Adventure-based experiential therapy with inpatients in child and adolescent psychiatry: an approach to practicability and evaluation

Eckstein, Florian; Rüth, Ulrich

doi:10.1080/14729679.2013.844573

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“…Adventure therapy is a psychosocial therapy field known by many names, such as adventurebased learning, wilderness therapy, outdoor behavioral healthcare, and adventure development (Eckstein & Rüth, 2015;Hoag et al, 2014). It shows promise in working with adolescent populations (Scheinfeld et al, 2011), who are often considered challenging to engage in treatment (Bettman et al, 2013;McGorry et al, 2011).…”

Section: Adventure Therapy (At) Fieldmentioning

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“…It is used for a wide range of presenting problems, with a focus on early intervention and minor mental health difficulties, and has been employed in early psychosis programs in inpatient units in Australia (Cotton & Butselaar, 2013) and Canada (Bryson et al, 2013). Many AT participants have a history of adverse childhood experiences (Bettman et al, 2014;Eckstein & Rüth, 2015) and have not found success with previous talk therapy interventions (Dobud, 2020). This suggests that AT often addresses childhood harm and aims to prevent adult dysfunction through the use of physical pursuits more than talk therapy.…”

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A tale of two systems; How beliefs lead to harmful outdoor practice

Pringle

2024

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The fields of adventure therapy (AT) and complex trauma (CT) share similar belief systems however, internal divisions in each field seem insurmountable. Through a critical realist analysis, I present the clash between Neo-Liberal and humanist approaches and how they lead to a misunderstanding of the harmful effects of coercive treatment. Exploring ecological dynamics, sense of self, and the fundamental attribution error I discuss these complexities. A historical perspective reveals that AT already possesses solutions to bridge the gap between coercive practices and humanist CT informed AT. These solutions are outlined and a call to action encourages the international AT community to take a leadership role in mental health globally.

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Section: Adventure Therapy (At) Fieldmentioning

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A tale of two systems; How beliefs lead to harmful outdoor practice

Pringle

2024

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“…Examples of mental outcomes from practicing lifestyle sports are joy and happiness, freedom, euphoria, motivation, self-efficacy, and well-being (e.g., Carlman and Hjalmarsson 2019;Motl et al 2000). For example, Eckstein and Rüth (2015) found that activities such as rock-climbing have positive outcomes on attention and affect regulation for children and adolescent psychiatric inpatients. In addition to the 13 mentioned studies, we found 12 studies that solely included social outcomes, such as gender equality, network building, social inclusion and exclusion, interaction, and friendship (see, e.g., Müller and Mutz 2019;Sisjord 2012;Spencer-Cavaliere et al 2017), and 13 studies that included only behavioral outcomes, such as identity, creativity, expressions of masculinity and/or femininity, knowledge development, risk taking, sporting behavior, and use of alcohol (see, e.g., Cheng and Tsaur 2012;Oriel et al 2018;Säfvenbom and Stjernvang 2020).…”

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Developmental Outcomes for Young People Participating in Informal and Lifestyle Sports: A Scoping Review of the Literature, 2000–2020

2023

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The aim of this study is to review the literature on lifestyle sports and lifestyle sport contexts with regard to the developmental potential they may represent in young people’s everyday lives. The review applies a relational developmental systems approach to youth development. The eligibility criteria are based on the phenomenon of interest and outcomes. Hence, we include studies examining the associations between young people performing lifestyle sports and potential developmental outcomes: mental, biological, social, and behavioral. The present study shows that the volume of research on informal lifestyle sport is rather extensive and that studies on the way these activity contexts may affect developmental processes in youth are diverse and wide ranging. The studies suggest that performing lifestyle sports may have several beneficial health and skills outcomes. Furthermore, positive associations are suggested between involvement in lifestyle sport contexts such as climbing, snowboarding, parkour, tricking, kiting, and surfing and (a) mental outcomes such joy, happiness, freedom, euphoria, motivation, self-efficacy, and well-being; (b) social outcomes such as gender equality, network building, social inclusion, interaction, friendship; and (c) behavioral outcomes such as identity, creativity, and expressions of masculinity and/or femininity. The review performed indicates that lifestyle sport contexts are flexible according to needs and desires that exist among the practitioners and that the human and democratic origins of these contexts make them supportive for positive movement experiences and for positive youth development. The findings have implications for PE teachers, social workers, policymakers, sport organizations, and urban architecture, in that providing lifestyle sport opportunities in the everyday lives of young people will foster a holistic development in a positive way.

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Sailing as an Intervention

MacLachlan

2017

Maritime Psychology

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Adventure-based experiential therapy with inpatients in child and adolescent psychiatry: an approach to practicability and evaluation

Cited by 5 publications

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A tale of two systems; How beliefs lead to harmful outdoor practice

A tale of two systems; How beliefs lead to harmful outdoor practice

Developmental Outcomes for Young People Participating in Informal and Lifestyle Sports: A Scoping Review of the Literature, 2000–2020

Sailing as an Intervention

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