scholarly journals Mental health at the COVID‐19 frontline: An assessment of distress, fear, and coping among staff and attendees at screening clinics of rural/regional settings of Victoria, Australia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Aziz Rahman ◽  
Dale Ford ◽  
Grace Sousa ◽  
Lorraine Hedley ◽  
Louise Greenstock ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
And Coping

scholarly journals Mental health and coping strategies during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A qualitative study of unemployed and employed people in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ifeanyichukwu Anthony Ogueji ◽  
Samson Femi Agberotimi ◽  
Bolaji Johnson Adesanya ◽  
Taiwo Nurudeen Gidado
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
And Coping

scholarly journals Stress-related emotional and behavioural impact following the first COVID-19 outbreak peak

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asaf Benjamin ◽  
Yael Kuperman ◽  
Noa Eren ◽  
Ron Rotkopf ◽  
Maya Amitai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Distress Symptoms ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Physiological Symptoms ◽  
Individual Ability ◽  
And Coping

AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic poses multiple psychologically stressful challenges and is associated with an increased risk for mental illness. Previous studies have focused on the psychopathological symptoms associated with the outbreak peak. Here, we examined the behavioural and mental-health impact of the pandemic in Israel using an online survey, during the six weeks encompassing the end of the first outbreak and the beginning of the second. We used clinically validated instruments to assess anxiety- and depression-related emotional distress, symptoms, and coping strategies, as well as questions designed to specifically assess COVID-19-related concerns. Higher emotional burden was associated with being female, younger, unemployed, living in high socioeconomic status localities, having prior medical conditions, encountering more people, and experiencing physiological symptoms. Our findings highlight the environmental context and its importance in understanding individual ability to cope with the long-term stressful challenges of the pandemic.

scholarly journals COVID-19 as a Stressor: Pandemic Expectations, Perceived Stress, and Negative Affect in Older Adults

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda R Whitehead
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
And Coping

Abstract Objectives The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic is appraised as a stressor influences perceived stress (PS) and psychological well-being during the event. Here, the association of older adults’ expectations concerning the pandemic’s duration and impact with PS and negative affect (NA) is investigated. Based on the stress and coping framework, PS is expected to mediate the association between COVID-19 expectations and NA. Methods Seven hundred fourteen residents of the United States and aged 60 and older completed an anonymous online survey in late March 2020 reporting PS, NA, and expectations regarding the pandemic. Results Regression analyses controlling for demographic factors revealed that more dire pandemic expectations significantly predicted PS and NA directly, and the effects on NA were significantly mediated by PS. Discussion Findings provide evidence that expectations about a pandemic influence the extent to which older adults experience stress and NA in the midst of a pandemic event. Implications for mental health are discussed.

scholarly journals The Roots Of Practice: An Anti-Colonial Critical Discourse Analysis Of Western Nature-Based Mental Health Therapies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Chui
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Therapeutic Modalities ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
Mental Health Practices ◽  
And Coping

<div>This study seeks to explore how nature-based therapies are understood in Western “mental health” practices. Specifically, horticultural and equine-assisted therapeutic models are examined for discursive themes tied to mind-body connections, attachment and healing. Additionally, texts used to teach specific therapeutic modalities are examined to further explore common concepts such as mindfulness and coping. In conducting a review of relevant literature, similar themes were revealed which contributed to a base knowledge for understanding the discourse around nature-based therapies. Engaging in an anti-colonial theoretical framework and a modified critical discourse analysis methodology, this qualitative study explores the research question: “What are the discourses which inform Western nature-based therapies?” Ultimately, this study aims to develop a more thorough understanding of how these therapies are linked to Indigenous approaches, how practices may be appropriated and used by Western practitioners, and the shift in social work towards more wholistic therapeutic practices. </div>

scholarly journals The Roots Of Practice: An Anti-Colonial Critical Discourse Analysis Of Western Nature-Based Mental Health Therapies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Chui
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Therapeutic Modalities ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
Mental Health Practices ◽  
And Coping

<div>This study seeks to explore how nature-based therapies are understood in Western “mental health” practices. Specifically, horticultural and equine-assisted therapeutic models are examined for discursive themes tied to mind-body connections, attachment and healing. Additionally, texts used to teach specific therapeutic modalities are examined to further explore common concepts such as mindfulness and coping. In conducting a review of relevant literature, similar themes were revealed which contributed to a base knowledge for understanding the discourse around nature-based therapies. Engaging in an anti-colonial theoretical framework and a modified critical discourse analysis methodology, this qualitative study explores the research question: “What are the discourses which inform Western nature-based therapies?” Ultimately, this study aims to develop a more thorough understanding of how these therapies are linked to Indigenous approaches, how practices may be appropriated and used by Western practitioners, and the shift in social work towards more wholistic therapeutic practices. </div>

scholarly journals Kesehatan Mental dan Strategi Koping Dalam Perspektif Budaya: Sebuah Studi Sosiodemografi di Ambon

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Margie Grace Kelly Tarehy ◽  
Arwyn Weynand Nusawakan ◽  
Simon Pieter Soegijono
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Coping Strategy ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Dynamic Condition ◽  
World Health ◽  
Data Display ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
And Coping

