Pub Date : 2023-08-31DOI: 10.1108/mhsi-07-2023-0077
H. Á. Marujo
Purpose This underscores individual and social implications for how mental disorders and mental well-being are constructed, conceived of and treated. Further, this paper aims to examine positive psychology’s role in supporting the advancement of a broader systemic and contextual approach to mental health. With that aim, this paper connects data on mental health and well-being with peace studies to describe the systems of value and social ecologies underpinning mental disorders, using public happiness/Felicitas Publica as a possible framework to enhance public mental health while intervening at the local level (Bruni and Zamagni, 2007; Marujo and Neto, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2021; Marujo et al., 2019). Design/methodology/approach Theoretical foundations and data on positive peace and mental well-being are described with the intention to propose a systemic, contextual, relational, communitarian, economic and sociopolitical perspective of well-being that goes beyond individual bodies and/or brains and, instead, views mental disorder and mental health as social currency (Beck, 2020). Findings The interventions using dialogic, conversational and community approaches are a possible path to promote peace, mental health and public happiness. Research limitations/implications Examining the interplay between the fields of positive psychology, mental health and cultures of peace, this work contributes to the broadening of research and subsequent intervention topics through transdisciplinary approaches while reinforcing the role of systemic and social determinants and complementing the prevalent medical model and intraindividual perspective of mental health and well-being. Practical implications Adopting positive psychology to address mental health through public happiness concepts and interventions opens opportunities to respond to the ebb and flow of social challenges and life-giving opportunities. Therefore, the paper intends to articulate actor-related, relational, structural and cultural dimensions while moving away from discrete technocratic and individual models and pays attention to the way their implementations are aligned with both individual and social needs. Social implications The work offers an inclusive, equalitarian, politically sensitive approach to positive mental health and positive psychology, bringing forward a structural transformation and human rights-based approach perspective while rethinking the type of social and political solutions to mental health issues. Originality/value Creating a critically constructive debate vis-à-vis the fluidity and complexity of the social world, the paper examines mental health and positive psychology simultaneously from a “hardware” (institutions, infrastructures, services, systems, etc.) and a “software” (i.e. individuals and community/societal relations).
目的:本研究强调了精神障碍和精神健康是如何构建、构思和治疗的个人和社会影响。此外，本文旨在研究积极心理学在支持更广泛的系统性和情境性心理健康方法的发展中的作用。为此，本文将关于心理健康和福祉的数据与和平研究联系起来，以描述支持精神障碍的价值体系和社会生态，利用公共幸福/公共幸福作为可能的框架，在地方一级进行干预的同时加强公众心理健康(Bruni和Zamagni, 2007年;Marujo和Neto, 2013年，2014年，2016年，2017年，2021年;Marujo et al.， 2019)。设计/方法/方法描述积极和平与心理健康的理论基础和数据，旨在提出一种超越个体身体和/或大脑的系统性、情境性、关系性、社群性、经济和社会政治的幸福感视角，相反，将精神障碍和心理健康视为社会货币(Beck, 2020)。使用对话、对话和社区方法的干预措施是促进和平、心理健康和公众幸福的可能途径。研究局限/影响本研究考察了积极心理学、心理健康和和平文化领域之间的相互作用，有助于通过跨学科方法拓宽研究和后续干预主题，同时加强了系统和社会决定因素的作用，并补充了流行的医学模式和心理健康与福祉的个人视角。实际意义采用积极心理学通过公共幸福概念和干预措施来解决心理健康问题，为应对社会挑战和赋予生命的机会的潮起潮落提供了机会。因此，本文打算在远离离散的技术官僚和个人模型的同时，阐明与行动者相关的、关系的、结构的和文化的维度，并关注它们的实现方式与个人和社会需求相一致。社会影响这项工作为积极心理健康和积极心理学提供了包容、平等和政治敏感的方法，提出了结构转型和基于人权的方法视角，同时重新思考心理健康问题的社会和政治解决方案类型。原创性/价值针对-à-vis社会世界的流动性和复杂性展开了一场批判性的建设性辩论，本文同时从“硬件”(机构、基础设施、服务、系统等)和“软件”(即个人和社区/社会关系)两方面考察了心理健康和积极心理学。
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Pub Date : 2023-08-23DOI: 10.1108/mhsi-07-2023-0079
Khaled Nasri, M. B. Ben Abdallah, Fethi Amri
Purpose This study aims to investigate the impact of job loss on the mental health of individuals in Tunisia during the COVID-19 crisis. Design/methodology/approach In this research, the authors use the counterfactual decomposition technique and the potential outcome approach. In the first part, the authors calculated mental health indicators for all individuals included in the sample based on the World Health Organization-5 items. The individuals were then grouped into two subpopulations: the first group included those who had lost their jobs and the second group included individuals whose status in the labor market had remained unchanged. In the second part, the authors used the Blinder and Oaxaca decomposition to explain the mean difference in the mental health scores between the two groups and determine the factors contributing to this difference. Findings The empirical results identified symptoms of depressed mood, decreased energy and loss of interest in several individuals. Based on these three symptoms, the authors were able to classify individuals into three types of depression: mild, moderate and severe. In addition, it appeared that job loss had significantly contributed to the worsening mental health of the individuals. Originality/value Although the psychological impact of the COVID-19 outbreak among health-care professionals has been the subject of other studies in health literature on Tunisia, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, no research has addressed the impact of job loss on the mental health of Tunisian workers. Thus, this study fills this gap in the literature.
