Perspectives of Dutch health professionals regarding auditory processing disorders; a focus group study

Talking about sexual feelings toward clients is still difficult for many mental health professionals. This is unfortunate, because exploring and talking about these feelings with peers (especially senior ones) or supervisors can help professionals to recognize, acknowledge, accept, and handle these feelings well. This focus group study explores the various factors that contribute to psychotherapists’ hesitancy to talk about these feelings. The analysis revealed two important impeding factors: the psychotherapists felt discomfortable and a safe environment was lacking. Young, less experienced psychotherapists and psychiatrists seemed to be most vulnerable. Furthermore, more profound sexual feelings were “disguised” in some cases by using a more acceptable narrative, such as “ intimate feelings,” which possibly also impeded acknowledgment and discussion of these feelings. These insights might help to open up the way for psychotherapists to explore and come forward with their sexual feelings and experiences.

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Informal coercion in psychiatry: a focus group study of attitudes and experiences of mental health professionals in ten countries

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology ◽

10.1007/s00127-015-1032-3 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 50 (8) ◽

pp. 1297-1308 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

Emanuele Valenti ◽

Ciara Banks ◽

Alfredo Calcedo-Barba ◽

Cécile M. Bensimon ◽

Karin-Maria Hoffmann ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Focus Group ◽

Mental Health Professionals ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Focus Group Study ◽

Informal Coercion

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Patients' and health professionals' views on primary care for people with serious mental illness: focus group study

BMJ ◽

10.1136/bmj.38440.418426.8f ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 330 (7500) ◽

pp. 1122 ◽

Cited By ~ 171

Author(s):

Helen Lester ◽

Jonathan Q Tritter ◽

Helen Sorohan

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Focus Group ◽

Serious Mental Illness ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Focus Group Study

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A focus group study of health professionals’ views on phantom sensation, phantom pain and the need for patient information

Patient Education and Counseling ◽

10.1016/s0738-3991(03)00237-4 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 54 (2) ◽

pp. 221-226 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Clare M Mortimer ◽

Roderick J.M MacDonald ◽

Denis J Martin ◽

Ian R McMillan ◽

John Ravey ◽

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Keyword(s):

Focus Group ◽

Patient Information ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Phantom Pain ◽

Focus Group Study

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Fatigue and Hepatitis C: a focus group study

Qualitative Research in Medicine & Healthcare ◽

10.4081/qrmh.2017.6698 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Christina Spataro ◽

Sophie Afdhal ◽

Ali A. Weinstein ◽

Carey Escheik ◽

Patrick Austin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Hepatitis C ◽

Focus Group ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Self Report ◽

Personal Satisfaction ◽

Hepatitis C Infection ◽

Focus Group Study ◽

Everyday Activities ◽

Group Sessions

Fatigue is often undiagnosed by health professionals as it is still seen as a nonspecific symptom without standard evaluations and effective treatments. Fatigue is present across many different diseases and has a profound effect on the quality of life of patients. However, it is still difficult to measure because of the lack of specificity of currently used self-report instruments. Patients with chronic hepatitis C infection, (HCV), experience fatigue as one of the most debilitating symptoms. The purpose of this study was to explore the types and dimensions of fatigue experienced by patients with HCV, identify specific terms they use to describe fatigue and assess how it influences everyday activities. Sixteen individuals with HCV (56% female, aged 58.1 ± 3.7 years) participated in three focus group sessions. The focus group sessions lasted between 60 and 90 minutes and were digitally recorded via audiotapes. Recorded focus groups’ audiotapes were analyzed through thematic analyses. The analysis suggested two primary categories of fatigue experiences. These were: capacity and engagement in activity. Capacity refers specifically to an individual’s sense of how much energy they have to do life activities or their maximum ability to produce energy. The word energy is the ability to perform work and includes one’s ability to access or utilize, expend, and restore it. The phrase engagement in activity, comprised two domains: initiation (getting started or being motivated) and personal satisfaction (value of the activity). This investigation helped to identify important domains of fatigue experienced by those with HCV. The findings augment our current understanding of fatigue for this group because the domains of fatigue and the terms used to describe it are not commonly represented in the most frequently used fatigue assessments.

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