2018; 26:1554-1565. [DOI: 10.1177/0969733017753742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Background: Textbooks are central for the education of professionals in the health field and a resource for practitioners already in the field. Objectives: This article focuses on how 12 textbooks in psychiatric nursing and psychiatry, published in Norway between 1877 and 2012, describe and present people with psychosis. Research design: We used qualitative content analysis. Ethical considerations: The topic is published textbooks, made available to be read by students, teachers and professionals, and no ethical approval was required. Findings: The analysis shows that all 12 textbooks describe and present people who are considered as psychotic from a ‘perspective from above’. In this perspective, the readers are learning about psychosis in the professional’s language and from the author’s viewpoint. Most often the textbooks communicate a universal image of people with psychosis, a description that fits with the diagnostic criteria. The analysis also shows that two textbooks in psychiatric nursing combined this perspective with a ‘perspective from within’. Here, the readers are learning about psychosis from the patients’ own viewpoint. The authors communicate a personal, psychotic universe that differs from various people, even if they have the same diagnosis, and the descriptions are focusing on the patient as a whole person. Discussion and conclusion: Drawing partly on Rita Charon’s writings about narrative knowledge in the health field, and partly on insights from Martha Nussbaum and her concept of narrative imagination, we argue that mental health professionals need to learn about, understand and fathom what patients go through by reading, listening to and acknowledging the patients’ own stories and experiences. Cultivating the capacity for empathy and compassion are at the very heart of moral performance in the mental health field. A valuable moral resource in that regard is leading textbooks and how they describe and present people with severe mental illness.
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Rönngren Y, Björk A, Kristiansen L, Haage D, Enmarker I, Audulv Å. Meeting the needs? Perceived support of a nurse-led lifestyle programme for young adults with mental illness in a primary health-care setting. Int J Ment Health Nurs 2018; 27:390-399. [PMID: 28374967 DOI: 10.1111/inm.12333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Being a young adult with mental illness challenges all aspects of health, including an increased risk for developing lifestyle-related diseases. There is a lack of lifestyle programmes in primary health care that target physical, mental, and social needs for young adults with mental illness. The aim of the present study was to describe the experiences of young adults with mental illness receiving support from a nurse-led lifestyle programme, and how this support was related to their life context, including challenges and coping strategies. Two focus groups and six individual interviews were performed with 13 young adults (16-25 years), and analysed using a qualitative content analysis. The findings showed that the young adults experienced challenges in their daily lives, including psychiatric symptoms, lack of social understanding, and loneliness. The study indicated that the programme could support lifestyle habits with its components of supportive interpersonal relationships, awareness of coping strategies, understanding of health and illness, and cognitive support (e.g. schedules and reminders). However, the programme could not meet everyone's needs for new social relationships or more comprehensive support. Even so, this nurse-led programme provides health information-management strategies that could easily be integrated in a primary health-care setting.
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- Ylva Rönngren
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden
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- Department of Health Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden
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- Department of Nursing Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden
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- Department of Nursing Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden.,Department of Health and Occupational Studies, University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden.,Center for Care Research, Mid-Norway, Steinkjer, Norway
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- Department of Nursing Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden
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Delaney KR, Shattell M, Johnson ME. Capturing the Interpersonal Process of Psychiatric Nurses: A Model for Engagement. Arch Psychiatr Nurs 2017; 31:634-640. [PMID: 29179832 DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2017.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Revised: 08/04/2017] [Accepted: 08/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Staff members' engagement with patients is a critical element of inpatient psychiatric care, essential to safety, the hospitalization experience and the development of a culture of care. Currently broad concerns exist around the amount of time inpatient psychiatric nurses expend in patient engagement and the quality of these interactions. In this paper we present a model of engagement that clarifies necessary skills to support the engagement process. The model is based on Peplau's theory of interpersonal relations, patients' ideas on healing elements of psychiatric hospitalization and research on inpatient therapeutic relationships. We are currently using this model for a web-based teaching/learning course to cultivate interpersonal engagement, and to explicate how through operationalizing their inpatient role, nurses support patients in the development of their mental health and well-being.
