Religiousness in First-Episode Psychosis

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilde Hanevik ◽  
Knut A. Hestad ◽  
Lars Lien ◽  
Inge Joa ◽  
Tor Ketil Larsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Religious Coping ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Episode Psychosis ◽  
Delusional System ◽  
Mystical Experiences

The aim of the present study is to explore the significance of religiousness for patients suffering from first-episode psychosis. Our study is a thematic analysis. The study illustrates how the patients understood their hallucinations as mystical experiences. Even so, many of the patients describe their religiousness to be helpful in coping with their disorder, giving meaning to life as well as a relationship to a sacred figure. However, their religiousness often contained religious omnipotent delusions, and built on hallucinations, displayed an unsecure relationship to the sacred figure. From a psychiatric point of view, the misinterpretation of hallucinations as mystical experiences may reinforce their delusional system and cause an obstacle to recovery. This misinterpretation may also cause problems for patients’ religious coping. Our findings underline the importance of taking patients’ religiousness into account in psychotherapy.

scholarly journals Sources of Distress in First-Episode Psychosis: A Systematic Review and Qualitative Metasynthesis

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Griffiths ◽  
Warren Mansell ◽  
Dawn Edge ◽  
Sara Tai
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
The Self ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Systematic Literature Search ◽  
Interpersonal Distress ◽  
Episode Psychosis ◽  
Potential Sources

In this study, we aim to increase our understanding of the self-reported sources of distress among people who have experienced first-episode psychosis. Following a systematic literature search, 33 relevant studies containing first-person accounts of first-episode psychosis were identified, which were synthesized using thematic analysis. Two interrelated superordinate themes were identified: intrapersonal distress and interpersonal distress. Participants reported multiple, diverse, and multifaceted sources of distress across both themes. These were substantially different from those routinely recognized and targeted in clinical practice. This review suggests that practitioners who maintain a stance of genuine curiosity about the potential sources of distress for this population will be perceived as more helpful. The findings also highlight the importance of being service user–led when planning and delivering mental health care. Additional clinical and research implications are discussed.

scholarly journals Retrospective Experiences of First-Episode Psychosis Treatment Under Open Dialogue-Based Services: A Qualitative Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomi Bergström ◽  
Jaakko Seikkula ◽  
Juha Holma ◽  
Päivi Köngäs-Saviaro ◽  
Jyri J. Taskila ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Family Involvement ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Episode Psychosis ◽  
Catchment Areas ◽  
Open Dialogue

AbstractOpen Dialogue (OD) is an integrated approach to mental health care, which has demonstrated promising outcomes in the treatment of first-episode psychosis (FEP) in Finnish Western Lapland region. However, little is known how treatment under OD is retrospectively experienced by the service users themselves. To address this, twenty participants from the original Western Lapland research cohort diagnosed with psychosis (F20–F29) were asked about their treatment of FEP, initiated under OD 10–23 years previously. Thematic analysis was used to explore how the treatment was experienced. Most participants viewed network treatment meetings as an important part of their treatment, as they enabled interactions with other people and the chance to go through difficult experiences. A minority of the participants had mixed experiences regarding family involvement and immediate home visits. OD may have the potential to promote therapeutic relationships, but replications from other catchment areas are needed.

Gender differences in response to metacognitive training in people with first-episode psychosis.

2020 ◽  
Vol 88 (6) ◽  
pp. 516-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam Salas-Sender ◽  
Raquel López-Carrilero ◽  
Ana Barajas ◽  
Esther Lorente-Rovira ◽  
Esther Pousa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Metacognitive Training ◽  
Episode Psychosis

Cognitive clusters in first-episode psychosis: Overlap with healthy controls and relationship to concurrent and prospective symptoms and functioning.

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 787-797 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Uren ◽  
Susan M. Cotton ◽  
Eoin Killackey ◽  
Michael M. Saling ◽  
Kelly Allott
Keyword(s):  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Episode Psychosis

Improving outcomes: Factors influencing help-seeking behaviors in immigrants and ethnic minorities with first-episode psychosis

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (03) ◽  
pp. 152-157
Author(s):  
A. O. Berg ◽  
K. Leopold ◽  
S. Zarafonitis-Müller ◽  
M. Nerhus ◽  
L. H. Stouten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Service Use ◽  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
Pathways To Care ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Episode Psychosis ◽  
The Hague

Summary Background: Immigrants have increased risk of a poor recovery from first episode psychosis (FEP). Early treatment can improve prognosis, but having an immigrant background may influence pathways to care. Method: We present research of service use and factors influencing treatment outcome in immigrants with FEP. Service use was assessed in in-patients at an early intervention center in Berlin, Germany. Duration of untreated psychosis and beliefs about illness was assessed in a FEP study in Oslo, Norway and cognitive functioning in patients with FEP schizophrenia from the regular mental health services in The Hague, the Netherlands. The proportion of immigrants in Berlin and Oslo was at level with the local populations, while the proportion in The Hague appeared to be higher. Result: There were clear indications that mental health literacy, probably based in different cultural expectations, were lower in first generation immigrants (FGI). Findings regarding clinical insight were ambiguous. There were also indications that FGI had more cognitive problems, based in higher stress levels or in cognitive styles. Early psychosis services must take issues of immigration and ethnicity into consideration.

Aripiprazole-Induced Hypoprolactinemia in an Adult Male with First-Episode Psychosis

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 173-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alanna J. Propst ◽  
G. Eric Jarvis ◽  
Howard C. Margolese
Keyword(s):  
Adult Male ◽  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Episode Psychosis

Social Cognitive Markers of Short-Term Clinical Outcome in First-Episode Psychosis

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina Montreuil ◽  
Michael Bodnar ◽  
Marie-Claude Bertrand ◽  
Ashok Malla ◽  
Ridha Joober ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Outcome ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Cognitive Markers ◽  
Episode Psychosis

Brief psycho-education for caregivers of persons with first episode psychosis

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Praful Prabhuappa Kapse ◽  
Manisha Kiran
Keyword(s):  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Episode Psychosis ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Expressed Emotions ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Group Family

Caring for the persons with first episode psychosis is challenging and demanding. It may lead to the increased burden, expressed emotions among the caregivers. The numerous studies have shown that high burden and negative expressed emotions among caregivers can lead to early relapse in the patients with first episode psychosis. To evaluate the effects of the brief psychoeducation on the caregivers burden and expressed emotions. A quasi experimental - before and after with control group research design was adopted for the study. A total of 60 caregivers have participated in the study, of which 30 caregivers in experimental group and 30 caregivers in the control group. Family Burden Interview Schedule (Pai and Kapoor, 1981) and Attitude Questionnaire (Sethi et al., 1981) was used to assess caregiver's burden and expressed emotions. At end of the psychoeducation intervention, burden among caregivers and negative expressed emotions of the caregivers have significantly reduced. The positive expressed emotions have been increased. Study results demonstrates the importance of psychoeducation intervention in reducing the burden and negative expressed emotions.

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