Beyond conventional healthcare for mental health problems: Experiences of existential group conversations.
Background: Mental health problems (MHP) are a major public health challenge. Conventional healthcare has shown limitation on reducing MHP and there is a call for offering methods beyond healthcare as well as improve access to healthcare. Aims: To explore experiences among people having MHP of (i) t...
| Published in: | Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 1 - 15 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=182437957&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 182437957 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 11038128 BD9 jtl: Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy issn: 11038128 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Dec2024 vid: 31 iid: 1 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 182437957 169807176 182437957 182437957 10.1080/11038128.2023.2244547 182437957 ppf: 1 ppct: 14 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Beyond conventional healthcare for mental health problems: Experiences of existential group conversations. aug: au: Jansson, Inger Thörne, Karin Masterson, Daniel affil: Department of Rehabilitation, School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden sug: subj: Mental Disorders Therapy Psychotherapy, Group Methods Integrative Medicine Mental Health Adaptation, Psychological Communication Patient Attitudes Evaluation Human Male Female Adult Middle Age Aged Qualitative Studies Focus Groups Thematic Analysis Health Services Accessibility Attitude to Life Evaluation Attitude to Health Evaluation Reflection Health Care Delivery Occupational Therapy Stigma Hardiness Coping Quality of Life Patient Satisfaction Activities of Daily Living Self Concept Descriptive Statistics Funding Source Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Male Female ab: Background: Mental health problems (MHP) are a major public health challenge. Conventional healthcare has shown limitation on reducing MHP and there is a call for offering methods beyond healthcare as well as improve access to healthcare. Aims: To explore experiences among people having MHP of (i) taking part in existential conversations in groups beyond conventional healthcare and (ii) seeking and receiving conventional healthcare. Materials and methods: Four focus group interviews were conducted after finishing existential conversations in groups. Data was analyzed following thematic analysis. Results: The theme Access to a community for exploration and acceptance describes communication through impressions and expressions together with others. A reflective perspective on everyday life, describes re-evaluation through reflection. Within the theme Experiences of healthcare related encounters, referring to the second aim, participants recollected feelings of disconnectedness, difficulties verbalizing MHP and dealing with rigid, standardized measures. Conclusion: Existential conversations in group may contribute to a more reflected doing in accordance with one's own values as well as improved mental health literacy. Design and measures within healthcare need to explicitly address MHP and consider individual's own preferences. Significance: This study contributes to understanding of coping with MHP in everyday life from an existential perspective. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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