Pub Date : 2023-01-01Epub Date: 2023-03-08DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2023.2186736
Lindsay A Bornheimer, Juliann Li Verdugo, Julie Krasnick, Nakea Jeffers, Frank Storey, Cheryl A King, Stephan F Taylor, Timothy Florence, Joseph A Himle
Suicide is a leading cause of death among schizophrenia spectrum disorder populations. This open pilot study examined a modified cognitive-behavioral suicide prevention treatment for clients in community mental health. Providers (n=5) were trained to deliver the treatment and clients (n=5) received it in 10 individual therapy sessions. Clients experienced improvements in suicide ideation, depression, hopelessness, general symptoms of psychosis, entrapment, defeat, approaches to coping, psychological stress, impulsivity, and the number of treatment barriers from baseline to post-treatment. Qualitative findings reinforced quantitative results of client improvements and provided important suggestions to strengthen the intervention and its delivery in community mental health.
{"title":"A cognitive-behavioral suicide prevention treatment for adults with schizophrenia spectrum disorders in community mental health: Preliminary findings of an open pilot study.","authors":"Lindsay A Bornheimer, Juliann Li Verdugo, Julie Krasnick, Nakea Jeffers, Frank Storey, Cheryl A King, Stephan F Taylor, Timothy Florence, Joseph A Himle","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2023.2186736","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15332985.2023.2186736","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Suicide is a leading cause of death among schizophrenia spectrum disorder populations. This open pilot study examined a modified cognitive-behavioral suicide prevention treatment for clients in community mental health. Providers (n=5) were trained to deliver the treatment and clients (n=5) received it in 10 individual therapy sessions. Clients experienced improvements in suicide ideation, depression, hopelessness, general symptoms of psychosis, entrapment, defeat, approaches to coping, psychological stress, impulsivity, and the number of treatment barriers from baseline to post-treatment. Qualitative findings reinforced quantitative results of client improvements and provided important suggestions to strengthen the intervention and its delivery in community mental health.</p>","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"21 5","pages":"538-560"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10506844/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41178705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2022.2159779
Aadil Bashir, Essar Batool, Triptish Bhatia, Sheikh Shoib, Nisar Ahmed Mir, Unjum Bashir, Ravinder Singh, Margaret McDonald, Mary E Hawk, Smita Deshpande
With a steady rise in mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Kashmir, the need to address mental health in this region becomes important. This paper reports on traditional and current community mental health coping mechanisms among residents in Kashmir. Six focus group discussions (FGD) were facilitated with key informants. Data were analyzed via a thematic analytic approach. Community coping mechanisms reported include social spaces and shared chore spaces, cultural practices, shrines and religious places, faithealers. These findings demonstrate community strengths that can leverage to build additional coping strategies and resilience among people.
{"title":"Community practices as coping mechanisms for mental health in Kashmir.","authors":"Aadil Bashir, Essar Batool, Triptish Bhatia, Sheikh Shoib, Nisar Ahmed Mir, Unjum Bashir, Ravinder Singh, Margaret McDonald, Mary E Hawk, Smita Deshpande","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2022.2159779","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2022.2159779","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>With a steady rise in mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Kashmir, the need to address mental health in this region becomes important. This paper reports on traditional and current community mental health coping mechanisms among residents in Kashmir. Six focus group discussions (FGD) were facilitated with key informants. Data were analyzed via a thematic analytic approach. Community coping mechanisms reported include social spaces and shared chore spaces, cultural practices, shrines and religious places, faithealers. These findings demonstrate community strengths that can leverage to build additional coping strategies and resilience among people.</p>","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"21 4","pages":"406-421"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10406466/pdf/nihms-1884215.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10331754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-28DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2022.2162835
P. Archibald, Mayra Lopez-Humphreys, Kristan Rosenthal
ABSTRACT The present study reported data from the COVID-19 Well-Being Study to illustrate the impact of COVID-19-related stressors and effects on depression among 719 students at three public colleges within an urban University System in the Northeastern region of the US. Modified Poisson regression analyses showed that students who knew someone who died from COVID-19, students who reported severe to moderate disruption due to COVID-19 in physical health, emotional well-being, or ability to afford food, and students who reported having two or more COVID-19 stressors or two or more COVID-19 effects had a higher prevalence of reported depression.
