scholarly journals Salutogenic-Oriented Mental Health Nursing: Strengthening Mental Health Among Adults with Mental Illness

2021 ◽  
pp. 185-208
Author(s):  
Nina Helen Mjøsund ◽  
Monica Eriksson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mental Health Promotion ◽  
Mental Health Nursing ◽  
Complete Mental Health ◽  
Health Nursing ◽  
Adults With Mental Illness

AbstractThis chapter focuses on mental health promotion with a salutogenic understanding of mental health as an individual’s subjective well-being encompassing both feelings and functioning. Mental health is an ever-present aspect of life, relevant for everybody; thus, to promote mental health is a universal ambition. Our chapter is written with adults with mental illness in need of mental health nursing in mind. To understand the present and make suggestions for the future, knowledge of the past is needed. We elaborate on historical trends of nursing, nursing models, and the hospital setting to support our statement; persons with mental illness need a more complete mental health nursing care, including salutogenic mental health promotion. In the last part of the chapter, we introduce the salutogenic-oriented mental health nursing, and further showing how salutogenesis can be integrated in nursing care for persons with mental illness. As well as elaborating on the features of salutogenic-oriented mental health nursing, and briefly present the Act-Belong-Commit framework for mental health promotion as an example of salutogenesis in nursing practice.

Assessing the evidence of mental health promotion criteria in a pre-registration mental health nursing programme

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-154
Author(s):  
A.B. Odro ◽  
L.K. Dadzie ◽  
P. Ryan ◽  
D. Collins ◽  
R. Lodoiska
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Mental Health Promotion ◽  
Mental Health Nursing ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Health Nursing ◽  
The Uk

Purpose – This paper is about a single case study of a three-year BSc Mental Health Nursing degree programme based at a London University. The purpose of the paper is to evaluate the extent to which the programme sufficiently addresses the ten quality criteria developed by the “PROMISE” (2009) Mental Health Promotion Project. PROMISE (2009) is a European public health project funded by the European Commission and was conducted from 2009 to 2012. Its aim was the European-wide development of criteria and training guidelines in mental health promotion and recommended these should be integrated into the professional training curricula of nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers. Design/methodology/approach – A content analysis method (Bryman, 2012) was used for this case study. This method allowed for a line-by-line scrutiny of the contents of the curriculum for evidence of the ten PROMISE quality criteria for mental health promotion (PROMISE project; http://promise-mental-health.com/training-guidelines.html). Findings – The findings revealed that the PROMISE (2009) project was not one of the four key documents stated as forming the basis for the design of the curriculum content. However, the study found evidence of the curriculum addressing the first PROMISE criterion of embracing the principles of mental health promotion in seven of the 14 modules (50 per cent) in the programme. In the first year of the programme five of the ten PROMISE quality criteria were embedded in two of the four modules. In year 2, quality criteria 1, 4 and 7 were addressed in the course content of four of the five modules (see Table I). In the final year of the programme PROMISE quality criteria 1, 2, 4 and 8 were embedded in the syllabus and assessment strategy in two out of the five final year modules. It was also found that quality criteria 2 and 9 were not included in any of the modules in the programme. Research limitations/implications – This is a case study based on the content analysis of a single curriculum document in a London University. It is therefore not possible to make wide generalisation of its findings across the countries involved in the EU Promise project. However, it could be argued that it is possible to find a number of the key findings present in other UK University programmes that may be similar in structure to that selected for this study. The other limitation to this content analysis is that the evaluation process did not include accounts of the students’ experience on the programme. This could have contributed significantly to the outcome of the evaluation exercise. Although the methodology used is simple, practical and relatively sound, it is not necessarily rigorous in terms of quantitative research methodology but arguably an acceptable contribution to the spectrum within qualitative research paradigm. Practical implications – The emergence of the “PROMISE” criteria especially on a European-wide basis puts emphasis on the importance of mental health promotion in the training of health care professionals. This is expected to be achieved by the training institutions in the European Union. In the UK, this notion is well embraced in various health policy documents (e.g. “No Health Without Mental Health” DH 2011). In the case of the programme examined at one London University, work is required to ensure that a pervasive incorporation of mental health promotion strategies in the curriculum in order to help the students to become better equipped to understand and effectively apply the mental health promotion criteria in their work upon qualification. Originality/value – This is one of the first papers to address the “PROMISE” project and the issue of incorporating mental health promotion criteria in a pre-registration mental health pathway training programme in a university in the UK.