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Pub Date : 2023-08-15DOI: 10.1108/mhsi-07-2023-0080
Georgina Thornton, D. Willmott, Emma Richardson, L. Hudspith
Purpose Many women report experiences of street harassment during their lifetime. Previous quantitative survey research has shown the variety of ways in which this type of harassment can impact upon a victim’s life, including restricting their freedom of movement and fear of further victimisation. The purpose of this study is understand the immediate and enduring psychological impact of street harassment on female victim-survivors. Design/methodology/approach The present study aims to explore, qualitatively, women’s experiences of street harassment through thematic analysis of on 35 online blog posts. Data were collected from the “Stop Street Harassment” website, where women are invited to share their experiences anonymously. Findings Three main themes were generated from the data. First was the age at which women began to experience street harassment, with recurring early incidents during formative childhood years. Second was the impact that experiences had on their mental health and psychological well-being with feelings of shame, fear, self-loathing, as well as decreased self-esteem and confidence experienced in the immediate aftermath – though the longer-term negative emotions reported were enduring feelings of anger alongside a constant state of anxiety from feelings of vulnerability to further victimisation. The final theme was the modification of behaviour after experiencing street harassment where women choose to avoid walking alone on the streets or consciously changed their clothing choices, to avoid being harassed. Originality/value This study offers a further qualitative insight into the real-life experience and psychological consequences of street harassment upon survivors’ mental health.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-31DOI: 10.1108/mhsi-06-2023-0068
J. Mullen
Purpose This paper aims to provide an example of patient-led co-production. Design/methodology/approach Using the six principles of co-production to frame the activities undertaken during the author’s relationship with a community mental health nurse. Findings The paper describes the benefit of a collaborative support group for the three lived experienced participants and a mental health nurse. Practical implications Small support groups like the one described in this paper can be established effectively through the process of co-production between people with lived experience and mental health professionals working in partnership. Originality/value Co-production is usually used with groups of stakeholders working together in an equitable way to design or deliver a new service; this paper, however, seeks to demonstrate how the process can be effectively used when the project is patient-led within the context of a therapeutic relationship.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-24DOI: 10.1108/mhsi-06-2023-0070
V. Gorbunova, V. Klymchuk, Olha Savychenko, Valeriia Palii, Zemfira Kondur, V. Popenko, J. Oates
Purpose This paper aims to explore the prevalence of depression, anxiety symptoms and suicidal ideation among the Romani population in Ukraine and their connections with various social health determinants: age, gender, household characteristics, employment and living conditions. Design/methodology/approach For measuring mental health conditions, GAD-7 and PHQ-9 were used. Individual interviews were conducted by trained volunteers of the International Charitable Organization “Roma Women’s Foundation Chirikli”. Data were gathered from January to March 2020. Findings The overall level of depression found in the sample was 8.08, while the mean for anxiety was 7.22. In general, 32.7% of respondents scored positively for signs of depression and 29.6% for anxiety. The two-week prevalence of suicidal ideations was 26.9%. Compared to the general population, the prevalence of depression among the Romani research participants was twofold higher, and anxiety was 2.5-fold higher. Signs of depression and anxiety in women were significantly higher (36% vs 28.6% for depression and 33.9% vs 24.2% for anxiety) than in men. Signs of depression and anxiety were higher for people without education than for university students (9.32 vs 3.04 for depression and 8.26 vs 3.00 for anxiety). The lowest levels of depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation were among officially married persons (6.61, 6.36 and 0.23, respectively). Significant small positive correlations were found between all measurements and the number of household members (0.149 for depression, 0.124 for suicidal ideation and 0.175 for anxiety; p < 0.001) and the number of children (0.303 for depression, 0.224 for suicidal ideation and 0.243 for anxiety; p < 0.001). In terms of employment, the highest scores for depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation were found among those who are employed seasonally (9.06, 8.25 and 