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Recovery, values and e-learning
- Author:
- ALLOTT Piers
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 10(4), December 2005, pp.34-38.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
This article briefly attempts to connect mental health recovery, values and e-learning in a way that highlights how together they may make a real difference in transforming the way in which people approach their lives and the way in which society delivers its services for people diagnosed with a mental disorder.
An experimental investigation of the impact of biological versus psychological explanations of the cause of “mental illness”
- Authors:
- LAM Danny C. K., SALKOVSKIS Paul M., WARWICK Hilary M. C.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 14(5), October 2005, pp.453-464.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
There is a tension between psychological and biological accounts of the cause of “mental illness". It has been suggested that biological accounts de-stigmatize psychiatric problems and are to be preferred over potentially stigmatizing psychological accounts; others suggest the exact opposite pattern. This present study used an experimental manipulation to evaluate the impact of causal labels on the perception of a range of psychiatric problems. One-hundred-and-ten community volunteers were asked to rate a range of these problems, having been randomly allocated to three conditions in which the cause of such disorders were described as psychological or biological; the third (control) group were told that the causes were unclear. Participants in the psychological condition rated patients with mental health problems as significantly more likely to be curable and significantly less likely to harm themselves, require professional help and frequent hospitalization; the problems were also rated as significantly less disabling. A psychological account of psychiatric problems may be relatively de-stigmatizing. It is unclear from these results whether biological accounts are stigmatizing or neutral in their impact.
University challenges
- Author:
- LEASON Katie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.09.05, 2005, pp.28-30.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author looks at how disabled students are supported at Universities and asks whether they receive enough help.
I'll have to lie about where I've been
- Author:
- SESSA Ben
- Journal article citation:
- Young Minds Magazine, 76, May 2005, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
The author describes a research project that attempted to quantitatively measure stigmatised attitudes, displayed by teenagers towards their peers, with either mental or physical illness. An 18-question survey was given to a group of 200 healthy adolescents (mean age 14.2 years). Results found there were significant levels of stigma towards both mental and physical illness, with a greater tendency to stigmatise towards mental illness.
Therapist's expectations of psychotherapy duration for individuals living with HIV
- Authors:
- REECE Michael, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services, 4(1), 2005, pp.71-89.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
In this study data were collected from 102 psychotherapists providing mental health care to individuals living with HIV at a mental health clinic in the Southeastern United States for the purpose of assessing the perceptions of therapists with regard to necessary therapy duration for a range of mental health issues and disorders. Analyses were conducted to explore the extent to which therapists perceived the need for different therapy durations for individuals living with HIV than those who had not received such a diagnosis. Across all mental health issues assessed, therapists indicated a greater need for therapy duration when an HIV diagnosis was also present, and this generally was consistent without regard to therapist education, demographics, or therapeutic orientation. Given the extent to which mental health care is often a routine component of the HIV social services infrastructure, the findings of this study have important implications for mental health providers, mental health training programs, and the staff and volunteers of other HIV-related organizations.
Developing a theoretical understanding of therapy techniques: an illustrative analogue study
- Authors:
- FREEMAN Daniel, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 44(2), June 2005, pp.241-254.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
In psychological interventions, clients are often asked to review unhelpful beliefs. Surprisingly, there is no theoretical understanding of how beliefs are reviewed in therapy. Moreover, by understanding a therapeutic technique, potential interactions with symptom processes can be considered. An analogue study assessing the feasibility of researching therapy techniques is described, in which links between symptoms, reasoning style, and an experimental version of the cognitive therapy technique of belief evaluation are examined. Thirty individuals without psychiatric illness completed (i) dimensional measures of depression, anxiety, and delusions, (ii) a measure of confirmatory reasoning both before and after instruction in disconfirmatory reasoning, and (iii) a belief evaluation task. Compared with individuals with a confirmatory reasoning style, individuals with a disconfirmatory reasoning style were less hasty in their data gathering, considered a greater number of hypotheses during the task, had higher intellectual functioning, and had lower levels of depressive symptoms. Conversely, the individuals with the strongest confirmatory reasoning had higher levels of depression and preoccupation with delusional ideation. Successful adoption of disconfirmatory reasoning was associated with less hasty decision-making and lower levels of preoccupation and distress by delusional ideation. Individuals with a disconfirmatory reasoning style reported more evidence both for and against their beliefs in the belief evaluation task. In the context of clinical research indicating that individuals with delusions are hasty in their data gathering and have difficulty considering alternatives, a potential implication of the findings is that individuals with delusions may find belief evaluation in therapy.
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.
Mental health legislation should respect decision making capacity
- Authors:
- DOYAL Len, SHEATHER Julian
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 17.12.05, 2005, pp.1467-1469.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
The authors argue new legislation should raise the moral standards of professional and personal life, but that the proposed new mental health bill fails to deal with the serious ethical problems in the existing 1983 Mental Health Act.
Mental health awareness training programme at HMP Styal
- Author:
- ROSE Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Prison Service Journal, 162, November 2005, pp.19-23.
- Publisher:
- Her Majesty's Prison Service of England and Wales
This article reports on one aspect of a larger study, concerning the development of mental health awareness training for prison officers in a womens prison, conducted by Bournemouth University and commissioned by the Prison Health Department of the Department of Health. The training was modular and included a general introduction to mental health and well being; self-harm and suicide awareness; awareness of common mental health problems; mental health issues for women prisoners and adolescents. The article looks at the implementation and formal evaluation of the training and the future implementation of mental health training.
Who do disabled people think they are?
- Author:
- FLETCHER Agnes
- Journal article citation:
- New Bulletin, 355, November 2005, pp.19-21.
- Publisher:
- Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
In 2004 the Disability Rights Commission commissioned some research questions which asked disabled people about the impact their condition had on them, what they feel and say about it and their attitudes towards disability discrimination and disability rights. The study highlighted three groups - the 'unaffected', the 'dealing', the 'hiding' and the 'bothered'. The article highlights the priorities for the Disability Rights Commission in terms of targeting its information and finding the right way to talk to people.