Occupational Stress and Psychiatric Illness in the Military: Investigation of the Relationship between Occupational Stress and Mental Illness among Military Mental Health Patients

Nurses are identified as one of the professional groups with high level of job related stress and related issues. The magnitude of the problem this segment faces is very intensive as a large number of them are women. They are victimized for multiple roles in the home and hospital. Stressors for nurses are always been identified with workload, dual role and pressures which are associated with demands of the existing working environment. The nature of illness/diseases a nurse dealing with has significant effects on the stress and mental health level. Healthcare professionals dealing with psychiatric illness and other chronic/traumatic conditions faces more stress while comparing to the other domains of healthcare. The present study is a cross sectional hospital based study carried out at four centres and 100 samples were collected by judgmental sampling method which consisted of 50 female nursing staff from general hospital and same number from psychiatric hospitals. A socio-demographic data sheet along with General Health Questionnaire was administered and those who have satisfactory health have been considered as further samples. Mental health, stress level, and attitude towards mental illness were analyzed. The results shows that psychiatric nursing staff scored higher in overall occupational stress index and in the subs-domains of role overload, role ambiguity, role conflict, role unreasonable group and political pressure compared to general nursing staff. Also the mental health inventory total score is negatively correlated with role overload sub-domain of occupational stress index scale. Present study implicates the need of comprehensive psycho-social management plans for the professionals working in psychiatric hospitals.

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Research on the Relationship between Teachers' Occupational Stress and Mental Health in Shaoguan Primary and Middle Schools by SPSS24.0

10.1109/icphds53608.2021.00024 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Hongxiu Tan ◽

Qienshen Guo

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Middle Schools ◽

Occupational Stress ◽

The Relationship

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Experience of stigma among Chinese mental health patients in Hong Kong

Psychiatric Bulletin ◽

10.1192/pb.28.12.451 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 28 (12) ◽

pp. 451-454 ◽

Cited By ~ 51

Author(s):

K. F. Chung ◽

M. C. Wong

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Hong Kong ◽

Mental Health Professionals ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Chinese People ◽

The People ◽

Mental Health Patients ◽

Stigma Of Mental Illness

Aims and MethodThe study was intended to rectify the lack of data on how Chinese people experience the stigma of mental illness. A questionnaire on perceived stigmatisation, experiences of rejection and ways of coping with stigma was completed by 193 persons attending a psychiatric out-patient clinic in Hong Kong.ResultsMost of the participants were aware of the stigma associated with mental illness, but experiences of rejection were relatively less frequent. Eleven per cent of the respondents indicated that they were neglected by health care professionals and 8% had been avoided by family members. The most frequently reported coping method was maintaining secrecy about the illness.Clinical ImplicationsIn China, people with mental health problems experience stigma in various degrees. However, some of the people surveyed expressed feelings of relief that others were supportive and sympathetic towards their illness. Mental health professionals should maintain optimism in helping their patients to cope with the stigma.

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Research on the Effects of Occupational Stress and the DRD2 Gene on the Psychological Health of Workers in the Xinjiang Desert Oil Field

Frontiers in Psychiatry ◽

10.3389/fpsyt.2021.737228 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Ting Jiang ◽

Gulijianati Wumaier ◽

Xue Li ◽

Xu Yang ◽

Jiwen Liu

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Occupational Stress ◽

Psychological Disorders ◽

Oil Field ◽

Desert Environment ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Oil Workers ◽

