Search results for ‘Publisher:"taylor and francis,"’ Sort:
Results 1 - 10 of 1254
From boy to man: a personal story of ADHD
- Authors:
- DUNNE Linda, MOORE Alexis
- Journal article citation:
- Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 16(4), 2011, pp.351-364.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper uses a narrative research approach to present the lived experience a young adult, Jake, who was diagnosed with ADHD and prescribed Ritalin at a very young age. This paper includes consideration of narrative as a research method. It then presents Jake and his narrative recollections of transitional stages of his life as a person who has carried the label ADHD since the age of 5. Following a Statement of Educational Need, Jake received support, with varying degrees of understanding, at primary school. Secondary school provided a different set of challenges for Jake, with a variable level of support from both peers and educational professionals. Since leaving school he found both success and difficulty in managing life on a daily basis. Jake's story illustrates that although UK support systems for children and young people may have evolved, such systems do not always support young adults. Although it is intended that Jake’s narrative should speak for itself, without having to be presented within a theoretical analytical framework, some attempt is made to relate and situate his story within the social and cultural context of its recollection and telling. The paper concludes by offering tentative reflections on implications for practice.
Children with and without disabilities in residential care: risk at program entry, departure and six-month follow-up
- Authors:
- CHMELKA M.B., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 16(4), 2011, pp.383-399.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Recent studies reveal that up to 30% of children and youth placed in residential care are served in the special education system. It is likely that these children’s underlying disability (e.g., attention deficit disorder, serious emotional disturbance) may lead to heightened risk patterns at programme entry and differential responses to treatment both during care and following programme departure. The aim of this study was to compare the characteristics and outcomes of youth with and without disabilities participating in a residential treatment facility at programme entry, departure and 6-month follow-up. The participants were 159 youth with disabilities and 344 youth without disabilities who entered the Boys Town Treatment Family Homes programme during 2004/5. Data was taken from their archival case files. The results revealed both groups presented significant risks and profiles that were more alike than different. However, across specific indicators of behavioural, mental health and educational functioning, group differences were found. Specifically, youth with disabilities presented more formal placements and social problems at programme entry, had more placement changes in care, and presented poorer peer and adult relationships and higher risk behaviours (e.g., arrests and probations) 6-months post-departure.
Caught in the net? Interdisciplinary perspectives on a longitudinal view of emotional and behavioural difficulties
- Authors:
- PIRRIE Anne, RYDZEWSKA Ewelina, MacLEOD Gale
- Journal article citation:
- Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 16(4), 2011, pp.339-350.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
There have been only a relatively small number of studies which provide a longitudinal view on emotional and behavioural difficulties. The aim of this article is to provide an overview of the defining characteristics of these studies and to explore some of the challenges of conducting them. The article distinguishes between longitudinal and follow up studies, drawing on examples from a range of disciplines such as psychiatry. It then proposes new avenues for researching the lives of young people offered by the growth in popularity of social networking sites such as Facebook. The article draws on the disciplines of philosophy and neuroscience in order to begin to theorise the notion of time. The main message is that researchers with an interest in the lives of young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties need to focus rather less on individual trajectories - or ‘routes, destinations and outcomes’ - and rather more on the individual’s locus in a social network, either real or virtual. They need to ask what these social networks are like, how they come about, how they affect the young people and what purpose they serve.
Religiosity and the mental health of adolescents in Great Britain
- Authors:
- MELTZER Howard Ian, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Religion and Culture, 14(7), 2011, pp.703-713.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Recent studies of the association between religion or spirituality and mental health among young people suggest an equivocal relationship; variability being associated with the type of mental disorder or symptoms studied and the dimensions of religiosity that were measured. This study investigated the religiosity correlates of childhood psychopathology; strength of belief, importance of being able to practice one’s religion, and worship frequency. Questions on religiosity were included in the mental health survey of children in Great Britain administered to 2992 11–19-year-olds in 2007. The Development and Well-Being Assessment was used to generate rates of clinically recognisable mental disorders. The proportion of children who say they have any religion varies considerably by type of religious denomination in terms of how firmly they hold their religious beliefs, the importance of practicing their religion and attendance at services or prayer meetings. The relationships found between the measures of religiosity (strength of belief, importance of practice and attendance) and the two broad categories of childhood psychopathology, emotional and conduct disorders, suggest that all the religiosity variables need to be included in further studies. It would be desirable to have information on religiosity for all members of the family so that the child’s beliefs can be seen in the context of parental religiosity and other family factors.
Mental well-being in the religious and the non-religious: evidence for a curvilinear relationship
- Authors:
- GALEN Luke William, KLOET James D.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Religion and Culture, 14(7), 2011, pp.673-689.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The prevailing view of the relationship between religiosity and mental health is a linear one; that more religiosity is associated with greater well-being. However previous studies have tended to sample from a highly religious general population and combined the low or weakly religious together with the completely non-religious or atheists. Church members are typically compared with non-religious unaffiliated individuals, thus confounding belief with group effects (e.g. social support). This study, in the MidWest, examined mental well-being, utilising the full range of certainty of belief or non-belief in God. In the first study, church (n=325, mean age 46 years, 30% male) and secular group members (n= 333, mean age 44 years, 64% male) were compared on measures of life satisfaction and emotional stability. The second study used a large survey of the non-religious. A curvilinear relationship was found such that those with higher belief certainty (both confidently religious and atheists) have greater well-being relative to those with low certainty (unsure and agnostics). Multiple regressions controlling for social and demographic variables reduced, but did not eliminate this curvilinear relationship. The authors conclude that mechanisms of well-being may involve a confident worldview rather than religious beliefs themselves.
