Pub Date : 2023-10-26DOI: 10.1108/mhsi-10-2023-0105
Robyn Clegg-Gibson, Robert Hurst
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to share Robyn Clegg-Gibson’s story. Design/methodology/approach Robyn wrote a biography of her experiences. Robert then asked a series of questions from the perspective of a mental health academic researcher. Findings Robyn shared stories from her life, and how her experiences have shaped her life and herself. Research limitations/implications Narratives such as this give us an overview of only a single person’s experiences. However, they allow the person with lived experience to explore their story in depth. Practical implications What Robyn has written is very emotional. Her story will give readers an insight into her life and experiences. Social implications There is so much to learn from a story like Robyn’s. In particular, from her experiences of police processes after a crime. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first time that Robyn has chosen to publish her unique story in the written form. The value of Robyn sharing her story is apparent upon reading it.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-24DOI: 10.1108/mhsi-09-2023-0097
Barrie Green, Jake Stanworth
Purpose This paper aims to critically compare the impact and preparedness for practice of two types of mental health nurse training in the UK. One being a hospital-based apprenticeship model from the 1980s; the other a university-based and more academically focussed approach from this millennium. Design/methodology/approach This autoethnographic reflective commentary describes and reviews the effectiveness of two training curricula for Registered Mental Nurse (RMN) training. The first being the certificate-level 1983 syllabus of the UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, which was replaced in the late 1990s by diploma and degree-level Project 2000 training of the General Nursing Council. Using a reflective narrative approach to describe the lived experience of two qualified nurses, it compares, reviews and critiques both initiatives. Findings The author/researchers found both benefits and negatives inherent in each model. These were grouped into five key headings, which are a sense of belonging/identity; exposure to clinical practice; differences in training modality; development of clinical management skills and clinical preparedness; and academic merit. The older curriculum lacked an academic or research base, whereas the more recent approach encouraged and enhanced this element. However, with regard to preparing the clinician/registered nurse to feel confident in addressing a range of clinical and managerial challenges, the older style training seems to deliver better outcomes. They conclude that a move towards a “middle ground” between the two models may be of benefit to future RMN preparation. Research limitations/implications This study reports on the experience of two registered nurses. Therefore, the sample size is small. However, autoethnography is acknowledged as an effective means of delivering qualitative research; in addition, the authors access and use material from the wider literature to triangulate and critique their approach. This paper adds to the literature but also allows for duplication by others to further test the findings. Practical implications This type of study provides an opportunity for others to review, compare and contrast nursing or other multi-discipline changes in training/curriculum. The research method is one that is transferable and can be used within areas of practice, which have resource limitations. It provides an opportunity to replicate it in other services or jurisdictions. Social implications Nursing in the UK has experienced significant change over the past four decades. For RMNs, the move from hospitals into the community has been transformational. In addition, the influence of higher academic standards and the influence of the recent pandemic have challenged the profession and individuals within it. This study demonstrates positive and negative elements of the dilemma faced by nurses and offers a further contribution to this area. Originality/value There are a number of acade
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Pub Date : 2023-10-20DOI: 10.1108/mhsi-09-2023-0103
Patrick Hopkinson, Mats Niklasson, Peter Bryngelsson, Andrew Voyce, Jerome Carson
