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Tsang, Siu-keung Kent. "The judges' attitudes towards mentally disordered offenders in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31979361.
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Dozoretz, Jeffrey Victor 1962. "THE EFFECT OF DIAGNOSTIC LABELS ON ATTITUDES TOWARD THE MENTALLY ILL." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276430.
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Leung, Wai-chun. "Community attitudes and responses toward psychiatric halfway house in Shatin /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1991. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B1311573X.
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Motschenbacher, Russell Charles. "Attitudes of the mentally ill about utilizing telemental services in frontier states." Thesis, Montana State University, 2012. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2012/motschenbacher/MotschenbacherR0512.pdf.
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The purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore the feelings, opinions and attitudes of mentally ill people living in frontier states about telemental health service to access their mental health care. The current study explores the feelings of people diagnosed with a variety of mental illnesses. Participants in this study were chosen in a purposive criterion sample, and snowball sampling. This study included nine participants aged from 36 years of age to 68 years of age, diagnosed with a mental illness including, Paranoid Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This study was limited by the numbers of willing participants with a mental illness living within the frontier areas of the state the study was conducted in. This limitation is overcome by utilizing the snowball effect for recruitment of willing participants. Eight of the nine participants of this study were willing to use telemental health for their mental health care. Others commented that they were acceptant and willing to utilize telemental health services for their mental health care needs after a period of time to build rapport with their provider. The major themes developed from the participant interviews were; savings, convenience, privacy and anonymity, rapport, crisis intervention and technology. The participants voiced an opinion that the general savings of time, money, travel and hours of work saved was a part of their acceptance of telemental health. The themes of acceptance can be developed in to methods to improve future models of telemental health. By understanding what would make this treatment modality more acceptable future providers can tailor a telemental health program that is fully acceptable to the clients who will utilize it.
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Tsang, Siu-keung Kent, and 曾肇強. "The judges' attitudes towards mentally disordered offenders in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31979361.
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Ngirababyeyi, Alfred. "Attitudes towards mentally ill in professionals working in Ndera neuropsychiatric hospital in Rwanda." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/7739.
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ABSTRACT: This quantitative study investigated the attitudes toward the mentally ill in professionals working in Ndera neuropsychiatric hospital.
The research questions explored were centered on the attitudes of directly involved and supportive professionals toward mentally ill clients and also on the difference between the attitudes of directly involved and supportive professionals toward mentally ill clients and demographic variables.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether there are differences in attitude between direct care providers and supportive professionals toward the mentally ill clients.
The Community Attitudes towards Mentally Ill (CAMI) scale (Dear & Taylor, 1982; Taylor, Dear & Hall, 1979; Taylor & Dear, 1981) was used.
A total of 72 members of the staff, including 55 directly involved staff and 17 supportive staff members, participated in the survey.
A summary interpretation of the main findings in this thesis reinforces the assumption that negative attitudes towards people with mental illness received in Ndera neuropsychiatric hospital are in existence, even though the majority have favorable attitudes towards the mentally ill.
This suggests that persons with mental illness may encounter stigmatizing attitudes from mental health professionals.
This study represents one of the first to explore professionals’ attitudes towards the mentally ill. It is hoped that this work will highlight the need to explore the influence of attitudes in the delivery of high quality healthcare. The provider–patient relationship is at the heart of effective treatment and the detrimental impact of prejudicial judgments on this relationship should not be ignored.
This study also demonstrates that professionals with different roles report different attitudes and this suggest that they would behave differently towards patients with mental illness.
The directly involved professionals have been found to have more positive attitudes than the supportive professional and this seems to show that as individuals improve their ability to interact with persons with mental illness, they become more tolerant.
The present study demonstrates that the sociodemographic variables tested have no impact on the attitudes of the professionals working in Ndera neuropsychiatric hospital.
The extent of mental health training (as part of general health training) and duration of experience of working in mental health settings did not influence attitudes.
Finally, this study demonstrates that there is no correlation between the attitudes towards mentally ill patients and their inclusion in the process of decision-making.
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Jackson, Louise. "Discover Knowledge, Attitudes, Actions About Ministering to the Mentally Ill inthe Cleveland District." Ashland Theological Seminary / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=atssem1588278720539611.
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Szeto, Lai-lee Lily, and 司徒麗梨. "Perceptions of the conditionally discharged patients towards their status." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B4389530X.
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Yiu, Man-yik, and 姚敏鷁. "Community attitudes towards the mentally ill: an exploratory study of the Kwun Tong District." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1990. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31248834.
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Basson, Marina. "Professional nurses’ attitudes and perceptions towards the mentally ill in an associated psychiatric hospital." Thesis, University of Western Cape, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3302.
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Magister Curationis - MCurProfessional nurses, with additional training in mental health, report attitudes and perceptions of mental health nursing that are more positive, whilst those with less training report more negative attitudes and perceptions to mental health nursing. The primary aim of this research study was to describe the attitudes and perceptions of professional nurses towards the mentally ill in a psychiatric hospital in the Cape Metropole. The objectives of the study were: to explore the attitudes and perceptions of professional nurses towards the mentally ill; to identify common factors that influence the professional nurses’ attitudes and perceptions towards the mentally ill; to compare the attitudes and perceptions of professional nurses who have completed the Regulation 425, Regulation 808 and Regulation 212 training in mental health nursing towards the mentally ill. A quantitative, exploratory, descriptive design was employed and cross-sectional survey was carried out. Participants comprised all permanent professional nurses (n=60) at a governmental Associated Psychiatric Hospital in the Cape Metropole. Participants completed a demographic questionnaire and two self-report questionnaires, measuring attitudes to and perceptions of mental health problems. Nurses with a diploma report significantly higher role competency than those nurses with a degree. The ethnicity of nurses played a role in the stereotyping of the mentally ill. No significant differences were evident between those professional nurses who had completed the advanced mental health course and those whom had not. However, the combined effects of learning the appropriate course and experience in the practical field of the mentally ill are necessary for the task of impacting positively on the attitudes of the nurses towards the mentally ill.
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Gaumer, Sarah. "MEDIA AND MENTAL ILLNESS: THE EFFECT OF TELEVISION ON ATTITUDES ABOUT THE MENTALLY ILL." Kent State University Honors College / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1399387035.
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Chung, Wai-sau Dicky. "Attitudes to insanity and crime." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B2062198X.
