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Ahuvia IL, Sotomayor I, Kwong K, Lam FW, Mirza A, Schleider JL. Causal beliefs about mental illness: A scoping review. Soc Sci Med 2024; 345:116670. [PMID: 38402842 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Revised: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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Research on causal beliefs about mental illness-the beliefs people hold about what causes a particular mental illness, or mental illnesses in general-is split across a number of theories and disciplines. Although research on this subject has provided a number of insights and practical applications, the diversity of theories, terminology, and keywords makes it challenging for a new reader to gain a comprehensive understanding. We sought to address this by conducting a systematic scoping review of research on causal beliefs. This review included English-language articles from any year that mentioned causal beliefs for mental illness in their title or abstract. We identified articles in two stages. In the first stage, we used a narrow set of search terms referring specifically to causal beliefs (1227 records identified, 417 included). In the second stage, we used a comprehensive set of terms relevant to research on causal beliefs (10,418 records identified, 3838 included). We analyzed articles qualitatively, organizing them into one of five theories or categories: the common-sense model of self-regulation, explanatory models, mental health literacy, biogenetic causal beliefs, and other research on causal beliefs. We provide a comprehensive summary of these literatures in terms of their history, typical research questions and study design, findings, and practical applications. These theories differ in their theoretical orientation towards causal beliefs, research methods, findings, and applications. However, they broadly share a view of causal beliefs as multifaceted, culturally determined, and relevant for additional psychosocial variables such as mental illness stigma and help-seeking. We conclude by making recommendations for researchers, clinicians, public health messaging, and for individuals with mental illness.
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- Isaac L Ahuvia
- Stony Brook University, Department of Psychology Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-2500, USA.
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- Stony Brook University, Department of Psychology Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-2500, USA
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- Stony Brook University, Department of Psychology Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-2500, USA
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- Stony Brook University, Department of Psychology Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-2500, USA
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- New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development 246 Greene St. New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medical Social Sciences, 625 N. Michigan Ave., 21st Floor, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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Ayinde OO, Fadahunsi O, Kola L, Malla LO, Nyame S, Okoth RA, Cohen A, Appiah-Poku J, Othieno CJ, Seedat S, Gureje O. Explanatory models, illness, and treatment experiences of patients with psychosis using the services of traditional and faith healers in three African countries: Similarities and discontinuities. Transcult Psychiatry 2023; 60:521-536. [PMID: 34913379 DOI: 10.1177/13634615211064370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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As part of formative studies to design a program of collaborative care for persons with psychosis, we explored personal experience and lay attributions of illness as well as treatment among persons who had recently received care at traditional and faith healers' (TFHs) facilities in three cultural groups in Sub-Saharan Africa. A purposive sample of 85 individuals in Ibadan (Nigeria), Kumasi (Ghana), and Nairobi (Kenya) were interviewed. Data was inductively explored for themes and analysis was informed by the Framework Method. Across the three sites, illness experiences featured suffering and disability in different life domains. Predominant causal attribution was supernatural, even when biological causation was also acknowledged. Prayer and rituals, steeped in traditional spiritual beliefs, were prominent both in traditional faith healing settings as well as those of Christianity and Islam. Concurrent or consecutive use of TFHs and conventional medical services was common. TFHs provided services that appear to meet the therapeutic goals of their patients even when harmful treatment practices were employed. Cultural and linguistic differences did not obscure the commonality of a core set of beliefs and practices across these three groups. This similarity of core worldviews across diverse cultural settings means that a collaborative approach designed in one cultural group would, with adaptations to reflect differences in context, be applicable in another cultural group. Studies of patients' experience of illness and care are useful in designing and implementing collaborations between biomedical and TFH services as a way of scaling up services and improving the outcome of psychosis.
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- Centre for Global Mental Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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- Centre for Global Mental Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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Haritavorn N, Nimsun C. “Just Hemorrhoids, Not Cancer”: Perceptions of Colorectal Cancer Among Thai Colorectal Cancer Patients. Clin Nurs Res 2022; 31:1091-1099. [DOI: 10.1177/10547738221085609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Colorectal cancer is the leading cause of mortality among Thais. Understanding patients’ perceptions of colorectal cancer can help in the design of educational programs to enhance awareness of colorectal cancer among Thais. This study aims to elucidate illness explanatory models of colorectal cancer and their perceptions of colorectal cancer through the explanatory model. In-depth interviews with 30 patients about their perceptions and experiences of colorectal cancer were subjected to thematic analysis. The findings show that the patients were unaware of colorectal cancer, had misconceptions regarding colorectal cancer detection and screening; they considered the symptoms to be the result of hemorrhoids, karma, and heredity. Their explanatory model underlies the body of knowledge grounded in the lay explanation which results in perception, beliefs, relative experiences, and approaches to illness management. There is a need for further information about colorectal cancer symptoms to assist symptom recognition through cancer education and screening programs.
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Meyer C, Kampisiou C, Triliva S, Knaevelsrud C, Stammel N. Lay causal beliefs about PTSD and cultural correlates in five countries. Eur J Psychotraumatol 2022; 13:2029333. [PMID: 35145609 PMCID: PMC8823686 DOI: 10.1080/20008198.2022.2029333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND To date, cultural clinical research has primarily focused on differences between ethnic groups when investigating causal beliefs about mental disorders. While individual as well as contextual factors are considered important for gaining a better understanding of cultural influences, research on causal beliefs about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and cultural correlates in laypersons is scarce. OBJECTIVE This study aimed at gain a better understanding of the association between causal beliefs about PTSD and cultural aspects, as well as other contextual and individual correlates of causal beliefs. METHOD We conducted a cross-sectional, vignette-based online survey with 737 laypersons from Mexico, Ecuador, Germany, Greece, and Russia. Participants completed the illness perception questionnaire revised (IPQ-R) and reported several cultural and sociodemographic (e.g. country of residence, gender, personal values) as well as mental health-related variables (e.g. PTSD symptoms, previous seeking of help). Latent class analysis (LCA) was performed to identify subgroups of individuals expressing similar causal beliefs for PTSD. Multinomial logistic regression was used to analyse covariates of class membership. RESULTS LCA resulted in a three-class solution of casual beliefs: a traumatic event-focused class (41.1%); an intrapersonal causes class (40.1%); and a multiple causes class (18.0%). Multinomial logistic regression analysis revealed country of residence, gender, personal value of security, PTSD symptoms, and mental health literacy as significant covariates of class membership. CONCLUSIONS Integrating a more diverse concept of culture into cultural clinical research can be a valuable addition to group comparisons based on nationality or ethnicity. Cultural clinical research needs to move towards a more integrated approach that accounts for the complexity of culture. Including additional contextual and sociodemographic factors can help to reach a more accurate understanding of the cultural influences on the development of causal beliefs and mental health.
