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People with physical impairments and mental health support needs: a critical review of the literature
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 53p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This report reviews the literature on the mental health support needs of people with physical impairments. The review is divided into two parts. The first part reviews research literature concerned with psychology, psychiatry and rehabilitation services. The second part of the review looks at what is known about the mental health support needs and experiences of people with physical impairments from a social model perspective. It was the first stage of a research project. (Edited publisher abstract)
Paranoia: the psychology of persecutory delusions
- Authors:
- FREEMAN Daniel, GARETY Philippa
- Publisher:
- Psychology Press
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 188p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Taking persecutory delusions as its focus, this study defines the phenomenon in detail and analyzes the content of persecutory delusions. It reviews previous psychological writings, explores the relationship between psychosis and neurosis, reports on innovative empirical studies with patients, and highlights future essential research directions.
Loss, humiliation and entrapment as appraisals of schizophrenic illness: a prospective study of depressed and non-depressed patients
- Authors:
- ROOKE Oliver, BIRCHWOOD Max
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 37(3), September 1998, pp.259-268.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Life-events that precede the onset of unipolar depression usually involve an appraisal of loss; recent research has shown that where these events are also appraised as humiliating or involving entrapment and defeat (the absence of a way forward or failure to reaffirm an identity) they are especially potent in triggering depression. Depression in schizophrenia has not been studied from the cognitive or psychosocial perspectives. In a previous study we showed that patient's perceived loss of control and entrapment by psychotic illness (e.g. by recurring relapse) was strongly linked to depression. In this study the authors follow up the original sample of 49 patients two and half years later to examine the hypotheses using more powerful prospective methodology.
Causal and mediating factors for anxiety, depression and well-being
- Authors:
- KINDERMAN Peter, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 206(6), 2015, pp.456-460.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Background: The relationship between well-being and mental ill health is complex; people may experience very low levels of well-being even in the absence of overt mental health problems. Aims: This study tested the hypothesis that anxiety, depression and well-being have different causal determinants and psychological mediating mechanisms. Method: The influence of causal and mediating factors on anxiety, depression and well-being were investigated in a cross-sectional online questionnaire survey hosted on a UK national broadcasting website. Results: Multivariate conditional independence analysis of data from 27 397 participants revealed different association pathways for the two constructs. Anxiety and depression were associated with negative life events mediated by rumination; low levels of subjective well-being were associated with material deprivation and social isolation, mediated by adaptive coping style. Conclusions: The findings support the ‘two continua’ model of the relationship between psychological well-being and mental health problems, with implications for both treatment and prevention. (Edited publisher abstract)
Psychological distress in Brazilian caregivers of relatives with dementia
- Authors:
- BANDEIRA D. R., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 11(1), January 2007, pp.14-19.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The authors evaluated stress, anxiety, depression, and feelings of hopelessness in caregivers of relatives with dementia. One hundred and twenty-nine caregivers and 145 non-caregivers who lived in metropolitan Porto Alegre, Brazil completed Lipp's Inventory of Stress Symptoms for Adults, (ISSL), and Beck's Anxiety (BAI), Depression (BDI), and Hopelessness (BHS) scales. Caregivers showed higher levels of anxiety, depression, hopelessness, resistance/pre-exhaustion stress than controls. This study indicates that constant caregiving may significantly increase the risk of physical and mental health problems for caregivers in Brazil.
Depression and suicide among community elderly
- Author:
- RON Pnina
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 38(2), 2002, pp.53-71.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article examined hopelessness, depression and, suicidality among an elderly community population. It aimed at providing a demographic profile of factors contributing to depression and suicidality among old people. At five senior citizencenters at the north of Israel, 316 old people living in the community were randomly selected. Subjects were administered the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Beck Hopelessness Scale (HS), and the Scale for Suicidal Ideation (SSI). The data suggest that demographic variables contributed to the explanation of suicidality, depression, and hopelessness among the elderly.
Hopelessness and the anticipation of positive and negative future experiences in older parasuicidal adults
- Authors:
- CONAGHAN Susan, DAVIDSON Kate M.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 41(3), September 2002, pp.233-242.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article examines whether older people who are depressed or had engaged in parasuicidal behaviour could be identified by any increase in negative future experiences in comparison with a community control group. It was found that older parasuicidal and older depressed participants were characterised by a reduction in positive anticipation and that this may be accounted for by depression rather than hopelessness.
Treatment-induced suicide: suicidality as a potential effect of psychiatric drugs
- Author:
- LEHMANN Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Critical Psychology Counselling and Psychotherapy, 2(1), Spring 2002, pp.54-58.
Psychiatric treatment, particularly drug treatment, is a factor in causing depression. This paper examines probable links between psychiatric treatment and suicide.
Trauma, coping, and depression among women with HIV/AIDS in New York City
- Authors:
- SIMONI J.M., NG M.T.
- Journal article citation:
- AIDS Care, 12(5), October 2000, pp.567-580.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Among 230 HIV-positive women in New York city, the researchers examined the association of retrospective self-reports of sexual and physical abuse, current coping strategies and depressive symptomatology. Results revealed a high prevalence of abuse in childhood and adulthood. Childhood abuse positively correlated with the frequency of current adaptive and avoidant coping strategies. Implications for improving the psychological functioning of women living with HIV/AIDS are discussed.
Sense of coherence and social support - Resources for subjective well-being and health of the aged in Finland
- Authors:
- ELOVAINIO M., KIVIMAKI M.
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 9(2), April 2000, pp.128-135.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article examines whether the psychological and social resources of aged people (over 75 years) in Finland predict their subjective well-being and experienced state of health. Based on previous research on younger people we formed a model where morbidity, experienced quality of social support and sense of coherence together with economic resources are the predictors of both experienced state of health and subjective well-being. The model providing the most parsimonious explanation of the data suggested that a strong sense of coherence and high experienced quality of social relationships are strongly related to subjective well-being. Experienced state of health was associated with morbidity and subjective well-being, but there was no significant relationship between subjective well-being and morbidity.