Latar Belakang: Badan Kesehatan Dunia mendefenisikan kesehatan sebagai kondisi dinamis yang meliputi kesehatan jasmani, rohani, sosial, dan tidak hanya terbebas dari penyakit, cacat, dan kelemahan. Tahun 2013, jumlah penderita gangguan jiwa nasional sebesar 1,7 per mil dan prevelensi penduduk yang mengalami gangguan mental emosional adalah 6.0%. Hal ini menjadi sebuah perhatian dengan tersedianya penanganan atau pengobatan bahkan strategi koping yang lebih tepat. Tujuan: menggambarkan persepsi kesehatan mental dan strategi koping berbasis budaya pada orang Ambon dengan latar belakang sosiodemografi yang berbeda. Metode: kualitatif deskriptif menggunakan teknik purposive sampling dan snowball sampling. Pengumpulan data menggunakan teknik wawancara mendalam melalui pertanyaan-pertanyaan semi terstruktur. Hasil wawancara dianalisis menggunakan teknik reduksi data, display data dan kesimpulan. Hasil: didapatkan 6 tema besar: sehat itu terbebas dari penyakit dan harus menjaga pola hidup yang sehat, persepsi kesehatan mental dan faktor penyebab gangguan mental, strategi masyarakat menghadapi pasien gangguan mental, mendapatkan layanan kesehatan dan dukungan dari keluarga dan masyarakat, eksternal stresor sebagai penyebab stres, dan strategi koping masyarakat Latuhalat. Kesimpulan: berdasarkan sosiodemografi partisipan mempunyai strategi koping yang tepat dalam menangani orang yang mengalami gangguan jiwa yaitu membawa orang tersebut ke Rumah Sakit Jiwa untuk memperoleh asuhan keperawatan. Sedangkan tidak terdapat strategi koping yang berbasis budaya.Background: World Health Organization defined health as the dynamic condition which included physical health, spiritual, social, and not just free from any diseases, physical defect, and weakness. In 2013, the number of national mental disorder sufferers was 1,7 per mile and the prevalence population suffered from emotional mental was 6.0%. This is a concern with the availability of handling or treatment even better for coping strategy. Aim: To describe the perception of mental health and coping strategy based on the culture againts Ambonese with different background of sociodemography. Method: Descriptive qualitative used purposive sampling and snowball sampling techniques. Data collection used interviews through semi structured questions. The results of interviews then was analyzed using technique of data reduction, data display and conclusions. Results: that found six enormous themes: healthy it was free from any diseases and should maintain a healthy lifestyle, mental health perception and factors of mental disorder, the strategy of community to face the patients mental health, procured health services and support from families and communities, external stressor as the cause of stress, and coping strategy of Latuhalat community. Conclusions: Based on sosiodemography participants have the right coping strategy in handling people who have mental disorder that brought the person to Psychiatric Hospital to obtain the care of nursing .While there was no coping strategy which based on culture.

scholarly journals Resilience and coping strategies in relation to mental health outcomes in people with cancer

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. e0252075
Author(s):  
Patricia Macía ◽  
Mercedes Barranco ◽  
Susana Gorbeña ◽  
Esther Álvarez-Fuentes ◽  
Ioseba Iraurgi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
Positive Contribution ◽  
Adaptive Coping ◽  
Cognitive Emotion Regulation ◽  
And Coping

Considering the importance of psychological variables on health-related processes, this study investigated the role of resilience and coping strategies in relation to health. The aim of this research was to explore the underlying association between these aspects for the better understanding of the effect of psychosocial variables on mental health in cancer. This information could lead to the design of adapted psychological interventions in cancer. Participants with different diagnosis of cancer were recruited (N = 170). They came from the Spanish Association Against Cancer of Biscay. Resilience was measured with the 10 items Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, coping with the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and mental health was measured as a global indicator through the SF-12 and the GHQ-12. A structural equation model (SEM) was conducted to test the effects between the constructs. Results showed that resilience and coping were significantly associated. Results reflected an absence of significant correlation between adaptive and disadaptive coping strategies. Resilience was the factor that most correlated with health outcomes (β = –.45, p < .001). However, disadaptive coping strategies did not correlate with resilience or mental health indicators. Findings in this study underscore the positive contribution of high levels of resilience and an adaptive coping on participants´ level of health. Disadaptive coping strategies did not reflect any positive relation with resilience or health indicators. Thus, promoting resilience and adaptive coping could be a significant goal for psychosocial and educational interventions in people with cancer.

Religiosity and Adaptation in the Oldest-Old

1992 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley C. Courtenay ◽  
Leonard W. Poon ◽  
Peter Martin ◽  
Gloria M. Clayton ◽  
Mary Ann Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Religious Coping ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Oldest Old ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The Relationship

Previous research has yielded mixed results with respect to the relationship between religiosity and adaptation in older adults. Most studies show that religiosity is stable over the life span, but that religiosity may or may not be related to such factors as physical and mental health, life satisfaction, and coping. This study adds to earlier investigations by including centenarians among the sample. The preliminary results of this research project support earlier findings that religiosity does not change significantly as one ages, although there is a trend in the results that suggests otherwise. The results also indicate a significant relationship between religiosity and physical health but no significant relationship between religiosity and mental health and life satisfaction. Religiosity and coping are strongly related, and there is the suggestion that religious coping mechanisms might be more important in the oldest-old.

Evolution of Quality of Life, Mental Health, and Coping Strategies in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Pilot Study

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 1181-1184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sébastien Montel ◽  
Laurence Albertini ◽  
Claude Desnuelle ◽  
Elisabeth Spitz
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Lateral Sclerosis
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