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- Caroline Meyer
- Division of Clinical Psychological Intervention, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Clinical Psychological Intervention, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Crete, Crete, Greece
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- Division of Clinical Psychological Intervention, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Clinical Psychological Intervention, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Department of Research, Center ÜBERLEBEN, Berlin, Germany
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Claassen D, Ascoli M, Berhe T, Priebe S. Research on mental disorders and their care in immigrant populations: a review of publications from Germany, Italy and the UK. Eur Psychiatry 2020; 20:540-9. [PMID: 15963698 DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2005.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2004] [Accepted: 02/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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AbstractObjectiveThe review aims to identify the extent and nature of research on mental disorders and their care in immigrant populations in three major European countries with high levels of immigration, i.e. Germany, Italy, United Kingdom (UK).MethodsPeer-reviewed publications on the subject from the three countries between 1996 and 2004 were analyzed. The research questions addressed, the methods used, and the results obtained were assessed.ResultsThirteen papers reporting empirical studies were found from Germany, four from Italy and 95 from the UK. Studies addressed a range of research questions and most frequently assessed rates of service utilization in different immigrant groups. The most consistent finding is a higher rate of hospital admissions for Afro-Caribbean patients in the UK. Many studies had serious methodological shortcomings with low sample sizes and unspecified inclusion criteria.DiscussionDespite large scale immigration in each of the three studied countries, the numbers of relevant research publications vary greatly with a relatively high level of empirical research in the UK. Possible reasons for this are a generally stronger culture of mental health service research and a higher number of researchers who are themselves from immigrant backgrounds in the UK.ConclusionOverall the evidence base to guide the development of mental health services for immigrant populations appears limited. Future research requires appropriate funding, should be of sufficient methodological quality and may benefit from collaboration across Europe.
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- Dirk Claassen
- Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry, Queen Mary (University of London), Newham Centre for Mental Health, Glen Road, Plaistow, London E13 8SP, UK.
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Keefe K, Cardemil EV, Thompson M. Understanding barriers and facilitators to therapeutic relationships in state psychiatric hospitals. J Clin Psychol 2019; 76:195-209. [PMID: 31583715 DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE(S) This qualitative study aimed to elucidate barriers and facilitators faced by individuals with serious mental illness in establishing positive therapeutic relationships within the public sector. METHOD Twenty-two individuals, receiving inpatient treatment and near discharge from three state psychiatric facilities, participated. The sample was diverse with respect to gender (60 % male) and race/ethnicity, with a mean age of 40 years (standard deviation = 12.91). Thematic analysis and a contextualist lens were used to analyze the data. RESULTS Results indicated that inadequate meeting time, lack of clinically relevant communication, and discrepancies in client/provider perspectives, impeded positive therapeutic relationships. Facilitators to therapeutic relationships included feelings heard and understood by providers, comprehensive, timely discharge plans, and thinking broadly about aftercare. CONCLUSIONS Cultivating positive therapeutic relationships is especially difficult in resource-challenged settings. Enhanced client-provider communication and individually tailored aftercare planning can enhance inpatient therapeutic relationships, convey a greater sense of understanding of clients, and facilitate client-provider collaboration.
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- Kristen Keefe
- Department of Psychology, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Department of Psychology, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Kpobi L, Swartz L. Ghanaian traditional and faith healers' explanatory models of intellectual disability. JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH IN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES 2018; 32:43-50. [PMID: 29993171 DOI: 10.1111/jar.12500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2017] [Revised: 05/01/2018] [Accepted: 05/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND The use of traditional/alternative medicine for health care in Africa has been examined for various conditions. However, there is limited research about traditional/alternative health care for intellectual disability. The present authors explored the explanatory models (EMs) of intellectual disability held by traditional/faith healers in Ghana. METHODS Using a case vignette, the present authors conducted semi-structured interviews with 36 traditional/faith healers in Accra, Ghana. Using the EMs of illness framework as a guide, participants were asked questions to examine their beliefs about the nature, causes, course and recommended treatment of intellectual disability. RESULTS The healers' causal explanations included maternal negligence during pregnancy and spiritual factors. They also believed that intellectual disability was a congenital, lifelong condition which could not be cured. CONCLUSIONS Unlike other conditions which traditional healers claimed to cure, participants admitted that intellectual disability was not curable. The present authors suggest that the findings highlight opportunities that exist for collaboration between biomedicine and traditional medicine.
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- Lily Kpobi
- Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Baillie D, McCabe R, Priebe S. Aetiology of depression and schizophrenia: current views of British psychiatrists. PSYCHIATRIC BULLETIN 2018. [DOI: 10.1192/pb.bp.108.021899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Aims and MethodA postal survey assessed current views of a random sample of 154 British psychiatrists on aetiological factors in depression and schizophrenia.ResultsGenetics, biochemical abnormalities and substance misuse were considered important factors in both illnesses. Beyond that, psychiatrists varied widely in their views. Depression was viewed as a more multifactorial condition with psychological/social factors more important, whereas biological factors were considered more important in schizophrenia. Aetiological factors were thought to vary more in depression than in schizophrenia and discussing them was seen as more important in patients with depression.Clinical ImplicationsPsychiatrists' attitudes are likely to influence treatment. Patients may encounter different views depending on their illness and on the particular psychiatrist's views.
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Dinos S, Ascoli M, Owiti JA, Bhui K. Assessing explanatory models and health beliefs: An essential but overlooked competency for clinicians. BJPSYCH ADVANCES 2018. [DOI: 10.1192/apt.bp.114.013680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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SummaryExplanatory models of illness – the way people perceive, interpret and respond to it – are mediated not only by the illness itself, but also by cultural and social contexts. This article discusses recent evidence showing how the exploration of explanatory models can help to shape treatment and outcomes for some of the most common categories of mental illness, and presents case studies illustrating dilemmas clinicians face when their explanatory models differ from those of their patients. It concludes with recommendations on how a culturally sensitive clinical approach based on the exploration of explanatory models during assessment and treatment can be used as an effective way of dealing with the complexity of patients' and families' needs.Learning Objectives• Appreciate the use of explanatory models in clinical practice• Understand the relevance of explanatory models in relation to specific diagnostic categories of mental illness• Recognise that dilemmas may arise if the explanatory models of the clinician and the patient differ, and be able to manage this tension
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Larkings JS, Brown PM, Scholz B. "It's often liberating": consumers discuss causal beliefs in the treatment process. J Ment Health 2017; 28:397-403. [PMID: 29256323 DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2017.1417550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Background: Causal beliefs are thought to influence consumers' perceptions of their mental illness and self-stigma, and may impact treatment and recovery. Understanding consumers' perspective on causes being addressed in treatment is vital to help guide future research and improve services. Aim: This study aimed to explore consumers' views on causes of mental illness being addressed in treatment, along with their subjective experiences of how causes were focused on in their treatment. Methods: Using a qualitative approach, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 23 consumers who self-identified as having a mental illness. A thematic analytic framework was used to identify and analyse themes that emerged within the data. Results: Consumers believed that causes were important and should be addressed in treatment, and identified several associated benefits including increased insight/personal understanding of their illness, symptom management and relapse prevention and reduced self-blame. Negative consequences and considerations were also identified. Conclusion: Causes help consumers make sense of their illness, and consumers would like causes to be addressed in treatment. More research is needed on how mental health professionals can address causes effectively as consumers are currently dissatisfied with how causes were discussed in their treatment.
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- a Discipline of Psychology, University of Canberra , Bruce , Australia and
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- b SYNERGY Nursing and Midwifery Research Centre, University of Canberra and ACT Health , Woden , Australia
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Saint Arnault D, Woo S. The Importance of Perceived Need in Help Seeking for Japanese Women: A Preliminary Investigation of Sociocultural Contributions. Arch Psychiatr Nurs 2017; 31:572-577. [PMID: 29179823 DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2017.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2016] [Revised: 03/31/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Denise Saint Arnault
- University of Michigan School of Nursing, 400 N. Ingalls, Room 2303, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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- University of Michigan School of Nursing, USA
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Yalvaç HD, Mutlu EA, Kotan Z, Özer İ, Karslıoğlu EH, Çayköylü A. Explanatory Models of Illness, Help Seeking Behaviours and Related Factors in Patients with Schizophrenia: A Comparative Study from Two Different Provinces of Turkey. Community Ment Health J 2017; 53:951-957. [PMID: 27900651 DOI: 10.1007/s10597-016-0074-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2016] [Accepted: 11/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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This study aims to identify the help seeking behaviours of patients from two geographically distinct provinces of Turkey. A questionnaire about sociodemographic characteristics and help seeking ways was applied to 49 schizophrenia patients from Van, 99 from Ankara. The ratio of patients seeking psychiatric help at the beginning of their illness was 76% in Ankara, the capital city, in contrast to 54% in Van (p = 0.01). Twenty-two percent of patients from Ankara and 69% from Van reported that non-psychiatric help seeking was the choice of their families (p < 0.001). Thirty-five percent of all patients sought religious support when their symptoms started. Patients with lower education levels sought more religious help (p = 0.002). Help seeking behaviours show regional variations. Religious help seeking behaviour is a major way of dealing with the illness. Psychoeducation is a crucial need both for patients and families.