Arid Desert ◽

Personal Strain ◽

The Relationship

Background: This study investigated the relationship between occupational stress and the mental health of people working in oil fields in the arid desert environment of Xinjiang, and revealed the causal relationship between occupational stress and psychological disorders, while furthermore exploring the relationship between psychological disorders and genetic levels.Methods: The participants of this study included oil field company workers from the Xinjiang Petroleum Administration of Karamay City, Xinjiang, who underwent occupational health examinations. The Occupational Stress Inventory Revised Edition (OSI-R) was used to measure the occupational stress of the oil workers. The mental health status of oil workers was evaluated using the Symptoms Checklist-90.Results: Occupational tasks: The total scores of the personal strain and mental health questionnaires were positively correlated with somatization, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, terror, paranoia, and psychosis (P < 0.05). Individual coping resources and the mental health total score was negatively correlated with somatization, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, interpersonal sensitivity, anxiety, hostility, terror, paranoia, and psychosis. The following factors were identified as mental health risk factors: female gender; age 45 and above (relative to ≤30 years old); high scores on the personal strain questionnaire; occupational stress; external effort; internal investment; and high effort-low return. The following factors were identified as protective factors for mental health: Han nationality; oil transportation (relative to drilling); individual resilience; and work returns. In respect to the abnormal psychological group and the normal psychological group, statistically significant differences were found in the distribution of genotypes and allele frequencies at the rs1800497 locus (P < 0.05). The depression and paranoia scores observed between different genotype groups at the rs1800497 locus were statistically significant (P < 0.05).Conclusions: This study shows that occupational stress and the D2 dopamine receptor (DRD2) gene have an impact on the mental health of oil field workers in the arid desert environment of Xinjiang. Effort-reward imbalance and occupational stress were identified as risk factors for mental health, while rewards for work were protective factors. Higher levels of occupational stress may lead to depression and other psychological disorders, adversely affecting mental health. In oil field operators in the arid desert environment of Xinjiang, the AA genotype of the DRD2 gene in the rs1800497 locus was identified as a genotype specific to susceptibility to mental health problems, and a correlation was found between the A allele and an increased risk of psychological problems. Therefore, it is necessary to devise relevant measures to alleviate occupational stress among oil workers and increase their job rewards, so as to improve their mental health.

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When does geography matter most? Age-specific geographical effects in the patterning of, and relationship between, mental wellbeing and mental illness.

10.1101/2020.07.15.20152645 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Gareth J Griffith ◽

Kelvyn Jones

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Age Groups ◽

Large Body ◽

Multilevel Modelling ◽

Contextual Effects ◽

Mental Wellbeing ◽

Covariate Adjustment ◽

The Relationship ◽

Geographical Context

Mental illness and mental wellbeing are related but distinct constructs. Despite this, geographical enquiry often references the two as interchangeable indicators of mental health and assumes the relationship between the two is consistent across different geographical scales. Furthermore, the importance of geography in such research is commonly assumed to be static for all age groups, despite the large body of evidence demonstrating contextual effects in age-specific populations. We leverage simultaneous measurement of a mental illness and mental wellbeing metric from Understanding Society, a UK population-based survey, and employ bivariate, cross-classified multilevel modelling to characterise the relationship between geographical context and mental health. Results provide strong evidence for contextual effects for both responses before and after covariate adjustment, with weaker evidence for area-classification and PSU-level contextual effects for the GHQ-12 after covariate adjustment. Results support a two-continua model of mental health at the individual level, but indicates that consensual benefit may be achieved across both dimensions by intervening at household and regional levels. There is also some evidence of a greater contextual effects for mental wellbeing than for mental illness. Results highlight the potential of the household as a target for intervention design for consensual benefit across both constructs. Results highlight the increased importance of geographical context for older respondents across both responses. This research supports an area-based approach to improving both mental illness and mental wellbeing in older populations.

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STAGE PERSONA, STAND-UP COMEDY AND MENTAL HEALTH: ‘PUTTING YOURSELF OUT THERE’

Persona Studies ◽

10.21153/psj2019vol5no2art917 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 67-82

Author(s):

MATT HARGRAVE

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Bipolar Disorder ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Depression And Anxiety ◽

Stand Up Comedy ◽

The Subject ◽

The Relationship

This article addresses the subject of stand-up and mental health through the prism of comic persona, generating new, non-diagnostic discourses around mental illness. The article focuses on British and Australian comedians whose material addresses conditions such as bipolar disorder (John Scott), depression and anxiety (Seymour Mace; Lauren Pattison; Felicity Ward), or feigns the staging of mental collapse (Stewart Lee). Based on the analysis of live events and one-on-one interviews, the essay considers the role that persona plays in mediating the relationship between the comedian and their material, arguing that shaping persona is key to developing practices framed within a poetics of vulnerability.

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Association between recognition and help-seeking preferences and stigma towards people with mental illness

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences ◽

10.1017/s2045796016000998 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 84-93 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

