Volunteering in Mental Health

Costa, Mariana Pinto da; Foster, Rhiannon; Gillard, Steven; Priebe, Stefan

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-57296-9_72

Innovations in Global Mental Health 2021

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-57296-9_72

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Volunteering in Mental Health

Mariana Pinto da Costa

Rhiannon Foster

Steven Gillard

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Views on volunteering in mental health: a focus group study with mental health professionals and volunteers in Portugal

Costa

Oliveira

2023

Discov Ment Health

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Introduction Volunteering has reported health benefits. However, little is known in Portugal about the views of mental health professionals and volunteers on volunteering in mental health care. Methods A qualitative secondary analysis of data from six focus groups with 28 participants was conducted in order to explore and compare the perspectives on volunteering in mental health of two stakeholders: mental health professionals and volunteers in Portugal. Results Four main themes arose: the nature of the volunteering relationship; volunteering has multiple aims; technology has potential for volunteering; and volunteering has its challenges. Although there were mostly commonalities between their views, some variability suggested that different stakeholders may consider different aspects of volunteering differently. Overall, stakeholders called for structured recruitment and support, training, defining boundaries and fighting the stigma of mental illness. Conclusion Despite the lack of volunteering tradition in mental health care in Portugal, volunteering programmes were perceived as an important resource for patients with mental illness.

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Views on volunteering in mental health: a focus group study with mental health professionals and volunteers in Portugal

Costa

Oliveira

2023

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An Intervention to Connect Patients With Psychosis and Volunteers via Smartphone (the Phone Pal): Development Study

Costa¹

2022

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Background Intervention development is a critical stage. However, evidence indicates that the substandard reporting of intervention details is widespread. Objective This study aimed to provide an overview of the guiding frameworks, methodology, and stages for the design and construction of a new complex intervention—the Phone Pal. Methods The intervention development process followed the Medical Research Council framework for developing complex interventions as well as the person-based approach. The intervention was developed following the evidence synthesis of a literature review, a focus group study, and a survey after consultation and input from advisory groups with a range of stakeholders, including patients, volunteers, clinicians, and academics. Results The developed logic model outlines the contextual factors, intervention, mechanisms of change, and short- and long-term outcomes. The operationalized intervention required matching 1 patient with 1 volunteer to communicate with each other through a smartphone via SMS text messages, WhatsApp messages or email, and audio or video calls. Each participant was encouraged to communicate with their match at least once per week for a 12-week period using informal conversation. Conclusions The systematic process and theoretically sound strategy through which this intervention was developed can provide insights to future researchers on the reality of developing and preparing the operationalization of a digital intervention using multiple components.

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Volunteering in Mental Health

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Views on volunteering in mental health: a focus group study with mental health professionals and volunteers in Portugal

Views on volunteering in mental health: a focus group study with mental health professionals and volunteers in Portugal

An Intervention to Connect Patients With Psychosis and Volunteers via Smartphone (the Phone Pal): Development Study

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