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Small things, micro-affirmations and helpful professionals everyday recovery-orientated practices according to persons with mental health problems
- Authors:
- BOE Tore Dag, LARSEN Inger Beate
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 54(8), 2018, p.1212–1220.
- Publisher:
- Springer
The aim of this study is to present concrete descriptions of the content in the construction of helpful relationships with staff, according to users. Starting with the re-occurring concept of the meaning of “little things” in recovery studies, a literature review was done. A thematic analysis shows that small things play an important role in improving a person’s sense of self. Small things seem to be an invisible but effective parts of a recovery-orientated practice, but they might be defined as unprofessional and their efficacy negated. (Publisher abstract)
Staff experience and understanding of working with abused women suffering from mental illness
- Authors:
- BENGTSSON-TOPS A., SAVEMAN B.-I., TOPS D.
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 17(5), September 2009, pp.459-465.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Thematic interviews were conducted with 13 staff members from various welfare services in Sweden. Data were subject to content analysis. The findings showed that working with abused women was experienced as ambiguous and painful and made the staff act pragmatically. Feelings of ambiguity were mainly related to the lack of theoretical frameworks for interpreting why women with mental illness are exposed to abuse. Painful experiences involved intertwined feelings of distress, frustration, worthlessness, ambivalence and powerlessness. These were all feelings that emerged in the direct encounters with the abused women. In response to the abused women's comprehensive needs, staff members acted pragmatically, implying networking without any sanction from the leaders of the organisation, compliance with routines and taking action in here-and-now situations. By acting pragmatically, staff members could achieve concrete results through their interventions. It is concluded that staff members, working with abused women with mental illness, are in a vulnerable situation and in need of formally accepted and implemented support and legitimacy as well as theoretical knowledge regarding causes and consequences of abuse in this particular group of women.
Parents' experiences of collaboration between welfare professionals regarding children with anxiety or depression: an explorative study
- Authors:
- WIDMARK Catharina, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Integrated Care, 13(4), 2013, Online only
- Publisher:
- International Foundation for Integrated Care
Introduction: Well-functioning collaboration between professionals in the welfare sector has a strong influence on the contacts with parents of children and adolescents suffering from mental illness, and it is a precondition for the availability of support for these parents. This paper describes how such parents perceive collaboration between professionals in mental health care, social services, and schools. Methods: In this small-scale qualitative study data were collected by in-depth interviews with seven parents of children and adolescents diagnosed with anxiety and depression. The families were selected from the Child and Adolescent Mental Health patient records kept by the Stockholm County Council (Sweden) Results and discussion: The results suggest that when the encounter between parents and professionals is characterised by structure and trust, it is supportive and serves as a holding environment. Parents think that communication links and coordination between professionals from different organisations are needed in the collaboration, along with appropriately scheduled and well-performed joint meetings to create structure in the parent-professional encounter. Parents also think that establishment of trust in this interaction is promoted by individual professionals who are available, provide the parents with adequate information, are skilled, and show empathy and commitment. (Edited publisher abstract)
Living in residential care: experiences in a treatment home for adolescents in Sweden
- Authors:
- JOHANSSON Jan, ANDERSSON Bengt
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Youth Care Forum, 35(4), August 2006, pp.305-318.
- Publisher:
- Springer
This article reports on a qualitative study of adolescents living in residential care in Sweden. Six adolescents, three girls and three boys, who were the first to live in a newly opened treatment home, were interviewed about their experiences 2–3 years after they had left the home. Their experiences were in retrospect very different from each other. The results are discussed from the perspectives of individual differences, the special situation in an institution, relationships and gender. It is concluded that in spite of the fact that youth who live in a residential care institution live in the same environment, the individuals perceive it in their own unique ways.