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- Kathleen R Delaney
- Department of Community, Systems and Mental Health Nursing, Rush University, College of Nursing, 600 S. Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60612, United States.
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- Department of Community, Systems and Mental Health Nursing, Rush University, College of Nursing, 600 S. Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60612, United States.
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- Department of Community, Systems and Mental Health Nursing, Rush University, College of Nursing, 600 S. Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60612, United States.
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Biringer E, Hartveit M, Sundfør B, Ruud T, Borg M. Continuity of care as experienced by mental health service users - a qualitative study. BMC Health Serv Res 2017; 17:763. [PMID: 29162112 PMCID: PMC5698968 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2719-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 11/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background People who struggle with mental health problems can provide valuable insight into understanding and improving the coordination of mental health and welfare services. The aims of the study were to explore service users’ experiences and perceptions of continuity of care within and across services relevant to personal recovery, to elicit which dimensions of continuity of care are most essential to service users, and to generate ideas for improving service users’ experiences of continuity of care. Methods In the context of a hermeneutic-phenomenological approach, ten service users at a community mental health centre were interviewed about their experiences of continuity of care in and across services. Eight of these were re-interviewed two years later. A collaborative research approach was adopted. Data were analysed by means of a data-driven stepwise approach in line with thematic analysis. Results Following the analysis five themes representing experiences of continuity of care were developed. Each theme ranged from poor to good experiences of continuity of care: Relationship – from experiencing frequent setbacks and anxiety due to breaks in relationships, to feeling safe in an ongoing personal relationship; Timeliness – from experiencing frustrating waiting times with worsening of problems, to getting help when needed; Mutuality – from having a one-sided struggle, to a situation in which both professionals and service users take initiatives; Choice – from not having the opportunity to make practical arrangements within the context of one’s everyday life, to having an array of support options to choose from; Knowledge – from feeling confused and insecure because one does not know what is happening, to feeling safe because one is informed about what is going to happen. Participants provided a range of suggestions for improving experiences of continuity of care. Conclusions A discrepancy between aspects of continuity that are essential for service users and their experiences of actual practice was revealed. The valid evidence generated in the present collaborative study therefore offers knowledge to policy makers, professionals and service users that may be of help in their future efforts in orienting primary care, mental health, addiction and welfare services towards recovery. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12913-017-2719-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Eva Biringer
- Helse Fonna Local Health Authority, P.O. Box 2170, N-5504, Haugesund, Norway.
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- Helse Fonna Local Health Authority, P.O. Box 2170, N-5504, Haugesund, Norway
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- Regional Research Network on Mood Disorders (MoodNet), Haukeland University Hospital, Division of Mental Health, P.O. Box 1400, N-5021, Bergen, Norway
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- Division of Mental Health Services, Akershus University Hospital, P.O. Box 1000, 1478, Lørenskog, Norway.,Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1171, Blindern, N-0318, Oslo, Norway
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University College of Southeast Norway, Papirbredden, Drammen kunnskapspark, Grønland 58, 3045, Drammen, Norway
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Femdal I, Knutsen IR. Dependence and resistance in community mental health care-Negotiations of user participation between staff and users. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 2017. [PMID: 28627082 DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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UNLABELLED WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Implementation of user participation is described as a change from a paternalistic healthcare system to ideals of democratization where users' voices are heard in relational interplays with health professionals. The ideological shift involves a transition from welfare dependency and professional control towards more active service-user roles with associated rights and responsibilities. A collaborative relationship between users and professionals in mental health services is seen as important by both parties. Nevertheless, the health professionals find it challenging in practice to reorient their roles and to find productive ways to cooperate. WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS TO EXISTING KNOWLEDGE?: This study illuminates how user participation is negotiated and involves multiple and shifting subject positions in the collaboration between users and professionals in community mental health care. By taking different positions, the relationship between users and professionals develops through dynamic interaction. This study challenges understandings of equality and implicit "truths" in user participation by illuminating subtle forms of power and dilemmas that arise in user-professional negotiations. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE?: Instead of denying the appearance of power, it is important to question the execution of power in the interplay between users and professionals. Focusing on the negotiation processes between users and professionals is important for increasing reflection on and improving understanding of the dynamic in collaboration and speech. By focusing on negotiations, power can be used in productive ways in user-professional relationships. ABSTRACT Introduction Implementation of user participation is considered important in today's mental health care. Research shows, however, that user participation lacks clarity and provokes uncertainty regarding shifting roles. Aim To investigate negotiation of user participation in a microstudy of interplay between users and health professionals in community mental health care. Method This qualitative study is based on semi-structured in-depth interviews, involving ten service users and ten professionals in community mental health care in Norway. The analysis is inspired by Willig's model for Foucauldian discourse analysis. Results The study illuminates the dynamic nature of user participation that arises through negotiation between users' and professionals' positions as change enablers, dependents, resisters, persuaders and knowledge holders. Discussion Discourses of user participation allow for different subject positions in mental health care. User participation also involves government and questions of power, as well as ambitions of change and control. Professionals act in different ways to make and keep users active, participating, enterprising and self-governing, and users respond and take part within the same discursive framework. Implications for practice Awareness of subjects' positions in discourses is important to increase reflection on the dynamic interplay in user-professional collaboration.