0.61) or irregularly (9.09, 8.12 and 0.57) in contrast with self-employed (4.88, 4.90 and 0.19) and full-time employees (5.86, 5.51 and 0.18). Living place (city, village or camp) showed no relation with mental health, except for suicidal ideation: those living in villages had higher levels of suicidal ideation than those living in cities (0.49 vs 0.31). Research limitations/implications The study has some limitations. Data were gathered from January to March 2020, and since then, the situation in Ukraine has drastically changed due to the full-scale Russian invasion. While this study’s data and conclusions might serve as a baseline for further research, they do not represent the real-time situation. While many social factors were analysed, the effects found for them do not necessarily represent causality, given the statistical methods used. Interactions among factors were not studied; therefore, no firm conclusions can be made about the effects of those interactions on mental health. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this paper is original in terms of its topic,
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Pub Date : 2023-07-24DOI: 10.1108/mhsi-07-2023-0073
M. Niklasson
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to elevate the importance of complementary views concerning the first years of life as important precursors for personal growth and sustainable mental health. Design/methodology/approach Paper II is a follow up to Paper I. After a short overview, connecting to the previous paper, the focus is on infancy followed by a few overlooked aspects and then a short summary on childhood and adolescence. Finally, some concluding remarks have been provided to put the paper together. Findings The main findings are connected to publications by other authors with insights which could be viewed as either “politically incorrect” or as simply overlooked in present research studies and discussions. Research limitations/implications The author presents his personal perspective on the aforementioned topics. There are contrasting ways to view them. Practical implications A recognition of the importance for a child to experience a “good as possible” infancy and childhood, which could mean to grow up with less use of computers and less influences from social media. Social implications A recognition of the importance parents and other adults have for the socialization of infants, children and adolescents. Originality/value This conceptual paper has compiled complementary views of infancy and childhood which are seldom heard about but are of importance for sustainable mental health.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-20DOI: 10.1108/mhsi-06-2023-0071
Márta B. Erdős, Tamas Karpati, Robert Rozgonyi, Rebeka Jávor
Purpose This paper aims to explore the potential utility of Identity Structure Analysis (ISA) in single-case and group-level outcome and process evaluations. Design/methodology/approach A study was conducted to evaluate mentalization-based therapy by using ISA and its linked framework software, Ipseus. Ten patients with borderline personality disorder and substance use disorder were involved in the study. ISA/Ipseus was administered prior to and at the completion of the treatment. Five-year follow-up data, comprising behavioural indicators, were also collected and compared to ISA/Ipseus results. Findings Improvements occurred in the evaluation of stressful, demanding and emotionally burdening situations. Evaluations on concerned others also improved, together with progress in self-reflection. Changes in the evaluation of recovery-related themes were less salient. On a case level, changes in the self-states and role models were consistent with the results of the five-year-follow up data. An initial crisis state seems suggestive of progress, while initial defensive positions with high positive self-regard, of stagnation. Originality/value ISA/Ipseus, integrating the benefits of qualitative and quantitative approaches in evaluation, is a potential method to explore the complexity of identity changes during therapy.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-19DOI: 10.1108/mhsi-12-2020-0083
Abd Hasan, Anas Alsharawneh, Nofaa Alasamee
Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a self-stigma reduction programme on self-stigma. Design/methodology/approach A randomized controlled trial was conducted from November 2017 to December 2018 with 278 people diagnosed with schizophrenia (PDwS). Participants were randomly assigned to receive a self-stigma reduction programme (psychoeducation, cognitive behavioural therapy and social skills training) or treatment as usual. Findings PDwS in the intervention group experienced a greater reduction in the level of self-stigma (20.19 vs −0.62; p < 0.001) at post-intervention and (37.35 vs −0.66; p < 0.001) at six-month follow-up. Originality/value The first RCT examines the problem and implements intervention in middle east country. Also, the authors have conducted high-quality RCT.
