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Getting to know Alfred Wallis
- Authors:
- TEALL Wendy, TORTORA Annie
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 8(3), August 2004, pp.4-9.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Describes a research project set up in partnership with an art gallery and run by Start looking at how perceptions, attitudes and behaviours might be positively affected by specially developed, guided arts activities. It stimulated much thoughtful and perceptive feedback from participants, all of whom are mental health service users.
Public knowledge, attitudes and behaviour regarding people with mental illness in England 2009-2012
- Authors:
- EVANS-LACKO Sara, HENDERSON Claire, THORNICROFT Graham
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 202(s55), April 2013, pp.s51-s57.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Public stigma against people with mental health problems is damaging to individuals with mental illness and is associated with substantial societal burden. This study investigates whether public knowledge, attitudes and behaviour in relation to people with mental health problems have improved among the English population since the inception of the Time To Change programme in 2009. Longitudinal trends in public knowledge, attitudes and behaviour between 2009 and 2012 among a nationally representative sample of English adults were examined. Results found improvements in intended behaviour and a non-significant trend for improvement in attitudes among the English population. There was, however, no significant improvement in knowledge or reported behaviour. The findings provide support for effectiveness of the national Time to Change programme against stigma and discrimination in improving attitudes and intended behaviour, but not knowledge, among the public in England. (Edited publisher abstract)
Intentions to seek (preventive) psychological help among older adults: an application of the theory of planned behaviour
- Authors:
- WESTERHOF Gerben J., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 12(3), May 2008, pp.317-322.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The study is carried out from the theory of planned behaviour and distinguishes attitudes (psychological openness), subjective norms (indifference to stigma), and perceived behavioural control (help-seeking propensity) in explaining behavioural intentions with regard to seeking preventive and therapeutic psychological help. One hundred and sixty seven Dutch adults between 65 and 75 years of age filled out a questionnaire measuring these concepts. Results found older adults have low intentions to seek professional help for psychological problems. Their intentions to use preventive help are somewhat higher. Older adults are rather indifferent to stigma and they perceive control, but they are less open to professional help when it comes to their own person. Regression analyses revealed that psychological openness and help-seeking propensity are related to intentions to seek preventive and therapeutic help.
Workplace interventions for people with common mental health problems: evidence review and recommendations
- Author:
- BRITISH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- British Occupational Health Research Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 96p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This systematic review is designed to provide evidence-based answers to key questions related to mental ill health in the workplace. It is intended to assist managers, occupational health professionals and other interested parties in making management decisions and offering advice in the confidence that they are based on the most robust evidence available. It categorises common mental health problems as those that: occur most frequently and are more prevalent; are mostly successfully treated in primary rather than secondary care settings; and are least disabling in terms of stigmatising attitudes and discriminatory behaviour.
Psychological traits and behavioral coping of psychiatric consumers: the mediating role of self-esteem
- Authors:
- KAHANG Sand K, MOWBURY Carol T
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 30(2), May 2005, pp.87-97.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
A positive coping style can be critical to successful rehabilitation of psychiatric consumers. Using structural equation modelling, this study examined the relationships among consumers' psychological characteristics, self-esteem, and behaviours, and the role of self-esteem in mediating the relationships between psychological characteristics and behavioural coping. The sample consisted of 393 psychiatric consumers recruited from 25 psychosocial rehabilitation services (PSR) agencies in south-east Michigan, USA. Key findings were that affective (that is, negative and positive affect) and cognitive (that is, beliefs in devaluation-discrimination) traits influence self-esteem and behavioural coping, and significant effects of affective and cognitive traits on behavioral coping are mediated by self-esteem. The findings suggest that interventions targeting self-esteem could be effective in modifying the behavioural coping of consumers served in PSR agencies. Implications for social work practice are discussed in relation to attitude change theories.
Stigma and mental illness: a review and critique
- Authors:
- HAYWARD Peter, BRIGHT Jenifer A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 6(4), August 1997, pp.345-354.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Reviews research on the extent and nature of psychiatric stigma, with the goal of offering insights useful to the practising clinician. Many findings support the view that a label of psychiatric illness is stigmatising, but the effects of this stigma in practice seem to be complex. A number of factors, including age, sex and experience of psychiatric patients seem to affect levels of stigma, and self-stigmatisation also seem to be variable in its effects. Discusses possible causes of stigma and approaches to combating it.
