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Changes in attitudes towards mental illness following exposure
- Author:
- WALLACH Helene S.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 40(3), June 2004, pp.235-247.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Attitudes towards mental patients influence the treatment they receive and decisions of policymakers. It is important to modify attitudes of students who may work with them. Psychopathology course students (45 visited a mental institution, 56 volunteered in it, and 12 neither) and 53 introductory psychology students participated in this study. Benevolence, mental hygiene etiology and interpersonal etiology (opinions about mental illness scale) improved from beginning to end of year. Working proved more important than visiting or studying. Visiting increased social restrictiveness. Therefore, a small amount of exposure (a visit) can be detrimental. These results point to the possible superiority of prolonged, intimate exposure, on an equal basis, in changing attitudes towards mental health patients.
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.
Personality disorder: attitudes, understanding and treatment
- Authors:
- GREEN Barrie, WOOD Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 16.11.04, 2004, pp.40-43.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Looks at historical attitudes to personality disorder, sufferers from which are often stigmatised and dehumanised, and how understanding has developed in recent years, while legislation has failed to keep pace. Although often assumed to be untreatable, techniques that appear effective in helping such people integrate more successfully into society are summarised.
Can we talk?: using facilitated dialogue to positively change student attitudes towards persons with mental illness
- Authors:
- SCHEYETT Anna, KIM Mimi
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 24(1/2), 2004, pp.39-54.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
To facilitate the recovery of people with mental illness (users of mental health services), social workers must be strengths-focused and believe in the potential for service users growth and improvement. Describes a facilitated dialogue process between service users and master's level social work students in the USA that had a goal of positively shifting students' attitudes towards consumers. Pre/post-tests using standardised instruments, as well as post-dialogue semi-structured interviews, showed that the dialogue was effective in improving student attitudes towards consumers. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Mental health clients confirm the value of occupation in building competence and self-identity
- Authors:
- MEE Jeannie, SUMSION Thelma, CRAIK Christine
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 67(5), May 2004, pp.225-233.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This study aimed to evaluate occupational therapy's beliefs in the restorative powers of occupation from the perspective of people with enduring mental health problems living in the community. Qualitative research methods were used in two mental health day service settings: a workshop, where woodwork was provided as a medium for creative therapy, and a drop-in facility. Participant observation was undertaken over 10 sessions and, during six in-depth interviews, the clients were asked about their occupational experiences and whether they had perceived any benefits from engagement in occupation. Content and inductive analysis as well as concept mapping of the data resulted in emergent themes. Occupation was identified both as a means for building competence through the acquisition of skills, coping with challenges and achieving success and as a medium for developing self-identity through the drive to create, feelings of usefulness and engendering a sense of self. Calls for further research to develop and corroborate the findings.
Controversies in psychiatric services in Hong Kong: social workers' superiority and inferiority complexes
- Author:
- YIP Kam-Shing
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 47(2), April 2004, pp.240-258.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The article reveals the results of research done by means of interviews of 63 social workers in psychiatric services in Hong Kong. The ways that social workers defined, perceived and performed psychotherapy for people with mental illness were explored. The findings showed that because of the deprofessionalized context, social workers in these psychiatric services had either superiority or inferiority complexes about providing psychotherapy. The article also contains the structured interview guide used.
Safety in Numbers
- Author:
- GEORGE Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, May 2004, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Looks at the mixed response to a new national organisation, the Association of Mental Health Advocates (AMHA) that was launched recently.
Building bridges to education
- Author:
- FAIERS Adrian
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 8(1), February 2004, pp.9-14.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
InterAct's Bridges to Education programme has helped over 1000 clients with mental health issues to access lifelong learning. The underlying purpose of the programme is to help clients involve themselves in their communities. Looks at factors that have led to the successes and factors that may have contributed to the small number of failures.
A sense of purpose
- Authors:
- ELLIS Angela, SMITH Justin Davis
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, February 2004, pp.20-23.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Reports on a survey to explore the experience of volunteering among service users/survivors, their attitudes towards volunteering and volunteering management, and the impact of volunteering on their well-being. A total of 560 questionnaires were distributed to a sample of individuals and volunteer-involving organisations in the UK, and 120 were returned. Looks at the findings, including the experience, barriers and impact of volunteering. The survey was part of a larger project, Volunteering for Mental Health (V4MH), a 20 month-project undertaken by the National Centre for Volunteering and funded by a section 64 grant from the Department of Health, to encourage more people with mental health problems to experience the benefits of volunteering.
A survey of psychiatrists' attitudes toward treatment guidelines
- Authors:
- HEALY Daniel J., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 40(2), April 2004, pp.177-184.
- Publisher:
- Springer
The authors developed a survey to look at psychiatrists' attitudes toward psychotropic prescribing guidelines, specifically the Texas Medication Algorithm Project (TMAP) algorithms. The 22-page survey was distributed to 24 psychiatrists working in 4 CMHC's; 13 completed the survey. 90% agreed that guidelines should be general and flexible. The majority also agreed that guidelines should define how to measure response to a specific agent; fewer agreed guidelines should specify dosage, side effect management, or augmentation strategies. Psychiatrists were familiar with TMAP; none referred to it in their practice. In spite of this, psychiatrists' medication preferences were similar to those suggested by guidelines.