Student Wellbeing and the Therapeutic Turn in Education

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie Wright
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Therapeutic Education ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Student Wellbeing ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
The Social ◽  
Emotional Aspects ◽  
History Of ◽  
Current Concerns

This article considers current concerns with promoting student mental health and wellbeing against the backdrop of critiques of the ‘therapeutic turn’ in education. It begins by situating accounts of ‘therapeutic education’ within broader theorisation of therapeutic culture. In doing so, the importance of this work is acknowledged, but key assumptions are questioned. The emergence of concerns about self-esteem and wellbeing are then examined through an analysis of changing educational aims in Australia. This enables consideration of the broader context for policy reforms and emergent ideas about the importance of fostering wellbeing and attending to the social and emotional aspects of learning. Finally, the article argues for the salience of historicising both educational policy and scholarly critiques of therapeutic education in order to: (1) situate the contemporary emphasis on student wellbeing within a longer history of educational reforms aimed at supporting young people; (2) unsettle taken-for-granted ways in which mental health and wellbeing are currently foregrounded in contemporary schooling; and (3) develop new perspectives on the therapeutic turn in education.

scholarly journals DEVELOPING SOCIAL EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE THROUGH PLAYING ACTIVITIES FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 946-950
Author(s):  
Yuni Astuti ◽  
Andika Prajana ◽  
Damrah ◽  
Erianti ◽  
Pitnawati
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The Social ◽  
Hereditary Factors ◽  
Emotional Aspects

Purposes of the study: The purpose of this study was to describe the way to develop social-emotional intelligence in early childhood through play activities. A child doesn’t have social Emotional intelligence naturally in early childhood, but it must be nurtured and developed by parents and teachers in schools through developing social and emotional aspects of early childhood that can be done with various methods. Methodology: This study used a qualitative approach to the literature model. The method used in this study is a qualitative method with content analysis techniques consisting of developing the social and emotional aspects of early childhood is through playing activities. Result: The researcher found that playing activities by children can develop social-emotional of early childhood among others. The activities such as playing in small groups like children’s traditional games or playing with tools such as balls, marbles, rubber and, other tools. Implication/Applications: The findings of this study can help young children to be able to improve the development of social-emotional intelligence caused by hereditary factors and the environment through play activities. In this play, the activity can increase positive attitudes including honest behavior, independence, responsibility, fair, confident, fair, loyal friends, and the nature of compassion towards others and have high tolerance and demanded cooperation between others

The History of Unreason

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Samuel Teague ◽  
Peter Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Individual Responsibility ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health And Illness ◽  
History Of

This chapter reflects on the importance of the historical narrative of mental illness, arguing that Western countries have sought new ways to confine the mentally ill in the post-asylum era, namely through the effects of stigma and medicalization. The walls are invisible, when once they were physical. The chapter outlines how health and illness can be understood as socially constructed illustrating how mental health has been constructed uniquely across cultures and over time. To understand this process more fully, it is necessary to consider the history of madness, a story of numerous social flashpoints. The trajectories of two primary mental health narratives are charted in this chapter. The authors argue that these narratives have played, and continue to play, an important role in the social construction of mental illness. These narratives are “confinement” and “individual responsibility.” Drawing on the work of Michel Foucault and Roy Porter, the authors describe how Western culture has come to consider the mentally ill as a distinct, abnormal other.

“I Just Can’t”

2021 ◽  
pp. 22-37
Author(s):  
Alan Meca ◽  
Kelsie Allison ◽  
Julie Rodil ◽  
Kenneth Ayers ◽  
Kyle Eichas
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Adult Development ◽  
Role Identity ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Risk And Resilience ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
The Social

This chapter explores the social and emotional development of emerging adults and focuses on how it contributes to feelings of anxiety, inability to make decisions, uncertainty, and lack of belonging. It provides information on how identity impacts mental health, particularly during this developmental stage. Various theories are discussed, with information provided on the role of the social-cultural content. The Miami Adult Development Project serves as a case study of an identify-focused intervention with mental health outcomes. Guiding questions help readers better understand the role identity development plays in risk and resilience during this “age of uncertainty.”