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- I Femdal
- Department of Health and Social work Studies, Østfold University College, Halden, Norway.,Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Oslo, Norway
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Piat M, Sofouli E, Sabetti J, Lambrou A, Chodos H, Briand C, Vachon B, Curran J. Protocol for a mixed studies systematic review on the implementation of the recovery approach in adult mental health services. BMJ Open 2017; 7:e017080. [PMID: 28855202 PMCID: PMC5724147 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Recovery is integral to mental health planning in G-8 countries including Canada. A recovery-oriented approach to care aims to promote personal empowerment, illness self-management and a life beyond services for people with serious mental illness (SMI), while reducing the financial burden associated with mental illness. Although there is a growing body of literature on recovery, no synthesis of research on the implementation of recovery into mental health services exists. OBJECTIVES The objective is to conduct a mixed studies systematic review on the operationalisation of recovery into mental health services for adults with SMI. It will inform the transformation of Canadian services to a recovery orientation, but may be applicable to other countries. METHODS AND ANALYSIS Seven databases including PubMed, Ovid Medline, Ovid Embase, Ovid PsycInfo, CINAHL, the Cochrane Library and Scopus will be searched for peer-reviewed empirical studies published from 1998 to December 2016. Systematic reviews and studies using quantitative, qualitative and mixed methodologies will be included. Secondary searches will be conducted in reference lists of all selected full text articles. Handsearches will also be performed in the tables of contents of three recovery-focused journals for the last 5 years. International experts in the field will be contacted for comments and advice. Data extraction will include identification and methodological synthesis of each study; definition of recovery; information on recovery implementation; facilitators and barriers and study outcomes. A quality assessment will be conducted on each study. The data will be synthesised and a stepwise thematic analysis performed. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethics approval is not required for this knowledge synthesis. Findings will be disseminated through knowledge translation activities including: (1) a 1-day symposium; (2) presentations in national and international conferences and to local stakeholders; (3) publications in peer-reviewed journals; (4) posts on the organisational websites.
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- Myra Piat
- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- School of Social Work, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Research Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Research Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- School of Social Work, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Research Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences and Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Mental Health Commission of Canada-Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Professions, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Ljungberg A, Denhov A, Topor A. A Balancing Act-How Mental Health Professionals Experience Being Personal in Their Relationships with Service Users. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2017; 38:578-583. [PMID: 28388270 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2017.1301603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although being personal in relationships with service users is commonly described as an important aspect of the way that professionals help people with severe mental problems, this has also been described to bring with it a need to keep a distance and set boundaries. AIMS This study aims to explore how professionals working in psychiatric care view being personal in their relationships with users. METHOD Qualitative interviews with 21 professionals working in three outpatient psychiatric units, analyzed through thematic analysis. RESULTS Being personal in their relationships with users was described as something that participants regarded to be helpful, but that also entails risks. Participants described how they balanced being personal by keeping a distance and maintaining boundaries in their relationships based on their "experience-based knowledge" to counter these risks. While these boundaries seemed to play an important part in the way that they act and behave, they were not seen as fixed, but rather as flexible and dynamic. Boundaries could sometimes be transgressed to the benefit of users. CONCLUSIONS Being personal was viewed as something that may be helpful to users, but that also entails risks. Although boundaries may be a useful concept for use in balancing these risks, they should be understood as something complex and flexible.
