14. “Life Feeds on Hope”: Family Mental Health, Culture, and Resilience

2014 ◽  
pp. 226-238
Author(s):  
Mark Eggerman ◽  
Catherine Panter-Brick
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Culture ◽  
Family Mental Health

Nonbinary Gender Identities

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Hegarty ◽  
Y. Gavriel Ansara ◽  
Meg-John Barker
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Gender Identities ◽  
Health Culture ◽  
Gender Binary ◽  
Nonbinary Gender ◽  
Language And Cognition ◽  
Binary Options ◽  
Gender Categories ◽  
Binary Gender

This chapter concerns nonbinary genders; identities and roles between or beyond gender categories such as the binary options ‘women and men,’ for example. We review the emerging literature on people who do not identify with such binary gender schemes, unpack the often-implicit logic of thinking about others through the lens of gender binary schemes, and briefly describe some other less-researched, but longstanding cultural gender systems which recognize nonbinary genders. This chapter makes the case that consideration of nonbinary genders is germane to several core topics in psychology including identity, mental health, culture, social norms, language, and cognition.

scholarly journals Assessing the Feasibility of Providing a Family Skills Intervention, “Strong Families”, for Refugee Families Residing in Reception Centers in Serbia

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 4530
Author(s):  
Aala El-Khani ◽  
Karin Haar ◽  
Milos Stojanovic ◽  
Wadih Maalouf
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Humanitarian Aid ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Emotional Challenges ◽  
Refugee Families ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Family Mental Health ◽  
Anxiety Depression

War exposure and forced displacement threatens the wellbeing of caregivers and their children, leaving them at risk of negative outcomes, such as elevated rates of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. The importance of engaged, responsive and stable parenting for positive child wellbeing has been documented across diverse cultural and economic backgrounds. Despite the higher need for caregivers to be nurturing in challenging settings, they struggle to provide adequate support for their children due to lack of resources or their inability to deal with their own emotional challenges. A feasibility study was conducted of a new, open-access and light-touch family skills intervention, Strong Families (for families in humanitarian and challenged settings) on refugee families residing in Reception Centers in Serbia. Questionnaires and interviews were completed by participating caregivers and facilitators. Qualitative results indicated that the intervention was feasible to run in this humanitarian context, that caregivers viewed the intervention as culturally acceptable and complemented the quantitative results that showed promise for enhancing child behavior and family functioning tested indicators. Despite being a light intervention, Strong Families indicated improvement on child mental health, parenting practices and parent and family adjustment skills. Prioritizing family mental health and functioning as a primary need that parallels that of accessing physical medical care, sanitation and clean water must be the definitive next step in humanitarian aid.

scholarly journals Families Healing Together: Exploring a Family Recovery Online Course

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha Estrada
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Loved One ◽  
Critical Gap ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Family Mental Health ◽  
Recovery Program

Family members who are trying to support their loved one are often overburdened with stress, and health issues. Research has shown that families who receive family psychosocial education and support can have a dramatic impact on recovery outcomes and their family’s overall well-being. Family psychoeducation is not common. Families Healing Together (FHT) is an online family mental health recovery program that was developed to address this critical gap in family mental health care services. Using an exploratory case study methodology to understand how the program’s philosophy and practice impacts the program’s participants as well as how the participants perceive the benefits and limitations of the program. Findings suggest that the strengths of the program lie in the individual customization of the program to the consumer as well as the underlying message of hope of the program.

Online Family Mental Health Recovery Program Questionnaire

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa A. Rue ◽  
Samantha Estrada ◽  
Michael Floren ◽  
Krista MacKinnon
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Recovery ◽  
Family Mental Health ◽  
Recovery Program
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