scholarly journals Maslow and Mental Health Recovery: A Comparative Study of Homeless Programs for Adults with Serious Mental Illness

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin F. Henwood ◽  
Katie-Sue Derejko ◽  
Julie Couture ◽  
Deborah K. Padgett
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Recovery

scholarly journals Use of Mobile and Computer Devices to Support Recovery in People With Serious Mental Illness: Survey Study

10.2196/12255 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. e12255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie A Noel ◽  
Stephanie C Acquilano ◽  
Elizabeth Carpenter-Song ◽  
Robert E Drake
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Dialectical Behavior Therapy ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Mental Health Recovery ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Support Recovery

Background Mental health recovery refers to an individual’s experience of gaining a sense of personal control, striving towards one’s life goals, and meeting one’s needs. Although people with serious mental illness own and use electronic devices for general purposes, knowledge of their current use and interest in future use for supporting mental health recovery remains limited. Objective This study aimed to identify smartphone, tablet, and computer apps that mental health service recipients use and want to use to support their recovery. Methods In this pilot study, we surveyed a convenience sample of 63 mental health service recipients with serious mental illness. The survey assessed current use and interest in mobile and computer devices to support recovery. Results Listening to music (60%), accessing the internet (59%), calling (59%), and texting (54%) people were the top functions currently used by participants on their device to support their recovery. Participants expressed interest in learning how to use apps for anxiety/stress management (45%), mood management (45%), monitoring mental health symptoms (43%), cognitive behavioral therapy (40%), sleep (38%), and dialectical behavior therapy (38%) to support their recovery. Conclusions Mental health service recipients currently use general functions such as listening to music and calling friends to support recovery. Nevertheless, they reported interest in trying more specific illness-management apps.

scholarly journals Racial Differences in Mental Health Recovery among Veterans with Serious Mental Illness

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mana K. Ali ◽  
Samantha M. Hack ◽  
Clayton H. Brown ◽  
Deborah Medoff ◽  
Lijuan Fang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Racial Differences ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Recovery

scholarly journals Use of Mobile and Computer Devices to Support Recovery in People With Serious Mental Illness: Survey Study (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie A Noel ◽  
Stephanie C Acquilano ◽  
Elizabeth Carpenter-Song ◽  
Robert E Drake
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Dialectical Behavior Therapy ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Mental Health Recovery ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Support Recovery

BACKGROUND Mental health recovery refers to an individual’s experience of gaining a sense of personal control, striving towards one’s life goals, and meeting one’s needs. Although people with serious mental illness own and use electronic devices for general purposes, knowledge of their current use and interest in future use for supporting mental health recovery remains limited. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to identify smartphone, tablet, and computer apps that mental health service recipients use and want to use to support their recovery. METHODS In this pilot study, we surveyed a convenience sample of 63 mental health service recipients with serious mental illness. The survey assessed current use and interest in mobile and computer devices to support recovery. RESULTS Listening to music (60%), accessing the internet (59%), calling (59%), and texting (54%) people were the top functions currently used by participants on their device to support their recovery. Participants expressed interest in learning how to use apps for anxiety/stress management (45%), mood management (45%), monitoring mental health symptoms (43%), cognitive behavioral therapy (40%), sleep (38%), and dialectical behavior therapy (38%) to support their recovery. CONCLUSIONS Mental health service recipients currently use general functions such as listening to music and calling friends to support recovery. Nevertheless, they reported interest in trying more specific illness-management apps.

scholarly journals Therapeutic Social Control of People with Serious Mental Illness: An Empirical Verification and Extension of Theory

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brea L. Perry ◽  
Emma Frieh ◽  
Eric R. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Therapeutic Goals ◽  
Contraception Use ◽  
Client Behavior

Mental health services and psychiatric professional values have shifted in the past several decades toward a model of client autonomy and informed consent, at least in principle. However, it is unclear how much has changed in practice, particularly in cases where client behavior poses ethical challenges for clinicians. Drawing on the case of clients’ sexual behavior and contraception use, we examine whether sociological theories of “soft” coercion remain relevant (e.g., therapeutic social control; Horwitz 1982) in contemporary mental health treatment settings. Using structured interview data from 98 men and women with serious mental illness (SMI), we explore client experiences of choice, coercion, and the spaces that lie in between. Patterns in our data confirm Horwitz’s (1982) theory of therapeutic social control but also suggest directions for updating and extending it. Specifically, we identify four strategies used to influence client behavior: coercion, enabling, education, and conciliation. We find that most clients’ experiences reflect elements of ambiguous or limited autonomy, wherein compliance is achieved by invoking therapeutic goals. However, women with SMI disproportionately report experiencing intense persuasion and direct use or threat of force. We argue that it is critical to consider how ostensibly noncoercive and value-free interventions nonetheless reflect the goals and norms of dominant groups.

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