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of the life of the musician Brian Wilson from five different perspectives. Design/methodology/approach The authors used a mixed method of collaborative autoethnography, psychobiography and digital team ethnography to try and better understand the life and contributions of Brian Wilson. Findings Each of the five contributors provides different insights into the life and music of Brian Wilson. Research limitations/implications While the focus of this paper is on a single individual, a case study, the long and distinguished life of Brian Wilson provides much material for discussion and theorising. Practical implications Each individual presenting to mental health services has a complex biography. The five different contributions articulated in this paper could perhaps be taken as similar to the range of professional opinions seen in mental health teams, with each focusing on unique but overlapping aspects of the person’s story. Social implications This account shows the importance of taking a biological-psychological-social-spiritual and cultural perspective on mental illness. Originality/value This multi-layered analysis brings a range of perspectives to bear on the life and achievements of Brian Wilson, from developmental, musical, psychological and lived experience standpoints.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-18DOI: 10.1108/mhsi-09-2023-0098
David Chun Yin Li
Purpose This paper aims to provide strategies for individuals with limited work capacity (LWC) to build workplace friendships and foster inclusion, which can benefit their mental health. Design/methodology/approach The paper integrates key theories such as social exchange theory and the similarity-attraction paradigm to analyze the dynamics of relationships. Practical tips grounded in the existing literature are outlined. Findings Effective communication, building trust, showing mutual respect and discovering common interests can facilitate friendship development for employees with LWC. Supportive organizational policies and culture are also critical. Social implications By building workplace bonds and inclusion, individuals with LWC may experience greater social support, more engagement and better mental well-being. This also helps to diminish stigma and marginalization. Originality/value This viewpoint provides practical guidance specifically designed for individuals with Limited Work Capacity (LWC) to overcome workplace obstacles and build social relationships. It addresses an existing gap in the interpersonal facets of disability inclusion.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-09DOI: 10.1108/mhsi-08-2023-0090
Madison Harding-White, Dara Mojtahedi, Jerome Carson
Purpose This paper aims to explore current inconsistencies within the theoretical framework of current posttraumatic growth (PTG) literature in support of the suggestion for an alternative novel phenomenon labelled “post-adversarial appreciation”. Design/methodology/approach This re-conceptualisation has developed from the findings of empirical research conducted by the authors and their understanding of PTG. Findings Significant inconsistencies persist across the PTG literature in relation to the parameters required for PTG to manifest. It appears that PTG or an alternative concept labelled adversarial growth does take place following adverse/traumatic events, but that a separate phenomenon may better explain positive improvements in perceived personal appreciation during such events. This phenomenon is theorised by the authors as “post-adversarial appreciation”. Originality/value This paper suggests the existence of a novel phenomenon that may address many of the inconsistencies and present within the current PTG literature. This highlights a significant need for further research within the field of trauma and adversity in relation to positive outcomes which may result from such negative experiences.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-26DOI: 10.1108/mhsi-08-2023-0086
Sumant Kumar, Avanish Bhai Patel
Purpose COVID-19 lockdown imposed by the government in India affected markets, factories, industries, construction sites, restaurants, transport services, etc. in which migrant workers were engaged. Migrant workers expected that after the imposition of the lockdown government will facilitate transportation facilities to their hometowns as they lost their jobs. But due to negligence from both the central and the state governments, neither transportation was arranged nor food, shelter or health facilities were arranged. This paper aims to investigate the causes of the death of migrant workers under the theoretical framework of negligence theory. Design/methodology/approach The authors have applied the content analysis method and collected 926 death cases of migrant workers from 28 Indian states. The researchers applied this technique as the newspapers in India are one of the largest and most useful sources to generate a report/record on migrant workers causes during the COVID-19 lockdown. During the lockdown period, due to lack of attention from the government, police atrocities, hunger and accidental cases increased which resulted in the death of migrant workers. Findings The finding of the study proves that during the first phase of COVID-19 lockdown the death cases of migrant workers increased due to negligence by the governments. The number of death cases of migrant workers has been analysed through applying negligence theory which included duty, breach, cause, in fact, proximate cause and harm which increased the death cases. It has been noticed that the central government without any prior notice-imposed lockdown all over India, in which all the states were not received any guidelines or communication which indicate what they have to do or how to handle the Covid-19 situation. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is an original work of researchers which is basically based on negligence theory.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-19DOI: 10.1108/mhsi-03-2023-0028
