Pub Date : 2017-03-21DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1303075
J. Torales, I. Barrios, M. Almirón, Roberto De la Cueva
Physiotherapy in the treatment of anxiety disorders Julio Torales, Iván Barrios, Marcos Almirón and Roberto De la Cueva Department of Psychopathology, School of Kinesiology and Physiotherapy, National University of Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay; School of Medicine, National University of Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay; School of Kinesiology and Physiotherapy, National University of Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay
物理疗法在焦虑症治疗中的应用Julio Torales, Iván Barrios, Marcos Almirón和Roberto De la Cueva巴拉圭圣洛伦索国立大学运动与物理治疗学院精神病理学系;巴拉圭圣洛伦索国立大学Asunción医学院;巴拉圭圣洛伦佐国立大学Asunción运动机能学与物理治疗学院
{"title":"Physiotherapy in the treatment of anxiety disorders","authors":"J. Torales, I. Barrios, M. Almirón, Roberto De la Cueva","doi":"10.1080/17542863.2017.1303075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17542863.2017.1303075","url":null,"abstract":"Physiotherapy in the treatment of anxiety disorders Julio Torales, Iván Barrios, Marcos Almirón and Roberto De la Cueva Department of Psychopathology, School of Kinesiology and Physiotherapy, National University of Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay; School of Medicine, National University of Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay; School of Kinesiology and Physiotherapy, National University of Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay","PeriodicalId":38926,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Culture and Mental Health","volume":"41 1","pages":"298 - 299"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85488345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-03-21DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1301975
P. Bhola, S. Chaturvedi
ABSTRACT Assumptions about the universality of ethics and the use of dominant ethical frameworks of mental health care may obscure the differences and contextual realities in traditional societies. The ‘culture’ of the encounter between the mental health practitioner and the patient can be viewed through three dominant perspectives; paternalism, autonomy and reciprocity. Culture strongly influences how persons construct and negotiate their autonomous identities and the concept of relational autonomy may be more relevant in traditional societies like India. In this article, research studies and practitioner viewpoints are brought together to highlight the debates related to patient-practitioner communication, confidentiality and disclosure, informed consent and decision-making capacity, involuntary admissions and discharge processes, use of covert medication, advance directives and cultural influences on the definition of professional boundaries. Understanding the complex interplay of cultural beliefs and processes, culturally embedded practitioner value systems, economics, social justice paradigms and existing mental health care systems in traditional and resource-poor societies can provide a deeper understanding of the ethics of mental health care. A view of reality as interpretative and contextual can enhance our understanding of the ethical playing field in mental health care in both traditional and modern societies.
{"title":"Through a glass, darkly: ethics of mental health practitioner-patient relationships in traditional societies","authors":"P. Bhola, S. Chaturvedi","doi":"10.1080/17542863.2017.1301975","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17542863.2017.1301975","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Assumptions about the universality of ethics and the use of dominant ethical frameworks of mental health care may obscure the differences and contextual realities in traditional societies. The ‘culture’ of the encounter between the mental health practitioner and the patient can be viewed through three dominant perspectives; paternalism, autonomy and reciprocity. Culture strongly influences how persons construct and negotiate their autonomous identities and the concept of relational autonomy may be more relevant in traditional societies like India. In this article, research studies and practitioner viewpoints are brought together to highlight the debates related to patient-practitioner communication, confidentiality and disclosure, informed consent and decision-making capacity, involuntary admissions and discharge processes, use of covert medication, advance directives and cultural influences on the definition of professional boundaries. Understanding the complex interplay of cultural beliefs and processes, culturally embedded practitioner value systems, economics, social justice paradigms and existing mental health care systems in traditional and resource-poor societies can provide a deeper understanding of the ethics of mental health care. A view of reality as interpretative and contextual can enhance our understanding of the ethical playing field in mental health care in both traditional and modern societies.","PeriodicalId":38926,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Culture and Mental Health","volume":"41 1","pages":"285 - 297"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83599235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-03-07DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1299190
Ora Nakash, Maayan Nagar, Anat Shoshani, I. Lurie
ABSTRACT We investigated the combined effect of the severity of exposure to traumatic events and perceived social support on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among male asylum seekers in Israel. A convenience sample of 90 men who sought asylum from Eritrea and Sudan and presented at the Open-Clinic in Tel-Aviv, Israel, participated in the study. Participants completed measures assessing exposure to traumatic events, perceived social support and PTSD symptoms in their native language. The majority of participants had been exposed to traumatic events. Lack of shelter, ill health without access to medical care, imprisonment and torture were most prevalent. Perceived social support was associated with lower PTSD symptoms only among those who reported low exposure to traumatic events. Among asylees who reported high exposure to traumatic events, social support did not affect the association between exposure to traumatic events and PTSD symptoms. Our findings show that perceived social support serves as a significant moderator in the relationship between exposure to traumatic events and PTSD symptoms among asylum seekers, depending on the severity of exposure to traumatic events. The complex relationship between protective factors such as perceived social support, exposure to trauma and mental health should inform mental health services for forced migrants.