Between a rock and a hard place? Locus of control, religious problem-solving and psychological help-seeking
- Authors:
- ANDREWS Shinquina, SREFURAK James Tres, MEHTA Sheila
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Religion and Culture, 14(9), 2011, pp.855-876.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
An in-depth understanding of help-seeking is essential to the proliferation and effective delivery of services in the mental health professions. Drawing on a college and community sample, this study used hierarchical multiple regression to examine the relative contributions of demographic variables, psychological treatment experience, religious service attendance, locus of control, and religious problem-solving style in predicting attitudes towards psychological help-seeking. Participants were recruited from a small public university and church congregations in Alabama. The final sample consisted of 189 participants (80% female; mean age 35.6 years). Women, those holding a graduate degree, and those with treatment experience held more positive attitudes towards psychological help-seeking. While neither the locus of control nor religious problem-solving scales alone were related to help-seeking, several significant interaction effects were observed. God-centred locus of control was a positive predictor of psychological help-seeking, but only for older participants. Chance locus of control was a negative predictor, but only for graduate degree holders. Finally, self-directing religious problem-solving style was a negative predictor, especially for individuals also endorsing a deferring religious problem-solving style. The authors note that the sample largely consisted of educated, religious, African-American women.
To what extent are the Christian clergy acting as frontline mental health workers? A study from the North of England
- Authors:
- WOOD Emily, WATSON Roger, HAYTER Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Religion and Culture, 14(8), 2011, pp.769-783.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Studies outside the UK have shown that when people with mental health issues visit clergy for help they often do this before, or instead of, seeing health professionals. This paper presents the findings of a research study in one city in the North of England, exploring the nature and extent of Christian clergy’s involvement with people with mental health issues. It presents data on the prevalence and nature of their involvement with mental health issues within their communities, their attitudes towards mental health and mental health services and also looks at the referral practices. In total 39 members of the clergy sent responses after two sets of questionnaires were sent; 21.4% of the 182 that were asked to participate. The authors conclude that the clergy do see people with mental health problems but the frequency varies amongst individuals and is not dependent on denomination. Some members of the clergy reported negative experience of trying to work collaboratively with mental health professionals. Overall these findings agreed with other studies that a very high percentage of British clergy do refer on, unlike North American clergy who rarely do, and this was not related to denomination.
Religion and spirituality in the context of bipolar disorder: a literature review
- Authors:
- PESUT Barbara, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Religion and Culture, 14(8), 2011, pp.785-796.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Religion and spirituality (R/S) may play an important role by providing a means of coping with, and an explanatory model for, their disorder in individuals with bipolar disorder (BD). The authors also point out that R/S delusions can be important symptoms of BD. They conducted a systematic review of empirical studies that explored R/S in individuals with BD or samples that explicitly delineate individuals with BD. Only six studies met the inclusion criteria. Findings from these suggest that R/S strategies may be important for some people in the management of BD. The authors suggest that this means religion and spirituality become relevant concerns for a therapeutic regime that seeks to develop wellness within a bio-psycho-social model. However, they note that the limited body of research and methodological shortcomings of existing research make it difficult to draw conclusions about how this might be accomplished. There is a need for longitudinal, prospective, mixed methods research in order to inform evidence-based practice.
The lived experience of spiritual abuse
- Author:
- WARD David J.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Religion and Culture, 14(9), 2011, pp.899-915.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
There is considerable research investigating the controversial issues of cult recruitment, “mind control” and post-group difficulties of ex-members. However, there has been much less research into “spiritual abuse”; a subjective, elusive, difficult-to-define phenomenon and one that is intensely personal. This study reports on the lived experiences of six individuals (4 females, mean age 56 years) who left five different religious groups that were essentially Judeo-Christian in their orientation. An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) revealed six core themes throughout the participant narratives. These were; leadership representing God, spiritual bullying, acceptance via performance, spiritual neglect, manifestation of internal states, and expanding external/internal tension. These themes are offered as a foundation for the author’s attempt to answer the question; “What can be described as the lived experience of spiritual abuse?” The findings suggest that spiritual abuse is a misuse of power in a spiritual context whereby spiritual authority is distorted to the detriment of those under its leadership. It is a multifaceted and multilayered experience that includes acts of commission and omission, aimed at producing conformity. It is both process and event, influencing one’s inner and outer worlds and has the potential to affect the biological, psychological, social and spiritual domains of the individual.
Race, resource utilisation, and perceived need among urban community development workers from faith-based organisations
- Authors:
- SHIN Hana J., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Religion and Culture, 14(10), 2011, pp.999-1012.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The US government has affirmed the value of faith-based organisations (FBOs) in providing social service programmes and partnering with local communities. However, for those living and working in America’s diverse urban centres, there may be increased risk for psychiatric distress and exposure to community violence or other traumatic life events. These organisations have a duty to address staff well-being. This study surveyed 284 urban community development workers from faith-based organisations in five US cities (65% female; mean age 35 years). The authors explored the effects of race and ethnicity on service utilisation and perceived need using binomial logistic regression. Race and ethnicity significantly predicted medical service utilisation, indicating that Caucasian participants were five times more likely and African-American participants were 3.8 times more likely than Hispanic participants to utilise medical services. Race and ethnicity did not predict differences in use of psychological or spiritual services, nor of perceived need for services. Overall volunteer workers were approximately four times more likely than paid staff to report self-addressing their psychological and spiritual needs rather than utilising services, despite a felt need for support. The paper concludes with a discussion of resource utilisation and implications for policies and practices of urban community development organisations.