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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Mental Health Practice"”.
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Synthesizing and Integrating Mental Health Practice: An Interdisciplinary Approach
… demonstrated the benefit of interdisciplinary practices in clinical settings, training programs, and research models. This project will review the literature regarding the collaboration of various disciplines in mental health including history, key aspects of integrating mental health as seen …
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The Impact of covid-19 on occupational therapy students in mental health practice learning placements
Introduction: Practice learning (PL) is a core feature of occupational therapy (OT) students' curriculum and professional development during their undergraduate training. It promotes students' clinical reasoning abilities and enhances their reflective skills as emerging clinicians, enabling them to …
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An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Impact of Professional Background on Role Fulfilment: a study of approved mental health practice
… In the United Kingdom current policy in health and social care in mental health is underpinned by integration; the idea that responsibilities can be accomplished irrespective of profession. Approved mental health practice is one example of a psychiatric statutory role and function, until …
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A study on the discernment by occupational therapists on whether mental health service users' occupations of a spiritual nature are health seeking behaviours or manifestations of illness
… spirituality into occupational therapy practice has remained a challenge due to its subjective nature. Limited exploration has been done on how clinical reasoning may assist occupational therapists in this regard within mental health practice, especially within the African context. In …
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PERSPECTIVES OF SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS ON NUTRITION AND THE NUTRITION EFFECTS ON MENTAL HEALTH
<p>Nutrition is related to the mental well-being of clients. However, the nutritional views and practices of social workers in the mental health field have not been thoroughly explored. By using the post-positivist paradigm, 15 mental health social work students were interviewed for their …
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A descriptive study of leave policies, within mental health and forensic settings in the United Kingdom’s National Health Service
Introduction <br/>‘Leave' occurs when a mental health inpatient exits their hospital ward with authorised permission; limited research has explored the use of leave, nor its implementation in practice (Barlow and Dickens 2018). This study determines the content of leave policies, which operate …
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Bridging the gap between clinicians' delivery and patients' experience of eating disorder diagnoses
… been shown to have a profound influence within mental health practice with much attention focusing on the controversies and challenges surrounding the diagnostic classification of eating disorders. However, research focusing on how patients experience their eating disorder diagnosis is scarce. …
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Detached from Our Bodies: Representing women's mental health and well-being with graphic memoirs
… memoirs by women that challenge pathological mental health discourses: Lighter Than My Shadow by Katie Green, Inside Out: Portrait of an Eating Disorder by Nadia Shivack, and My Depression by Elizabeth Swados. Using an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research approach, I build on the …
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An exploration of counselling and support services as experienced by adult male survivors of child sexual abuse
… will help to inform professional counselling, mental health practice, and healthcare workers per se, all of whom are likely to come into contact with male CSA survivors.
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Psychiatric diagnosis : learning from people who have been labeled and the practitioners who work with them
… with diagnosis and psychological formulation in mental health practice is considered, focusing on ameliorating the negative and preserving the positive aspects of diagnosis. The study presented in the research paper used a grounded theory methodology, where ten participants who were practitioners …
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Exploring the accounts of mental health student nurses’ first practice placement: how can they be more fully prepared?
… study, part of my Doctorate of Professional Practice (DProf), aimed to explore the accounts of mental health student nurses’ first mental health practice placements to identify how they could be more fully prepared prior to placement. The research also aimed to inform the practice development …
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First Time Users of Therapist-Assisted Internet Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: A Qualitative Examination of Psychology Graduate Students in Training
… and anxiety are the most commonly experienced mental health conditions in Canada. Research has shown that one of the significant factors in the under-treatment of mental health conditions is a lack of access to providers. Researchers have begun to create novel ways to address the problem of a …
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A multiple perspective exploration of health visitors’ family focused practice with mothers with mental illness and their families
… who have given birth, experience some type of mental disorder, primarily depression or anxiety. Mothers who have mental illness and their families have been recognised as prime targets for early intervention strategies, to prevent the intergenerational transmission of mental illness. Research …
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Psychobiotics: Exploring an adjunct intervention for mental health
… evidence highlights the connection between gut health and mental health, with the microbiome–gut–brain axis positioned as a potential target for novel mental health interventions. Psychobiotics, probiotic and prebiotic strains capable of influencing brain function via the gut microbiome, have …
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Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Positive Illusory Bias, and the Dual-Factor Model of Mental Health
… This study uses the dual-factor model of mental health (DFM) to understand the impact of positive illusory bias and psychopathology (e.g., ADHD) on subjective well-being. The major research question asks if positive illusory bias is maladaptive or self-protective with respect to subjective …
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An exploration of the mental health lived experiences of Polish migrants, who access Mental Health Services, while resident in Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland.
… (ONS 2019). However, their representation within mental health services remains disproportionate to the population census. Little is known about Polish migrants’ experiences of access and treatment from mental health services in the UK. This research explores Polish migrants' lived experiences of …
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Moving on from ‘Listening Visits’: a mixed methods, multi-phase study exploring the support that health visitors provide to mothers with mental health problems
… least 50% of the 25% of mothers who experience mental health problems (MHPs) during pregnancy or the year after they have a baby (the perinatal period) are not getting the help they need that will lead to recovery. Children of mothers with untreated MHPs are more likely to experience physical …