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How does it feel for you? The emotional impact and specific challenges of mental health interpreting
- Authors:
- DOHERTY Sharon M., MACINTYRE Anna M., WYNE Tara
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review Journal, 15(3), September 2010, pp.31-44.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Worldwide, around 42 million people are displaced due to persecution, war or natural disaster. Where countries supply refugee mental health services, these services rely heavily on the work of interpreters. However, despite interpreters being exposed to significant client distress, little attention has been paid to the impact of mental health interpreting on the well-being of interpreters themselves. This study set out to build on limited previous work in this area. A total of 157 interpreters contracted by Glasgow Translating and Interpreting Service, UK, were surveyed. Results showed that, of the 18 interpreters who responded, 56% reported having been emotionally affected by mental health interpreting, 67% reported that they sometimes found it hard to put clients out of their minds and 33% reported that interpreting for clients with mental health difficulties had had an impact on their personal life. Respondents experienced a range of emotions in relation to their work, including anger, sadness, hopelessness and powerlessness, and 28% reported sometimes having difficulty moving onto their next job due to distress associated with a previous client. The authors discuss the findings with respect to good practice guidelines.
Safety in numbers
- Author:
- WALLACE John
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, March 2006, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
This article reports on two innovative Scottish ventures to make cognitive behavioural therapy more widely accessible. The STEPS services, based in the south-east of Glasgow is run by a psychologist and offers clients a six-week course of group therapy where the group numbers up to 100 people and there’s no question of ‘sharing’ feelings. Another initiative, the Living Life to the Full website offers internet users world-wide a 12 module CBT programme that has also recently been launched as a non-accredited evening class at Glasgow’s further education colleges.
What a difference a year makes: comparing relationships between stressful life events, mood and life satisfaction among older adults, and their working-age counterparts
- Authors:
- HANNAFORD Elizabeth, MOORE Fhionna, MACLEOD Fiona J.
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 22(12), 2018, pp.1658-1665.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Objectives: Stressful life events (SLEs) have been linked to depression, anxiety, and reduced life satisfaction. The inoculation hypothesis of ageing suggests older adults may be less vulnerable to poor psychological outcomes following SLEs than working-age adults. The current study compared relationships between SLEs, mood and life satisfaction among older adults (65+), and adults aged 50–64, and investigated whether group identification and loneliness moderate these relationships. Method: A community-based sample of 121 Scottish participants responded to measures of SLEs (modified Social Readjustment Rating Scale), symptoms of depression and anxiety (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale), life satisfaction (Life Satisfaction Index A), group identification (Group Identification Scale), and loneliness (UCLA Loneliness Scale). Results: In the 50–64 age group, the number of SLEs was significantly associated with greater symptoms of depression and anxiety, and reduced life satisfaction. Group identification and loneliness did not moderate these relationships. There were no significant relationships in the older adult group. Conclusion: The finding of relationships in working-age, but not older adults, supports the inoculation hypothesis of aging. Further research to better understand changes across the lifespan, and inter-relationships with related variables, would be valuable from both theoretical and clinical perspectives. (Edited publisher abstract)
Worries and problems of young carers: issues for mental health
- Author:
- CREE Viviene E.
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Family Social Work, 8(4), November 2003, pp.301-309.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper reports on a research study which explored the worries and problems of young carers in Edinburgh. Sixty-one young carers took part in the study, conducted between April and June 2002. Findings indicate that young carers identify significant worries and problems in relation to their well-being, and that these come over and above any 'normal' adolescent difficulties. It is suggested that these findings may have important implications for young carers' mental health, now and in the future, and contain important lessons for child and family social work in general.
Research summary: a study of mental health needs of young carers for the Edinburgh young carers project
- Author:
- CREE Viviene
- Publisher:
- University of Edinburgh
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This summary report describes the findings from a study of the mental health needs of young carers. Its aim was to identify problems and worries in relation to their well being and what support they feel they have to support those needs.
Under pressure: a study of mental health needs of young carers; for the Edinburgh young carers project
- Author:
- CREE Viviene
- Publisher:
- University of Edinburgh. Department of Social Work
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 34p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report describes the findings from a study of the mental health needs of young carers. Its aim was to identify problems and worries in relation to their well being and what support they feel they have to support those needs.
Fragile foundations: exploring the mental health of the social care workforce and the people they support
- Author:
- GATHERUM Becca
- Publisher:
- Scottish Care
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 36
- Place of publication:
- Ayr
This report looks the mental health support for older people living in care homes and accessing care at home and housing support services. It covers individuals who have lived with mental health challenges throughout their lives, as well older people who are experiencing mental health issues for the first time. It is based on focus group research with 43 care staff working across the independent social care sector in Scotland. The focus groups discussed care staff’s personal and professional experiences of mental health and the ways in which mental health issues impact upon them in their care roles and their ability to support individuals. The report examines the factors which comprise and impact upon care workers’ mental health and wellbeing. It also examines the pressures and expectations that are placed on them in carrying out their roles, often acting as a link between many individuals and services. The report shows that staff are increasingly losing their capacity and resilience to cope with these pressures, which are preventing staff from delivering compassionate care. The report provides recommendations to promote a person-centred, rights-based system of care in Scotland. These include an increased recognition of older people’s mental health issues as a human rights issue, increased recognition of the contribution of the social care workforce to supporting older people's mental health; and extending mental health and well-being support to the social care workforce. (Edited publisher abstract)
Organic vs. functional neurological disorders: the role of childhood psychological trauma
- Authors:
- KARATZIAS Thanos, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 63, 2016, pp.1-6.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Although the relationship between psychological trauma and medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) is well established, this relationship is less well understood in people with medically unexplained neurological symptoms. In the present study, the authors set out to compare people with functional neurological disorders, and organic neurological disorders, in terms of childhood and adulthood traumatic events, traumatic stress, emotional dysregulation and symptoms of depression and anxiety. It is hypothesised that those with functional neurological disorders would be more likely to report childhood and adulthood traumatic life events, traumatic symptomatology, emotional dysregulation and symptoms of anxiety and depression, compared to those with organic neurological disorders. Sample consisted of a consecutive series of people with functional neurological disorders and with organic neurological disorders (n = 82) recruited from a hospital in Scotland. Participants completed measures of life events, traumatic stress, emotional regulation, anxiety and depression. The two groups were found to significantly differ in relation to all measures, with the MUS group being more likely to report childhood and adulthood life events, more severe emotional dysregulation, traumatic stress and symptoms of anxiety and stress. Logistic regression analysis revealed that exposure to childhood traumatic life events, specifically childhood sexual abuse, and childhood physical neglect, were the only factors which were significantly associated with membership of the medically unexplained neurological symptoms group. Although further research is required to confirm the authors' findings, their results suggest that identifying and addressing the impact of childhood trauma, may alleviate distress and aid recovery from functional neurological disorders. (Edited publisher abstract)
A comparison of cognitively impaired attenders and their coresident carers at day hospitals and day centres in Aberdeen
- Authors:
- WARRINGTON Jill, EAGLES John M.
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11(3), March 1996, pp.251-256.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Day care services for the mentally ill in Aberdeen are described. Cognitively impaired attenders and their coresident carers at local day hospitals are compared with their counterparts at day centres. The similarities between the two groups are more striking than the differences. Day hospitals appeared to be no more efficacious than day centres in relieving stress and psychiatric morbidity among carers. Indeed, carers of day hospital attenders were more likely to be depressed. There appear to be significant sources of selection bias in determining which elderly subjects attend which type of day care. It is suggested that current service provision in the UK lacks coherence and rationality and that randomised prospective trials are required to determine appropriate organisation of day care services.