Recovery colleges in mental health-care services: an Australian feasibility and acceptability study
This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of establishing a recovery college in an Australian acute and community adult mental health service. Very little has been published on efforts to incorporate recovery colleges in inpatient settings other than forensic. This study offers an evaluation of feasibility and acceptability of this service model within a health-care setting.
Participant feedback and qualitative implementation data, from an acute mental health-care inpatient ward and adult community care were used. Participants were mental health service consumers and staff. The intervention involve...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - August 28, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Liza Hopkins
Andrew Foster
Sue Belmore
Shelley Anderson
Di Wiseman Source Type: research
Syd Barrett took a left turn and never came back, Andrew Voyce did. Why?
Patrick Hopkinson, Andrew Voyce, Jerome Carson
Mental Health and Social Inclusion, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The purpose of this paper is to compare the stories of Syd Barrett musician, with Andrew Voyce, and their respective recovery journeys.
The authors use collaborative autoethnography to share their own perspectives on Syd Barrett and to contrast his story with that of Andrew, a co-author.
Both Syd and Andrew experienced serious mental distress. While Syd had only limited contact with mental health services, Andrew’s contact was extensive, with a 20-year his...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - August 28, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Patrick Hopkinson
Andrew Voyce
Jerome Carson Source Type: research
Remarkable lives: Zoe Riley in conversation with Jerome Carson
Zoe Riley, Jerome Carson
Mental Health and Social Inclusion, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The purpose of this paper is to provide a profile of Zoe Riley.
Using a case study approach, Zoe provides an account of her background and is then interviewed by Jerome.
Zoe’s account reveals a remarkable resilience developed through adversity but nurtured by the love of her grandparents.
Mental illness surrounded Zoe when she was growing up. Her own mother experienced years of distress. Her grandfather effectively was her father. Despite the childhood adversity and her ow...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - August 11, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Zoe Riley
Jerome Carson Source Type: research
Challenging leisure activities and mental health: are they more beneficial for some people than for others?
This study aims to examine whether a challenging work/study (or the lack of it) moderates the relationship between engaging in challenging leisure activity and mental health.
Data from 2,406 adults 16–64 years old from The Danish Mental Health and Well-Being Survey 2016 were linked to Danish national register-based data. Mental well-being (outcome) was assessed using the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale and depression/anxiety symptoms (outcome) were assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire-4. Multivariable linear regressions were performed to estimate the association between challenging leisure act...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - August 11, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ziggi Ivan Santini
Vibeke Koushede
Carsten Hinrichsen
Malene Kubstrup Nelausen
Katrine Rich Madsen
Charlotte Meilstrup
Ai Koyanagi
Line Nielsen Source Type: research
Choice, voice and collaboration: using preference accommodation and feedback in trauma therapy
Daryl Mahon
Mental Health and Social Inclusion, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
Organisations are increasingly understanding the need to be trauma informed. However, how trauma therapies in such organisations apply the principles of choice and collaboration is less understood. The present paper applies two trans-theoretical methods for involving clients in their therapy through preference accommodation and feedback-informed treatment (FIT). A case vignette is provided demonstrating how to involve clients in trauma therapy by listening to their preferences, needs and by providing t...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - August 11, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Daryl Mahon Source Type: research
Perspective of volunteer staff on the effectiveness of peer-support programs: a case study
This study aims to explore perceived effectiveness in the Warriors' Ascent program through interviews of volunteer staff, to leverage improvements in the design and delivery of programs through peer-volunteers.
Focused interviews were conducted to explore peer-volunteer perspectives on program effectiveness. The alignment of themes and statements emerging from interviews was explored in detail relative to the program curriculum.
Five main themes emerged, with alignment for 86% of the peer-volunteers’ commentary and program curriculum. Areas of non-alignment may present opportunities for program growth.
Ana...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - August 11, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Vanessa Dudley-Miller
Jeff Radel Source Type: research
Depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life in patients attending government – owned psychiatric clinics in Nigeria
This study provides an insight into the associations between depressive symptoms, socio-demographic factors and the health-related quality of life of psychiatric patients in a low-income country. (Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion)
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - August 11, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Deborah O. Aluh
Maxwell O. Adibe
Abubakar Abba
Chukwudi E. Sam-Eze
Abdulmuminu Isah Source Type: research
Remarkable lives: Dave Morrison in conversation with Jerome Carson
David Morrison, Jerome Carson
Mental Health and Social Inclusion, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The purpose of this paper is to provide a profile of Dave Morrison.
In this case study, Dave provides a short biography of his background and is then interviewed by Jerome.