{"title":"COVID-19 stressors and effects related to depression with American university students","authors":"P. Archibald, Mayra Lopez-Humphreys, Kristan Rosenthal","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2022.2162835","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2022.2162835","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The present study reported data from the COVID-19 Well-Being Study to illustrate the impact of COVID-19-related stressors and effects on depression among 719 students at three public colleges within an urban University System in the Northeastern region of the US. Modified Poisson regression analyses showed that students who knew someone who died from COVID-19, students who reported severe to moderate disruption due to COVID-19 in physical health, emotional well-being, or ability to afford food, and students who reported having two or more COVID-19 stressors or two or more COVID-19 effects had a higher prevalence of reported depression.","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"21 1","pages":"437 - 453"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43549285","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 : 2022-12-25DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2022.2161861
Zibei Chen, L. Fedina, J. Devylder, Catherine M. Lemieux, C. King, Kristen D. Abbott
ABSTRACT Using a nationally representative sample of young adults, this study examines COVID-induced financial hardship and its association with suicide risk (N = 1,087). About 40% experienced one or more financial hardship, a third reported having suicidal ideation, and 1.57% reported suicide attempt. The association between financial hardship and suicide risk was cumulative: Those reporting four or more financial hardships were 2.61 times more likely to report suicidal ideation and 24.27 times more likely to report a suicide attempt. The finding that COVID-related financial insecurity was associated with drastically elevated suicide risks highlights the need to assess financial hardship for suicide risk.
{"title":"Pandemic financial hardships and suicide risk in a nationally representative sample of young adults","authors":"Zibei Chen, L. Fedina, J. Devylder, Catherine M. Lemieux, C. King, Kristen D. Abbott","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2022.2161861","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2022.2161861","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Using a nationally representative sample of young adults, this study examines COVID-induced financial hardship and its association with suicide risk (N = 1,087). About 40% experienced one or more financial hardship, a third reported having suicidal ideation, and 1.57% reported suicide attempt. The association between financial hardship and suicide risk was cumulative: Those reporting four or more financial hardships were 2.61 times more likely to report suicidal ideation and 24.27 times more likely to report a suicide attempt. The finding that COVID-related financial insecurity was associated with drastically elevated suicide risks highlights the need to assess financial hardship for suicide risk.","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"21 1","pages":"422 - 436"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43457724","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 : 2022-12-22DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2022.2155503
Genevieve Graaf, Cole Hooley, Philip Baiden, Latocia Keyes
ABSTRACT This study provides the first nationally representative estimates of parent-reported barriers to mental health services for children with mental health conditions in the United States. It identifies individual, family, and environmental characteristics associated with the most common barriers to mental health care for children with common mental health disorders reporting the need for mental health services. Cost barriers, inconvenient service times, and lack of service availability or transportation barriers were the most reported barriers to mental health services. Children with more severe conditions reported these barriers at significantly higher rates than children with less severe conditions.
