Personal Loss and Mental Illness: Can Social Networks Help Families Cope?

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Aguirre
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Personal Loss

Social Networks and Chronic Mental Illness: A Test of Four Perspectives

1997 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Rosenfield ◽  
Suzanne Wenzel
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Chronic Mental Illness

Effects of Social Networks on Physical Health Among People with Serious Mental Illness

2014 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sungkyu Lee ◽  
Yin-Ling Irene Wong ◽  
Aileen Rothbard
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Serious Mental Illness

scholarly journals Egocentric social networks and smoking among adults with serious mental illness

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 531-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly A Aschbrenner ◽  
Carly Bobak ◽  
Emily J Schneider ◽  
John A Naslund ◽  
Mary F Brunette ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Serious Mental Illness

scholarly journals Suicide prevention: A study of patients' views

2003 ◽  
Vol 182 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Eagles ◽  
Dawn P. Carson ◽  
Annabel Begg ◽  
Simon A. Naji
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Psychiatric Illness ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
Prevention Strategies ◽  
Psychiatric Illnesses ◽  
Service Models ◽  
The Media

BackgroundSuicide prevention strategies are usually formulated without seeking the views of people with psychiatric illnesses.AimsTo establish what helped patients with severe psychiatric illness when they felt suicidal.MethodA semi-structured interview was constructed following transcribed interviews with 12 patients. This was administered to 59 out-patients with serious and enduring mental illness, focusing on factors they found helpful or unhelpful when at their most despairing.ResultsThree-quarters of patients were in contact with psychiatric services when feeling at their lowest, and this contact was generally deemed to be helpful. Social networks were considered just as helpful as psychiatric services by the half of patients who discussed their feelings with friends or relatives. Religious beliefs and affiliations were helpful. Negative influences included the media and the stigma of psychiatric illness.ConclusionsEfforts at suicide prevention might usefully focus on enhancing patients' social networks, increasing the likelihood of early contact with psychiatric services and decreasing the stigma attached to psychiatric illness. Larger studies of patients exposed to different service models would be informative.

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