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Crocker, Ann Petro. "Exploring the perceived value of work as part of psychosocial rehabilitation of the state patient : Komani Hospital, Queenstown." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007464.
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During the research an attempt was made to gain an understanding of the perceived value of work in psychosocial rehabilitation with the Sate patient at Komani Hospital. The respondents' motivation to work and what they gain from working, was investigated, as well as the experience of the nonworking respondents and their motivation not to work. To achieve this, ten respondents who were working and ten respondents who were not working, were interviewed. This study involves only a limited number of State patients at Komani Hospital and therefore findings cannot be generalised and also because the study was done at one Hospital only. A literature study was undertaken during which it was evident that work as part of vocational rehabilitation contributed to the well being of the mentally disabled person. It was also stated in the literature that the disabled person must be actively involved in his/her own rehabilitation planning and that the person must make conscious decisions to move away from the "sick" role and participate in his/her rehabilitation process. Interview schedules were developed. Response received from the twenty participants was analysed. The overall findings of the study showed that the majority of respondents who were working, were motivated by money. The fact that the respondents work from Hospital and therefore disrupt the Hospital routine, work with abled co-workers and feeling needed by the factory where they are employed. also emphasised the respondents' motivation to keep on working. The findings of the study with the non-working group showed that some respondents want to work, but there are not enough work opportunities available in and from Hospital. The non-working respondents are not interested in working at the occupational therapy department because the pay patients get for work done at the department is too little, and therefore they reject the work there. Some respondents do not want to work. whether work is available or not. The non-working group is largely dependent on staff and co-patients for an income, or tobacco. The predominant activity of the non-working group of respondents during the day, as well as that of the majority of the working group respondents during weekends was sleeping, talking to friends, and smoking. The research findings, conclusions and recommendations could contribute to a better understanding of patients and the value of work for the patient in a Psychiatric Hospital.
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Besser, Lori L. "A comparison in the attitudes of students in human service fields and non-human service fields regarding individuals diagnosed with mental illness." Online version, 2001. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2001/2001besserl.pdf.
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Purin, Barbara RuthAnn. "Attitudes of community mental health nurses toward doing a spiritual assessment with mentally ill seniors." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0020/MQ48832.pdf.
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Tse, Siu-keung. "Attitudes towards the mentally ill, mental illness and the location for mental health facilities : a Hong Kong study on secondary school students /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19470228.
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Muszynski, Richard J. "ETHNIC ATTITUDES TOWARD MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL ILLNESS (ASIANS, EUROPEANS, HISPANICS)." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291700.
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The Ethnic Mental Illness (EMI) Scale, a questionnaire to discriminate European and Hispanic attitudes toward mental illness, was developed. Fifty-one college students of Hispanic ethnicity and 194 college students of European ethnicity completed a 150 item questionnaire measuring attitudes toward mental illness. A cross-validation sample of 50 Hispanic students and 194 European students ethnicity yielded 15 items that reliably differentiated the two groups. Based upon content, the 15 items were grouped into six categories: hopefulness, trust, biological aspects of mental illness, childhood origins, finances, and sex differences. Items which did not discriminate Hispanics and Europeans are described, as these items are possible indicators of common attitudes toward mental illness. A group of 66 Asian students also participated in the study. The items which differentiate Asians from Hispanics and Europeans are described. These items were not cross-validated.
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Cotrone, Erin Elizabeth. "The Guilty But Mentally Ill Verdict: Assessing the Impact of Informing Jurors of Verdict Consequences." Scholar Commons, 2016. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6486.
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In response to public opposition to the insanity defense, the Guilty But Mentally Ill(GBMI) verdict was enacted with the intention of limiting the number of insanity acquittals and alleviating the public’s concerns. Prior research suggests, however, that many jurors are making verdict decisions with limited knowledge of the dispositional consequences of the GBMI and NGRI verdicts. Further, jurors may erroneously assume that the GBMI verdict is a compromise between a NGRI and guilty verdict, which mitigates punishment. In reality, the dispositional consequences of a GBMI verdict are equivalent to or more restrictive than a guilty verdict. The current study examined the impact of informing jurors of the dispositional consequences of the GBMI and NGRI verdicts. In addition, it explores whether mock jurors’ attitudes toward the insanity defense, individuals with mental illness, and perceptions of the defendant’s dangerousness strengthens or attenuates the impact of informing mock jurors of dispositional consequences. Participants (N = 488) read a case summary of an apparently mentally ill male defendant charged with first-degree murder. Half of the participants were informed of the dispositional consequences of GBMI and NGRI verdicts, while the other half of participants received no such information. Then, they were asked to choose individual verdicts and complete a questionnaire that assessed attitudes toward the insanity defense, attitudes toward individuals with mental illness, and perceptions of the defendant’s dangerousness. Results indicate that informing participants of dispositional consequences of the GBMI and NGRI verdicts increases the likelihood that the NGRI verdict is selected over the GBMI verdict. In addition, participants who had more favorable attitudes toward the insanity defense and perceived the defendant as less dangerous selected the NGRI verdict over the GBMI verdict at an even higher rate when they were informed of dispositional consequences. The implications for educating jurors in trials that include the GBMI verdict option are discussed.
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Sadavoy, Beth. ""Bearing the weight of a mother's mood" : does a history of depression influence a woman's attitudes about having children? : a project based upon an independent investigation /." View online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/5925.
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Bull, J. David. "Adolescent Attitudes Toward Help-Seeking and Mental Illness: A Rural-Urban Comparison." Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1381841395.
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Thierer, Karen R. "A study of community attitudes toward out-patient mental health facilities." Thesis, Kansas State University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/9975.
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Leung, Wai-chun, and 梁惠珍. "Community attitudes and responses toward psychiatric halfway house in Shatin." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1991. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31248950.
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Beukes, Lorraine Theresa. "The knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of general assistants towards mentally ill patients in psychiatric hospitals in Cape Town in the Western Cape." University of the Western Cape, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4175.