目的 本研究旨在评估减少自我鄙视计划对自我鄙视的效果。 设计/方法/途径 2017年11月至2018年12月期间，对278名精神分裂症患者（PDwS）进行了随机对照试验。参与者被随机分配接受减少自我污名化计划（心理教育、认知行为疗法和社交技能培训）或常规治疗。 研究结果 干预组的帕金森病患者在干预后（20.19 vs -0.62；p < 0.001）和六个月随访时（37.35 vs -0.66；p < 0.001）的自我污名化程度有了更大的降低。 原创性/价值 首次在中东国家进行 RCT 研究并实施干预。此外，作者还进行了高质量的 RCT 研究。
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Pub Date : 2023-07-19DOI: 10.1108/mhsi-07-2023-0074
J. Carson
Purpose This paper aims to provide a living tribute to the leading autoethnographer, Alec Grant. Design/methodology/approach Alec provided Jerome with a list of names of people he might approach to write a tribute on his behalf. Findings The accounts describe the influence that Alec has had both as an educator and as a trusted colleague for the people approached. Research limitations/implications While this is a living tribute, it is about one man and could, therefore, be described as a case study. Some people wonder what can be learned from a single case study. Read on and find out. Practical implications Alec has carved out a path for himself. In many senses, he chose “The Road Less Travelled”. He has never shied away from challenging “The System” and defending the rights of the marginalized and socially excluded. It is not a road for the faint-hearted. Social implications For systems to change, radical thinkers need to show the way. “Change keeps us safe” (Stuart Bell). Originality/value Alec was a well-known and highly respected cognitive behavioural academic practitioner and the author of key textbooks in the field. He then decided to reinvent himself as an autoethnographer. This has brought him into contact with a much more diverse group of people. It has also brought him home to himself.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-17DOI: 10.1108/mhsi-06-2023-0072
Mahimna Vyas, Rudresh M Vyas
Purpose This study aims to investigate character strengths, focussing on their development over time and application from a personal perspective. Design/methodology/approach The research was conducted using an autoethnographic, semi-structured interview approach with two participants: the authors themselves. Findings This study explored character strengths, their commonalities across generations and how personal experiences shape them. It also highlighted how to encourage others to recognise and use their strengths. Research limitations/implications This study also enriches character strengths theory by addressing cultural and generational differences, aligning with positive psychology 3.0 (Lomas et al., 2020). This study also introduces a unique methodological approach to explore character strengths. Practical implications This study provides novel insights for personal growth, enhancing psychological evaluations and inter-generational discourse on knowledge transfer through the lens of character strengths. These can be used to develop interventions for a range of populations. Originality/value Through this personalised and culturally relevant approach, novel insights into the longitudinal effects of interactions between individual experiences and character strengths were gained. This study emphasised the dynamic nature of strengths and drew parallels to the tenets of Indian psychology, thereby underscoring the significance of strengths as a pivotal next step in the understanding of a person.
目的本研究旨在从个人角度探讨人格优势的发展及其应用。设计/方法/方法本研究采用自人种学半结构化访谈方法进行，参与者包括两位作者本人。研究结果:这项研究探讨了性格优势、各代人性格优势的共性以及个人经历如何塑造性格优势。它还强调了如何鼓励他人认识和利用自己的优势。本研究还通过解决文化和代际差异，丰富了性格优势理论，与积极心理学3.0保持一致(Lomas et al.， 2020)。本研究还引入了一种独特的方法来探索性格优势。实践意义本研究通过性格优势的视角，为个人成长、加强心理评估和知识转移的代际话语提供了新的见解。这些可用于制定针对一系列人群的干预措施。独创性/价值通过这种个性化和文化相关的方法，我们获得了对个人经历和性格优势之间相互作用的纵向影响的新见解。这项研究强调了优势的动态本质，并与印度心理学的原则相类似，从而强调了优势作为理解一个人的关键下一步的重要性。
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