The influence of psychiatric hospital and community residence labels on social rejection of the mentally ill
- Authors:
- INGAMELLS Sally, GOODWIN Anne M., JOHN Carolyn
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 35(3), September 1996, pp.359-367.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Discusses the results of research which aimed to identify some of the variables influencing public level of acceptance and attitudes towards people with a mental illness. A social distance scale accompanying a case vignette was sent to postal respondents. The vignette contained systematically varied residence labels (psychiatric hospital/community) and behaviours (disturbed/control). Results showed that social rejection was influenced by the behaviour described in the vignette, the respondents' judgment about the behaviour, and the respondents' previous contact with people with mental illness. The given residence label had an impact on only one component of social rejection and only for those presented with the control vignette. Discusses the findings in relation to current community care policies.
Stigma, expressed emotion, and quality of life in caregivers of individuals with dementia
- Authors:
- WEISMAN de MAMANI Amy G., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Family Process, 57(3), 2018, pp.694-706.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Expressed emotion (EE) is a measure of a caregiver's critical and emotionally overinvolved (EOI; e.g., intrusive, self‐sacrificing) attitudes and behaviours toward a person with a mental illness. Mounting evidence indicates that high levels of these critical and EOI attitudes and behaviours (collectively termed high EE) in family members are associated with a poorer course of illness for people with a range of disorders, including dementia (Nomura et al., 2005). However, less is known about factors that might trigger high EE and how high EE might impact dementia caregivers’ own mental health. In this study the authors propose that caregivers who perceive stigma from their relative's illness may be more likely to be critical or intrusive (high EOI) toward their relative in an attempt to control symptomatic behaviours. The authors further hypothesized that high EE would partially mediate the link between stigma and quality of life (QoL) as there is some evidence that high EE is associated with poorer mental health in caregivers themselves (Safavi et al., 2015). In line with study hypotheses and using a sample of 106 dementia caregivers, the authors found that greater caregiver stigma was associated with both high EE (for criticism and EOI) and with poorer QoL. Mediational analyses further confirmed that high EE accounts for much of the association between stigma and poorer QoL. Study results suggest that addressing caregiver stigma in therapy could reduce levels of high EE and indirectly therefore improve caregiver QoL. Intervening directly to reduce high EE could also improve caregiver QoL. (Edited publisher abstract)
Food cent$: educating mothers with a mental illness about nutrition
- Authors:
- BASSETT Hazel, LLOYD Chris, KING Robert
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66(8), August 2003, pp.369-375.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Provides an overview of the Food Cent$ project in Australia, describes the inclusion of Food Cent$ within a parenting programme for mothers with mental health problems and reports on the findings of a pilot study conducted to identify whether the Food Cent$ programme influenced the dietary practice of these mothers. The project is a food skills programme and aims to enable people to lean to balance their diet and their food budget. Six mothers with mental health problems who had a child under 5 years of age in their care participated in the project. A focus group was conducted to gain insight into the experiences of mothers who had attended the programme. Supermarket receipts were collected before and after the project to determine changes in dietary practices. Findings indicated that the Food Cent$ programme was of value, and all mothers reported a change in how they shopped and cooked. However, due to the small sample size used in the study further research with a larger sample size is recommended.
Emotion recognition ability in mothers at high and low risk for child physical abuse
- Authors:
- BALGE Kristi A., MILNER Joel S.
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 24(10), October 2000, pp.1289-1298.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
The study sought to determine if high-risk, compared to low-risk, mothers make more emotion recognition errors when they attempt to recognize emotions in children and adults. High-risk, compared to low-risk, mothers showed a tendency to make more errors on the visual and auditory emotion recognition tasks, with a trend toward more errors on the low-intensity, visual stimuli. However, the observed trends were not significant. Only a post-hoc test of error rates across all stimuli indicated that high-risk, compared to low-risk mothers made significantly more emotion recognition errors only trends and a significant post hoc finding of more overall emotion recognition errors in high-risk mothers were observed, additional research is needed to determine if high-risk mothers have emotion recognition deficits that may impact parent -child interactions.