{"title":"Parent reported barriers to children’s mental health services in the United States","authors":"Genevieve Graaf, Cole Hooley, Philip Baiden, Latocia Keyes","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2022.2155503","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2022.2155503","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study provides the first nationally representative estimates of parent-reported barriers to mental health services for children with mental health conditions in the United States. It identifies individual, family, and environmental characteristics associated with the most common barriers to mental health care for children with common mental health disorders reporting the need for mental health services. Cost barriers, inconvenient service times, and lack of service availability or transportation barriers were the most reported barriers to mental health services. Children with more severe conditions reported these barriers at significantly higher rates than children with less severe conditions.","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"21 1","pages":"360 - 382"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41940358","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 : 2022-12-21DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2022.2158056
Kyunghee Lee
ABSTRACT This study examined the associations between parental mental health and children’s social-emotional outcomes among Japanese families. Children (n = 493) were identified from the Japan Household Panel Study and the Japan Child Panel Survey. Parental mental health was associated with children’s social-emotional outcomes. The effects of maternal mental health on children’s social-emotional outcomes were moderated by paternal mental health status. Children demonstrated better social-emotional outcomes when both parents had better mental health status. Mental health policies and programs should focus on families as a whole rather than solely on the child or the parents and provide awareness of and connection to program
{"title":"Associations between parental mental health and their children social-emotional development among Japanese families","authors":"Kyunghee Lee","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2022.2158056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2022.2158056","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study examined the associations between parental mental health and children’s social-emotional outcomes among Japanese families. Children (n = 493) were identified from the Japan Household Panel Study and the Japan Child Panel Survey. Parental mental health was associated with children’s social-emotional outcomes. The effects of maternal mental health on children’s social-emotional outcomes were moderated by paternal mental health status. Children demonstrated better social-emotional outcomes when both parents had better mental health status. Mental health policies and programs should focus on families as a whole rather than solely on the child or the parents and provide awareness of and connection to program","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"21 1","pages":"383 - 405"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47884306","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 : 2022-12-20DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2022.2155096
D. Karadzhov
ABSTRACT This qualitative investigation explored how 18 chronically homeless adults with serious mental illness residing in emergency and temporary supportive housing facilities in Glasgow, Scotland, and New York City conceptualized personal recovery. Thirty-six interviews were conducted and analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The analysis produced four superordinate themes revealing how participants engaged with, envisioned, or disidentified with, the recovery idea, in the context of chronic life adversity, co-occurring conditions, a precarious present and an uncertain future. Health and social care providers should be responsive to clients’ diverse ideas about recovery and facilitate their exploration of authentic pathways to a “good life.”
{"title":"“Recovery is fearful to me...”: Conceptualizations, concerns and hopes about personal recovery in adults who are chronically homeless","authors":"D. Karadzhov","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2022.2155096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2022.2155096","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This qualitative investigation explored how 18 chronically homeless adults with serious mental illness residing in emergency and temporary supportive housing facilities in Glasgow, Scotland, and New York City conceptualized personal recovery. Thirty-six interviews were conducted and analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The analysis produced four superordinate themes revealing how participants engaged with, envisioned, or disidentified with, the recovery idea, in the context of chronic life adversity, co-occurring conditions, a precarious present and an uncertain future. Health and social care providers should be responsive to clients’ diverse ideas about recovery and facilitate their exploration of authentic pathways to a “good life.”","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"21 1","pages":"285 - 305"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48360862","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 : 2022-12-19DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2022.2155501
Winfred Naamara, Justus Twesigye, W. Muhwezi, S. Chidarikire
ABSTRACT An integrative review was conducted to identify and describe forms of social support received by family caregivers of patients with schizophrenia in Sub-Saharan African urban settings. Sub-Saharan African region comprises of 49 countries and covers the area of the African continent that lies south of the Sahara. A search was performed in data bases of PubMed, EMBASE, PsycINFO, and CINAHL, and resulted in a total of 1,155 articles which were screened for inclusion, and 20 articles remained for review. Findings revealed that family caregivers received social support of different forms with emotional social support being the most frequently received. Findings provide essential insights that can be used by mental health practitioners and policy makers for strengthening social support networks for family caregivers in urban settings.