Tuija Viking, Julie Repper
Purpose In mental health care the peer support workers (PSWs) are, by their experience based expertise, supporting the recovery of people using services and have also been shown to stimulate interprofessional learning (IPL) but which, due to hierarchical teams, is challenged. Therefore, to prepare the teams for IPL that includes PSWs, this study aims to suggest an interprofessional education (IPE) for mental health professions and PSWs. What would such an education look like? Design/methodology/approach The base, in the development of the IPE, is two earlier studies of teams’ inclusion of PSWs and the IPL. Findings The present study suggests Knowledge base 1 with three categories: different roles, expertise and perspectives, and Knowledge base 2 with two categories: teamwork and IPL. The conclusion is that such online IPE offers a readiness for mental health professions and PSWs, in teamwork, to exchange their different expertise to facilitate IPL. This is important to improve the quality of mental health services. Research limitations/implications One limitation is that the empirical study, this paper is based on, is a small-scaled study. Nevertheless, the main results from this study and the other were considered useful as a ground for the development of the IPE. Originality/value By suggesting an IPE for mental health professions and PSWs, this paper adds to the literature on peer support as well as IPL.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-14DOI: 10.1108/mhsi-08-2023-0089
Agata Debowska, Daniel Boduszek, Christine Fray-Aiken, Eric Awich Ochen, Karyl T. Powell-Booth, Esther Nanfuka Kalule, Roxanne Harvey, Florence Turyomurugyendo, Kenisha Nelson, Dominic Willmott, Samantha Mason
Purpose Few studies assess how child abuse and neglect (CAN) affects adolescents’ mental health. Further, the majority of studies conducted to date discount the individual CAN items and report overall prevalence rates for different types of abuse and neglect. The purpose of this study was to examine the levels of and gender differences in CAN subtypes, lifetime prevalence of individual CAN items and the contribution of different CAN subtypes for explaining depression, anxiety and irritability. Design/methodology/approach The sample included Jamaican ( n = 7,182, 60.8% female) and Ugandan ( n = 11,518, 52.4% female) youths. The authors used a population-based cross-sectional study design. Youths completed an anonymous survey in school settings. Findings The authors found gender differences in the levels of CAN subtypes. Maltreatment behaviors of lesser severity were more commonly endorsed by the youths than those of greater severity. Neglect and emotional abuse were the strongest correlates of depression (e.g. neglect: ß = 0.23, among Jamaican youths; emotional abuse outside-the-home: ß = 0.23, among Ugandan girls), anxiety (e.g. neglect: ß = 0.17, among Ugandan girls; emotional abuse outside-the-home: ß = 0.27, among Ugandan girls) and irritability (e.g. emotional abuse in-the-home: ß = 0.17, among Jamaican boys; emotional abuse outside-the-home: ß = 0.17, among Ugandan girls) in most samples. Originality/value These findings will inform policymakers and professionals working with youths in Jamaica and Uganda, providing comprehensive contemporary insights beyond existing research in these regions.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-13DOI: 10.1108/mhsi-08-2023-0082
Andrew Voyce
Purpose The purpose of this study is to discuss alienation from a viewpoint of autoethnography. Literature since the 19th century has described the economic determinants of social relations. The proposition is that human beings are strangers in a world they have created. The author revisits this paradigm and aims to show the relevance of alienation in the 20th and 21st centuries. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses the qualitative methodology of autoethnography with data from lived experience. The author relates the author’s personal experience to the meta-narrative of alienation. Findings Autoethnography is an excellent tool for interpretation of the author’s experiences. The author’s work life correlates to models of alienation put forward by Marxist and Critical Theory thought. The author gave the surplus value of the author’s labour to others, and as such, the author’s autoethnography is an authentic statement. The author’s experiences of poor mental health are in the context of pathology residing in alienation. Originality/value Findings reveal that alienation in work and in mental health is a plausible explanation for the way that social situations worked for the author. The author’s experiences support a model of alienation in 20th and 21st century economies. The author shows that the author’s experiences are shared by other vulnerable people.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-08DOI: 10.1108/mhsi-05-2023-0050
