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Supported Education and Supported Employment for Individuals at Clinical-High Risk of Psychosis: A Pilot Study
AbstractDeteriorated functioning is a part of the clinical-high risk (CHR) criteria for psychosis. Diminished social, educational and occupational functioning in the phase of late adolescence and early adulthood are associated with long-term social, economic and health consequences, which stresses the importance of early intervention to stimulate functioning. This pilot study examines the effectiveness and feasibility of the choose-get-keep model of Supported Education and Supported Employment (SEE) to improve educational and occupational functioning of individuals at CHR for a psychosis. A single blind randomized controll...
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - October 7, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Bringing Psychology Students Closer to People with Schizophrenia at Pandemic Time: A Study of a Distance Anti-stigma Intervention With In-presence Opportunistic Control Group
This study explored whether an At-Distance Educational Intervention (ADEI), addressing stigma in schizophrenia via scientific evidence and testimony: would improve psychology students' views of PWS, at the one-month post intervention re-assessments; would be more effective of the same In-Presence Educational Intervention (IPEI). ADEI was delivered online to students of two Master ’s degrees in Psychology at the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Caserta, Italy. IPEI was administered to a similar group of 76 students in the pre-pandemic era. Participants completed an anonymous questionnaire about their views o...
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - October 6, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Family Intervention in Severe Mental Disorder: An Online Intervention Format in Psychosocial Rehabilitation Centers
AbstractThe use of new technologies and online interventions with family members of people affected by severe mental disorders (SMD) seems to emerge as a promising complementary strategy to face-to-face care. The article presents a new online intervention format, aimed at relatives of people with SMD. A qualitative methodology sequenced in seven phases has been used. (1) The incorporation of relatives into the programme has allowed the intervention format to be adapted to the needs and opinions of the relatives themselves. (2) All the relatives were completely satisfied with the new online intervention format, and with how...
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - October 6, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Norwegian Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Social and Communities Opportunities Profile-Mini for Persons with Concurrent Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
AbstractPersons with concurrent mental health and substance use disorders often do not participate actively in society and remain marginalized. The promotion of social inclusion is important for the care of persons with concurrent disorders. To measure social inclusion, the Social and Communities Opportunities Profile (SCOPE) was developed, followed by its mini version for English-speaking people in Singapore. In Norway, there is no instrument available to measure social inclusion. Thus, the aim was cross-cultural adaptation of SCOPE Mini for persons with concurrent disorders. The Norwegian adaptation was performed using t...
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - October 5, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Marriage Experience Among Patients with Schizophrenia: A Qualitative Narrative Study
AbstractMarriage experience may differ from the general population for patients with schizophrenia. Therefore, the current study was designed to explore the experience of marriage for patients with schizophrenia in a Palestinian context. This qualitative narrative study was conducted using purposive sampling method to recruit 30 patients with schizophrenia. Five main themes emerged while exploring the marriage experience of patients: (1) marriage affected patients positively, (2) female patients suffering with marriage more than male patients, (3) patients and their families struggled with social stigma, (4) feeling blesse...
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - September 22, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Time for Action: A Case for Mental Health Advocacy in India
AbstractDespite its relevance to sustainable development, mental health continues to be one of the most neglected areas of public service in India, even in its most developed states like Kerala. Advocacy services in mental health are also not adequately available to those in need. This call to action paper argues for a collaborative advocacy-through-action model of mental health advocacy for Kerala, with people ’s participation as an important component. Kerala is chosen as the candidate for such a model because of its successful experience in implementing participatory development programmes. The proposed advocacy model...
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - September 22, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

The Effectiveness of a Group Therapeutic Program Based on Prolonged Exposure Therapy in Reducing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Among a Sample of Palestinian Traumatized Adolescents
AbstractFor adolescents living in political conflict zones, such as Palestine, the mental health-related issues are complex. Adolescents residing in Palestine, as in other highly militarized zones, are at risk of developing mental health problems such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The purpose of the current study was to examine the effectiveness of a group therapeutic program based on prolonged exposure therapy in reducing PTSD symptoms among a sample of traumatized adolescents in Palestine. The sample consisted of 17 adolescents who live in Dar Al-Yateem Al-Arabi society in the city of Tulkarm, aging from 11 to...