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- Amanda Ljungberg
- a Research and Development Unit , Psychiatry South Stockholm , Stockholm , Sweden
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- a Research and Development Unit , Psychiatry South Stockholm , Stockholm , Sweden.,b Department of Social Work , Stockholm University , Stockholm , Sweden
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- a Research and Development Unit , Psychiatry South Stockholm , Stockholm , Sweden.,b Department of Social Work , Stockholm University , Stockholm , Sweden.,c Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences , University of Agder , Grimstad , Norway
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Zegwaard MI, Aartsen MJ, Grypdonck MHF, Cuijpers P. Trust: an essential condition in the application of a caregiver support intervention in nursing practice. BMC Psychiatry 2017; 17:47. [PMID: 28148235 PMCID: PMC5288942 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-017-1209-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2016] [Accepted: 01/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The recent policy of deinstitutionalization of health care in Western countries has resulted in a growing number of people - including elderly - with severe mental illness living in the community where they rely on families and others for support in daily living. Caregiving for partners, parents, children, and significant others can be a stressful experience and has been associated with psychosocial problems and poorer physical health. To support caregivers, a new, complex, nurse-led caregiver - centered intervention was developed. The intervention focuses on preventing deterioration in the wellbeing of caregivers. The objective of this study is to obtain a better understanding of the potentials of this new intervention. METHODS We applied an interpretative qualitative field study at two Dutch mental health care institutes. Thirteen caregivers participated in a one-time semi-structured interview. RESULTS From the caregivers' perspective, a trusting relationship between caregivers and the mental health nurse is an essential condition for the depth and hence the effectiveness of the caregiver-centered counseling intervention. In this trusting relationship three overlapping and mutually reinforcing phases were identified (1) phase of engagement, (2) recognition of personal needs and (3) hope and optimism. Each phase encompasses key experiences that enhanced trust in that phase. CONCLUSIONS Collaborative relationships between caregivers and mental health nurses provide a framework in which the mental health nurse can assess and help not only patients but also caregivers to gain insight into their situation and take on new roles and responsibilities in ways that promote their wellbeing.
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- Marian I. Zegwaard
- Altrecht Mental Health Care, Gedachtengang 1, 3705 WH Zeist, The Netherlands
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- 0000 0000 9151 4445grid.412414.6NOVA Norwegain Social Research, Oslo and Akershus University College, Postbox 4, St. Olavs plass, Oslo, 0130 Norway
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- 0000 0001 2069 7798grid.5342.0University Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, block 5K3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- 0000 0004 1754 9227grid.12380.38Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 1, Amsterdam, 1081, BT The Netherlands
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Stuart SR, Tansey L, Quayle E. What we talk about when we talk about recovery: a systematic review and best-fit framework synthesis of qualitative literature. J Ment Health 2016; 26:291-304. [DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2016.1222056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Simon Robertson Stuart
- Clydesdale Psychological Therapies Team, NHS Lanarkshire, Carluke, UK,
- Clinical Psychology, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK, and
- Department of Clinical Psychology, School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Clinical Psychology, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK, and
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh, UK
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Chester P, Ehrlich C, Warburton L, Baker D, Kendall E, Crompton D. "What is the work of Recovery Oriented Practice? A systematic literature review". Int J Ment Health Nurs 2016; 25:270-85. [PMID: 27381002 DOI: 10.1111/inm.12241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2015] [Revised: 04/21/2016] [Accepted: 05/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Concepts of personal and social recovery in mental illness are constantly evolving because the journey is fluid and subject to change over time. Dynamic interactions between the complexities of human nature and mental illness create ever-altering landscapes of perplexity. The acknowledged ebb and flow of recovery in the presence of chronic and serious mental illness requires health professionals to provide a flexible suite of care, delivered through skills and methods that are responsive and meaningful to the recipient. We conducted a systematic search for qualitative literature that articulated the work of personally-supportive recovery-oriented practice (ROP) to determine the specific components of recovery-supportive work. Twenty-one articles were identified as meeting the inclusion criteria and were synthesized using a coding framework derived from Normalization Process Theory. We identified three kinds of recovery-supportive work required from health professionals: alleviating stigma, delivering effective recovery-supportive responses in the presence of complex health and social situations and managing challenges associated with the work of ROP. We discuss the resources needed for ROP and the barriers that inhibit health professionals' engagement in this work. By elucidating the work of ROP, we highlighted a disparity between health professionals' aspirations and achievements. These revelations could inform service delivery in order to better support consumer recovery in serious mental illness.