Differences Between Physically-minded and Psychologically-minded Medical Practitioners

1966 ◽  
Vol 112 (492) ◽  
pp. 1097-1102 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J. Walton
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Disorders ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Human Biology ◽  
Further Training ◽  
Medical Practitioners ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
The Social ◽  
Psychological Medicine ◽  
Emotional Aspects

Concern is now general (College of General Practitioners, 1958; Hill, 1960; School of Medicine and Human Biology, 1963) that doctors are inadequately trained for a number of the demands made on them in practice. Many doctors are not equipped to treat emotional disorders and to collaborate with psychiatrists in the treatment of psychologically ill patients. Under present conditions many young doctors graduate with a distinct antipathy to the social and emotional aspects of illness (Walton et al., 1963; Walton et al., 1964). Experienced general practitioners sometimes express strong dislike for the psychological component of their practice and disinclination to get any further training in psychological medicine (Rawnsley and Loudon, 1962). Even those doctors who do seek instruction in psychiatry differ widely in the type of teaching they want and in their attitudes to patients (Walton, 1965). Many of those selecting themselves for training are unsuitable (Balint et al., 1966).

scholarly journals Determinants of maternal health four weeks after delivery: cross-sectional findings from the KUNO-kids health study

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronika Pinker ◽  
Susanne Brandstetter ◽  
Christina Tischer ◽  
Birgit Seelbach-Göbel ◽  
Michael Melter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Parental Stress ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
History Of ◽  
High Level ◽  
Somatic Diseases

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to examine the interaction of a multitude of socio-economic, lifestyle, environmental, psychosocial and birth related determinants and their effect on maternal health four weeks after delivery. Methods We used data from a German birth cohort study, the KUNO-Kids health study. Social determinants, as well as the self-rated maternal health and the physical and mental health status of mothers (indicated by means of the SF-12-questionnaire) were assessed through standardized questionnaires and personal interviews right after delivery and four weeks later. Linear regression models were calculated to determine the relationship between influencing factors and health outcomes. Results 1428 women were included in the analysis. Maternal self-rated health showed significant positive associations with breastfeeding (B (regression coefficient) 2.67; 0.86–4.48 (95% Confidence interval)) and estimating one’s child as rather healthy (B 0.27; 0.19–0.34) and negative associations with social and emotional strains (B -3.50; -5.11- -1.88), obesity (B -2.56; -4.69- -0.42), having experienced a C-section (B -1.73; -3.23- -0.23), a positive history of somatic diseases (B -2.14; -3.53- -0.74), parental stress (B -0.39; -0.66- -0.11) and education of more than ten years (B -2.42; -3.95- -0.90). Maternal physical health status showed significant negative associations with age (B -0.13; -0.25- -0.01), employment before maternity leave (B -1.90; -3.59- -0.21), social and emotional strains (B -1.50; -2.67- -0.34), parental stress (B -0.28; -0.45- -0.12), C-section (B -4.06; -5.12- -2.99), having the first child (B -2.03; -3.09- -0.97) and a history of somatic diseases (B -2.00; -2.99- -1.01). Maternal mental health status showed significant positive associations with education of more than 10 years (B 2.27; 0.98–3.56) and a high level of social support (B 1.20; 0.06–2.34), while social and emotional strains (B -4.16; -5.48- -2.84) and parental stress (B -0.70; -0.92- -0.47) were negatively associated. Conclusions We identified important protective factors for maternal health four weeks after delivery, such as a high level of social support. However, parental stress and social and emotional strains in particular seem to have a negative influence on maternal health. These findings have public health relevance.

scholarly journals Social capital and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tahmina Tasnim Rodela ◽  
Abida Sultana ◽  
E. Lisako J. McKyer ◽  
Sudip Bhattacharya ◽  
Md Mahbub Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Psychosocial Stressors ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Psychosocial Consequences ◽  
The Social ◽  
Global Evidence

COVID-19 pandemic is affecting mental health and wellbeing across populations. The continued burden of psychosocial stressors in different contexts necessitates multipronged interventions that address mental health problems and associated disparities. Global evidence suggests that social capital plays a critical role in determining mental health outcomes in communities, which can be leveraged for improving mental health in COVID-19. As communities with better social capital is likely to have a lower burden of mental disorders, it is necessary to assess potential measures to use social capital for mental health promotion in vulnerable populations. The existing forms of social capital may provide social support within and between communities that are critically affected by COVID-19. Alongside faster recovery from socioeconomic challenges, social capital interventions may strengthen the social determinants of mental health and empower communities to alleviate the psychosocial consequences of this pandemic.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Anne E. Parsons
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Policy ◽  
Mass Incarceration ◽  
First Century ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
Carceral State ◽  
Mental Hospitals ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
Key Terms

The introduction reviews the relevant histories of prisons, mental health policy, and the social welfare state. It highlights how recent scholarship has not connected the history of mental hospitals to the broader history of imprisonment. From Asylum to Prison frames historic mental hospitals as part of a broader carceral state and charts how the rise of mass incarceration shaped the closure of mental hospitals. Law and order politics served to criminalize mental health conditions and substance abuse. New prison construction in the 1980s took money away from mental health services and prisons absorbed many functions of the former mental health system. Finally, this history of deinstitutionalization offers lesson for people working to reduce mass incarceration in the twenty-first century United States. The introduction closes with a discussion of people-centered language and key terms such as institutions, carceral state, and mental illness.

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