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- Hayriye Dilek Yalvaç
- Psychiatry Department, Dr. AY Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
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- Psychiatry Department, Dr. AY Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Psychiatry Department, Dr. AY Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Psychiatry Department, Dr. AY Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey
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Antoniades J, Mazza D, Brijnath B. Becoming a patient-illness representations of depression of Anglo-Australian and Sri Lankan patients through the lens of Leventhal's illness representational model. Int J Soc Psychiatry 2017; 63:569-579. [PMID: 28786331 DOI: 10.1177/0020764017723669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Depression is prevalent globally. While the uptake of mental health services is poor in the general community, the lack of service engagement is particularly profound in migrant and refugee communities. To understand why there is under-utilisation cross-cultural comparisons of how people make sense of mental illnesses such as depression are essential. AIMS To verify how differing cultural aetiologies about depression influence mental health service use, this study investigated illness representational models of depression held by Sri Lankan migrants and Anglo-Australians living with depression. METHODS In-depth interviews ( n = 48) were conducted with Sri Lankan migrants and Anglo-Australians living with depression to explore their illness beliefs. Data were analysed using Leventhal's illness representational model. RESULTS Significant overlaps in illness representational models were noted but distinctive differences were found between causal and chronicity beliefs; Sri Lankan migrants more frequently endorsed depression as a time-limited condition underpinned by situational factors, whereas Anglo-Australians endorsed a chronic, biopsychosocial model of depression. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION Findings highlight the importance of forging a shared understanding of patient beliefs in the clinical encounter to ensure that interventions are coherent with illness beliefs or at least work towards improving mental health literacy. Differences in illness beliefs also provide insights into possible interventions. For example, psychosocial interventions that align with their illness beliefs may be more suited to Sri Lankan migrants than pharmaceutical or psychological ones.
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- Josefine Antoniades
- 1 Department of General Practice, School of Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Notting Hill, VIC, Australia
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- 1 Department of General Practice, School of Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Notting Hill, VIC, Australia
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- 2 School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
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McEvoy P, Williamson T, Kada R, Frazer D, Dhliwayo C, Gask L. Improving access to mental health care in an Orthodox Jewish community: a critical reflection upon the accommodation of otherness. BMC Health Serv Res 2017; 17:557. [PMID: 28806946 PMCID: PMC5557521 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2509-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2015] [Accepted: 08/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background The English National Health Service (NHS) has significantly extended the supply of evidence based psychological interventions in primary care for people experiencing common mental health problems. Yet despite the extra resources, the accessibility of services for ‘under-served’ ethnic and religious minority groups, is considerably short of the levels of access that may be necessary to offset the health inequalities created by their different exposure to services, resulting in negative health outcomes. This paper offers a critical reflection upon an initiative that sought to improve access to an NHS funded primary care mental health service to one ‘under-served’ population, an Orthodox Jewish community in the North West of England. Methods A combination of qualitative and quantitative data were drawn upon including naturally occurring data, observational notes, e-mail correspondence, routinely collected demographic data and clinical outcomes measures, as well as written feedback and recorded discussions with 12 key informants. Results Improvements in access to mental health care for some people from the Orthodox Jewish community were achieved through the collaborative efforts of a distributed leadership team. The members of this leadership team were a self-selecting group of stakeholders which had a combination of local knowledge, cultural understanding, power to negotiate on behalf of their respective constituencies and expertise in mental health care. Through a process of dialogic engagement the team was able to work with the community to develop a bespoke service that accommodated its wish to maintain a distinct sense of cultural otherness. Conclusions This critical reflection illustrates how dialogic engagement can further the mechanisms of candidacy, concordance and recursivity that are associated with improvements in access to care in under-served sections of the population, whilst simultaneously recognising the limits of constructive dialogue. Dialogue can change the dynamic of community engagement. However, the full alignment of the goals of differing constituencies may not always be possible, due the complex interaction between the multiple positions and understandings of stakeholders that are involved and the need to respect the other’-s’ autonomy. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12913-017-2509-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Phil McEvoy
- Salford, Six Degrees Social Enterprise CIC, Southwood House, Regent Road, Salford, M5 4QH, United Kingdom.
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- University of Salford, School of Nursing, Midwifery, Social Work & Social Sciences, Mary Seacole Building, Frederick Road Campus, Salford, M6 6PU, United Kingdom
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- Salford, Six Degrees Social Enterprise CIC, Southwood House, Regent Road, Salford, M5 4QH, United Kingdom
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- Salford, Six Degrees Social Enterprise CIC, Southwood House, Regent Road, Salford, M5 4QH, United Kingdom
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- Salford, Six Degrees Social Enterprise CIC, Southwood House, Regent Road, Salford, M5 4QH, United Kingdom
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- Salford, Six Degrees Social Enterprise CIC, Southwood House, Regent Road, Salford, M5 4QH, United Kingdom
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Carter L, Read J, Pyle M, Law H, Morrison AP. Mental health clinicians' beliefs about the causes of psychosis: Differences between professions and relationship to treatment preferences. Int J Soc Psychiatry 2017; 63:426-432. [PMID: 28552026 DOI: 10.1177/0020764017709849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previous evidence suggests that how an individual conceptualises the cause of a health problem can impact on subsequent perceptions and behaviour. AIMS This study explored the beliefs about the causes of psychosis in a group of mental health professionals. The study also sought to examine the relationship between causal beliefs and the perceived helpfulness of different treatments. METHODS A total of 219 clinicians completed a questionnaire about the provision of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and antipsychotic medication for their clients who were experiencing psychosis and their opinions about the helpfulness of these treatments. Causal beliefs were also assessed. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Clients were twice as likely to be offered medication compared to CBT. Clinicians held a multifactorial model of aetiology, but were more likely to endorse psychosocial causes than biological factors. Clinicians with psychosocial beliefs were more likely to rate CBT as effective, whereas those with biological models were more likely to endorse the helpfulness of medication. Clinicians adopt a multi-causal approach when conceptualising the aetiology of psychosis and these beliefs were related to opinions about the helpfulness of treatment. Beliefs about the aetiology of their client's experiences could blind clinicians to the benefits of offering different approaches.