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- Polly Chester
- Centre of National Research of Disability & Rehabilitation Medicine (CONROD), School of Human Services and Social Work, Griffith University, University Drive, Meadowbrook, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre of National Research of Disability & Rehabilitation Medicine (CONROD), School of Human Services and Social Work, Griffith University, University Drive, Meadowbrook, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre of National Research of Disability & Rehabilitation Medicine (CONROD), School of Human Services and Social Work, Griffith University, University Drive, Meadowbrook, Queensland, Australia.,Metro South Mental health and Addiction Service, Logan Hospital, Cnr. Armstrong and Loganlea Road, Meadowbrook, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre of National Research of Disability & Rehabilitation Medicine (CONROD), School of Human Services and Social Work, Griffith University, University Drive, Meadowbrook, Queensland, Australia.,Metro South Mental health and Addiction Service, Logan Hospital, Cnr. Armstrong and Loganlea Road, Meadowbrook, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre of National Research of Disability & Rehabilitation Medicine (CONROD), School of Human Services and Social Work, Griffith University, University Drive, Meadowbrook, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre of National Research of Disability & Rehabilitation Medicine (CONROD), School of Human Services and Social Work, Griffith University, University Drive, Meadowbrook, Queensland, Australia.,Metro South Mental health and Addiction Service, Logan Hospital, Cnr. Armstrong and Loganlea Road, Meadowbrook, Queensland, Australia
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Feasibility and effectiveness of a combined individual and psychoeducational group intervention in psychiatric residential facilities: A controlled, non-randomized study. Psychiatry Res 2016; 235:19-28. [PMID: 26723137 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2015] [Revised: 10/23/2015] [Accepted: 12/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This controlled, non-randomized study explored the feasibility of introducing a Combined Individual and Group Intervention (CIGI) for users with mental disorders in residential facilities, and tested whether users who received the CIGI had better functioning than users who received the Treatment-As-Usual (TAU), at two-year follow up. In the CIGI, a structured cognitivebehavioral approach called VADO (in English, Skills Assessment and Definition of Goals) was used to set specific goals with each user, while Falloon's psychoeducational treatment was applied with the users as a group. Thirty-one professionals attended a training course in CIGI, open to users' voluntary participation, and applied it for two years with all users living in 8 residential facilities of the Mental Health Department of Modena, Italy. In the same department, 5 other residential facilities providing TAU were used as controls. ANOVA for repeated measures showed a significant interaction effect between users' functioning at baseline and follow up assessments, and the intervention. In particular, change in global functioning was higher in the 55 CIGI users than in the 44 TAU users. These results suggest that CIGI can be successfully introduced in residential facilities and may be useful to improve functioning in users with severe mental disorders.
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Molin J, Graneheim UH, Lindgren BM. Quality of interactions influences everyday life in psychiatric inpatient care--patients' perspectives. Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being 2016; 11:29897. [PMID: 26806313 PMCID: PMC4724788 DOI: 10.3402/qhw.v11.29897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Everyday life consists of daily activities that are taken for granted. It forms the foundation for human efforts and contains elements of both comfort and boredom. Because everyday life escapes no one, life in a psychiatric ward will become ordinary while staying there. This study aims to explore everyday life in psychiatric inpatient care based on patients' experiences. We individually interviewed 16 participants with experiences of psychiatric inpatient care and analysed the data in accordance with the methods of grounded theory. Data collection and analysis continued in parallel in accordance with the method. Our results showed that everyday life is linked to the core category quality of interactions influences everyday life, and three constructed categories-staff makes the difference, looking for shelter in a stigmatizing environment, and facing a confusing care content-were related to the core category. Our results highlight the importance of ordinary relationships between staff and patients in psychiatric inpatient care. These results can be used to develop nursing interventions to improve psychiatric inpatient care and might also be used as a basis for reflective dialogues among staff.
