“It didn't bring back the old me but helped me on the path to the new me”: exploring posttraumatic growth in British veterans with PTSD

Walker, Petra Ann; Kampman, Hanna

doi:10.1080/09638288.2021.1995056

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“…The influence of scuba diving on psychological health involved participants reporting improved self-esteem; positive feelings; relaxation; and reduced symptomatology of anxiety, depression, and PTSD. Previous research has documented similar results, including improved self-esteem [ 22 ], self-concept [ 21 , 23 , 24 , 32 ], and alleviation in the symptomatology of anxiety [ 28 ], depression [ 28 ], and PTSD [ 62 ]. The influence of scuba diving on physical health was reported by participants mostly in terms of more physical activity, better mobility, relief from physical pain, and better sleep.…”

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Diving into Health: A Mixed Methods Study on the Impact of Scuba Diving in People with Physical Impairments

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The impacts of scuba diving on people with physical impairments are unknown. Grounded on the social identity approach to health, the aim of this study was to test and describe the relationships between scuba diving social identity, self-efficacy, social health, psychological health, physical health, health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and disability level among recreational scuba divers with physical impairments. A mixed methods explanatory sequential design was employed. The quantitative strand used an 80-item cross-sectional survey, with the data analyzed via a path analysis. The qualitative strand used 1:1 interviews across 3 case study groups; the data were analyzed using deductive and inductive analyses. Mixing occurred via a joint display with meta-inferences. The quantitative results (n = 78) indicated that self-efficacy was a significant predictor of social health, psychological health, physical health, HRQOL, and disability level. The qualitative findings (n = 15) consisted of six themes, whereby participants described scuba as a positive social identity that provides them with meaning, purpose, and belonging. Furthermore, they described scuba diving as a positive contributor to their self-efficacy, social health, psychological health, physical health, and quality of life. During the mixing of data, the quantitative and qualitative results did not match on the influence of scuba diving social identity on self-efficacy, social health, psychological health, physical health, HRQOL, and disability level. A further analysis revealed that the range restriction impaired the conclusive quantitative evidence on the scuba diving social identity variable. The meta-inferences derived from the data integration suggest that scuba diving plays a role in the self-efficacy, health, HRQOL, and disability level among scuba divers with physical impairments. The findings point to the potential of scuba diving as a health promotion recreational activity and rehabilitation modality for people with physical impairments.

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“…We recommend further studies exclusively explore the benefits of scuba diving for veterans, a population with complex medical needs. Previous papers have focused on the benefits of scuba diving for this group, with promising findings on both their medical and psychological needs [ 28 , 62 ].…”

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Diving into Health: A Mixed Methods Study on the Impact of Scuba Diving in People with Physical Impairments

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“…Previous studies have discussed the meditative potential of these repetitive rhythmic aquatic qualities; both through having to stay present while moving rhythmically through the water (McDougall et al., 2022; Walker & Kampman, 2022) and in feeling mesmerised by the reflective dynamic interchange between water and sky, punctuated by moments of intensity with shifts in light, weather or other sensory stimuli (Bell et al., 2015; Ryan, 2012). Intense sensation was described by some of our participants as facilitating the reset process.…”

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“…Most research into the benefits of blue space for mental health has focussed upon anxiety and depression (Coventry et al., 2021; Gascon et al., 2017; Hermanski et al., 2022), as well as PTSD (Caddick et al., 2015; Walker & Kampman, 2022). Whilst a small number of studies have examined nature proximity in relation to SMI (Boers et al., 2018; Engemann, Svenning, Arge, Brandt, Erikstrup, et al., 2020; Engemann, Svenning, Arge, Brandt, Geels, et al., 2020; Helbich et al., 2018) these have tended to focus upon residential closeness to nature, rather than the impact of specific interactions with nature.…”

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A qualitative exploration of the contribution of blue space to well‐being in the lives of people with severe mental illness

Wright,

Eden,

Hancox

et al. 2024

People and Nature

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The majority of research into the mental health benefits of blue space (outdoor places where water is a central feature) has focussed on the associations between neighbourhood exposure to these spaces and population‐level incidence of unipolar depression or anxiety disorder. There has been little exploration of the therapeutic use of blue space by those navigating bipolar, schizophrenia or other psychotic conditions. Knowledge arising from such an exploration could assist in the design and optimisation of nature‐based care for people with these conditions, as well as with self‐management. We conducted semi‐structured online and telephone interviews with 19 adults who self‐reported experience of these conditions. Interviews were conducted in the United Kingdom from August to December 2021. We describe four of the key interpretive themes identified via an in‐depth inductive thematic analysis of the interview transcripts to highlight how participants sought out moments of affective sanctuary through their blue encounters. Blue spaces were described as having the potential to reset the mind, emotions and body. This was in part due to their socially undemanding nature, and ability to provide respite from a socially stressful world. Participants described developing a blue identity, whereby a sense of attachment to and shared history with these places was articulated as well as incorporating blue spaces into self‐ and emotion‐regulation practices. Finally, participants described experiences of and recommendations for a therapeutic blue intervention. The role of biodiversity in contributing to the benefits of blue spaces was implied primarily in terms of perceived soundscapes, but also through visual observations. Synthesis and applications. Blue care for people with bipolar, schizophrenia or other psychotic conditions should consider the need that some individuals have for solitude and proximity to their home when they visit blue spaces, as well as individual differences in the features of blue space interactions that provide the greatest benefit. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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“…[22] implemented the British Nationality Act in Prolog. [25] suggested modelling legislation in the form of an implication tree, which was used to model, e.g., Board of Veterans appeal cases [26] and landlord-tenant disputes [31]. [19] introduced PROLEG, which can be used to model possible arguments by parties on either side in a rule-based manner.…”

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From Text to Structure: Using Large Language Models to Support the Development of Legal Expert Systems

Janatian,

Westermann,

Tan

et al. 2023

Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications

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Encoding legislative text in a formal representation is an important prerequisite to different tasks in the field of AI & Law. For example, rule-based expert systems focused on legislation can support laypeople in understanding how legislation applies to them and provide them with helpful context and information. However, the process of analyzing legislation and other sources to encode it in the desired formal representation can be time-consuming and represents a bottleneck in the development of such systems. Here, we investigate to what degree large language models (LLMs), such as GPT-4, are able to automatically extract structured representations from legislation. We use LLMs to create pathways from legislation, according to the JusticeBot methodology for legal decision support systems, evaluate the pathways and compare them to manually created pathways. The results are promising, with 60% of generated pathways being rated as equivalent or better than manually created ones in a blind comparison. The approach suggests a promising path to leverage the capabilities of LLMs to ease the costly development of systems based on symbolic approaches that are transparent and explainable.

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“It didn't bring back the old me but helped me on the path to the new me”: exploring posttraumatic growth in British veterans with PTSD

Cited by 4 publications

References 46 publications

Diving into Health: A Mixed Methods Study on the Impact of Scuba Diving in People with Physical Impairments

Diving into Health: A Mixed Methods Study on the Impact of Scuba Diving in People with Physical Impairments

A qualitative exploration of the contribution of blue space to well‐being in the lives of people with severe mental illness

From Text to Structure: Using Large Language Models to Support the Development of Legal Expert Systems

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