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Adapting to trauma: disengagement as a holding strategy
- Authors:
- BARTON David, WARD Kath, RODDAM Hazel
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 8(5), 2014, pp.338-347.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: This paper draws upon a range of material to improve the understanding of disengagement with everyday life, by some individuals who have learning disabilities and mental health difficulties. Illustrative incidents from historical clinical cases are utilised, to consider whether this reframing may enhance the interpretation of presenting behaviours. Design/methodology/approach: Key recurring themes within transpersonal literature were reviewed, relevant to adults with behaviour indicating a degree of disengagement from everyday life. These were grouped into Physical Realm, Psychosocial Realm and Realm of Being. Illustrative examples of behaviour are reviewed and re-interpreted within this framework. Findings: These examples generated plausible interpretations for the presenting behaviours within this framework of the Three Realms. These interpretations support a fresh understanding of the quality of the individual's inner experience. This paper suggests a potential framework to consider the way in which some individuals may experience a different quality of consciousness than the usual. Practical implications: Use of the Three Realms for behaviour interpretation should result into a more empathetic and client-centred approach that could reduce the need for aversive approaches, lessening risk for the client and any employing organisation. The identification of behaviours that signal participation in the Realm of Being could be defined and evaluated with the potential to be used to inform the nature and content of the support provided. (Edited publisher abstract)
Psychopathy: a comprehensive review of its assessment and intervention
- Authors:
- MOREIRA Diana, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Aggression and Violent Behavior, 19(3), 2014, pp.191-195.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Psychopathy is one of the most studied personality disorders, in terms of the negative impact that the behaviours associated with this disorder — particularly, the criminal behaviour — have in the community where the individual lives. The aim of this article is to present a comprehensive literature review on psychopathy, focusing some difficulties related to its concept, assessment, and intervention. Here, psychopathy is presented as a construct resulting from decades of clinical and empirical research, and whose dimensional nature justifies the possibility of assessing the general population. Studies indicate that psychopathy is manifested in a number of behaviours resulting from biological and personality factors related to a series of family history and environmental factors. The authors emphasise the need for more empirical research on psychopathy in the general population in Portugal, regarding the development and adaptation of measures of the construct. (Edited publisher abstract)
Health concordance within couples: a systematic review
- Authors:
- MEYLER Deanna, STIMPSON Jim P., PEEK M. Kristen
- Journal article citation:
- Social Science and Medicine, 64(11), June 2007, pp.2297-2310.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Research has consistently linked marriage and positive health outcomes. In addition, many researchers have found that couples often have similar or concordant health statuses. However, concordance research has been conducted in many fields for decades without a concise review of the literature, nor has one theory of health concordance been established. A systematic review was performed implementing rigorous identification strategies, and 103 health concordance research articles were identified and reviewed to understand what research has been conducted in mental health, physical health, and health behaviour concordance among couples. The research overwhelmingly suggests evidence for concordant mental and physical health, as well as health behaviours among couples. Each area of health concordance research offers room for greater research and deeper understanding for the causes of health concordance.
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.
The link between mental health problems and violence behaviour
- Author:
- GREGORY Nathan
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 6.4.04, 2004, pp.34-36.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Reviews literature on mental illness and violence with the aim of clarifying whether there is a link between the two. Concludes that while higher rates of violence have been found among people with mental illness, most studies have flaws and their results should be viewed with caution. Calls for the development of preventative strategies by providing appropriate support for people with mental health problems.
A meta-analysis of culturally sensitive interventions designed to reduce high-risk behaviors among African American youth
- Authors:
- JACKSON Kelly F., HODGE David R., VAUGHN Michael G.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Service Research, 36(3), May 2010, pp.163-173.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
African American youths are vulnerable to chronic stressors associated with poverty and disenfranchisement, which can lead to numerous health and mental health related problems. These youths are specifically susceptible to HIV infection, obesity, incarceration, and abuse and neglect leading to foster care placement. This study sought to determine the effectiveness of culturally sensitive interventions in reducing this high-risk behaviour with African American youths. A meta-analysis was conducted to assess the effectiveness of culturally sensitive interventions across 7 previous studies. Findings indicate that youths who participated in culturally sensitive interventions were less likely to engage in these high-risk behaviours than those who did not participate, although the effect size was moderate. The authors suggest that, although the findings should be considered tentative, the results provide an initial quantitative assessment of culturally sensitive intervention effectiveness.
Music interventions for people with dementia: a review of the literature
- Authors:
- SHERRATT K., THORTON A., HATTON C.
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 8(1), January 2004, pp.3-12.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper provides a qualitative review of 21 published articles of clinical empirical studies looking at the effects of a variety of music activities on the emotional and behavioural responses in people with dementia. General information is reviewed such as the setting and context of studies, research findings and explanatory variables. Methodological issues are also discussed, particularly in relation to observational methods, and theoretical frameworks such as the progressively lowered stress threshold model are evaluated. Music appears to have a range of applications in dementia care but previous reviews have highlighted methodological weaknesses of studies. Recommendations for future research include the use of continuous time sampling methodology and to record the duration of observed behaviours. This review paper also argues for the use of Kitwood's theory of personhood as a framework to inform and guide future research.
Psychopathology peer relations and school: a literature review
- Author:
- STAUDT Marlys M.
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Schools, 23(2), April 2001, pp.85-100.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
More than a million children in the USA are maltreated each year. Many of these children are enrolled in school or early childhood programmes. School social workers and other school personnel must know how maltreatment affects children to identify it and provide treatment. This article provides a review of studies that have examined the peer relationships, school functioning, and internalising and externalising behaviours of maltreated children. Maltreated children are at risk of poor outcomes across all of these domains. Because of the sequelae of maltreated, maltreated children, as well as their parents, need mental health and adjunct services. Implications are drawn for school social work practice, including a description of some interventions that have empirical evidence of their effectiveness.