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- Jenny Molin
- Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;
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Piat M, Briand C, Bates E, Labonté L. Recovery Communities of Practice: An Innovative Strategy for Mental Health System Transformation. Psychiatr Serv 2016; 67:10-2. [PMID: 26325462 PMCID: PMC4835235 DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201500184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This column describes the development of a "community of practice" (CoP) in Quebec, which was implemented in 2012 to promote recovery-oriented practices in mental health care. A group of diverse stakeholders work together to share and transfer knowledge; support diverse practices, strategies, and solutions; develop a culture of collaboration; mobilize opportunities for quality improvement; and influence decision-making bodies. Recent efforts have been successful: the provision of recovery-oriented services is the primary focus of the 2015-2020 Quebec Mental Health Action Plan.
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- Myra Piat
- Dr. Piat is with the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Social Work, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec (e-mail: ). She is also with Douglas Mental Health Institute, Montreal, where Ms. Bates is affiliated. Dr. Briand is with the Mental Health University Institute of Montreal, University of Montreal, Montreal. Ms. Labonté is with Quebec Community of Practice on Recovery. Marcela Horvitz-Lennon, M.D., M.P.H., is editor of this column
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- Dr. Piat is with the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Social Work, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec (e-mail: ). She is also with Douglas Mental Health Institute, Montreal, where Ms. Bates is affiliated. Dr. Briand is with the Mental Health University Institute of Montreal, University of Montreal, Montreal. Ms. Labonté is with Quebec Community of Practice on Recovery. Marcela Horvitz-Lennon, M.D., M.P.H., is editor of this column
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- Dr. Piat is with the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Social Work, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec (e-mail: ). She is also with Douglas Mental Health Institute, Montreal, where Ms. Bates is affiliated. Dr. Briand is with the Mental Health University Institute of Montreal, University of Montreal, Montreal. Ms. Labonté is with Quebec Community of Practice on Recovery. Marcela Horvitz-Lennon, M.D., M.P.H., is editor of this column
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- Dr. Piat is with the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Social Work, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec (e-mail: ). She is also with Douglas Mental Health Institute, Montreal, where Ms. Bates is affiliated. Dr. Briand is with the Mental Health University Institute of Montreal, University of Montreal, Montreal. Ms. Labonté is with Quebec Community of Practice on Recovery. Marcela Horvitz-Lennon, M.D., M.P.H., is editor of this column
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Ljungberg A, Denhov A, Topor A. Non-helpful relationships with professionals - a literature review of the perspective of persons with severe mental illness. J Ment Health 2015; 25:267-77. [PMID: 27150468 DOI: 10.3109/09638237.2015.1101427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND The relationship with professionals has proved to be important with regard to outcome for persons with severe mental illness (SMI). The understanding of non-helpful relationships is important complementary knowledge to that regarding helpful relationships. AIM To review the available qualitative research providing knowledge of non-helpful relationships from the perspective of persons with SMI. METHOD A review of qualitative studies, based on an earlier systematic search, analyzed through thematic analysis. RESULTS The main themes were "non-helpful professionals", "organization versus relation" and "the consequences of non-helpful relationships with professionals". Examples of professionals described as non-helpful were pessimistic and uncaring professionals who were paternalistic and disrespectful. Discontinuity, insufficient time and coercion were some of the contextual factors described as non-helpful. These sorts of relationships were non-helpful because they hindered helpful relationships from developing and contributed to further suffering, instilling hopelessness and hindering personal growth. CONCLUSIONS Non-helpful relationships with professionals can be understood as impersonal relationships that contain no space for negotiation of the relationship nor of the support and treatment provided through it. It is important that organizations provide professionals with favorable conditions to negotiate the organizational framework and to treat persons with SMI as whole human beings.