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Magister Curationis - MCurThe current debate on knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of medical staff and the broader community towards mentally ill patients across the world is also quite extensive in South Africa. The literature on the subject matter demonstrates poor knowledge of mental illness in the general population and also indicates that people often have stigmatising attitudes towards mental illness. However, while most studies have explored the attitudes, perceptions and behaviour towards mentally ill patients with respect to various staff categories such as doctors, nurses, pharmacists, psychologist and the community globally and particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, few studies have extended the analysis to include general assistants. Moreover, little research has been carried out on the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions towards mental illness and mentally ill patients of non-medical staff such as general assistants, who on a daily basis spend time with mentally health care users, ensuring hygiene in psychiatric hospitals in South Africa. This study intended to fill the gap by using a quantitative, descriptive approach encompassing a cross-sectional survey design to identify the level of basic mental health knowledge and determine attitudes and perceptions of general assistants towards mental illness and mentally ill patients in four government funded psychiatric hospitals in Cape Town, South Africa. A random sample of 124 was selected from the general assistants of the four psychiatric hospitals in Cape Town. The results established that the majority of General Assistants (75.6%) in all four psychiatric hospitals demonstrated fair basic mental health knowledge pertaining to mental illness and positive attitudes and perceptions towards mentally ill patients. Although the attitudes and perceptions are mostly positive, item analysis revealed that there are disparities in the results. One third of the general assistants find it stressful to work with mentally ill people. Others displayed frustration (30,1% ), mistrust (52%) and fear(12%). In addition, 82.9% of the general assistants like working with mentally ill people and the majority of the general assistants are comfortable working with mentally ill patients. The recommendation is that basic mental health awareness programmes or in-service training should be implemented for general assistants especially newly appointed general assistants to improve the knowledge and understanding, attitudes and perceptions of general assistants and to reduce fear and negative perceptions and attitudes in order to enhance positive patient experiences.
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Tse, Siu-keung, and 謝肇強. "Attitudes towards the mentally ill, mental illness and the location for mental health facilities: a Hong Kong study on secondary schoolstudents." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B19470228.
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Coltrane, Jelisa. "School personnel perceptions of the current level of interagency collaboration available for students identified as seriously emotionally disturbed, ages 5-18, within the Commonwealth of Virginia." Diss., This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-171913/.
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Socall, Daniel W. "Public attitudes toward the mentally ill : the relationship of type and severity of mental illness on subjects beliefs, social distance, and demographic variables." Virtual Press, 1988. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/544146.
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Past research on attitudes toward the mentally ill has produced conflicting results, due in part to methodological problems. The present study examined this issue using a more sophisticated design. Randomly, 600 residents of Delaware County Indiana were chosen from the telephone directory to be the recipients of a mail survey. Of these, 206 responded, yielding a return rate of 34.5%. Each subject was randomly assigned to either the experimental group that read a case vignette which described a hypothetical mental patient, or the control group which read about a medically ill patient. In both conditions there were three levels of severity of behavior. Thus, three cases described hypothetical patients labeled as mentally ill with a range of severity of psychopathology, and three described comparably behaving medical controls. It was found that the mentally ill were rejected significantly more than medical controls at each level of severity. Respondents also rated the mentally ill as less predictable, and having less hopeful outcomes, than the medical controls. In addition, beliefs about mental illness were not sufficient to account for all rejection. Finally, no demographic characteristics of the population were found to significantly correlate with rejection.Department of Psychological Science
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Dirwayi, Nompumelelo Precious. "Mental illness in primary health care : a study to investigate nurse's knowledge of mental illness and attitudes of nurses toward the mentally ill." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7930.
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Bibliography: leaves 124-177.It has been suggested that globally, psychiatric disorders are not only highly prevalent and associated with significant morbidity, but that they are often not detected by clinicians working in primary health care. Despite this, few studies have investigated the level of mental health literacy among nurses and their attitudes to the mentally ill in South Africa.
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Tsui, Kam-pui Helen, and 徐錦珮. "The impact of the Chinese health beliefs on the health conditions of the family caregivers of the mentally ill patients in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3125097X.
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Hyde, Emily. "Perception of healthcare professionals and use of formal-informal resources by families with son with chronic mental/physical illness." Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1020157.
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The purpose of this secondary analysis of Malone's (1993) study was to identify formal and informal resources used by families with an adult son with chronic mental or physical illness. It also explored the identified perceptions of health care providers by the families in this study. This study was guided by the Resiliency Model of Family Stress, Adjustment and Adaptation (McCubbin & McCubbin, 1993).The sample population was patients who were receiving outpatient care from Valley Mental Health Center and University Hospital Neurology Clinic in Salt Lake City, Utah, and families which met certain criteria. The data of 42 respondents of the original 68 in Malone's (1993) study were perused for trends and themes about the use of formal and informal resources and perceptions of health care professionals using the process of secondary analysis.Findings revealed that the outpatients and families used six formal resources and seven informal resources. Family resources accounted for 44 percent of the total utilization of informal resources by the respondents. Hospital/clinics accounted for 24.3 percent of the total formal resources used by the respondents. Findings also revealed that perceptions of health care professionals by the respondents was negative.With the increase of chronic illnesses, the recommendations and implications for nursing identify that patient education in the future will undoubtedly be the most vital and crucial component to an individual's success/failure to adjust to the chronic illness. With the additional knowledge base, prevention of unnecessary anxiety related to the chronic illness would promote a more positive environment for the patient. In addition, both the patient and family could make that smooth transition into the adaptation phase and function effectively with the chronic mental or physical illness.School of Nursing
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O'Connor, Peter J., and n/a. "Reflection and Refraction: The Dimpled Mirror of Process Drama: How Process Drama Assists People to Reflect on Their Attitudes and Behaviours Associated with Mental Illness." Griffith University. School of Vocational, Technology and Arts Education, 2003. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20031210.113358.