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- Lucy Carter
- 1 Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.,2 Psychosis Research Unit, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- 3 School of Psychology, University of East London, Stratford Campus, London, UK
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- 2 Psychosis Research Unit, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- 2 Psychosis Research Unit, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- 1 Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.,2 Psychosis Research Unit, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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Araten-Bergman T, Avieli H, Mushkin P, Band-Winterstein T. How aging individuals with schizophrenia experience the self-etiology of their illness: a reflective lifeworld research approach. Aging Ment Health 2016; 20:1147-1156. [PMID: 26193335 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2015.1063110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE In recent years, there are an increasing number of individuals with schizophrenia who are aging within the general society. Self-etiology of the illness refers to its causal attributions by this population as part of the life review process. The aim of this paper is to develop knowledge from the perspective of older people with schizophrenia regarding the self-etiology of their illness. Focusing on the self-etiology of this particular population is useful, to enhance the understanding of their lived experience in the context of their lifeworld. METHOD The study was carried out using the reflective lifeworld phenomenological approach. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18 aging individuals with schizophrenia followed by analysis for meaning. RESULTS Five major constituents of the phenomenon under study - the experience of self-etiology among aging people with schizophrenia - emerged from the findings: 'It leaves you to your fate' - schizophrenia as a decree of fate; 'I have sinned against God' - schizophrenia as a punishment from God; 'They put something in my coffee' - schizophrenia as a result of witchcraft; 'Her genes are in me' - schizophrenia as genetic; and 'She left me and that's how I got sick' - schizophrenia as a result of personal trauma. CONCLUSIONS The findings show that self-etiology in old age tends to be stable, externally attributed and culturally oriented, and serves as a central component in the life review process. This is relevant for professionals developing intervention methods for aging people with schizophrenia.
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- b Department of Criminology , Ariel University, Ariel , Israel
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- c Department of Gerontology , University of Haifa, Haifa , Israel
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Leavey G, Loewenthal K, King M. Locating the Social Origins of Mental Illness: The Explanatory Models of Mental Illness Among Clergy from Different Ethnic and Faith Backgrounds. JOURNAL OF RELIGION AND HEALTH 2016; 55:1607-22. [PMID: 26874526 PMCID: PMC4956700 DOI: 10.1007/s10943-016-0191-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Clergy have historically provided 'healing' through various spiritual and medical modalities and even in modern, developed welfare economies they may still be an important help-seeking resource. Partnerships between religion and psychiatry are regularly advocated, but there is scant research on clergy explanatory models of illness. This paper aimed to explore their relationship with psychiatry and to examine how clergy in various faith groups conceptualised mental health problems. In this qualitative study using in-depth interviews, these issues were explored with 32 practising clergy in the UK from a range of different Christian, Muslim and Jewish faith organisations and ethnic backgrounds. This paper presents findings related to clergy explanatory models of mental illness and, in particular, how the social factors involved in causation are tinged with spiritual influences and implications, and how the meanings of mental distress assume a social and moral significance in distinctive localised matters.
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- Gerard Leavey
- />Bamford Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing, Ulster University, Magee Campus, Northlands Road, Derry-Londonderry, BT48 7JL Northern Ireland, UK
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- />Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, UK
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- />Division of Psychiatry, University College London, 6th Floor, Maple House, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7NF UK
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Lincoln TM, Jung E, Wiesjahn M, Wendt H, Bock T, Schlier B. The impact of negative treatment experiences on persistent refusal of antipsychotics. Compr Psychiatry 2016; 70:165-73. [PMID: 27552661 DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2016.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2016] [Accepted: 07/25/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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AIMS We investigate reasons for persistent medication refusal in schizophrenia spectrum disorders and test whether factors that speak for a rational decision, such as negative experiences with medication or low symptom distress predict medication refusal, even after taking differences in insight into account. METHOD We included 45 participants with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, of which 20 had refused antipsychotic medication for at least three months and assessed reasons for taking or not taking medication, labeling condition as mental disorder ("insight"), experiences with the previous treatments, symptoms and symptom distress, positive and negative consequences and experiences of psychosis, causal beliefs, therapeutic relationships with previous clinicians and attitudes towards medication. RESULTS Groups did not differ in symptom severity but medication refusers reported significantly less insight, less satisfaction with their most-recent psychiatrist and with previous medication, and more negative beliefs about harmful effects of medication. They also felt less informed about medication. After controlling for insight, the perceived helpfulness of the previous treating psychiatrist (OR=0.30, z=5.58, p=0.018) and of previous medication (OR=0.27, z=6.87, p=0.009) and feeling insufficiently informed about medication (OR=0.53, z=3. 85, p=0.050) significantly predicted medication discontinuation. CONCLUSIONS Building rapport with patients with a different view of the nature of their condition and encouraging informed decisions on medication are likely to improve medication adherence. However, the findings also suggest that refusing medication after a phase of initial adherence is also the consequence of negative experiences with medication and could result from weighing the pros against the cons.
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- Tania M Lincoln
- Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Institute of Psychology, Universität Hamburg.
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- Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Philipps-Universität Marburg
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- Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Philipps-Universität Marburg
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- Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Institute of Psychology, Universität Hamburg
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
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- Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Institute of Psychology, Universität Hamburg
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Conrad R, Geiser F, Schilling G, Sharif M, Najjar D, Liedtke R. Cross-Cultural Comparison of Explanatory Models of Illness in Schizophrenic Patients in Jordan and Germany. Psychol Rep 2016; 101:531-46. [DOI: 10.2466/pr0.101.2.531-546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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This study investigated illness concepts of schizophrenic patients in an Arab-Islamic and a western European cultural background. 24 Jordanian and 23 German inpatients were interviewed using an illness concept scale and a causal belief questionnaire. Jordanian patients tend to believe more in esoteric factors underlying their illness, and they perceive the illness to be more threatening. There were no differences regarding biological explanations of illness and trust in medication; however, Jordanian patients reported more trust in the treating physician. Nearly all patients mentioned psychosocial stress as an important factor underlying their illness. Concerning treatment, only Jordanian patients believed religion to be an important factor and mentioned distance from the family as beneficial. The study highlights that culturally specific factors influence illness concepts of schizophrenic patients from an Arab-Islamic and a western European cultural background. Knowledge of these illness concepts is important to establish a helpful relationship between physician and patient.
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Carter L, Read J, Pyle M, Morrison AP. The Impact of Causal Explanations on Outcome in People Experiencing Psychosis: A Systematic Review. Clin Psychol Psychother 2016; 24:332-347. [PMID: 26805779 DOI: 10.1002/cpp.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2015] [Revised: 11/26/2015] [Accepted: 11/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Lucy Carter
- The University of Manchester; Manchester UK
- Psychosis Research Unit, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester UK
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- Swinburne University; Melbourne Australia
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- Psychosis Research Unit, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester UK
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- The University of Manchester; Manchester UK
- Psychosis Research Unit, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester UK
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Bhikha A, Farooq S, Chaudhry N, Naeem F, Husain N. Explanatory models of psychosis amongst British South Asians. Asian J Psychiatr 2015; 16:48-54. [PMID: 26232352 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2015.05.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2014] [Revised: 05/25/2015] [Accepted: 05/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE A strong interest in the understanding, exploring, and extracting explanatory models of psychosis has recently arisen. Explanatory models (EMs) offer justifications and propose explanations when coping with and treating illnesses. Therefore, they may be important predictors of clinical outcome. Explanatory models of psychosis have been explored in many non-Western countries. However, very little research has examined EMs of psychosis in the UK. We therefore, aimed to elicit and describe explanatory models of psychosis amongst British South Asians, using both quantitative and qualitative methods. METHOD EMs of psychosis were examined using the Short Explanatory Model Interview (SEMI) in a cross-sectional sample of 45 patients. RESULTS Most patients (55.5%) attributed their illness to supernatural causes. Few patients cited a biological (4.4%) cause. Majority of patients held dual EMs of psychosis (77.7%), combining prescribed medication and seeing a traditional healer as a treatment method. Duration of Untreated Psychosis (DUP) was not significantly associated with EMs of psychosis. CONCLUSION The results suggest that patients hold multi-explanatory models in order to make sense of their illness and these stem from deep rooted traditional beliefs. This highlights the importance of educational intervention, culturally adapted psychological interventions and possibly working together with traditional healers in the UK to provide a positive support system. Further work is required in order to fully understand the relationship between EMs of psychosis and DUP.
