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Group gardening in mental outpatient care
- Authors:
- RAPPE Erja, KOIVUNEN Taina, KORPELA Elli
- Journal article citation:
- Therapeutic Communities: the International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, 29(3), Autumn 2008, pp.273-284.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This aim of this study was to assess the suitability and effectiveness of group gardening in contributing to the rehabilitation of mental health outpatients. Participants were mental health outpatients and their support persons at a hospital in Helsinki. The participants completed a questionnaire about the importance of health-related effects of gardening and four returned their diaries at the end of the study. The researchers participated in 17 weekly meetings, observing and making notes in their personal diaries The participants reported feeling calmer and invigorated, and their ability to concentrate was improved due to gardening. The social support of the group and the atmosphere of approval contributed to the autonomy and coping resources of the outpatients. The study indicates that group gardening can promote the development of healthy communities in which individuals have equal opportunities for a fulfilling everyday life despite their health or social state.
Cumulative incidence of mental disorders among offspring of mothers with psychotic disorder; results from the Helsinki High-Risk Study
- Authors:
- NIEMI Laura T., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 185(1), July 2004, pp.11-17.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The Helsinki High-Risk Study follows up all women born between 1916 and 1948 and treated for schizophrenia-spectrum disorders in psychiatric hospitals in Helsinki, their offspring born between 1960 and 1964, and controls. The aim was to determine the cumulative incidence of adulthood Axis I disorders among offspring. Using all hospital and out-patient treatment records we rediagnosed parents and offspring according to DSM–IV–TR criteria. Offspring were grouped by mother’s diagnosis (schizophrenia n=104, schizoaffective disorder n=20, other schizophrenia-spectrum disorder n=30, and affective disorder n=25) and compared with a control group (n=176). The cumulative incidences of Axis I disorders among offspring were calculated. The cumulative incidences of any psychotic disorder were 13.5%, 10.0%, 10.0%, 4.0% and 1.1% among offspring of mothers with schizophrenia, schizo-affective disorder, other schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, affective disorders and controls, respectively. The corresponding figures for schizophrenia were 6.7%, 5.0%, 6.7%, 0% and 0.6%, and for any mental disorder 23.1%, 20.0%, 20.0%, 12.0% and 6.9%. Offspring of mothers with a psychotic disorder have heightened risk of developing a wide range of severe mental disorders.