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The National Project to Counter Stigma and Discrimination was established by the New Zealand government in 1997. The Project recognised that people with a diagnosis of mental illness are marginalized and excluded from full participation in society. The Mental Health Foundation was contracted to provide workshops for mental health service providers to shift workplace attitudes and behaviours that were discriminatory or stigmatising. This thesis used a case study approach to capture and evaluate the significance and nature of the transitory form of process drama in three workshops I facilitated in largely Maori communities in the far north of the North Island. The principles of reflective practitioner research informed the use of research tools, data collection and analysis. This research focused particularly on reflective strategies that occurred inside process drama work and the way in which meaning was constructed in that context. The central research question asked: 'In what ways does process drama work to assist people to reflect on their attitudes and behaviours associated with mental illness?' This raised a secondary question: 'What potential is there for a model to counter stigma and discrimination that uses process drama as a central strategy?' This thesis posits a new model for understanding the nature of reflection in process drama. The mimetic notions of the fictional and the real as discrete and defined entities should instead be seen as permeable frames of existence that on occasions collide and collapse into each other. The double paradox of process drama is that, having created an empathetic relationship with the roles taken, we purposefully structure distance so we can then deliberately collapse the distance to create deep moments of reflection. I suggest a more accurate term to describe reflection in process drama is refraction. Refraction acknowledges that, rather than clarity, process drama seeks ambiguity: instead of resolving issues it seeks to further problematise and complexify. The tension of working with a democratic and open-ended art form towards a pre-ordained end as part of the project is closely examined. The impact of performative rituals and proto drama processes as part of the context of working in Maori settings is also explored. A three step model for countering stigma and discrimination is formulated and workshopped. The content of the model is based on an analysis of research undertaken within an anti-racist context, and models that have informed similar mental health campaigns. The form of the model is process drama. An analysis of the workshops demonstrated that the first model developed was limited in its effectiveness. Instead, participants should engage in repeating cycles of generating and investigating images. This leads to the development of what I have termed the Spiral Three Step Model. Although the effectiveness of the Spiral model is not tested in this research, it became apparent that the workshops based on this structure provided opportunities for participants to consider and reflect/refract deeply on their workplace's attitudes and behaviours.
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Pottinger, Richard C. "Elementary school principals' attitudes and training as they relate to their least restrictive environment (LRE) practices toward self-contained learning disabled and/or emotionally impaired students." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/49869.
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If the intent of Public Law 94-142 is to be realized as it
pertains to the provision of appropriate placement and programming
within the least restrictive environment for handicapped students,
there must be an improved understanding of the attitudes, training,
and experience of the principal as they relate to his practices. The
purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes and training of
elementary school principals in a large mid-Atlantic school system as
they related to their least restrictive environment practices toward
students with specific learning disabilities and/or emotional
disturbances who are placed in self-contained, (Level 4) special
education classes in their schools.
A review of literature indicated no instruments emphasizing
elementary school principals' attitudes, training, and current LRE
practices. A survey instrument was developed that was sensitive to
the above variables.
The sample which responded to the survey instrument included 46
elementary school principals who supervise self-contained (level 4)
learning disabilities and/or emotionally impaired classes out of a
total population of 46 principals and 72 special education teachers
working with these programs.
The mu1ti—part survey instrument completed by principals included
3 sections: LRE Practices, Opinions Related to LRE Practices, and
Demographics. Thirteen LRE activities were delineated to provide a
composite of the LRE practices over which the principal has direct
influence. The special education teachers responded to a modified
survey instrument that focused on their principals' LRE practices.Ed. D.
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Wallsten, Tuula. "Compulsory Psychiatric Care: Perspectives from the Swedish Coercion Study : Patient Experiences, Documented Measures, Next of Kins’ Attitudes and Outcome." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala University, Centre for Clinical Research, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-8607.
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The use of coercion in psychiatry involves clinical, legal, scientific, ethical and emotional considerations. This thesis represents an attempt to further increase our understanding of some empirical aspects of this phenomenon.
Interviews with 202 involuntarily admitted psychiatric patients and 201 voluntarily admitted patients and 295 of their next of kins were performed and analysed together with data from records and assessments made by professionals. Data was collected during two different periods of time with a compulsory psychiatric care law reform in between.
Experience of at least one coercive measure was more common amongst patients who had been committed during the most recent legislation. Otherwise there were no differences in patient experiences during the different laws.
Subjective short-term outcome was associated with having a contact person at the ward and being subjectively treated well. There were no relationships between subjective and assessed outcome or between legal status, perceived coercion at admission and subjective or assessed improvement.
The changed legislation had no clear effect on the attitudes of patients and next of kins towards coercion.
A majority of patients were able to accurately answer the question whether they had been restrained by belt or not during a specific treatment episode. Nineteen of 115 patients reported they had been restrained by belt. Eleven of these cases were true positive and 8 cases were false positive.
In conclusion, the main results were first that when it comes to issues related to psychiatric coercion there are typically considerable differences between how these are perceived and interpreted by the professional and by the patient, and second that efforts made to change the face of psychiatric coercion in the minds of patients as well as the public on part of public policymakers have had limited effects.
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Wong, Kam-chu Gemma. "Attitudes of health care workers towards the elderly with dementia in Hong Kong." Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14512026.
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Sonehag, Edith, and Kamilla Rauch. "Att möta patienter med psykisk ohälsa : Sjuksköterskans attityder och erfarenheter av att vårda patienter med psykisk ohälsa inom den somatiska vården." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Omvårdnad, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-23232.
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Bakgrund: Psykisk ohälsa ökar i hela världen, även i Sverige, främst hos den unga, kvinnliga befolkningen. Psykiska problem är ofta kopplade till somatisk ohälsa. Kvaliteten på den somatiska vården blir ofta sämre, mycket på grund av att många sjuksköterskor inte har tillräckligt med kunskap och erfarenhet inom psykiatriska omvårdnaden. Syfte: Föreliggande arbete avser att undersöka sjuksköterskors attityder och erfarenheter av patienter med psykisk ohälsa inom den somatiska vården. Metod: Litteraturöversikt av vetenskapliga artiklar. Litteratursökning i databaser med hjälp av lämpliga sökord. Artiklarnas kvalitet granskas sedan med hjälp av granskningsmallar. Resultat: Sammanlagt granskades 15 artiklar, varav 8 kvalitativa och 7 kvantitativa. Undersökningen visar att sjuksköterskor ofta har negativa erfarenheter av att vårda patienter med psykisk ohälsa. En förklaring kan vara bristande kunskap och färdigheter, vilket leder till rädsla, frustration och stress i mötet med dessa patienter. Även miljön nämns som som en stress- och orsaksfaktor till detta. Dessa faktorer leder till att sjuksköterskor till övervägande del har negativa attityder mot denna patientgrupp. Slutsats: Slutsatsen av undersökningen visar att de identifierade bristerna när det gäller kunskap och färdigheter bland annat leder till otrygghet vid vård av patienter med psykisk ohälsa inom den somatiska vården. Förbättring av detta tillstånd kan uppnås genom att höja sjuksköterskors kompetens, t.ex. genom att lägga större vikt på den psykiatriska omvårdnaden inom den praktiska utbildningen.Background: Mental illness is increasing in the whole world and also in Sweden, mainly among the young female population. Mental problems are often linked to somatic illness. The quality of somatic health care for these patients is often worse, mainly because a lot of nurses don’t have enough knowledge and experience of psychiatric nusing. Aim: The aim of this study is to examine nurses’ attitudes against and experiences of patients with mental illness in somatic health care. Method: Literary review of scientific articles. Literary search in data bases with appropriate search terms. The quality of the articles was examined by using grading templates. Results: In total 15 articles, 8 qualitatives and 7 quantitatives, were examined. The examination shows that nurses have predominantly negative experiences of caring for patients with mental illness. One explanation can be lacking knowledge and skills which leads to fear, frustration and stress when meeting this group of patients. The environment of the work place was also named as a causing factor of stress. These factors are contributing to the nurses’ predominantly negative attitudes towards those patients. Conclusion: The conclusion of this study is that the identified lack of knowledge and skills among the nurses leads to insecurity among other negative emotions while taking care of patients with mental illness in somatic health care. Improving this situation can be achieved by raising nurses’ competence, for example by focusing more on psychiatric nursing during practical training.