{"title":"Forms of social support received by family caregivers of patients with schizophrenia in Sub-Saharan African urban settings: an integrative review of literature","authors":"Winfred Naamara, Justus Twesigye, W. Muhwezi, S. Chidarikire","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2022.2155501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2022.2155501","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT An integrative review was conducted to identify and describe forms of social support received by family caregivers of patients with schizophrenia in Sub-Saharan African urban settings. Sub-Saharan African region comprises of 49 countries and covers the area of the African continent that lies south of the Sahara. A search was performed in data bases of PubMed, EMBASE, PsycINFO, and CINAHL, and resulted in a total of 1,155 articles which were screened for inclusion, and 20 articles remained for review. Findings revealed that family caregivers received social support of different forms with emotional social support being the most frequently received. Findings provide essential insights that can be used by mental health practitioners and policy makers for strengthening social support networks for family caregivers in urban settings.","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"21 1","pages":"306 - 328"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44140524","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 : 2022-12-10DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2022.2155502
H. Oh
ABSTRACT This paper sought to provide a fuller picture of mental health and wellness by examining flourishing among young adult college students, focusing on potential disparities. I analyzed data from the Healthy Minds Study (2020–2021; N = 115,225). About one-in-three students in the sample reported flourishing. Logistic regression models showed transgender/nonbinary/other gender (aOR:0.48; 95%CI: 0.41–0.56), sexual minority (aOR:0.39; 95%CI: 0.37–0.42), Asian American (aOR:0.76; 95%CI: 0.70–0.83), and Multiracial students (aOR:0.91; 95%CI: 0.84–0.99) each had lower odds flourishing when compared with their respective reference groups, while Black students had greater odds of flourishing (aOR:1.36; 95%CI: 1.23–1.51). Flourishing disparities are evident, calling for targeted interventions.
{"title":"Flourishing among young adult college students in the United States: sexual/gender and racial/ethnic disparities","authors":"H. Oh","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2022.2155502","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2022.2155502","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper sought to provide a fuller picture of mental health and wellness by examining flourishing among young adult college students, focusing on potential disparities. I analyzed data from the Healthy Minds Study (2020–2021; N = 115,225). About one-in-three students in the sample reported flourishing. Logistic regression models showed transgender/nonbinary/other gender (aOR:0.48; 95%CI: 0.41–0.56), sexual minority (aOR:0.39; 95%CI: 0.37–0.42), Asian American (aOR:0.76; 95%CI: 0.70–0.83), and Multiracial students (aOR:0.91; 95%CI: 0.84–0.99) each had lower odds flourishing when compared with their respective reference groups, while Black students had greater odds of flourishing (aOR:1.36; 95%CI: 1.23–1.51). Flourishing disparities are evident, calling for targeted interventions.","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"21 1","pages":"347 - 359"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49580453","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 : 2022-12-05DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2022.2153637
Bindi Bennett, Trevor G. Gates, P. Yeung, K. Evans
ABSTRACT Working with domesticated animals in allied health fields continues to evolve in Australia. We sought to gain an understanding of practitioners’ knowledge, skills, and actions when working with domestic animals in Australia. Adapting methods and measurements from a study performed in Aotearoa New Zealand, the current study surveyed 28 allied health practitioners analyzing the extent animals have been incorporated into practice in Australia, and the practice considerations made to domestic animal welfare and ethics. This research showed a continuing lack of clear workplace policies, support or professional training, and a call for ethical guidelines when working in partnership with animals.
{"title":"Inclusion of animals in allied health practice in Australia: a beginning exploration","authors":"Bindi Bennett, Trevor G. Gates, P. Yeung, K. Evans","doi":"10.1080/15332985.2022.2153637","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2022.2153637","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Working with domesticated animals in allied health fields continues to evolve in Australia. We sought to gain an understanding of practitioners’ knowledge, skills, and actions when working with domestic animals in Australia. Adapting methods and measurements from a study performed in Aotearoa New Zealand, the current study surveyed 28 allied health practitioners analyzing the extent animals have been incorporated into practice in Australia, and the practice considerations made to domestic animal welfare and ethics. This research showed a continuing lack of clear workplace policies, support or professional training, and a call for ethical guidelines when working in partnership with animals.","PeriodicalId":46241,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Mental Health","volume":"21 1","pages":"269 - 284"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47510324","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}