scholarly journals Increasing momentum in prevention of mental illness and mental health promotion across Europe

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-23
Author(s):  
Chiara Samele
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mental Health Promotion ◽  
Fundamental Part ◽  
Illness Prevention ◽  
Health And Well Being

Prevention of mental illness and mental health promotion activities across Europe have gathered some pace since the launch of the European Union's Pact for Mental Health and Well-Being in 2008. Within the context of a large treatment gap in mental health and limited resources to meet the high demand for mental healthcare, a concerted effort is now needed to ensure that initiatives in both mental illness prevention and mental health promotion become a fundamental part of where we are educated, work and live. Cost-effective, evidence-based approaches in prevention and promotion make these initiatives more accessible.

Mental Health and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

2021 ◽  
pp. 437-456
Author(s):  
Kijpokin Kasemsap
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Mental Health Nursing ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Healthy Relationships ◽  
Health Nursing

This chapter reveals the important perspectives on mental health, mental illness, and technology utilization; mental health education and mental health nursing; the overview of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT); CBT, depression, anxiety, and insomnia; CBT and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD); and CBT and heart failure. Mental health strengthens the individuals' ability to have healthy relationships; make good life choices; maintain physical health and well-being; handle the natural ups and downs of life; and grow toward individuals' potential. Mental health is associated with higher productivity, better performance, more consistent work attendance, and fewer workplace accidents. CBT is a goal-oriented psychotherapy treatment that takes a practical approach to problem-solving skills. CBT involves recognizing the unhelpful or destructive patterns of thinking and reacting, thus modifying or replacing these patterns with more realistic or helpful ones.

Challenges to Mental Health Promotion Among Working Women in Canada

1993 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 201-210
Author(s):  
Susan A. McDaniel
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Women Workers ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Premature Death ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mental Health Promotion ◽  
Psychological Benefits

Health promotion efforts have concentrated on promoting physical well-being with psychological benefits perhaps most often among men. With greater proportions of women now working, the workplace provides excellent opportunities for health promotion and education for women. Given increasing recognition that stress, multiple roles, and inadequate job rewards result in loss of productivity, absenteeism, illness, addiction, and premature death, it seems time to explore workplace programs of mental health promotion aimed specifically toward women workers. In this paper, current knowledge about the mental health problems experienced by working women is outlined. Some principles on which mental health promotion programs for women in the workplace might build are specified.

Health promotion and mental health

2018 ◽  
pp. 141-172
Author(s):  
Colin Palfrey
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Promotion ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Scottish Health Survey ◽  
Promotion Strategies ◽  
Mental Health Foundation ◽  
The Uk

This chapter examines health promotion campaigns and policies designed to raise the profile of mental health, and more specifically to help those suffering from mental illness. It begins with an overview of mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, and personality disorders. It then considers the NHS policy on mental health; the mental health promotion strategies in the UK, including the Scottish Health Survey of 2016, the All Wales Mental Health Promotion Network, and the Mental Health Foundation report in Northern Ireland; the implications of the coexistence of physical and mental illness for policy makers and practitioners; and mental health charities such as Anxiety UK, Centre for Mental Health, Rethink Mental Illness, SANE and Time to Change. The chapter also discusses various mental health promotion strategies throughout the UK, locations for mental health promotion, and economic evaluations of mental health promotion.

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