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- Aqeela Bhikha
- University of Manchester, Institute of Brain, Behaviour, and Mental Health, Jean McFarlane Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom.
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- Staffordshire University & Consultant Psychiatrist Black County Partnership, NHS Foundation Trust, Staffordshire University, BL167, Blackheath Lane, Beaconside, ST18 0AD, Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
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- Greater Manchester West Mental Health Foundation Trust and Honorary Leturer, University of Manchester, Meadowbrook Psychiatric Unit, Stott Lane, Salford M68HG, United Kingdom.
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- Queens University, Kingston, & AMHS-KFLA, 385 Princess Street, Kingston, ON, Canada, K7L 1B9.
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- University of Manchester, Institute of Brain, Behaviour, and Mental Health, Jean McFarlane Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom.
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A Measure of the Parent-Team Alliance in Youth Residential Psychiatry: The Revised Short Working Alliance Inventory. CHILD & YOUTH CARE FORUM 2015; 44:801-817. [PMID: 26491238 PMCID: PMC4605973 DOI: 10.1007/s10566-015-9306-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND The therapeutic alliance between multidisciplinary teams and parents within youth (semi) residential psychiatry is essential for the treatment process and forms a promising process variable for Routine Outcome Monitoring (ROM). No short evaluative instrument, however, is currently available to assess parent-team alliance. OBJECTIVE In this study, the Working Alliance Inventory-Short Version (WAV-12), a widely used alliance questionnaire, was adjusted to assess parent-team alliance from both a parent and team perspective within a youth residential setting. Psychometric properties, including factor structure and validity of the subscales, were explored. METHODS A sample of youth with mainly complex developmental disorders admitted to 11 inpatient and day patient units of a child and adolescent psychiatric institute participated in this study. The case manager involved with the youth and the primary caregiver of 87 youth completed the revised WAV-12 (WAV-12R). RESULTS The team version of the WAV-12R showed a good fit to the original conceptualized model, and distinguished Bond, Task and Goal scales. For the parents' version an adjusted model with Insight, Bond and combined Task/Goal scales had the best fit. The reliability and validity of the scales were shown to be good. CONCLUSIONS This paper presents preliminary evidence that the parent and treatment team versions of the WAV-12R are psychometrically sound for assessing parent-team alliance within youth (semi) residential psychiatry in the Netherlands. The team and parents' versions of the WAV-12R are recommended instruments to complement outcome measures in ROM.
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Owiti JA, Palinski A, Ajaz A, Ascoli M, De Jongh B, Bhui KS. Explanations of illness experiences among community mental health patients: an argument for the use of an ethnographic interview method in routine clinical care. Int Rev Psychiatry 2015; 27:23-38. [PMID: 25747025 DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2014.995602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Cultural variations in perceptions of mental distress are important issues for healthcare. They can affect communication between patients and professionals and may be a root cause for misdiagnosis, patient disengagement, and disparities in access, outcomes and overall experiences of treatment by patients. Taking into account patients' explanatory models (EMs) of mental distress is fundamental to patient-centred care, and improved outcomes. This paper reports on the outcomes from the Cultural Consultation Service, commissioned in an inner-city London borough. We used a narrative-based ethnographic method of assessment, in which community mental health patients referred for a cultural consultation were interviewed using Barts Explanatory Model Inventory and Checklist (BEMI) to assess the EMs of their mental distress. Patients mainly attributed the causes and consequences of their mental distress to emotional and psychological factors, which were inextricably linked to existing social concerns and interpersonal issues. Desired solutions mainly focused on treatment, social, and systemic interventions. We found that using BEMI could contribute to a comprehensive assessment in routine care and can be used by professionals within a short timeframe and with minimal training. Ethnographic assessment method captures patients' EMs and illness experiences, opening the way for patient-centred interventions and potentially better outcomes and experiences.
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- John A Owiti
- Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary, University of London , London , UK
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Causal attributions are a key factor in explanatory models of illness; however, little research on causal attributions of mental illness has been conducted in developing nations in the Caribbean, including Jamaica. Explanatory models of mental illness may be important in understanding illness experience and be a crucial factor in mental health service seeking and utilization. We explored causal attributions of mental illness in Jamaica by conducting 20 focus groups, including 16 community samples, 2 patient samples, and 2 samples of caregivers of patients, with a total of 159 participants. The 5 most commonly endorsed causal attributions of mental illness are discussed: (a) drug-related causes, including ganja (marijuana); (b) biological causes, such as chemical imbalance, familial transmission, and "blood"; (c) psychological causes, including stress and thinking too much; (d) social causes, such as relationship problems and job loss; and (e) spiritual or religious causes, including Obeah.
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Hoy JM. Consumer-operated service program members' explanatory models of mental illness and recovery. QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH 2014; 24:1400-1406. [PMID: 25147223 DOI: 10.1177/1049732314547642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Incorporating individuals' understandings and explanations of mental illness into service delivery offers benefits relating to increased service relevance and meaning. Existing research delineates explanatory models of mental illness held by individuals in home, outpatient, and hospital-based contexts; research on models held by those in peer-support contexts is notably absent. In this article, I describe themes identified within and across explanatory models of mental illness and recovery held by mental health consumers (N = 24) at one peer center, referred to as a consumer-operated service center (COSP). Participants held explanatory models inclusive of both developmental stressors and biomedical causes, consistent with a stress-diathesis model (although no participant explicitly referenced such). Explicit incorporation of stress-diathesis constructs into programming at this COSP offers the potential of increasing service meaning and relevance. Identifying and incorporating shared meanings across individuals' understandings of mental illness likewise can increase relevance and meaning for particular subgroups of service users.
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Nadkarni A, Dabholkar H, McCambridge J, Bhat B, Kumar S, Mohanraj R, Murthy P, Patel V. The explanatory models and coping strategies for alcohol use disorders: an exploratory qualitative study from India. Asian J Psychiatr 2013; 6:521-7. [PMID: 24309865 PMCID: PMC3878642 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2013.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2013] [Revised: 06/06/2013] [Accepted: 06/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE The explanatory models (EM) and coping strategies for mental health problems influence treatment seeking and the subsequent patient journey. The goal of this study was to explore the EMs and coping strategies for alcohol use disorders (AUD). METHODS We conducted semi structured interviews with 29 men with AUD and 10 significant others (SO) in two sites in India. Thematic analysis was used to analyse data. RESULTS The former were predominantly married, literate and employed; the latter were predominantly wives, literate and employed. Alcohol consumption and AUDs are seen to be mainly associated with psychosocial stress, with other factors being peer influences, availability of disposable income and drinking for pleasure. They are perceived to result in a range of adverse impacts on social life, family life, personal health and family finances. Various coping strategies were deployed by men with AUD and their significant others, for example avoidance, substitution, distraction, religious activities, support from AA/friends/family, restricting means to buy alcohol and anger management. Reduction/cessation in drinking, improved family relationships, improved emotional/physical wellbeing and better occupational functioning were the most desired treatment outcomes. CONCLUSION There are considerable similarities, as well as some key differences, observed between the EMs for AUD in India and those reported from other cultures which have implications for the global applicability and contextual adaptations of evidence based interventions for AUD.