{"title":"The association between perceived social support and posttraumatic stress symptoms among Eritrean and Sudanese male asylum seekers in Israel","authors":"Ora Nakash, Maayan Nagar, Anat Shoshani, I. Lurie","doi":"10.1080/17542863.2017.1299190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17542863.2017.1299190","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT We investigated the combined effect of the severity of exposure to traumatic events and perceived social support on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among male asylum seekers in Israel. A convenience sample of 90 men who sought asylum from Eritrea and Sudan and presented at the Open-Clinic in Tel-Aviv, Israel, participated in the study. Participants completed measures assessing exposure to traumatic events, perceived social support and PTSD symptoms in their native language. The majority of participants had been exposed to traumatic events. Lack of shelter, ill health without access to medical care, imprisonment and torture were most prevalent. Perceived social support was associated with lower PTSD symptoms only among those who reported low exposure to traumatic events. Among asylees who reported high exposure to traumatic events, social support did not affect the association between exposure to traumatic events and PTSD symptoms. Our findings show that perceived social support serves as a significant moderator in the relationship between exposure to traumatic events and PTSD symptoms among asylum seekers, depending on the severity of exposure to traumatic events. The complex relationship between protective factors such as perceived social support, exposure to trauma and mental health should inform mental health services for forced migrants.","PeriodicalId":38926,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Culture and Mental Health","volume":"19 s29","pages":"261 - 275"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/17542863.2017.1299190","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72386876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-03-06DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1296877
Inga Curry, Walter Scott, Laima Bulotaitė, S. Freng
ABSTRACT The purpose of the current study was to (1) explore for cultural differences in harmful alcohol use and (2) examine whether explicit alcohol expectancies and implicit alcohol associations predict use. University students from Lithuania (n = 63) and the USA (n = 81) completed explicit and implicit measures regarding alcohol use. We found that compared to Lithuanian college students, US college students reported higher harmful alcohol use, endorsed more positive alcohol expectancies and had significantly fewer negative implicit alcohol associations. For both samples, both positive expectancies and implicit associations predicted harmful use.
{"title":"The role of implicit associations and explicit expectancies related to alcohol use: a comparison of Lithuanian and US college samples","authors":"Inga Curry, Walter Scott, Laima Bulotaitė, S. Freng","doi":"10.1080/17542863.2017.1296877","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17542863.2017.1296877","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The purpose of the current study was to (1) explore for cultural differences in harmful alcohol use and (2) examine whether explicit alcohol expectancies and implicit alcohol associations predict use. University students from Lithuania (n = 63) and the USA (n = 81) completed explicit and implicit measures regarding alcohol use. We found that compared to Lithuanian college students, US college students reported higher harmful alcohol use, endorsed more positive alcohol expectancies and had significantly fewer negative implicit alcohol associations. For both samples, both positive expectancies and implicit associations predicted harmful use.","PeriodicalId":38926,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Culture and Mental Health","volume":"19 1","pages":"250 - 260"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83606370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-03-06DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1295091
Steven Davey, Sarah E. Gordon
ABSTRACT Current definitions of social exclusion and social inclusion tend to focus on actual participation. Whilst this provides an objective basis for policy measurement, it can overlook the underpinning social dynamics. As part of a conceptual analysis, a précis is provided of a qualitative study undertaken in New Zealand that investigated social inclusion and exclusion from the subjective perspectives of people who experience mental distress. This study highlights subtle cases that cannot be adequately assessed under current definitions. Rather than actual participation, focusing on the ‘terms and conditions’ of social exclusion and inclusion can encompass invisible phenomena, such as mental illness, and bring the concepts closer to underlying social processes. Definitions would be improved if they focused less on measurement and more on the social constructs involved.