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - September 19, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Impact of Covid-19 Restrictions on Individual Placement and Support Service Delivery in Northern Norway
AbstractIndividual Placement and Support (IPS) is an evidence-based supported employment program that helps people with severe mental illness to achieve steady, meaningful employment in competitive mainstream jobs. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on IPS service delivery in Northern Norway between March and October 2020. In Norway, IPS is in the early stages of full-scale implementation and is therefore potentially sensitive to external stressors such as the Covid-19 pandemic. In October 2020 we conducted a retrospective, cross-sectional survey with IPS employment specialists ...
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - September 17, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Women with disabilities and femicide: A Call for Research
AbstractOver the last few decades, alarming rates of interpersonal violence experienced by women with disabilities have been reported by disability scholars. However, the issue interpersonal violence leading to femicide of women with disabilities have been rarely represented by scholars of gender studies, disability studies, violence and femicide. At present, health disparity research cannot overlook this issue of critical importance and problems of polyvictimization leading to femicide of women with disabilities. This commentary highlights this gaping absence in scholarship to bring focus to this pertinent yet overlooked ...
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - September 12, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

User-Led Mental Health Service Evaluation: The Contribution of User-Focused Monitoring to Recovery-Oriented Quality Development
In this study, our aim is to explore UFM with a specific focus on how recovery processes are examined through the method in order to discuss how UFM can be developed in order to support a recovery orientation in mental health service evaluation. We sampled 20 Swedish UFM reports for qualitative analysis, and we found that UFM is a promising method for integrating a personal recovery perspective in service evaluations. By being performed peer-to-peer, the method has the unique ability to gather experiential knowledge regarding the situation of service users. UFM especially contributes to exploring service users ’ experien...
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - September 9, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Mortality among Treatment Non-Adherent Persons with Mental Illness – Findings from the Community Mental Health Centre in India
AbstractIntroductionTreatment non-adherence in mental illness leads to a host of negative consequences, including early mortality. In this context, the present paper ascertains the causes of mortality among persons with mental illness who were non-adherent to their treatment from a community mental health center in India. It is a retrospective research design, and the survey method of sampling was followed. A home visit was carried out, and collateral information was obtained from various sources to ascertain the causes of mortality. A matrix method has been adopted to explain the profile of the mortality persons. In 5  y...
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - September 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Support Provided Through Sport: An Evaluation of an Intervention for People Experiencing Homelessness
AbstractThe last ten years in Canada have seen a degree of merger between community mental health services and efforts to end homelessness, in part through the growth of a Housing First model in the homelessness sector. As efforts are made to move individuals experiencing homelessness into permanent housing, one component being explored is how to anchor people into communities while they manage ongoing mental health concerns. Sport has been identified as one potential modality of building social inclusion. In this paper, a mixed methods evaluation is presented on a program intended to increase social inclusion through spor...
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - August 29, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Reintegration Services for Homeless Female Living with Severe Mental Illness and History of Sexual Abuse
AbstractHomeless women are considered one of the most vulnerable subpopulations among the homeless. This is attributable to many interrelated factors such as a woman ’s vulnerability to violence, exploitation and marginalization and higher rates of poverty wherein she often lacks the necessary resources for escaping violence. Evidence also shows that without appropriate interventions, women have a high likelihood for multiple episodes of homelessness. For inst ance, women are particularly vulnerable to victimization and are at higher risk for physical and sexual violence while living on the streets or in shelters. Furthe...
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - August 23, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Setting up a Recovery College: Exploring the Experiences of Mental Health Service-Users, Staff, Carers and Volunteers
This study demonstrated that, as well as future groups seeking to set up a recovery college having clear conceptualisations of personal recovery and the underpinning approach of their recovery college, they should actively manage the level of integration between the college and its host organisation, with open conversations about the power imbalances and roles of service-users, staff, carers and volunteers involved. Those planning to develo p a college should also be mindful that although there will be the early challenges as outlined in this study, there are broader benefits for both individuals and the wider organisation...
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - August 22, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Contribution of Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy to the Rehabilitation Setting for a Patient with Acquired Brain Injury
We describe and analyze the content of psychotherapeutic sessions as well as the medical and rehabilitative data in the patient's medical file. The patient’s narrative of his post-traumatic amnesia confabulations provided some insight into the patient's subjectivity. The psychotherapeutic sessions made it clear that revisiting his neurotic familial relationships helped the patient to acquire some degre e of “independence”, a classical rehabilitative goal. The articulation between the actual dependency directly caused by the brain lesion on the one hand, and the neurotic patient’s passivity and aggressiveness, on th...
Source: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health - August 22, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research