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Thomas E, Benjamin-Thomas TE, Sithambaram A, Shankar J, Chen SP. Participatory Action Research Among People With Serious Mental Illness: A Scoping Review. QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH 2024; 34:3-19. [PMID: 37929751 PMCID: PMC10714715 DOI: 10.1177/10497323231208111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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Participatory action research (PAR) is a research approach that creates spaces for marginalized individuals and communities to be co-researchers to guide relevant social change. While working toward social transformation, all members of the PAR team often experience personal transformation. Engaging people with serious mental illness (PSMI) in PAR helps them to develop skills and build relationships with stakeholders in their communities. It supports positive changes that persist after the completion of the formal research project. With the increasing recognition of PAR's value in PSMI, it is helpful to consider the challenges and advantages of this approach to research with this population. This review aimed at determining how PAR has been conducted with PSMI and at summarizing strategies used to empower PSMI as co-researchers by engaging them in research. This scoping review followed five steps Arkesy and O'Malley (2005) outlined. We charted, collated, and summarized relevant information from 87 studies that met the inclusion criteria. We identified five strategies to empower PSMI through PAR. These are to build capacity, balance power distribution, create collaborative environments, promote peer support, and enhance their engagement as co-researchers. In conclusion, PAR is an efficient research approach to engage PSMI. Further, PSMI who engage in PAR may benefit from strategies for empowerment that meet their unique needs as co-researchers.
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Affiliation(s)
- Elizabethmary Thomas
- Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Health Sciences University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions (Online program), Colombo, Sri Lanka
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- Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Health Sciences University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Favre S, Richard-Lepouriel H. Self-stigma and bipolar disorder: A systematic review and best-evidence synthesis. J Affect Disord 2023; 335:273-288. [PMID: 37207946 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.05.041] [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: 05/09/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Bipolar disorder is a severe and chronic mental illness characterized by recurrent major depressive episodes and mania or hypomania. In addition to the burden of the disease and its consequences, self-stigma can impact people with bipolar disorder. This review investigates the current state of research in self-stigma in bipolar disorder. METHODS An electronic search was carried out until February 2022. Three academic databases were systematically searched, and best-evidence synthesis was made. RESULTS Sixty-six articles were related to self-stigma in bipolar disorder. Seven key themes were extracted from these studies: 1/ Comparison of self-stigma in bipolar disorder and other mental illnesses, 2/ Sociocultural context and self-stigma, 3/ Correlates and predictors of self-stigma, 4/ Consequences of self-stigma, 5/ Treatments and self-stigma, 6/ Management of self-stigma, and 7/ Self-stigma and recovery in bipolar disorder. LIMITATIONS Firstly, a meta-analysis could not be performed due to the heterogeneity of the studies. Secondly, limiting the search to self-stigma has excluded other forms of stigma that also have an impact. Thirdly, the under-reporting of negative or nonsignificant results due to publication bias and unpublished studies might have limited the accuracy of this reviews' synthesis. CONCLUSION Research on self-stigma in persons with bipolar disorder has been the focused on different aspects, and interventions to reduce self-stigmatization have been developed, but evidence of their effectiveness is still sparse. Clinicians need to be attentive to self-stigma, its assessment, and its empowerment in their daily clinical practice. Future work is required to establish valid strategies to fight self-stigma.
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- Sophie Favre
- Mood disorder unit, Psychiatric Specialties Service, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Mood disorder unit, Psychiatric Specialties Service, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Psychiatry, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Chirio-Espitalier M, Schreck B, Duval M, Hardouin JB, Moret L, Bronnec MG. Exploring the Personal Recovery Construct in Bipolar Disorders: Definition, Usage and Measurement. A Systematic Review. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:876761. [PMID: 35815013 PMCID: PMC9263970 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.876761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Personal recovery from psychiatric disorders is a journey toward a satisfying and hopeful life despite the possible persistence of symptoms. This concept has gained interest and become an increasingly important goal in mental health care programmes. Personal Recovery is well described in the context of severe mental illnesses in general, but little is known about this journey in bipolar disorders and the factors underlying it. A systematic review was conducted according to the PRISMA recommendations, focusing on studies exploring personal recovery in bipolar disorder specifically. The latter have integrated a comprehensive approach to the concept, the existing means of measurement or have explored the levers of recovery in care. Twenty-four articles were selected, including seven qualitative, 12 observational, and five interventional studies. The Bipolar Recovery Questionnaire was the only scale developed de novo from qualitative work with bipolar people. Personal recovery did not correlate very closely with symptomatology. Some elements of personal recovery in bipolar disorder were similar to those in other severe mental illnesses: meaning in life, self-determination, hope, and low self-stigma. Specific levers differed: mental relationships with mood swings, including acceptance and decrease in hypervigilance, and openness to others, including trust and closeness. The studies highlighted the role of caregiver posture and the quality of communication within care, as well as the knowledge gained from peers. The choice to exclude articles not focused on bipolar disorder resulted in the provision of very specific information, and the small number of articles to date may limit the scope of the evidence. New components of personal recovery in bipolar disorder emerged from this review; these components could be taken into account in the construction of care tools, as well as in the caregiving posture. Strengthening skills of openness to others could also be a central target of recovery-focused care.
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- Marion Chirio-Espitalier
- Nantes University, CHU Nantes, UIC Psychiatrie et Santé Mentale, Nantes, France.,Nantes University, Univ Tours, CHU Nantes, INSERM, MethodS in Patients Centered Outcomes and HEalth ResEarch, SPHERE, Nantes, France
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- Nantes University, CHU Nantes, UIC Psychiatrie et Santé Mentale, Nantes, France.,Nantes University, Univ Tours, CHU Nantes, INSERM, MethodS in Patients Centered Outcomes and HEalth ResEarch, SPHERE, Nantes, France
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- Department of Public Health, University Hospital of Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Nantes University, Univ Tours, CHU Nantes, INSERM, MethodS in Patients Centered Outcomes and HEalth ResEarch, SPHERE, Nantes, France
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- Nantes University, Univ Tours, CHU Nantes, INSERM, MethodS in Patients Centered Outcomes and HEalth ResEarch, SPHERE, Nantes, France.,Department of Public Health, University Hospital of Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Nantes University, CHU Nantes, UIC Psychiatrie et Santé Mentale, Nantes, France.,Nantes University, Univ Tours, CHU Nantes, INSERM, MethodS in Patients Centered Outcomes and HEalth ResEarch, SPHERE, Nantes, France
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