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Walburn, Kathryn H. "Males' and Females' Attitudes Toward a Prospective Social Group Member with a History of Mental Illness." UNF Digital Commons, 1986. http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/656.
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Attitudes of male and female subjects toward a prospective social group member who did/did not have a history of mental illness were investigated. The cognitive, behavioral and affective components of subjects' attitudes were measured. Results from the cognitive measure indicated that: 1) Subjects in the experimental condition perceived the confederate less positively on personal characteristics indicative of moral character. 2) Male subjects perceived the confederate as more dependable when she had a history of mental illness, while female subjects perceived her as less dependable when she disclosed history of mental illness. On the behavioral and affective component measures, there were no significant differences between the groups.
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Snyman, Isak Stefanus De Wet. "Die invloed van ʼn diensleerbenadering in die destigmatisering van mediese studente se persepsies teenoor psigiatriese pasiente." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/71658.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Worldwide the stigma attached to psychiatric patients, psychiatric disorders, psychiatrists and the field of Psychiatry is of great concern. The stigmatising perceptions of medical practitioners and medical students towards psychiatric patients have a negative impact on effective treatment, considering the increasing burden psychiatric disorders are placing on communities and health systems. Numerous efforts were attempted and recommendations made for destigmatising medical students' perceptions towards psychiatric patients. It was found that perception usually improved after a clinical rotation in Psychiatry, but the stigmatising perceptions mostly returned a year later. The first clinical exposure to Psychiatry for medical students at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, is during the fourth or fifth year of study. This rotation was revised in 2010 and a service-learning component added. The research question which consequently developed, is: What is the influence of a service-learning approach on destigmatising students' perceptions towards psychiatric patients? The research followed a phenomenological school of thought in an interpretative paradigm with a qualitative-inductive approach. On the last day of a rotation students handed in their written reflections and an in-depth focus group interview was conducted. The focus group interviews were repeated a year later. Students' reflections and the transcribed texts were analysed. This served as the basis for conclusions from which recommendations were made. It was found that students had stigmatising perceptions towards psychiatric patients before their first clinical rotation in Psychiatry. Directly after that students' perceptions were destigmatised to a greater extend. A year later non-stigmatising perceptions of understanding, acceptance, comfortableness, compassion, respect and responsibility were still present, although a few students experienced the limited return of stigmatising perceptions. Students attributed the positive changes to their service-learning experience in combination with the clinical placement at a psychiatric hospital with a friendly atmosphere and where they were exposed to patients not suffering from complex and extreme psychiatric disorders. The non-stigmatising perceptions a year after a clinical rotation in Psychiatry demonstrates the transformative value of service-learning. Service-learning is where meaningful and relevant service is rendered with and in the community, social responsiveness is purposefully emphasised and structured reflections are done to enhance academic learning. As a result of this study medical schools worldwide can take cognisance that a service-learning approach made a significant contribution to the stained destigmatisation of medical students' perceptions towards psychiatric patients.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Stigma teenoor psigiatriese pasiënte, psigiatriese steurings, psigiaters en Psigiatrie as vakgebied is wêreldwyd ʼn groot bron van kommer. Medici en mediese studente se stigmatiserende persep-sies teenoor psigiatriese pasiënte het ʼn negatiewe impak op effektiewe behandeling, veral gesien in die lig van die groterwordende las wat die toename in psigiatriese steurings op gemeenskappe en gesondheidsisteme plaas. Heelwat pogings is aangewend en aanbevelings gemaak om mediese studente se persepsies teenoor psigiatriese pasiënte te destigmatiseer. Daar is bevind dat persepsies gewoonlik verbeter direk na ʼn kliniese rotasie in Psigiatrie, maar dat stigmatiserende persepsies meestal binne ʼn jaar terugkeer. Mediese studente aan die Fakulteit Geneeskunde en Gesondheidswetenskappe, Universiteit Stellenbosch, se eerste kliniese blootstelling aan Psigiatrie is tydens die vierde of vyfde studiejaar. In 2010 is dié rotasie hersien en ʼn diensleerkomponent bygevoeg. Die navorsingsvraag wat hieruit ontwikkel is, is: Wat is die invloed van ʼn diensleerbenadering op die destigmatisering van mediese studente se persepsies teenoor psigiatriese pasiënte? Die navorsing het ʼn fenomenologiese denkrigting gevolg in ʼn interpretatiewe paradigma met ʼn kwalitatief-induktiewe benadering. Studente het skriftelike refleksies op die laaste dag van ʼn rotasie ingehandig en ʼn in-diepte fokusgroeponderhoud is gevoer. ʼn Jaar later is die fokus-groeponderhoude herhaal. ʼn Ontleding van studente se refleksies en die getranskribeerde tekste en gedoen. Dit het gedien het as basis vir die gevolgtrekkings waaruit aanbevelings gemaak is. Daar is gevind dat studente voor hulle eerste kliniese rotasie in Psigiatrie, stigmatiserende persepsies teenoor psigiatriese pasiënte gehad het. Direk daarna was studente se persepsies grotendeels gedestigmatiseer. Na ʼn jaar was nie-stigmatiserende persepsies van begrip, aanvaar-ding, gemaklikheid, deernis, respek en verantwoordelikheid steeds teenwoordig, alhoewel stigma-tiserende persepsies tot ʼn mate by sommige teruggekeer het. Studente het die positiewe verande-ring toegeskryf aan die diensleerervaring in kombinasie met 'n kliniese plasing in die psigiatriese hospitaal waar ʼn vriendelike atmosfeer geheers het en waar daar blootstelling was aan pasiënte wat nie aan komplekse en ekstreme psigiatriese steurings gely het nie. Die nie-stigmatiserende persepsies ʼn jaar na ʼn kliniese rotasie in Psigiatrie toon die transformatiewe waarde van diensleer. Met diensleer word sinvolle en relevante diens met en in die gemeenskap gelewer, doelbewuste klem word op sosiale verantwoordbaarheid gelê en ge-struktureerde refleksie word gedoen om beter akademiese leer te laat plaasvind. Na aanleiding van hierdie studie kan mediese skole wêreldwyd kennis neem dat ʼn diensleer-benadering ʼn betekenisvolle bydrae gelewer het tot die volhoubare destigmatisering van mediese studente se persepsies teenoor psigiatriese pasiënte.
