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Together, Resilient: Serious Mental Illness, Social Capital, and the Role of Meaningful Engagement Within the Clubhouse Model
AbstractPeople with serious mental illness (SMI) endure daunting biopsychosocial challenges during and after disasters, many of which are the result of stigma, discrimination, and social exclusion. This paper considers the capabilities of the Clubhouse model to facilitate the development of disaster resilience capacities among people with SMI through increased access to social capital resources. Looking at the roles of Clubhouses in the lives of those with SMI through a social capital lens, this analysis explores the influence of social stigma and meaningful engagement as determinants of vulnerability and resilience on the...
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - April 20, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Mental Health Service Users and Their Caregivers Perspectives on Personal Recovery from Severe Mental Health Conditions in Cape Town, South Africa: A Qualitative Study
AbstractSevere mental health conditions (SMHCs) significantly contribute to the global disease burden. In low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) like South Africa, the long-term impact of SMHCs on individuals and their families is serious. However, mental health services focus on clinical recovery, with little attention given to the personal recovery needs of mental health service users (MHSUs) and their caregivers. The CHIME framework outlines five domains characterising personal recovery: connectedness, hope and optimism about the future, identity, meaning in life, and empowerment. This qualitative, descriptive study so...
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - April 15, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Experiences of the Occupational Therapists During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review
AbstractOccupational therapy has been impacted by the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic and has transitioned from a traditional face-to-face therapy method to an online one. In the wake of the pandemic, occupational therapist faced the challenge of providing online services to people with disabilities. The review aimed to identify and synthesize the best available evidence on the experience of occupational therapists in psychiatric rehabilitation settings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, the challenges posed by changes in the mode of training were examined. Electronic database search included PubMed, PsycINFO, PsycNET...
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - April 3, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Systematic Review on End-Users ’ Perception of Facilitators and Barriers in Accessing Tele-Rehabilitation Services
AbstractPsychiatric rehabilitation is a therapeutic approach that encourages people with mental illness and intellectual disabilities to develop their inherent capacities through learning and environmental support. Psychiatric treatment (pharmacological and psychological) controls psychiatric symptoms; psychiatric rehabilitation focuses on functioning and role outcomes. The review aimed to explore the end-user ’s perception of facilitators and barriers in accessing psychiatric tele-rehabilitation services. Various electronic databases like Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, Research Gate, Science Direct, ProQuest, Springer,...
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - March 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Mental Health Problems Among Caregivers of Differently-Abled Children: A Bibliometric Study
This study intends to analyse the publication trend in terms of journals, keywords, and institution-wise. In this regard, the data was retrieved from the SCOPUS database. This database was chosen owing to its wide use in social sciences and humanities. It was found that 46 documents (39 articles, 06 reviews, and 01 book chapter) were relevant to the theme undertaken for the study. Furthermore, all these articles were downloaded and thoroughly reviewed. The analysis of the published literature was encompassing majorly 10 themes viz; anxiety, depression, stress, negative affect, fear, guilt, sadness, worry, stigma, and grief...
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - March 24, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Recovery and Rehabilitation from Alcohol, Substance Use and Related Disorders in Nepal: Call for Paradigm Shift
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Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - March 10, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Availability of Municipal Services for Neurodiverse People
This article aims to determine solutions and facilitations covered in the literature to develop a theoretical framework to enable further empirical research to improve Poland's municipal public transport and entertainment services to become more accessible and neurodiversity friendly as an initial step of greater research. A systematic review of the literature referring to the PRISMA statement was accomplished to achieve this goal. Present literature was reviewed and the common challenges faced by neurodiverse people and the best practices to overcome them were identified. Findings revealed a great selection of improvement...
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - March 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Enhancing Care for Multimorbidity in Adults with Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - February 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Unburnout and Psychohumour
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Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - February 17, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Factors Influencing Subjective QOL Among Community-Dwelling People with SMI Receiving Home-Visit Occupational Therapy
ConclusionSatisfaction in daily activity and social engagement may contribute to individuals ’ subjective QOL. To improve the subjective QOL of people with SMI, their satisfaction with daily activity and social participation should be promoted through meaningful daily activities. (Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health)
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - February 13, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Functional Recovery in Obsessive –Compulsive Disorder
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Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - February 11, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Socio-Environmental Factors Influencing Functioning of Children with Severe Mental Illness: A Qualitative Investigation
AbstractNearly half of the mental health disorders have their origin during the period of childhood and adolescence. Children with severe mental illness experience significant impairments in psychosocial functioning. These children have difficulty reintegrating into society and have high chances of developing poor self-care, school refusal/dropout, declining social activities, and poor educational/employment outcomes. However, no studies have explored the socio-environmental factors influencing the psychosocial functioning of children with SMIs. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the subjective experience of parent...
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - February 6, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

The Process of Supporting Careers for Young Adults with Mental Health Problems: Case Study of a Supported Education Program
This study is a single case of an integrated supported education and employment unit in Sweden over an 18-month period. Multiple data sources illustrate the process of supporting careers and transition to school and work for young service users. This is a promising example of how careers can be supported through a flexible service that provides support for successful individual education and work trajectories among the youth. The service allowed for evolution of an identity process towards recovery through student and work roles. (Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health)
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - January 16, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Validation of Subjective Scale to Investigate Cognition in Schizophrenia (SSTICS) in Tamil and its Relationship with Objective Cognition and Psychopathology
AbstractSelf-report of cognitive deficits in schizophrenia is potentially important in the planning of interventions related to functional outcome and individual therapy. Subjective scale to investigate cognition in schizophrenia (SSTICS) (Stip et al. in Comprehensive Psychiatry 44:331 –340, 2003) is a 21 item self-administered scale that is simple and easy to use. It is specifically designed to evaluate subjective cognitive complaints of patients with schizophrenia. It seemed appropriate therefore to validate a Tamil version of this tool for use in patients diagnosed as schizop hrenia in Southern India. The study aimed...
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - January 13, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Challenges Implicit During Discharge of Persons with Mental Illness in Tertiary Care Settings: A Case Series
AbstractThe history of inpatient psychiatric treatment is a potential source of social stress and stigma for people with mental illness and their kith and kin. People who have spent significant time in mental health care institutions, experience antagonism, and bigotry from their respective social networks. Their caregivers and family members also sense unfriendly and dogmatized behaviour from others. Society tends to put on a tag on individuals who have dealt with mental health conditions, i.e., 'returned from mental hospital', and deliberately dissociates them from mainstream societal affairs. Because of this reason, man...
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - January 9, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research