{"title":"Definitions of social inclusion and social exclusion: the invisibility of mental illness and the social conditions of participation","authors":"Steven Davey, Sarah E. Gordon","doi":"10.1080/17542863.2017.1295091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17542863.2017.1295091","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Current definitions of social exclusion and social inclusion tend to focus on actual participation. Whilst this provides an objective basis for policy measurement, it can overlook the underpinning social dynamics. As part of a conceptual analysis, a précis is provided of a qualitative study undertaken in New Zealand that investigated social inclusion and exclusion from the subjective perspectives of people who experience mental distress. This study highlights subtle cases that cannot be adequately assessed under current definitions. Rather than actual participation, focusing on the ‘terms and conditions’ of social exclusion and inclusion can encompass invisible phenomena, such as mental illness, and bring the concepts closer to underlying social processes. Definitions would be improved if they focused less on measurement and more on the social constructs involved.","PeriodicalId":38926,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Culture and Mental Health","volume":"30 1","pages":"229 - 237"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85727450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-03-01DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1294192
Ananya Sinha, P. Bhola, A. Raguram, P. Chandra
ABSTRACT Background: Ethical issues are ubiquitous during therapeutic work, despite the presence of professional ethics codes that guide ethical decision making. This exploratory research looks at how mental health trainees and practitioners, across various mental health disciplines, perceive and experience ethical dilemmas in the therapy space. Method: The sample included 12 mental health practitioners from varied mental health disciplines (clinical psychology, psychiatry and psychiatric social work), and practising counsellors, from an urban city in India. Three focus group discussions were conducted, where participants expressed the ethical issues and challenges encountered during their sessions with clients. Results: Content analysis of the narratives of the focus group discussions highlighted prominent ethical dilemmas in these domains: negotiation of boundaries or frames of the interaction; involvement of family in therapeutic decisions; negotiation of issues of gender and power in therapy; value conflicts in working with sexuality issues; therapist competence; and method of resolution of ethical dilemmas. Personal and cultural values emerged as impacting the perceptions, interpretations and experience of ethically challenging situations. The findings have implications for the development of culturally sensitive and value-based training methodologies.
{"title":"‘Power positions are embedded in our minds’: focus group discussions on psychotherapy ethics in India","authors":"Ananya Sinha, P. Bhola, A. Raguram, P. Chandra","doi":"10.1080/17542863.2017.1294192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17542863.2017.1294192","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Background: Ethical issues are ubiquitous during therapeutic work, despite the presence of professional ethics codes that guide ethical decision making. This exploratory research looks at how mental health trainees and practitioners, across various mental health disciplines, perceive and experience ethical dilemmas in the therapy space. Method: The sample included 12 mental health practitioners from varied mental health disciplines (clinical psychology, psychiatry and psychiatric social work), and practising counsellors, from an urban city in India. Three focus group discussions were conducted, where participants expressed the ethical issues and challenges encountered during their sessions with clients. Results: Content analysis of the narratives of the focus group discussions highlighted prominent ethical dilemmas in these domains: negotiation of boundaries or frames of the interaction; involvement of family in therapeutic decisions; negotiation of issues of gender and power in therapy; value conflicts in working with sexuality issues; therapist competence; and method of resolution of ethical dilemmas. Personal and cultural values emerged as impacting the perceptions, interpretations and experience of ethically challenging situations. The findings have implications for the development of culturally sensitive and value-based training methodologies.","PeriodicalId":38926,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Culture and Mental Health","volume":"19 1","pages":"217 - 227"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87677425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-03-01DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1296876
D. Este, L. Simich, H. Hamilton, C. Sato
ABSTRACT As Canada becomes increasingly ethno-culturally diverse, health and human services professionals are challenged to provide mental health services that effectively meet the needs of newcomer populations. Currently, there is a dearth of literature focused on the ways in which members of Sudanese communities in Canada understand or make meaning of the constructs of mental health and illness. The purpose of this article is to explore the perceptions and understandings of mental health and illness through the lens of Southern Sudanese community members in Toronto, Ontario, and Calgary and Brooks, Alberta . Thirty-two in-depth interviews across the three sites were completed using a semi-structured interview guide. Multi-lingual Sudanese research assistants conducted the interviews. Using an inductive data analysis approach, seven major themes emerged related to the focus of the study: Sudanese perceptions and understandings of mental health; social isolation; neglect of personal hygiene; stigma; mental health as multi-dimensional; stress as a cause; and positive mental health. The paper concludes with implications for mental health practitioners.