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- Abhijit Nadkarni
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK; Sangath, Porvorim, Goa 403521, India.
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Found A, Duarte C. The etiology of mental disorders: public endorsement of traditional Chinese beliefs in Macau. Int J Soc Psychiatry 2013; 59:789-800. [PMID: 23034285 DOI: 10.1177/0020764012456811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Public beliefs concerning the causes of mental disorders are important in their effective treatment. The relative importance of public beliefs related to the etiology of mental disorders among Chinese populations and their relationship to other attitudes to mental disorders are poorly understood. AIMS To investigate the endorsement of beliefs related to the etiology of mental disorders in Macau, in particular, traditional Chinese beliefs, and to explore their relationship to general attitudes towards mental disorders. METHODS A survey of 361 members of the public measured attitudes towards 32 possible causes of mental disorders as well as contact with and social distance from individuals with a mental disorder. RESULTS The results indicated that traditional Chinese beliefs were ranked with relatively low importance compared with psychosocial causes. Traditional beliefs related to two underlying factors and were significantly higher in participants with lower education levels. There was a significant negative correlation between endorsement of traditional beliefs and contact with individuals with a mental disorder and a significant positive correlation between endorsement of traditional beliefs and desired social distance from individuals with a mental disorder. CONCLUSION Factors underlying traditional Chinese beliefs concerning the causes of mental disorders are associated with more negative attitudes towards individuals with a mental disorder, with such beliefs more strongly endorsed by those with relatively lower education levels.
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- Andrew Found
- 1Faculty of Arts, Letters and Science, University of Saint Joseph, Macau, China
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Liu CH, Meeuwesen L, van Wesel F, Ingleby D. Beliefs about mental illness among Chinese in the west. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MIGRATION HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE 2013. [DOI: 10.1108/ijmhsc-07-2013-0020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Littlewood R, Dein S. The doctor's medicine and the ambiguity of amulets: life and suffering among Bangladeshi psychiatric patients and their families in London--an interview study--1. Anthropol Med 2013; 20:244-63. [PMID: 23998259 PMCID: PMC4095948 DOI: 10.1080/13648470.2013.827427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2013] [Revised: 05/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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An interview study of 44 Bangladeshi patients and relatives in London demonstrated simultaneous trust in psychiatrists as well as in the widespread use of healing amulets. At the same time, local Islamic clerics and traditional healers were seen by many with some degree of suspicion. The authors offer an interpretation in which local healers and their methods are regarded ambivalently: the more distant biomedical framework fits with the newer modernising 'High' Islam (literate, scripturalist, puritanical, unitarian, urban, clerical, perhaps masculinist), as opposed to Hindu-inflected traditional Sufi Islam in Bangladesh (peasant, popular, syncretic, saintly, magical, ecstatic and possibly more sympathetic to women's experience).
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- Roland Littlewood
- Departments of Anthropology and Mental Health, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Departments of Anthropology and Mental Health, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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Shefer G, Rose D, Nellums L, Thornicroft G, Henderson C, Evans-Lacko S. 'Our community is the worst': the influence of cultural beliefs on stigma, relationships with family and help-seeking in three ethnic communities in London. Int J Soc Psychiatry 2013; 59:535-44. [PMID: 22588248 DOI: 10.1177/0020764012443759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Existing knowledge about the cultural beliefs of black and minority ethnic (BME) communities in the UK regarding stigma and mental illness is limited. MATERIAL Data were collected in 10 focus groups, five with service users and five with laypersons, from BME communities in London. DISCUSSION Thematic analysis identified that cultural beliefs regarding mental illness reflect four different voices present within the BME communities. CONCLUSION The study revealed that cultural beliefs influencing both relationships with family and, consequently, help-seeking for individuals with mental illness must be considered in the development of anti-stigma interventions and when engaging communities around mental health.
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- Guy Shefer
- Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK.
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Rabiee F, Smith P. Being understood, being respected: an evaluation of mental health service provision from service providers and users' perspectives in Birmingham, UK. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/14623730.2013.824163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Henry D, Rosenthal L. “Listening for his breath:” The significance of gender and partner reporting on the diagnosis, management, and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. Soc Sci Med 2013; 79:48-56. [DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2011] [Revised: 05/08/2012] [Accepted: 05/09/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Napo F, Heinz A, Auckenthaler A. Explanatory models and concepts of West African Malian patients with psychotic symptoms. Eur Psychiatry 2013; 27 Suppl 2:S44-9. [PMID: 22863250 DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(12)75707-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Subjective explanations of illness concepts and disease can differ from culture to culture. We examined explanatory models of West African patients with schizophrenia in a community-centred department of psychiatry in Mali, West Africa. METHODS Patients and experts volunteered to be interviewed in the Department of Psychiatry of the University Hospital, Pont G, in Bamako, the capital of Mali. We used semi-structured interviews to explore key psychotic symptoms and explanatory models of psychosis in five experts and fifteen patients with schizophrenia. All interviews were analysed using computer assisted content-analysis with the program Atlas.ti. RESULTS African patients displayed key symptoms of schizophrenia such as commenting and imperative voices, inserted thoughts and other phenomena of alien control, which were often subjectively explained as obsession by witches or jinns. Explanatory models differed depending on occidental migration experience and age. The involvement of family members in the treatment-setting facilitates inclusion and recovery. Experts emphasized the need to integrate traditional and ethno-pharmacological approaches and modern medicine to treat their patients in a culture sensitive manner. DISCUSSION Our data suggests a strong influence of illness concepts on the experience of psychotic symptoms, treatment expectations and health-related behaviour.
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- F Napo
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité - Berlin, Germany. - berlin.de
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BACKGROUND Psychiatrists and advocates for persons with mental illness in the USA argue that the biomedical model of mental illness as a brain disease is both accurate and effective in reducing stigma. Few studies have queried individuals diagnosed with mental illness to determine the extent to which they define their condition as biologically based versus caused by social and psychological factors. METHOD Fifty inpatients in a behavioral health unit of a non-profit hospital in Western USA were interviewed in depth regarding their perceptions of the nature and causes of the condition that brought them into the hospital. RESULTS The vast majority of patients, regardless of diagnosis, emphasized painful life experiences brought about by others and outside their own control as the primary cause of their mental illness. CONCLUSIONS The biomedical model of mental illness does not necessarily dominate the minds of people with mental illness; therefore mental health practitioners should understand and respect their patients' explanatory models in order to enlist their trust and compliance.
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- Marta Elliott
- Department of Sociology/300, College of Liberal Arts, University of Nevada, Reno 89557-0300, USA.
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Bhikha AG, Farooq S, Chaudhry N, Husain N. A systematic review of explanatory models of illness for psychosis in developing countries. Int Rev Psychiatry 2012; 24:450-62. [PMID: 23057981 DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2012.711746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Explanatory models of illness, held by patients and treating clinicians, offer justifications and propose explanations for sickness, treatment evaluations and choice. These have been studied in relation to common mental disorders but research on explanatory models of psychosis (EMOP) has received scant attention. Adequately understanding patients' explanatory models for psychosis has important clinical implications. METHOD We systematically examined studies on EMOP in the developing world to report on the nature of explanatory models, their relationship with help-seeking, duration of untreated psychosis (DUP), perceived stigma and any differences in the explanatory models between first and subsequent episodes. RESULTS 14 studies examining EMOP in developing countries were identified. The majority of studies reported predominantly supernatural and psychosocial EMOP. Holding supernatural and psychosocial explanatory models affected help-seeking behaviour, treatment modalities used and DUP. DISCUSSION EMOP in developing countries are rich and varied. The literature reports on a variety of populations using different methods and suffers from methodological limitations. Some recent studies have also attempted to modify explanatory models by using educational interventions; however, this was not examined in patient populations. Further research is needed to examine the impact of different explanatory models on DUP and help-seeking behaviours.
