How do Mental Health Services Foster Hope? Experience of People Accessing Services

Honey, Anne; Hancock, Nicola; Barton, Rebecca; Berry, Bridget; Gilroy, John; Glover, Helen; Hines, Monique; Waks, Shifra; Wells, Karen C.

doi:10.1007/s10597-022-01073-y

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“…The experience of receiving empathy (and/or a lack of) and reassurance from clinicians was regarded by most participants as significantly influencing their experience. This is in line with recent studies that found that empathic care from clinicians improved outcomes during therapy [42]. NBCS recommend all MDT members are trained to recognise and respond appropriately to psychological distress [21].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 84%

Understanding the Barriers and Enablers for Seeking Psychological Support Following a Burn Injury

McDermott

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2023

EBJ

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Burn injuries can be traumatic and distressing for patients, with a prolonged period of recovery. This qualitative study aimed to explore adult burn patients’ perceptions of the barriers and facilitators to accessing psychological support in a Regional Burns Service in Southeast England. Participants (five females and six males) were under the care of the burns unit and were not currently accessing psychological support. Eleven semi-structured interviews were conducted. Responses were analysed using thematic analysis. Four main themes highlighted how access to psychology was influenced by communication between the patient and service, beliefs about mental health, environmental challenges, and patient hope. Recommendations for improving access to burn psychological care included (1) the provision of patient resources to increase awareness and reduce stigma; (2) psychological skills training to encourage staff to recognise distress and respond appropriately; (3) staff training in the practice of cultural humility; (4) increasing psychological presence in outpatient appointments and via routine follow-ups.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 84%

Understanding the Barriers and Enablers for Seeking Psychological Support Following a Burn Injury

McDermott

Hotton

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2023

EBJ

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“…In this context, based on theoretical and empirical data, several authors have focused on the enhancement of hope (e.g., Feldman & Dreher, 2012;Honey et al, 2023;Lopez et al, 2004;Pouyanfard et al, 2020;Safaralizadeh et al, 2022).…”

Section: Hope and Mental Healthmentioning

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Risks of Ecosystems’ Degradation: Portuguese Healthcare Professionals’ Mental Health, Hope and Resilient Coping

Meneses,

Barros,

Sani

2024

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Healthcare professionals constantly face situations that reflect ecosystems’ degradation. These can negatively affect their mental health. Research suggests that hope and resilience can play an important role in this scenario, since they are related to/predict mental health in highly heterogeneous samples (considering geography, age, profession, health, etc.). In this context, the aims of the present study are: to characterize and explore the relationship between hope, resilient coping and mental health of Portuguese healthcare professionals. Using Google Forms, 276 healthcare professionals answered to the GHQ-28, the (adult) Trait Hope Scale, and the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (cross-sectional study). The minimum and maximum possible scores were reached, with the exception of the maximum score of GHQ-28-Total. Regarding Hope, 19.6% scored below the midpoint (M=43.46, SD=11.97); 29.3% revealed low resilience (M=14.93, SD=4.05); and the average of 4 of the 5 Mental Health scores (exception: Severe Depression) indicates the probability of a psychiatric case. Hope correlated with Social Dysfunction and GHQ-28-Total; resilient coping proved to be a (weak) predictor of 4 of the 5 GHQ-28 indicators (exception: Severe depression). The results support the need to promote the sample's mental health, hope and resilient coping. They also suggest that stimulating resilient coping may contribute to improving healthcare professionals’ mental health.

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“…In this context, based on theoretical and empirical data, several authors have focused on the enhancement of hope (e.g., Cheavens et al, 2006;Feldman and Dreher, 2012;Honey et al, 2023;Lopez et al, 2004;Pouyanfard et al, 2020;Safaralizadeh et al, 2022) [33,34,[52][53][54][55].…”

Section: Hope and Mental Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Risks of Ecosystems’ Degradation: Portuguese Healthcare Professionals’ Mental Health, Hope and Resilient Coping

Meneses,

Barros,

Sousa

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Sustainability

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Healthcare professionals constantly face situations that reflect ecosystems’ degradation. These can negatively affect their mental health. Research suggests that hope and resilience can play an important role in this scenario, since they are related to/predict mental health in highly heterogeneous samples (considering geography, age, profession, health, etc.). In this context, the aims of the present study are the following: to characterize and explore the relationship between hope, resilient coping and mental health in Portuguese healthcare professionals. Using Google Forms, 276 healthcare professionals answered the GHQ-28, the (adult) Trait Hope Scale, and the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (retrospective, analytical observational, cross-sectional, descriptive and correlational research design). The minimum and maximum possible scores were reached, with the exception of the maximum score of GHQ-28-Total. Regarding Hope, 19.6% scored below the midpoint (M = 43.46, SD = 11.97); 29.3% revealed low resilience (M = 14.93, SD = 4.05); and the average of four of the five Mental Health scores (exception: Severe depression) indicates the probability of a psychiatric case. Hope correlated with Social dysfunction and GHQ-28-Total; resilient coping proved to be a (weak) predictor of four of the five GHQ-28 indicators (exception: Severe depression). The results support the need to promote the sample’s mental health, hope and resilient coping. They also suggest that stimulating resilient coping may contribute to improving healthcare professionals’ mental health. Prior research (e.g., on therapies to enhance hope, resilience and, thus, mental health), to which the current study contributes, supports optimism towards the necessary internal sustainability transition.

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How do Mental Health Services Foster Hope? Experience of People Accessing Services

Cited by 6 publications

References 20 publications

Understanding the Barriers and Enablers for Seeking Psychological Support Following a Burn Injury

Understanding the Barriers and Enablers for Seeking Psychological Support Following a Burn Injury

Risks of Ecosystems’ Degradation: Portuguese Healthcare Professionals’ Mental Health, Hope and Resilient Coping

Risks of Ecosystems’ Degradation: Portuguese Healthcare Professionals’ Mental Health, Hope and Resilient Coping

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