Naome Al-Saqaff
Purpose The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has led to the displacement of many Ukrainians. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between their contact with Dutch society and their mental health. To this end, 136 adult, mostly female, displaced Ukrainians in the Netherlands participated in an online survey to investigate the relationship between quality of host national contact and mental health, as moderated by quantity of host national contact. The survey had a Ukrainian, Russian and English version, and it consisted of single questions assessing various variables, including quality of host national contact, quantity of host national contact, amount of discrimination/prejudice as well as five questions assessing mental health (Mental Health Inventory 5 [MHI-5]; Berwick et al., 1991). Contrary to the hypotheses, no interaction was found between quality of host national contact and quantity of host national contact, and quality of host national contact did not have a significant main effect on mental health. However, there is a significant, yet nonlinear main effect of quantity of host national contact on mental health. Moreover, there is a significant correlation between quality of host national contact and quantity of host national contact. Finally, and interestingly, there is a positive relationship between the amount of discrimination/prejudice and mental health among people who chose to fill out the Ukrainian version of the survey. These results provide a nuanced view of the relationship between the host environment and mental health, and governmental policies should take into account the complexity of this relationship. Design/methodology/approach A total of 161 displaced, mostly female (90.40%), Ukrainians in the Netherlands with the average age of 35 agreed to participate in this online survey. The main variables measured were mental health (dependent variable), quality of host national contact (independent variable 1) and quantity of host national contact (independent variable 2/moderator). Additional variables, such as the level of perceived discrimination/prejudice, have been included in the analyses. The survey was available in three different languages: Ukrainian, Russian and English. Findings In this study, the role of host national contact in the mental health of displaced Ukrainians in the Netherlands was investigated. The results showed that there was no interaction between quality of host national contact and quantity of host national contact in the prediction of mental health. Moreover, quality of host national contact did not predict mental health. Thus, both of the (preregistered) hypotheses of this study were refuted. However, the amount of perceived discrimination/prejudice turned out to be linked to mental health. Surprisingly, the amount of perceived discrimination/prejudice predicted higher mental health scores among participants who chose to fill out the survey in Ukrainian. More
俄罗斯于2022年2月入侵乌克兰，导致许多乌克兰人流离失所。本研究的目的是调查他们与荷兰社会的接触与他们的心理健康之间的关系。为此目的，136名在荷兰流离失所的乌克兰成年人(主要是女性)参加了一项在线调查，以调查东道国国家接触质量与心理健康之间的关系，并受东道国国家接触数量的影响。该调查有乌克兰语、俄语和英语版本，由评估各种变量的单一问题组成，包括东道国国家接触的质量、东道国国家接触的数量、歧视/偏见的数量，以及评估心理健康的五个问题(心理健康清单5 [MHI-5];Berwick et al.， 1991)。与假设相反，东道国接触的质量与东道国接触的数量之间没有相互作用，东道国接触的质量对心理健康没有显著的主要影响。然而，东道国接触数量对心理健康有显著的非线性主效应。此外，东道国国家接触的质量与东道国国家接触的数量之间存在显著的相关关系。最后，有趣的是，在选择填写乌克兰版调查的人中，歧视/偏见的数量与心理健康之间存在正相关关系。这些结果为东道国环境与心理健康之间的关系提供了细致入微的观点，政府政策应考虑到这种关系的复杂性。设计/方法/方法共有161名流离失所的荷兰乌克兰人同意参加这项在线调查，其中大多数是女性(90.40%)，平均年龄为35岁。测量的主要变量为心理健康(因变量)、与东道国接触的质量(自变量1)和与东道国接触的数量(自变量2/调节因子)。分析中还包括其他变量，例如感知到的歧视/偏见程度。这项调查有三种不同的语言版本:乌克兰语、俄语和英语。在这项研究中，东道国接触在荷兰流离失所的乌克兰人的心理健康的作用进行了调查。结果表明，东道国接触的质量和东道国接触的数量对心理健康的预测不存在交互作用。此外，东道国国家接触的质量并不能预测心理健康。因此，本研究的两个(预先登记的)假设都被驳斥了。然而，感知到的歧视/偏见的数量被证明与心理健康有关。令人惊讶的是，在选择用乌克兰语填写调查问卷的参与者中，感知到的歧视/偏见的数量预示着更高的心理健康得分。此外，在纳入分析的受访者中，94.85%的人给出了心理健康担忧的理由，如MHI-5转换得分低于60分所示。虽然这项研究确实表明，在填写乌克兰版调查的流离失所的乌克兰人中，歧视/偏见水平与心理健康之间存在正相关关系，但它并没有明确解释为什么会出现这种看似意想不到的结果。本研究无法就东道国接触与心理健康之间的关系得出因果结论。实际意义本研究的结果表明，与东道国社会成员接触中的某些事件以意想不到的和看似复杂的方式与心理健康有关。这可能意味着，这项研究有可能使目前关于东道国接触与心理健康之间关系的科学知识有细微差别。这些细微差别可能非常重要，因为科学研究往往构成旨在改善流离失所者心理健康的政府政策的基础。因此，政府决策者应该意识到，对于影响各种流离失所群体心理健康的复杂的东道国社会因素，目前还没有一个简单、明确的答案。此外，对东道国接触的作用进行调查可能会使我们对有助于难民心理健康的因素有宝贵的了解。如前所述，难民面临出现各种心理健康问题的风险，因此他们可能需要帮助来管理自己的心理健康。为此，决策者可能需要基于证据的信息来制定针对特定难民群体的干预措施。通过调查在荷兰流离失所的乌克兰人的心理健康状况，将获得新的见解，以优化这一特定难民群体的心理健康护理。
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