Recovery as an occupational journey: A scoping review exploring the links between occupational engagement and recovery for people with enduring mental health issues

Doroud, Nastaran; Fossey, Ellie; Fortune, Tracy

doi:10.1111/1440-1630.12238

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“…Job location considerations included how geographic location or home‐to‐work proximity might exacerbate or attenuate symptoms of the impairment. Job options might factor into broader well‐being consequences as work life contributes significantly to one's overall quality of life (Doroud, Fossey, & Fortune, ).…”

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Identity Management Strategies for Workers with Concealable Disabilities: Antecedents and Consequences

Santuzzi

Keating

Martínez

et al. 2019

Journal of Social Issues

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Twenty-eight currently or recently employed adults with concealable impairments from a community in the United States completed semi-structured interviews to capture workers' perceptions of their internal and social experiences that contribute to their identity management decisions. Disability identity management strategies included effortful behaviors, such as avoiding relevant situations and using specific language to describe impairments. Participants suggested intraindividual factors (disability salience, disability strain) and environmental factors (disability stigma, ineffective social support) as primary reasons for their identity management decisions. The findings align with existing research on stigmatized identity management and consequences for well-being, together informing a proposed theoretical model. Conclusions invite policy change at national and organizational levels to account for intraindividual and environmental factors that may introduce barriers to disability disclosure and effective accommodation practices.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Identity Management Strategies for Workers with Concealable Disabilities: Antecedents and Consequences

Santuzzi

Keating

Martínez

et al. 2019

Journal of Social Issues

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“…Table 2). Such involvement in community life has been found to be closely related to the process of recovery (Doroud et al, 2015). This may at least partly explain the stronger occupation-well-being relationships found in that group.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…Involvement in quiet occupations, seemingly just sitting and watching others while still feeling engaged in something, can be an important state in the recovery process (Bejerholm & Eklund, 2004;Sutton et al, 2012). A phase characterized by detachment, non-demanding occupations and no pre-planned social expectations may prepare for sparking hope and re-engaging in occupations again (Borg & Davidson, 2008;Doroud, Fossey, & Fortune, 2015;Sutton et al, 2012). The current findings suggest that individuals in the CSH group were in this initial state of recovery and indicate that the two groups studied here may need different approaches to support their recovery process.…”

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confidence: 99%

Associations between occupational and social interaction factors and well-being among people with psychiatric disabilities living in supported housing in Sweden

Eklund

Tjörnstrand

2019

Journal of Occupational Science

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Research indicates that occupation is important for well-being in people with mental illness, but this has not been extensively studied among those with severe psychiatric disabilities. Social contacts may possibly play a more vital role for them. This study aimed to explore how aspects of occupation and social interaction were related with well-being factors in that group, while controlling for the influence of clinical factors. People with psychiatric disabilities living in congregate supported housing (CSH; N = 155) responded to questionnaires addressing occupation, social contacts and well-being aspects, such as subjective health, quality of life, self-mastery, and personal recovery. A comparison group with psychiatric disabilities who lived in an ordinary flat or house and received outreach housing support (N = 111) completed the same instruments. The two groups were compared regarding their pattern of associations between occupation, social contacts, and well-being. Associations between occupation and well-being in the CSH group showed that general satisfaction with everyday occupations in particular was related to all aspects of well-being, whereas activity level and occupational balance were not related to well-being. The relationships were fewer and weaker, in comparison to the group in ordinary housing with outreach support. Indicators of social contacts were basically unrelated to well-being. The study contributes to occupational science by showing that the role of a high activity level for well-being, although important, should not be overemphasized. Future research should focus on narratives to get the voices of people residing in CSH and on exploration of how individually/socially performed occupations are associated with well-being.

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“…Hope and optimism for the future are reflected in the participants’ belief in recovery, their motivation to improve function in everyday life and their desire to return to work (Doroud, Fossey, & Fortune, 2015). Returning to work may provide participants with economic independence and restore their daily routines and activities.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…From the results it can be interpreted, that participants underwent an identity process because their limited resources followed the uncertainty of their ability to meet the demands of an employer and threatened the individual process of Hope and optimism for the future (Doroud et al, 2015). There is a fine line between the demands one places on one’s self (internal demands), the demands placed on one by others (external demands), and the person’s resources as described in the literature (Doroud et al, 2015; Gillard, Turner, & Neffgen, 2015). The process includes recognizing and fulfilling one’s own needs, but also requiring taking small steps may as a strategy in the recovery process for vulnerable citizens and this process is in accordance with the results of the present study.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“What an eye-opener” – a qualitative study of vulnerable citizens participating in a municipality-based intervention

Ilvig

Kjær

Jones

et al. 2018

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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Purpose: To explore how psychologically vulnerable citizens experienced performing their everyday-life activities, identify activities experienced as particularly challenging and evaluate the significance of the Acceptance and Commitment Theory-based (ACT)-based program, Well-being in Daily Life, had on the participants everyday-life activities. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight participants from the Well-being in Daily Life program. Data were analysed using Systematic Text Condensation. Results and Conclusion: The participants experienced anxiety, fatigue, lack of structure, and chaos when performing their everyday-life activities; in addition to being uncertain about the limitations of their own resources. Furthermore, balancing between demands and resources was challenging, also leading to uncertainty and identity conflicts that contributed to the participants’ concerns about re-entering the workforce. The program enabled the participants to develop social skills and trust which contributed to providing the participants with confidence, individually-tailored-possibilities for developing new competencies and courage; thus, facilitating their recovery process.

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Recovery as an occupational journey: A scoping review exploring the links between occupational engagement and recovery for people with enduring mental health issues

Cited by 93 publications

References 60 publications

Identity Management Strategies for Workers with Concealable Disabilities: Antecedents and Consequences

Identity Management Strategies for Workers with Concealable Disabilities: Antecedents and Consequences

Associations between occupational and social interaction factors and well-being among people with psychiatric disabilities living in supported housing in Sweden

“What an eye-opener” – a qualitative study of vulnerable citizens participating in a municipality-based intervention

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