Representations of Elderly with Mental Health Problems Held By Psychosocial Practitioners from Community and Institutional Settings

Dallaire, Bernadette; McCubbin, Michael; Carpentier, Normand; Clément, Michèle

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“…On the other hand, the cultural inheritance of beliefs about and practices toward older adults with mental health problems constitutes one of the main barriers to implementing community-based care for this group (4) . Health professionals might hold established social norms regarding mental illness in later life, and practice discriminatorily toward older adults (9) . Furthermore, stigma constitutes a barrier to seeking mental health care (7,10) .…”

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“…Mental health professionals also tend to share these representations (12) . Disqualifying representations of ageing and mental illness might constitute some of the barriers to promoting social and political changes in mental health care (9) . Given the importance of health professionals to the translation of policy into practice, this study aims to answer this question: "How do those training to be doctors perceive mental health problems in older adults from the UK?"…”

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“…might pose challenges (26,27) . Moreover, negative views on mental illness and later life might promote social exclusion despite current trends in community care (9,18,19) .…”

Section: "(…) I Think They're Pretty Invisible I Think People Don't mentioning

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“…This eclecticism of care might reveal attempts to incorporate a psychosocial framework into traditional forms of care (9,12) .…”

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“…This care design involves different working teams, combined therapies, family participation, and community support. Ideals of rehabilitation, recovery and social support results in person-centred care, and contrasts with a more individualistic and segregated practice in medicine (9,28) . However, students mentioned two main challenges to implementing such a framework in medical practice: efficient communication with patients and time constraints in clinical practice.…”

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Mental ill health in the elderly: medical students’ social representations in the United Kingdom

Medeiros

Foster

2014

Rev. esc. enferm. USP

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Objective This study aims to explore medical students’ social representations of mental ill health in older adults. Method It comprises an exploratory and qualitative investigation based on the theory of social representations. Two focus groups with pre-clinical medics (group 1, N=4; group 2, N=4) and 10 individual interviews with clinical medical students were conducted. Thematic analysis at a latent level explored meanings and differences between groups. Results Three overarching themes reflect participants’ representations of mental health problems in later life – mental ill health in old age, polarisation of care, and challenges to care. Primary health care appears as an important strategy to overcome barriers to mental health care in the community. Nevertheless, disqualifying representations, stigma and organization of services constitute the main challenges to quality mental health care in later life. Conclusion This paper highlights the need to address cultural and organizational barriers to promote quality care.

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confidence: 99%

“…might pose challenges (26,27) . Moreover, negative views on mental illness and later life might promote social exclusion despite current trends in community care (9,18,19) .…”

Section: "(…) I Think They're Pretty Invisible I Think People Don't mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This eclecticism of care might reveal attempts to incorporate a psychosocial framework into traditional forms of care (9,12) .…”

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confidence: 99%

Section: Challenges To Fulfil Patients' Needsmentioning

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Mental ill health in the elderly: medical students’ social representations in the United Kingdom

Medeiros

Foster

2014

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Older adult recovery: “What are we working towards?”

Rankin¹,

Petty²

2016

Mental Health Review Journal

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Purpose – The perspectives of frontline clinical staff working with individuals in later life within an inpatient mental health setting, of their role in recovery, have not yet been explored. The purpose of this paper is to understand what recovery means within an inpatient mental health setting for older adults. The authors address clear implications for clinical practice. Design/methodology/approach – Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 multidisciplinary participants across two specialist older adult recovery units at an independent hospital in the UK. Thematic analysis was applied to the transcripts. Findings – Three main themes were identified: participants identified their normative task as the promotion of “moving on” (clinical recovery) and their existential task as personal recovery. The context in which recovery happens was highlighted as the third theme. These represented competing workplace goals of clinical and personal recovery. This highlights the need to give permission to personal recovery as the process that enables mental health recovery in older adults. Originality/value – Staff working in a inpatient mental health service for older adults discussed the meaning of recovery and their role in enabling recovery. This has implications for sustainable clinical practice in this setting. Recovery-orientated practice in this setting is required but the detail is not yet understood.

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Appraising the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual against Recovery philosophies in elderly dementia

Aldrich

2017

ANZSWJ

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This article looks at the history of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM) classification system, its role and limitations, while making comparisons and contrasts to Recovery philosophies in relation to elderly dementia from a social work perspective. It was found that the clinician, caregiver and patient can all play a role in Recovery, and while not comparable the DSM complements psychosocial models of Recovery. It was also found that with the diversification and expansion of an increasing ageing population, gerontological social workers will need to modify and adapt practice skills and interventions as changes in evidence-based practices of Recovery and the DSM are disseminated at a faster rate.

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Representations of Elderly with Mental Health Problems Held By Psychosocial Practitioners from Community and Institutional Settings

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Mental ill health in the elderly: medical students’ social representations in the United Kingdom

Mental ill health in the elderly: medical students’ social representations in the United Kingdom

Older adult recovery: “What are we working towards?”

Appraising the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual against Recovery philosophies in elderly dementia

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