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- Aqeela G Bhikha
- Psychiatry Research Group, School of Community Based Medicine, University of Manchester, UK.
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Interkulturelle Aspekte der Interaktion und Kommunikation im psychiatrisch/psychotherapeutischen Behandlungssetting. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 2012; 55:1168-75. [DOI: 10.1007/s00103-012-1538-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Hubbeling D. Evolutionary explanations for patients. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHIATRIE 2012. [PMID: 23193555 DOI: 10.1177/070674371205700518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ghane S, Kolk AM, Emmelkamp PMG. Direct and indirect assessment of explanatory models of illness. Transcult Psychiatry 2012; 49:3-25. [PMID: 22334241 DOI: 10.1177/1363461511425422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Patients' self-reports of explanatory models (EMs) are sensitive to distortions, particularly as a result of social desirability, uncertainty towards one's own beliefs, and ethnic disparities with the interviewer. In contrast, reaction-time-based indirect measures are thought to be less sensitive to such factors. This article reports on two studies that applied direct (interview) and indirect (reaction-time-based association task) measures of EMs. Study 1 found evidence for the convergent validity of the direct and indirect measures, indicating that the two measures were essentially related. Furthermore, social desirability and uncertainty towards one's beliefs affected the association between the measures on two categories of EMs. Study 2 showed that, unlike the self-reports of EMs, indirect measures were less sensitive to the ethnicity of the interviewer. The nature of the indirect measure, and the construct that it measures, are discussed.
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Boydell J, Morgan C, Dutta R, Jones B, Alemseged F, Dazzan P, Morgan K, Doody G, Harrison G, Leff J, Jones P, Murray R, Fearon P. Satisfaction with inpatient treatment for first-episode psychosis among different ethnic groups: a report from the UK AeSOP study. Int J Soc Psychiatry 2012; 58:98-105. [PMID: 20851828 DOI: 10.1177/0020764010382691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is concern about the level of satisfaction with mental healthcare among minority ethnic patients in the UK, particularly as black patients have more compulsory admissions to hospital. AIMS To determine and compare levels of satisfaction with mental healthcare between patients from different ethnic groups in a three-centre study of first-onset psychosis. METHOD Data were collected from 216 patients with first-episode psychosis and 101 caregivers from South London, Nottingham and Bristol, using the Acute Services Study Questionnaire (Patient and Relative Version) and measures of sociodemographic variables and insight. RESULTS No differences were found between ethnic groups in most domains of satisfaction tested individually, including items relating to treatment by ward staff and number of domains rated as satisfactory. However, logistic regression modelling (adjusting for age, gender, social class, diagnostic category and compulsion) showed that black Caribbean patients did not believe that they were receiving the right treatment and were less satisfied with medication than white patients. Black African patients were less satisfied with non-pharmacological treatments than white patients. These findings were not explained by lack of insight or compulsory treatment. CONCLUSIONS The study found that black patients were less satisfied with specific aspects of treatment, particularly medication, but were equally satisfied with nursing and social care. Understanding the reasons behind this may improve the acceptability of psychiatric care to black minority ethnic groups.
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- Jane Boydell
- Psychosis Clinical Academic Group, Institute of Psychiatry, King's Health Partners, King's College London, UK.
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Weich S, Griffith L, Commander M, Bradby H, Sashidharan SP, Pemberton S, Jasani R, Bhui KS. Experiences of acute mental health care in an ethnically diverse inner city: qualitative interview study. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2012; 47:119-28. [PMID: 21046068 DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0314-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2010] [Accepted: 10/18/2010] [Indexed: 09/29/2022]
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PURPOSE Ethnic inequalities in experiences of mental health care persist in the UK, although most evidence derives from in-patient settings. We aimed to explore service users' and carers' accounts of recent episodes of severe mental illness and of the care received in a multi-cultural inner city. We sought to examine factors impacting on these experiences, including whether and how users and carers felt that their experiences were mediated by ethnicity. METHODS Forty service users and thirteen carers were recruited following an acute psychotic episode using typical case sampling. In-depth interviews explored illness and treatment experiences. Ethnicity was allowed to emerge in participants' narratives and was prompted if necessary. RESULTS Ethnicity was not perceived to impact significantly on therapeutic relationships, and nor were there ethnic differences in care pathways, or in the roles of families and friends. Ethnic diversity was commonplace among both service users and mental health professionals. This was tolerated in community settings if efforts were made to ensure high-quality care. Home Treatment was rated highly, irrespective of service users' ethnicity. In-patient care was equally unpopular and was the one setting where ethnicity appeared to mediate unsatisfactory care experiences. These findings highlight the risks of generalising from reports of (dis)satisfaction with care based predominantly on in-patient experiences. CONCLUSIONS Home treatment was popular but hard to deliver in deprived surroundings and placed a strain on carers. Interventions to enhance community treatments in deprived areas are needed, along with remedial interventions to improve therapeutic relationships in hospital settings.
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- Scott Weich
- Health Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
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Nieuwsma JA, Pepper CM, Maack DJ, Birgenheir DG. Indigenous perspectives on depression in rural regions of India and the United States. Transcult Psychiatry 2011; 48:539-68. [PMID: 22021105 DOI: 10.1177/1363461511419274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Depression is a major health concern in India, yet indigenous Indian perspectives on depression have often been disregarded in favor of Western conceptualizations. The present study used quantitative and qualitative measures modeled on the Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC) to elicit beliefs about the symptoms, causes, treatments, and stigma associated with depression. Data were collected from 92 students at a university in the Himalayan region of Northern India and from 97 students at a university in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States. U.S. participants in this study were included primarily to approximate a "Western baseline" (in which professional conceptions of depression are predominantly rooted) from which to elucidate Indian perspectives. Compared to U.S. participants, Indian participants were more likely to view restive symptoms (e.g., irritation, anxiety, difficulty thinking) as common features of depression, to view depression as the result of personally controllable causes (e.g., failure), to endorse social support and spiritual reflection or relaxation (e.g., yoga, meditation) as useful means for dealing with depression, and to associate stigma with depression. Efforts aimed at reducing depression among Indians should focus more on implementing effective and culturally acceptable interventions, such as yoga, meditation, and increasing social support.
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- Jason A Nieuwsma
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs-VA- Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center-MIRECC, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705, USA.
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Factors influencing engagement of patients in a novel intervention for CFS/ME: a qualitative study. Prim Health Care Res Dev 2010; 12:112-22. [DOI: 10.1017/s146342361000037x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Ghane S, Kolk AM, Emmelkamp PMG. Assessment of explanatory models of mental illness: effects of patient and interviewer characteristics. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2010; 45:175-82. [PMID: 19381425 PMCID: PMC2820666 DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0053-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2009] [Accepted: 03/31/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Explanatory models (EMs) refer to patients' causal attributions of illness and have been shown to affect treatment preference and outcome. Reliable and valid assessment of EMs may be hindered by interviewer and respondent disparities on certain demographic characteristics, such as ethnicity. The present study examined (a) whether ethnic minority patients reported different EMs to ethnically similar interviewers in comparison with those with a different ethnicity, and (b) whether this effect was related to respondents' social desirability, the perceived rapport with the interviewer and level of uncertainty toward their EMs. METHODS A total of 55 patients of Turkish and Moroccan origins with mood and anxiety disorders were randomly assigned to ethnically similar or dissimilar interviewers. EMs were assessed, using a semi-structured interview, across 11 different categories of causes. RESULTS Participants who were interviewed by an ethnically similar interviewer perceived interpersonal, victimization and religious/mystical causes as more important, whereas interviews by ethnically dissimilar interviewers generated higher scores on medical causes. These effects were not mediated by the perceived rapport with the interviewer, and social desirability had a modest impact on the results. Higher uncertainty among participants toward medical and religious/mystical causes seemed to be associated with greater adjustment in the report of these EMs. CONCLUSION The findings have significant implications for interviewer selection in epidemiological research and clinical practice.