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Pub Date : 2017-02-20DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1290126
J. Handelzalts, S. Geller, Sigal Levy, Tal Vered, Shimrit Fisher
ABSTRACT Religious identity has been shown to be related to women’s healthy body image, though research is still scarce, with most of it having been carried out in the context of the Christian religion. We used measures of positive body image (Body Appreciation Scale) and negative body image (Body Image Concern Inventory) as well as body care attitude (Body Care Subscale) to study 230 women belonging to three Jewish denominations in Israel in mid 2013. Compared to modern-Orthodox and secular Jewish women, ultra-Orthodox Jewish women were found to possess a more positive and less negative body image; they also exhibited more positive attitudes regarding body care. Regarding body satisfaction, modern-Orthodox women were shown to be significantly more satisfied than were the secular women. This reflects a continuum, ranging between secular, modern-Orthodox, and ultra-Orthodox women regarding body image in all its aspects. The possible protective power of religion regarding body image is discussed in light of possible underlining mechanisms.
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Pub Date : 2017-02-15DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1290125
A. Al-Attiyah, Ahmed M. Megreya, Mousa Alrashidi, S. Domínguez-Lara, Amani Al-Sheerawi
ABSTRACT The nature and extent of the influence of culture on psychopathology have long been studied, with a central emphasis on whether abnormal behavior is etic (universalized) or emic (cultural based). This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties (factorial structure, inter-correlations, reliability, and criterion validity) of an Arabic translation of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 across three Arabic-speaking countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar; N = 710). The results of first-order 25-factor CFAs indicated generally acceptable to good fit for the Arabic version of the PID-5. In addition, the results of higher-order five factors CFAs (using the five domains) indicated a generally acceptable fit. Furthermore, the 25 facets of the PID-5 had moderate to high reliability using Cronbach’s alpha. Finally, the five domains of the PID-5 had strong inter-correlations and expected associations with the FFM model of personality. Therefore, this study replicated the adequate psychometric properties of the PID-5 in Arabic-speaking Middle Eastern countries.
{"title":"The psychometric properties of an Arabic version of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5) across three Arabic-speaking Middle Eastern countries","authors":"A. Al-Attiyah, Ahmed M. Megreya, Mousa Alrashidi, S. Domínguez-Lara, Amani Al-Sheerawi","doi":"10.1080/17542863.2017.1290125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17542863.2017.1290125","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The nature and extent of the influence of culture on psychopathology have long been studied, with a central emphasis on whether abnormal behavior is etic (universalized) or emic (cultural based). This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties (factorial structure, inter-correlations, reliability, and criterion validity) of an Arabic translation of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 across three Arabic-speaking countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar; N = 710). The results of first-order 25-factor CFAs indicated generally acceptable to good fit for the Arabic version of the PID-5. In addition, the results of higher-order five factors CFAs (using the five domains) indicated a generally acceptable fit. Furthermore, the 25 facets of the PID-5 had moderate to high reliability using Cronbach’s alpha. Finally, the five domains of the PID-5 had strong inter-correlations and expected associations with the FFM model of personality. Therefore, this study replicated the adequate psychometric properties of the PID-5 in Arabic-speaking Middle Eastern countries.","PeriodicalId":38926,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Culture and Mental Health","volume":"39 1","pages":"197 - 205"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73421799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-01-31DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2017.1279674
E. Colucci, Madeleine C. Valibhoy, Josef Szwarc, I. Kaplan, H. Minas
ABSTRACT Limited research has been conducted worldwide on the experiences that children and young people from refugee backgrounds have with mental health services, despite evidence that they have significant vulnerability to the development of mental health problems and to suicidal behaviour and that those with mental ill-health typically underutilise services. The authors were particularly interested in barriers and facilitators to service access and engagement, and conducted two qualitative research projects to improve understanding of the issues – the first with service providers experienced in the refugee area and the second with young refugee service users. The aim of this project was to compare the perspectives of professionals and service users and to identify similarities and differences. The perspectives of the service users and providers were strikingly similar. The analysis identified 21 implications for policy makers, agencies and practitioners, which ranged from issues concerning cultural sensitivity, background matching and mental health literacy to accessibility, setting boundaries and expectations and implementing a holistic and outreach approach. There is a range of specific, practical measures that policy makers and service providers can introduce to enhance access to and engagement with mental health services for young people from refugee backgrounds.
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