L. Picco ◽

E. Abdin ◽

S. Pang ◽

J. A. Vaingankar ◽

A. Jeyagurunathan ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Confidence Intervals ◽

Mental Health Professionals ◽

Help Seeking ◽

Categorical Variables ◽

Perceived Stigma ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

People With Mental Illness ◽

The Relationship

Aims.The ability to recognise a mental illness has important implications as it can aid in timely and appropriate help-seeking, and ultimately improve outcomes for people with mental illness. This study aims to explore the association between recognition and help-seeking preferences and stigmatising attitudes, for alcohol abuse, dementia, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and schizophrenia, using a vignette-based approach.Methods.This was a population-based, cross-sectional survey conducted among Singapore Residents (n = 3006) aged 18–65 years. All respondents were asked what they think is wrong with the person in the vignette and who they should seek help from. Respondents were also administered the Personal and Perceived sub scales of the Depression Stigma Scale and the Social Distance Scale. Weighted frequencies and percentages were calculated for categorical variables. A series of multiple logistic and linear regression models were performed separately by vignette to generate odd ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the relationship between help-seeking preference, and recognition and beta coefficients and 95% confidence intervals for the relationship between stigma and recognition.Results.Correct recognition was associated with less preference to seek help from family and friends for depression and schizophrenia. Recognition was also associated with increased odds of endorsing seeking help from a psychiatric hospital for dementia, depression and schizophrenia, while there was also an increased preference to seek help from a psychologist and psychiatrist for depression. Recognition was associated with less personal and perceived stigma for OCD and less personal stigma for schizophrenia, however, increased odds of social distancing for dementia.Conclusion.The ability to correctly recognise a mental illness was associated with less preference to seek help from informal sources, whilst increased preference to seek help from mental health professionals and services and less personal and perceived stigma. These findings re-emphasise the need to improve mental health literacy and reinforce the potential benefits recognition can have to individuals and the wider community in Singapore.

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Chronic Mental Illness in Prisons

Chronic Illness and Long-Term Care ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7122-3.ch028 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 568-589

Author(s):

Meghamala S. Tavaragi

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Psychiatric Disorders ◽

General Public ◽

Psychiatric Illness ◽

Medical Intervention ◽

Remedial Measures ◽

Mentally Disordered ◽

Mentally Disordered Offender ◽

Hospital Systems

It has been known that psychiatric disorders are highly prevalent among prisoners. Many people with identifiable psychiatric illness do conflict with the law, often by no fault of their own but because of symptoms of their psychiatric illness and end up in jails. Poor communication between the prison, court, and hospital systems hinders the assessment and management of the mentally disordered offender, and medical intervention can actually delay release from custody. In conclusion Prisons are detrimental to mental-health, and the standards of psychiatric care are significantly lower than those for the general public. Certain remedial measures are to be implemented for a better future of prison and community because ultimately these prisoners will be released from prison and become a part of community. Beginning of reforms is the immediate need as a long journey ahead.

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Chronic Mental Illness in Prisons

Advances in Psychology, Mental Health, and Behavioral Studies - Chronic Mental Illness and the Changing Scope of Intervention Strategies, Diagnosis, and Treatment ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-0519-8.ch011 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 203-224

Author(s):

Meghamala S Tavaragi

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Psychiatric Disorders ◽

General Public ◽

Psychiatric Illness ◽

Medical Intervention ◽

Remedial Measures ◽

Mentally Disordered ◽

Mentally Disordered Offender ◽

Hospital Systems

It has been known that psychiatric disorders are highly prevalent among prisoners. Many people with identifiable psychiatric illness do conflict with the law, often by no fault of their own but because of symptoms of their psychiatric illness and end up in jails. Poor communication between the prison, court, and hospital systems hinders the assessment and management of the mentally disordered offender, and medical intervention can actually delay release from custody. In conclusion Prisons are detrimental to mental-health, and the standards of psychiatric care are significantly lower than those for the general public. Certain remedial measures are to be implemented for a better future of prison and community because ultimately these prisoners will be released from prison and become a part of community. Beginning of reforms is the immediate need as a long journey ahead.

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Investigating the Impact of Child Maltreatment Histories on Drug Court Outcomes

Criminal Justice and Behavior ◽

10.1177/0093854818761990 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 45 (6) ◽

pp. 799-819 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Haley R. Zettler ◽

Amaia Iratzoqui

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Substance Abuse ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Criminal Justice ◽

Child Maltreatment ◽

Drug Court ◽

Criminal Justice Policy ◽

Type Of Failure ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

Although child maltreatment, mental illness, and substance abuse are significantly correlated, only the relationship between mental illness and substance abuse has been documented as potentially affecting the implementation of criminal justice policy. The current study considers the influence of child maltreatment histories in addition to mental health and substance abuse issues in predicting the success of participants in a large drug court in the Southwestern United States. Results indicated that child maltreatment was not predictive of overall court failure. However, child maltreatment had an indirect effect on type of failure, through its effects on mental illness and substance abuse diagnoses. Implications for these findings within drug court and for general criminal justice policy are discussed.

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