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- Samrad Ghane
- Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Roetersstraat 15, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Roetersstraat 15, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Roetersstraat 15, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Karasz A, Garcia N, Ferri L. Conceptual Models of Depression in Primary Care Patients: A Comparative Study. JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY 2009; 40:1041-1059. [PMID: 20182550 PMCID: PMC2826847 DOI: 10.1177/0022022109348782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Conventional psychiatric treatment models are based on a biopsychiatric model of depression. A plausible explanation for low rates of depression treatment utilization among ethnic minorities and the poor is that members of these communities do not share the cultural assumptions underlying the biopsychiatric model. The study examined conceptual models of depression among depressed patients from various ethnic groups, focusing on the degree to which patients' conceptual models 'matched' a biopsychiatric model of depression. The sample included 74 primary care patients from three ethnic groups screening positive for depression. We administered qualitative interviews assessing patients' conceptual representations of depression. The analysis proceeded in two phases. The first phase involved a strategy called 'quantitizing' the qualitative data. A rating scheme was developed and applied to the data by a rater blind to study hypotheses. The data was subjected to statistical analyses. The second phase of the analysis involved the analysis of thematic data using standard qualitative techniques. Study hypotheses were largely supported. The qualitative analysis provided a detailed picture of primary care patients' conceptual models of depression and suggested interesting directions for future research.
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- Alison Karasz
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
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Anderson M, Elam G, Solarin I, Gerver S, Fenton K, Easterbrook P. Coping with HIV: Caribbean people in the United Kingdom. QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH 2009; 19:1060-1075. [PMID: 19638600 DOI: 10.1177/1049732309341191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Although Caribbean people in the United Kingdom are increasingly being affected by HIV/AIDS, there has been no examination of how they are coping with the illness. We investigate the coping strategies of HIV-positive Caribbean people using in-depth interviews with a purposively selected group of 25 residents of South London. The main coping strategies were more cognitive than behavioral: restricted disclosure, submersion, faith, and positive reappraisal. These strategies were intertwined in complex ways, and most were rooted in contextual factors, particularly cultural ones. Themes of loss, silence, and reinvention suffused respondents' narratives. Interventions should consider the high degree of stigmatization of HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean community, reluctance to disclose, the likelihood of an initial severe reaction to diagnosis, and external stressors. HIV-positive Caribbean people who are coping well could serve as mentors and role models for poor copers and newly diagnosed patients; establishing Caribbean-specific support groups might also assist coping.
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McCabe R, Priebe S. Assessing the stability of schizophrenia patients' explanatory models of illness over time. J Ment Health 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/09638230410001669291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Bäärnhielm S, Ekblad S. Introducing a psychological agenda for understanding somatic symptoms--an area of conflict for clinicians in relation to patients in a multicultural community. Cult Med Psychiatry 2008; 32:386-405. [PMID: 18561004 DOI: 10.1007/s11013-008-9100-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Culturally capable care requires that clinicians possess insights into patients' reasoning about illness. It is universally common for emotional distress to be expressed in terms of somatic symptoms. Converting meanings of illness from a somatic to a psychological agenda for understanding distress may be complicated for patients. Objectives of this study were to explore (a) professionals' experiences of encountering patients who use a bodily idiom for emotional distress in a multicultural milieu and their ascriptions of meaning and (b) how professionals impart their agenda of illness meaning to patients. Data were collected by seven focus-group interviews with professionals working in a multicultural suburban area of Stockholm, Sweden, and analyzed in two steps. The first step was content analysis. The second step was an inductive analysis with a revised grounded theory approach. Results showed that the caregivers stressed the importance of constructing a working alliance with the patient. With few exceptions, this did not include a patient-centered approach by the staff for exploring patients' perspectives and understandings of illness. Current knowledge about the importance of gaining insights into patients' perspectives was not implemented. Results of this study point to the importance of implementing new knowledge and according priority to research on the outcomes of that implementation.
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- Sofie Bäärnhielm
- Transcultural Center, Stockholm County Council, St Göran's Hospital, Floor 13, 112 81 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Haller DM, Sanci LA, Sawyer SM, Patton G. Do young people's illness beliefs affect healthcare? A systematic review. J Adolesc Health 2008; 42:436-49. [PMID: 18407038 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2006] [Revised: 09/21/2007] [Accepted: 09/26/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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A successful patient-centered approach in clinical practice implies an understanding of patients' experiences of illness, and therefore of their illness beliefs. This paper presents a systematic review of the literature on young people's common illness beliefs in contemporary Western societies and the extent to which these beliefs have been shown to affect healthcare.
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- Dagmar M Haller
- Department of Community and Primary Care Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Raleigh VS, Irons R, Hawe E, Scobie S, Cook A, Reeves R, Petruckevitch A, Harrison J. Ethnic variations in the experiences of mental health service users in England: results of a national patient survey programme. Br J Psychiatry 2007; 191:304-12. [PMID: 17906240 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.032417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Minority ethnic groups in the UK are reported to have a poor experience of mental health services, but comparative information is scarce. AIMS To examine ethnic differences in patients' experience of community mental health services. METHOD Trusts providing mental health services in England conducted surveys in 2004 and 2005 of users of community mental health services. Multiple regression was used to examine ethnic differences in responses. RESULTS About 27 000 patients responded to each of the surveys, of whom 10% were of minority ethnic origin. In the 2004 survey, age, living alone, the 2004 survey, age, living alone, detention and hospital admissions were stronger predictors of patient experience than ethnicity. Self-reported mental health status had the strongest explanatory effect. In the 2005 survey, the main negative differences relative to the White British were for Asians. CONCLUSIONS Ethnicity had a smaller effect on patient experience than other variables. Relative to the White British, the Black group did not report negative experiences whereas the Asian group were most likely to respond negatively. However, there is a need for improvements in services for minority ethnic groups, including access to talking therapies and better recording of ethnicity.
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- Veena S Raleigh
- Healthcare Commission, 103-105 Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8TG, UK.
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Biering P. Adapting the concept of explanatory models of illness to the study of youth violence. JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE 2007; 22:791-811. [PMID: 17575063 DOI: 10.1177/0886260507301225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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This study explores the feasibility of adapting Kleinman's concept of explanatory models of illness to the study of youth violence and is conducted within the hermeneutic tradition. Data were collected by interviewing 11 violent adolescents, their parents, and their caregivers. Four types of explanatory models representing the adolescent girls', the adolescent boys', the caregivers', and the parents' understanding of youth violence are found; they correspond sufficiently to Kleinman's concept and establish the feasibility of adapting it to the study of youth violence. The developmental nature of the parents' and adolescents' models makes it feasible to study them by means of hermeneutic methodology. There are some clinically significant discrepancies between the caregivers' and the clients' explanatory models; identifying such discrepancies is an essential step in the process of breaking down barriers to therapeutic communications. Violent adolescents should be encouraged to define their own explanatory models of violence through dialogue with their caregivers.
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