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- Amanda Ljungberg
- a Research and Development Unit , Psychiatry South Stockholm , Stockholm , Sweden
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- a Research and Development Unit , Psychiatry South Stockholm , Stockholm , Sweden .,b Department of Social Work , Stockholm University , Stockholm , Sweden , and
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- a Research and Development Unit , Psychiatry South Stockholm , Stockholm , Sweden .,b Department of Social Work , Stockholm University , Stockholm , Sweden , and.,c Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences , University of Agder , Grimstad , Norway
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Ljungberg A, Denhov A, Topor A. The Art of Helpful Relationships with Professionals: A Meta-ethnography of the Perspective of Persons with Severe Mental Illness. Psychiatr Q 2015; 86:471-95. [PMID: 25631156 DOI: 10.1007/s11126-015-9347-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Relationships with professionals have been shown to be helpful to persons with severe mental illness (SMI) in relation to a variety of services. In this article, we aimed to synthesize the available qualitative research to acquire a deepened understanding of what helpful relationships with professionals consists of, from the perspective of persons with SMI. To do this, we created a meta-ethnography of 21 studies, through which ten themes and an overarching interpretation were created. The findings show that helpful relationships with professionals are relationships where the persons with SMI get to spend time with professionals that they know and trust, who gives them access to resources, support, collaboration and valued interpersonal processes, which are allowed to transgress the boundaries of the professional relationship. The overarching interpretation shows that the relationship that persons with SMI form with professionals is a professional relationship as well as an interpersonal relationship. Both these dimensions entail actions and processes that can be helpful to persons with SMI. Therefore, it is important to recognize and acknowledge both the functional roles of service user and service provider, as well as the roles of two persons interacting with each other, in a manner that may go beyond the purview of the traditional professionalism. Furthermore, the helpful components of this relationship are determined by the individual preferences, needs and wishes of persons with SMI.
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- Amanda Ljungberg
- Research and Development Unit, Psychiatry South Stockholm, Box 5040, 121 05, Johanneshov, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Research and Development Unit, Psychiatry South Stockholm, Box 5040, 121 05, Johanneshov, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Department of Social Work, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Research and Development Unit, Psychiatry South Stockholm, Box 5040, 121 05, Johanneshov, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Department of Social Work, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder, Grimstad, Norway.
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Currently the United States health care system is responding to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the vision it contains for health care transformation. Along with sweeping changes in service delivery and payment structures, health care reform has championed concepts such as patient-centered care, integrated care, and wellness. Although these are not new ideas, their adaptation, in both ideology and service design has been accelerated in the context for reform. Indeed they are reaching a tipping point; the point where ideas gain wide acceptance and become influential trends. Although psychiatric mental health (PMH) nurses have been active in wellness, patient-centered care, and integrated care, at the current time they seem to be situated peripheral to these national trends. Increased presence of PMH nurses will facilitate their contribution to the development of these concepts within service structures and interventions. To increase knowledge and appreciation of PMH nurses' practice and unique perspective on these issues, leaders are needed who will connect and effectively communicate PMH nursing efforts to the broader health care arena. This article outlines the events that created a context for these three concepts (patient-centered care, wellness, and integrated care), and I suggest why they have reached a tipping point and discuss the need for greater PMH nursing presence in the American national dialog and the role of nursing leaders in facilitating these connections.
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Polacek MJ, Allen DE, Damin-Moss RS, Schwartz AJA, Sharp D, Shattell M, Souther J, Delaney KR. Engagement as an Element of Safe Inpatient Psychiatric Environments. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc 2015; 21:181-90. [PMID: 26156057 DOI: 10.1177/1078390315593107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND The American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) Institute for Safe Environments (ISE) has focused on key elements that affect safety in psychiatric treatment environments; one of these key elements is patient engagement. An ISE workgroup discussed and reviewed the literature on engagement and safety in inpatient psychiatric settings. This article presents what we have learned about the role that engagement plays in inpatient treatment of severely mentally ill individuals and evidence that links nurse-patient engagement to safety. OBJECTIVES To describe, using supporting literature, the role that nurse-patient engagement plays in creating safe, therapeutic environments for individuals with severe mental illness. DESIGN (1) Define engagement and describe why it is an important element of safe treatment environments; (2) identify what helps and what hinders patients in their engagement with nurses, and nurses in their engagement with patients; (3) describe how engagement may improve unit safety; and (4) propose recommendations and set future directions for practice, research, and education. CONCLUSION Engagement may provide the foundation for safe, therapeutic, and recovery-oriented treatment. In the future, APNA's ISE plans to build upon this foundation by developing a clinical model of nurse-patient engagement and safety by drawing together emerging research and practice models.