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Basheer, Farheen. "Attitudes towards mental illness, mentally ill people and deinstitutionalisation." Thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/3651.
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The aim of this study was to assess the attitudes of community psychiatric nurses, mental health professionals and primary health care nurses towards mental illness, mentally ill people and deinstitutionalisation. The sample of this study comprised 38 community psychiatric nurses, 20 mental health professionals and 55 primary health care nurses, all of whom were from Durban, Pietermaritzburg and their surrounding areas. Each participant completed a biographical questionnaire, the Opinions of Mental Illness scale (1962) and the Community Mental Health Ideology scale (1967). Four focus groups on attitudes towards deinstitutionalisation, comprising 25 participants in total, were also conducted. Statistical analyses were computed using the Statistical Programme for Social Scientists. Krueger's (1984) methodology was employed to analyse the focus groups results. The quantitative results revealed that community psychiatric nurses, mental health professionals and primary health care nurses generally tended to express neutral attitudes towards mental illness, mentally ill people and deinstitutionalisation. Significant differences in attitudes towards mental illness and mentally ill people were found amongst respondents in different categories of race, educational levels and treatment of a friend for a mental illness. The focus groups results revealed that while the community psychiatric nurses and mental health professionals were positive about the concept of deinstitutionalisation, they did not favour it's implementation within the current South African economic and social contexts. Based on their fear of mentally ill patients, the primary health care nurses displayed negative attitudes towards the concept of deinstitutionalisation and were also cautious about it's implementation within the current South African context. Implications and recommendations arising from this study are discussed.Thesis (M.A.)-University of Durban-Westville, 1998.
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Loch, Sarah Elizabeth Diamond Pamela M. Ross Michael W. Rodin Andrei S. "Houston police officer attitudes towards the mentally ill : CIT trained and non-CIT trained." 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1450337.
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Thesis (M.P.H.)--University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, 2008.Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 46-05, page: 2668. Advisers: Pamela M. Diamond; Michael W. Ross. Includes bibliographical references.
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Ricks, Sophie Madeline. "Experiences of urban and suburban police officers encountering mental illness in their communities training, attitudes and actions : a project based upon an independent investigation /." 2009. http://dspace.nitle.org/handle/10090/15754.
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Mnisi, Daphney Martha Abigail. "The characteristics, attitudes and perceptions of informal caregivers caring for a mentally ill family member : a study in Dennilton." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6041.
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This study was undertaken to identify the biographical characteristics, attitudes and perceptions of informal family care-givers caring for patients with mental illness in Dennilton. Data were gathered from 48 care-givers by using a cross-sectional survey approach in which structured questionnaires were completed. The results revealed that a sizeable proportion of the care-givers were 60 years and older. Only 10% were employed and a quarter married, suggesting that the care burden influenced their life choices. Many care-givers were mothers or female family members. Half of the patients cared for suffered from depression. Violent, aggressive behaviour was reported as a symptom that care-givers found difficult to deal with. Less than half of the care-givers reported that the patients accepted their health situation.Sociology
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Stull, Laura Grace. "Implicit Stigma of Mental Illness: Attitudes in an Evidence-Based Practice." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/2891.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)Stigma is a barrier to recovery for people with mental illness. Problematically, stigma also has been documented among mental health practitioners. To date, however, most research has focused on explicit attitudes regarding mental illness. Little research has examined implicit attitudes, which has the potential to reveal evaluations residing outside of conscious control or awareness. Moreover, research has tended to use a mixed sample of practitioners and programs. The extent to which both explicit and implicit stigma is endorsed by mental health practitioners utilizing evidence-based practices is unknown. The purposes of the current study were to 1) carefully examine implicit and explicit stigmatizing attitudes, or biases, among Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) staff and 2) explore the extent to which explicit and implicit biases predicted the use of treatment control mechanisms. Participants were 154 ACT staff from nine states. They completed implicit (Implicit Association Test) and explicit measures of stigma. Overall, participants exhibited positive explicit and implicit attitudes towards people with mental illness. When modeled using latent factors, implicit, but not explicit bias significantly predicted the endorsement of restrictive or controlling clinical interventions. Practitioners who perceived individuals with mental illness as relatively more dangerous and helpless (both explicit and implicit), as well as participants from Indiana and those with less education were more likely to endorse use of control mechanisms. Thus, despite overall positive attitudes toward those with mental illness for the sample as a whole, even low levels of stigma at the individual level were found to affect clinical care. Mental health professionals, and specifically ACT clinicians, should work to be aware of ways in which their biases influence how they intervene with consumers.
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Lethoba, Katleho Germina. "Professional nurses' perception of nursing mentally ill people in a general hospital setting." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2111.
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Recognising the enormous challenges in South Africa confronting the nursing of the mentally ill, the project was conducted in a public hospital in Gauteng. The purpose of the research was to describe professional nurses' perception of nursing mentally ill people in a general hospital setting and was carried out amongst a sample size of 124 professional nursing staff using a self-administered tool.
The study looked at four different types of perceptions guided by categories of conceptual framework proposed by Mavundla (2000:1569-1570), namely perception of self, perception of patients, perception of environment and perceived feelings.
The study found that the majority of professional nurses have a predominantly positive self- perception of nursing mentally ill people in a general hospital, although a significant number have a negative perception of patients, the nursing environment and perceived feelings. Lack of knowledge, skill and experience affect the nursing care of mentally ill people in the general hospital.Health Studies
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"Understanding the experiences of children and adolescents with mental health problems and their families." 2007. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5896538.