Dave has had two careers. The first as a scaffolder. The second as a nursing assistant in mental health services. He has ended up bruised and battered in both.
Every case study tells a different story. The effects of stress can be cumulative.
There are many accounts of how hospitalisation has tr...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - August 10, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: David Morrison
Jerome Carson Source Type: research
Editorial: Reframing the placebo effect. The importance of meaning
Rachel Perkins, Julie Repper
Mental Health and Social Inclusion, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp.213-217 (Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion)
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - August 10, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Rachel Perkins
Julie Repper Source Type: research
“Something feels different..” delivering skills from dialectical behaviour therapy in a recovery college
Toni King, Joanna Dawson, Francess SmilleyAnderson, Richard Taylor
Mental Health and Social Inclusion, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
This paper aims to explore why a course with similar content feels different when delivered in a Recovery College as compared to an NHS therapy.
It is offered as a case study based on reflections from several perspectives.
This novel approach emphasises predictable factors such as the educational and recovery focussed environment. It also contributes further to thinking around how relationships are differently navigated and developed in R...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - August 4, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Toni King
Joanna Dawson
Francess SmilleyAnderson
Richard Taylor Source Type: research
Participation in social leisure activities may benefit mental health particularly among individuals that lack social connectedness at work or school
This study aims to examine if the association between social leisure activities and mental health is moderated by the degree of social connectedness at work/school.
Data stem from 2,406 adults (age range 16-64 years old) from The Danish Mental Health and Well-Being Survey 2016. Validated scales were used to measure mental well-being and depression/anxiety symptoms. Multivariable linear regression analyses were conducted.
Participation in social leisure activities (i.e. participation in community/social groups such as a sports association, art club, book club, running group, card game club, cultural or political g...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - July 27, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Line Nielsen
Carsten Hinrichsen
Katrine Rich Madsen
Malene Kubstrup Nelausen
Charlotte Meilstrup
Ai Koyanagi
Vibeke Koushede
Ziggi Ivan Santini Source Type: research
Translation and validation of the Arabic version of the barrier to access to care evaluation (BACE) scale
Ahmad F. Alenezi, Ahmed Aljowder, Mohamed J. Almarzooqi, Marya Alsayed, Rashed Aldoseri, Omar Alhaj, Sally Souraya, Graham Thornicroft, Haitham Jahrami
Mental Health and Social Inclusion, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
This paper aims to translate and validate an Arabic version of the Barriers to Access to Care Evaluation (BACE) BACE scale to make it appropriate for the targeted socio-cultural and linguistic context.
This psychometric study has two main compounds: translating the BACE into Arabic and validating it. Using the back-translation method, the authors involved seve...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - July 27, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ahmad F. Alenezi
Ahmed Aljowder
Mohamed J. Almarzooqi
Marya Alsayed
Rashed Aldoseri
Omar Alhaj
Sally Souraya
Graham Thornicroft
Haitham Jahrami Source Type: research
A redesigned training and staff support programme to enhance job retention in employees with moderate-severe depression
This study aims to redesign a Treatment Programme to make it more acceptable and accessible for employees with depression.
A mixed-methods exploratory sequential design with a high level of stakeholder consultation was used to redesign an interdisciplinary Work-focussed Relational Group CBT Treatment Programme for moderate-severe depression. Qualitative data from focus groups and quantitative data from a small feasibility study were integrated to develop the new Training (and Staff Support) Programme (TSSP), which was fully specified and manualised in line with the Template for Intervention Description and Replication...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - July 21, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Nicola Walker
Rachel Dobbing Source Type: research
Servant leadership informed trauma peer support
Daryl Mahon
Mental Health and Social Inclusion, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
Peer support has gained increasing attention within the mental health literature, including the trauma informed approaches research where peer support is a key principle. The purpose of this paper is to outline a servant leadership model of trauma peer support.
A targeted literature search that incorporated systematic reviews, meta-analyses and randomised control trials in the areas of servant leadership, peer support and trauma informed approaches were sourced.
Servant leadership can be used...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - July 21, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Daryl Mahon Source Type: research
Trauma-informed servant leadership in health and social care settings
Daryl Mahon
Mental Health and Social Inclusion, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
Practitioners, organisations and policy makers in health and social care settings are increasingly recognising the need for trauma-informed approaches in organisational settings, with morbidity and financial burdens a growing concern over the past few years. Servant leadership has a unique focus on emotional healing, service to others as the first priority, in addition to the growth, well-being and personal and professional development of key stakeholders. This paper aims to discuss Trauma Informed Ser...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - July 21, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Daryl Mahon Source Type: research
