Positive beliefs about mental illness: Associations with sex, age, diagnosis, and clinical outcomes

Forgeard, Marie; Pearl, Raymond; Cheung, Joey C.; Rifkin, Lara S.; Beard, Courtney; Björgvinsson, Thröstur

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2016.06.038

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“…When examining diagnostic categories, high Openness has most closely been linked to bipolar disorder (e.g., Barnett et al, ; Tackett, Quilty, Sellbom, Rector, & Bagby, ). These findings are consistent with research indicating that individuals with this diagnosis tend to report feeling more imaginative and creative because of their symptoms (Forgeard et al, ; Johnson et al, ). Openness was positively associated with psychiatric visits in a longitudinal study; however, this association could be due to enhanced willingness to enter treatment rather than higher necessity (Soldz & Vaillant, ).…”

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Changes in daily manifestations of Openness to Experience during intensive cognitive‐behavioral treatment

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Herzhoff

Jayawickreme

et al. 2018

Journal of Personality

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Objective Research examining relationships between trait Openness to Experience, psychopathology, and well‐being has produced contradictory findings. Examining temporary manifestations of Openness may provide further insight into the interplay between Openness and symptoms in clinical populations. Method The present study validated a brief new measure to assess daily Openness in 271 adults (Mage = 34 years, 52% women, 83% White) taking part in 7 days of intensive treatment for acute psychopathology. Participants also completed a daily measure of depressive symptoms. Results Participants overall experienced a significant but small increase in daily Openness during treatment. Two latent classes best characterized initial levels and trajectories of Openness in this sample: medium/increase (86% of sample) and low/decrease (14%). Daily Openness negatively related to depressive symptoms over the entire course of treatment and at the daily level. Daily Openness, however, did not predict depressive symptoms from one day to the next (or vice versa). Conclusions Results of this study contribute to the scientific understanding of positive personality change during challenging life circumstances. Future research could examine whether targeting Openness as part of treatment holds clinical value. Findings are limited by this study’s short time frame and the lack of ethnoracial diversity in this sample.

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Changes in daily manifestations of Openness to Experience during intensive cognitive‐behavioral treatment

Forgeard

Herzhoff

Jayawickreme

et al. 2018

Journal of Personality

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“…Similar findings have been reported in psychosis, such that greater self‐esteem and less hopelessness predicted recovery longitudinally (Law, Shryane, Bentall, & Morrison, ). These findings also corroborate qualitative research that suggest normalizing mood swings, ‘going with the flow’ and self‐management are all important for staying well (Russell & Browne, ; Seal, Mansell, & Mannion, ), and that people with BD can have positive beliefs about their mood swings that promote better outcomes (Forgeard et al ., ; Lobban, Taylor, Murray, & Jones, ).…”

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Psychological mechanisms and the ups and downs of personal recovery in bipolar disorder

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Mezes

Lobban

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British J Clinic Psychol

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“…More recently, Thoits (2016) put forward the notion of identity deflection, which is a resistant practice towards mental health stigma that people with MHCs can perform in order to refuse adoption of pejorative identity attributions (Thoits, 2016). More importantly yet still, studies have also demonstrated how positive engagement with some mental health symptoms for bipolar disorder can engender positive identity attributions for people with MHCs (Forgeard, 2016).…”

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Identity, mental health and work: How employees with mental health conditions recount stigma and the pejorative discourse of mental illness

2017

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This paper asks how identity is constructed for individuals with mental health conditions (hereafter abbreviated as MHCs) in the workplace. It takes especial regard to how MHCs are discursively situated, constructed and reconstructed in the workplace. Employees with MHCs face a difficult situation: not only do they need to deal with the stigma and discrimination commonly associated with MHCs, they must also manage their health condition whilst adhering to organisational demands to demonstrate performance and commitment to work. Discourse analysis derived from 32 interviews with individuals with MHCs delineates how these individuals feel both stigmatised and empowered by their MHCs. The findings address three discursive strands: (1) Reaffirmation of the social stigma and a pejorative construction of a mental health subject position in employment and society; (2) Contesting 'mental illness' as a less productive form of subjectivity by embracing mental health management skills within the employment context; and (3) Recounting mental health as a disempowered subjectivity through public disclosure and change. This paper enhances understanding of how the construction of positive identity in the face of negative attributions associated with MHCs contributes to literature on identity, organisations and stigma as well as raising implications for policy and practice.

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Positive beliefs about mental illness: Associations with sex, age, diagnosis, and clinical outcomes

Cited by 14 publications

References 52 publications

Changes in daily manifestations of Openness to Experience during intensive cognitive‐behavioral treatment

Changes in daily manifestations of Openness to Experience during intensive cognitive‐behavioral treatment

Psychological mechanisms and the ups and downs of personal recovery in bipolar disorder

Identity, mental health and work: How employees with mental health conditions recount stigma and the pejorative discourse of mental illness

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