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Wan, Suk Fan.Thesis submitted in: December 2006.
Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 170-176).
Abstracts in English and Chinese.
Abstract --- p.i
Acknowledgements --- p.iv
Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1
Rationale of the Research Topic --- p.2
Research Questions --- p.3
Research Objectives --- p.4
Overview of the Present Thesis --- p.4
Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.6
The Vicissitudes of the Concept of Mental Health Problems in the Western Culture --- p.6
The Development of the Concept of Children and Adolescents in the Western Culture --- p.12
The Traditional Chinese Concept of Children and Parental Role --- p.19
The Child Mental Health Problem in Hong Kong --- p.24
Summary --- p.29
Chapter Chapter 3 --- Theoretical Framework --- p.32
Orientation of A Critical Social Work --- p.32
"Discourse, Power / Knowledge" --- p.34
"Discourse, Subjectivity and Human Problem" --- p.38
Criticism from Foucault and Inspiration for the Theoretical Framework --- p.40
Social Constructionism --- p.44
Summary --- p.46
Chapter Chapter 4 --- Research Methodology --- p.48
Rationale of Selecting the Qualitative Research Method --- p.48
Research Design --- p.50
Methods of Data Collection and Analysis --- p.51
The Setting of the Child Psychiatric Unit of the Alice Ho Miu Ling
Nethersole Hospital --- p.54
Sampling Method and the Profile of the Participant Families --- p.56
Quality of the Present Research and Its Measure --- p.62
Summary --- p.65
Chapter Chapter 5 --- The Results of Study : The Subjective Experiences of the Children and Adolescents --- p.67
The Subjective Experience related to the Child Mental Health Problems: the Children and Adolescents´ة Perspective --- p.67
"I have problems, but my problems were not necessarily a child mental health problem.'" --- p.67
My school and family lives were disturbed not only by my problems; but by the treatment provided by the Child Psychiatric Unit too!´ة --- p.73
Effects on School Lives --- p.73
Effects on Family lives --- p.75
"´بPerhaps the treatment improved my problems, but it was such a painful and meaningless process to me!´ة" --- p.81
´بThe Child Psychiatric Ward - a place I never want to go again!´ة --- p.81
"´بNo one discussed with me about my progress and discharge plan, I felt like being trapped!´ة" --- p.90
I had no part to play in my treatment!´ة --- p.91
I was confused by too many helping professionals. They were unhelpful unless I was ready to help myself. ´ب --- p.94
I had no choice! No one discussed with me before the decision was made!'´ة --- p.95
Summary --- p.97
Chapter Chapter 6 --- The Results of Study : The Subjective Experiences of the Parents --- p.99
The Subjective Experiences related to their Children´ةs Mental Health Problems : the Parents´ةPerspective --- p.99
´بMy child does not only have child mental health problem but also problems with other aspects of his / her life.´ة --- p.99
´بWe were desperate; the services provided by the Child Psychiatric Unit were our last resource!´ة --- p.106
"´بMy child's problem affected not only his / her well-being, but it also affected our family relationship, parenting, emotions and mental health!'´ة" --- p.109
"´بFamily Relationships - it was not his problem only, my whole family was affected.´ة" --- p.109
"Parenting -1 know I need to adjust my parenting in response to my child's problem, but I am uncertain in what way I should change.´ة" --- p.114
"´بEmotions and Mental Health - although I was disappointed by my child, I blamed myself for his problem and worried that his future would be destroyed by his problem.´ة" --- p.120
Who is going to take care of my emotions?´ة --- p.129
I needed help; but Ifelt that I was not included from the treatment program!´ة --- p.129
I need more than a pill for my child!' --- p.129
"´بDoctor, would you listen to my opinions and difficulties in dealing with my child's problem before you design the treatment plan?´ة" --- p.133
Visiting - the precious moment to show our support to my child but restricted by the hospital policy.' --- p.135
Summary --- p.137
Chapter Chapter 7 --- Discussion and Implications --- p.139
The Constitution of Subjectivities --- p.140
The Subjectivities of the Children and Adolescents --- p.142
The Subjectivities of the Parents --- p.145
Power Relations --- p.149
Power Relations between Self and Discourse --- p.150
Power Relations between Parents and Children --- p.151
Power Relations between Services User and Helping Professionals --- p.152
Power Relations between Service Users and Hospital Policies --- p.154
Emergence of New Meanings and Creation ofAlternatives --- p.155
Implications for Social Work Practice and Future Child Mental Service Development --- p.156
Contributions and Limitations of this study --- p.160
Contributions of this Study --- p.160
Limitations of this Study --- p.161
Directions for Further Study --- p.163
Self-reflexivity : My Personal Change after Completing this Study --- p.163
Conclusion --- p.165
Appendices
Appendix 1 Guidelines for interview --- p.166
Appendix 2 Letter to the family and consent form (Chinese version) --- p.168
Bibliography --- p.170
List of Tables:
Table 1: Summary of Erikson's Psychosocial Theory --- p.17
Table 2: Details of the Data Collection Schedule --- p.53
Table 3: The Socio-Demographic Data of the Six Families --- p.57
Table 4: Diagnosis and Psychiatric Histories of the Six Children and Adolescents --- p.58
Table 5: Details of Hospitalization of the Children and Adolescents --- p.59
Table 6: Details of the Follow up Service Received by the Children and Adolescents --- p.59
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Radana, Nolundi. "Exploring student nurses' narratives on nursing mentally ill people in a medical ward in the uMgungundlovu District." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/11102.
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The promulgation of the Mental Health Care Act of 2002 in South Africa came with challenges or changes in the nursing of mentally ill people. One of the changes required that mental patients need to be observed and assessed for a period of 72 hours in a general or medical ward before being transferred to a specialist hospital. Sometimes the person remains in the ward for more than the 72 hours. This means that nursing students doing their comprehensive four year diploma (R425) are exposed to nursing people with mental illness in their first, second and third year of training, which is prior to the mental health nursing/psychiatric nursing module undertaken in the last semester of the fourth year. The purpose of this study was to explore student nurses’ narratives on nursing mentally ill people in a medical ward. Narrative inquiry was used as the research methodology.