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- Diane E. Allen, MN, RN-BC, NEA-BC, New Hampshire Hospital, Concord, NH, USA
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- Rebecca S. Damin-Moss, MSn, CARN-BC, CPHQ, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- David Sharp, PhD, RN, Louisiana College, Pineville, LA, USA
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- Mona Shattell, PhD, RN, FAAN, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Justin Souther, RN-BC, New Hampshire Hospital, Concord, NH, USA
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- Kathleen R. Delaney, PhD, PMH-NP, Rush College of Nursing, Chicago, IL, USA
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Delaney KR, Johnson ME, Fogg L. Development and testing of the combined assessment of psychiatric environments: a patient-centered quality measure for inpatient psychiatric treatment. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc 2015; 21:134-47. [PMID: 25979881 DOI: 10.1177/1078390315581338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Inpatient psychiatric treatment satisfaction measures are not constructed from patients' perspective of hospitalization experiences that they deem meaningful and important. OBJECTIVE To develop and conduct psychometric testing of a measure that evaluates person-centered care on inpatient psychiatric units, the Combined Assessment of Psychiatric Environments (CAPE). The measure is built on a theoretical framework holding that if optimal care is to be achieved, all major stakeholders (patients and staff) need to experience a positive environment. DESIGN An instrument development design was used to create the patient/staff nurse versions of the CAPE and to test their dimensions. The pilot versions of the CAPE were tested on six inpatient psychiatric units to determine the psychometrics of the staff/patient versions. RESULTS The overall reliability of both versions of the CAPE (staff/patient) was .91. The test-retest reliability for both versions was significant at the .01 level. Construct validity was established via factor analysis. Criterion-related validity was demonstrated by correlations of the two versions of the CAPE to instruments that were conceptually related. CONCLUSION The CAPE is a valid and reliable instrument that can be used to examine practice and the patient experience on inpatient psychiatric units. The CAPE highlights that patient-centered environments of care are intertwined with staff experiences of support for their role.
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- Kathleen R Delaney
- Kathleen R. Delaney, PhD, PMH-NP, FAAN, Rush University College of Nursing, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Mary E. Johnson, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, Rush University College of Nursing, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Louis Fogg, PhD, Rush University College of Nursing, Chicago, IL, USA
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Kalhovde AM, Elstad I, Talseth AG. "Sometimes I walk and walk, hoping to get some peace." Dealing with hearing voices and sounds nobody else hears. Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being 2014; 9:23069. [PMID: 24674764 PMCID: PMC3968296 DOI: 10.3402/qhw.v9.23069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Our objective in this article is to add to the understanding of how people with mental illness experience dealing with hearing troublesome voices and sounds in everyday life. Fourteen people contributed through in-depth interviews and we analysed these using a hermeneutic phenomenological approach. We found that the participants (a) tried to block out the voices and sounds, (b) navigated the health care services, and (c) struggled to come to terms with limitations. Our overall understanding of how the participants dealt with hearing voices is that they sought to be independent and lead ordinary lives despite being troubled by voices. The participants fought desperately to find relief and avoid being overcome by the voices and sounds in intense phases. In less intense phases, they developed ways of getting along with daily life in spite of these experiences. We reflect on the implications of these findings and emphasize the need for care providers to attempt to understand and engage in collaborative explorations with service users in search of the most helpful ways of dealing with hearing troublesome voices and sounds in everyday life.
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- Anne Martha Kalhovde
- Department of General Psychiatry, University Hospital of North Norway, Åsgårdveien, Tromsø, Norway; Department of Health and Care Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University in Tromsø, The Artic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway; Jaeren District Psychiatric Center, Bryne, Norway;
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- Department of Health and Care Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University in Tromsø, The Artic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Health and Care Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University in Tromsø, The Artic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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