Purposive sampling was used to select 5 participants for this study. The inclusion criteria specified that participants had to be second year students participating in the four year Comprehensive Nursing Diploma Programme (R425) who have nursed, or been in contact with a mentally ill person, for a period of eight weeks. The study was conducted before the participants were exposed to the psychiatric module, which is undertaken in fourth year of the diploma course. Data collection took place through a total of 5 sessions of focus groups which took place in a boardroom. While personal names were excluded, participants were required to fill in certain demographic details.
Data analysis was undertaken using narrative data analysis, which looked at narrative strings, which are presenting commonalities and narrative threads which are major emerging themes.
The narrative strings or commonalities that were identified were in the area of beliefs, with the dominant beliefs regarding the causes of mental illness being culturally or socially based. Emotions such as fear, sadness and frustration were identified, as well as ignorance which
leads to stigmatising attitudes. The narrative threads or emerging themes that were identified were: making sense of experiences; moments of awakenings; breaking free moments; and acceptance of a known person with mental illness. The following themes were identified: moments of awakenings or realisation, where the participants started seeing the mentally ill person in another light; and moments of strengths/unique outcomes, where participants recognised their own strengths in dealing with a mentally ill person.Thesis (M.N.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2011.
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"The experiences of parents living with mental health care users smoking cannabis." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13286.
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M.Cur. (Psychiatric Nursing)In local communities, young people use different substances for reasons known to them alone. This research study is about young people who are aged between 18 and 30 years, who smoke cannabis and are mentally ill. Mostly the parents of these young people, as well as other members of the family, the neighbours and the community at large experience many challenges resulting from cannabis smoking. The objectives of this study were to explore and describe the experiences of parents living with mental health care users smoking cannabis and to issue guidelines for the advanced psychiatric nurse practitioner to facilitate the mental health of parents living with mental health care users smoking cannabis in the context under study. A qualitative research design that was exploratory, descriptive and contextual was followed to achieve the aim and objectives of the study. Purposive sampling was used for sample selection based on inclusion criteria. The number of participants selected for this study was guided by data saturation. The total number of participants selected for this study was seven. The data collection methods used were phenomenological interviews, observation and field notes. In the phenomenological interview, the participant was asked: “How is it for you living with a mental health care user smoking cannabis?” The phenomenological interviews were audiotaped and transcribed. The researcher and an independent coder analysed the transcribed phenomenological interviews and field notes. The researcher used Tesch’s method of data analysis (Creswell, 2007:157) in analysing the data. The measures to ensure trustworthiness in this study include credibility, dependability, confirmability, transferability and authenticity. The seven ethical principles of competence of the researcher, right to self-determination, right to privacy, right to autonomy and confidentiality, right to protection from exploitation and obtaining informed consent guided this study ...
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Rojas, Erica G. "Gender Bias and Clinical Judgment: Examining the Influence of Attitudes Toward Women on Clinician Perceptions of Dangerousness." Thesis, 2016. https://doi.org/10.7916/D8WQ043B.
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Mental health professionals are continually asked to determine whether an individual is safe to reside in society without restraint. However, early research on the ability of mental health professionals to assess dangerousness has produced discouraging results. A clinician’s ability to process and recall clinical material may significantly be influenced by patient characteristics. Clinicians are not immune to gender biases, and research assessing such differences between male and female clinicians -- including how their attitudes toward women influence their clinical judgment-- have yielded mixed results. This dissertation will assess the impact of clinician attitudinal factors, specifically gender biases, on perceptions of dangerousness. Furthermore, this dissertation will also examine themes that emerge regarding gender bias, racial bias, and attitudes toward women within the assessment of dangerousness.
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Brooks, Margaret J. P. "Beyond the divide: women's experiences in rural Victorian psychiatric rehabilitation services." Thesis, 2003. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/18145/.
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The objective of this study was to give voice to women experiencing
psychiatric rehabilitation services in rural Victoria. A critical analysis of the
literature revealed a landscape of marginalisation and alienation for women
experiencing a mental illness in a rural area. This study used a
phenomenological method to explore the meanings of women's experiences.
The understanding of meaning was developed through a dual perspective
with women experiencing rural psychiatric rehabilitation and workers who
delivered these services. The research centred on the voices of the women but
encouraged a personal and collective reflective approach with workers.
As the researcher I also took a reflexive approach which highlighted the
methodology as an evolving and ongoing process and demonstrated the
integral nature of the researcher in the research process. A chapter on locating
the researcher was included as part this reflective process.
The analysis of the collective stories produced a rich diversity of material was drawn together thematically to include:
• Reflections of struggle;
• Long way from anywhere:
• The rural dimension;
• Construction of a caring relationship, and,
• Interlinking care.
Through this thesis I argue that women are marginalised and alienated by social cultural conditions of their lives which impacts on their mental illness
and rural experiences. However, women are not a homogenous group and a
diversity of experiences exists which demonstrates women's active capacity to
mediate their environment. As active participants in their psychiatric
rehabilitation care the women were able to shift their identity from one of
powerlessness and lack of control towards regaining control and managing
their illness and environment. The thesis is a story of transformation as the
women progressively moved forward in their journey.
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Malapela, Rakgadi Grace. "The experiences of student nurses caring for mental health care users with profound intellectual disabilities." Diss., 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18651.
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Text in EnglishThe purpose of the study was to describe and explore the experiences of student nurses in caring for mental health users with profound intellectual disabilities in one of the care and rehabilitation centre at Gauteng province incorporating the Common Sense Model. Qualitative descriptive and explorative research was conducted to explore the experiences of student caring for mental health care users with profound intellectual disabilities and to recommend the best practices in caring for mental health care users with profound intellectual disabilities. Data collection was done using reflective diaries and in depth interviews. Twelve participants participated in the study. The study composed of student nurses (n=12) caring for mental health care users with profound intellectual disabilities. Five themes emerged from the study i.e. emotionally challenging, communication difficulties, lack of knowledge on the nature of intellectual disability, burden of care and mixed feelings. Findings of the study revealed that completing nurses find working with profound intellectual disabilities to be emotionally challenging and that negative experiences outweigh the positive experiences, resulting in their reluctance to want to work with profound intellectual disability users. It is therefore incumbent upon policy makers and hospital administrators to take cognisance of these negative feelings so that ways of minimising these frustrations and promoting the wellbeing of nurses caring for mental health care users with profound intellectual disabilities are promoted.
Health Studies
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