scholarly journals Practice-based qualitative research: Participant experiences of walk-in counselling and traditional counselling

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 612-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl-Anne Cait ◽  
Michelle Skop ◽  
Jocelyn Booton ◽  
Carol A Stalker ◽  
Susan Horton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Research Participant ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Single Session ◽  
Traditional Service ◽  
Participant Outcomes ◽  
Delivery Models ◽  
Qualitative Phase

Walk-in single session counselling is becoming a more widely used model for delivering mental health services across Ontario. This paper reports findings from the qualitative phase of a mixed method study, exploring the experiences of those attending walk-in counselling model compared to the traditional service delivery model employing a wait list. We used a comparative case study design for the qualitative phase. Findings reveal that participant outcomes of the walk-in counselling model are influenced by accessibility, how a participant makes sense of the service and the degree to which a participant is motivated and able to engage in counselling. Walk-in counselling supports the mental health system by reducing wait lists associated with traditional service delivery models and meeting the needs many people identify for immediate consultation. Other participants still perceive themselves as requiring ongoing counselling over time and involving in-depth exploration. This research supports health systems providing access to both models.

scholarly journals Virtual Music Therapy: Developing New Approaches to Service Delivery

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-156
Author(s):  
David Knott ◽  
Seneca Block
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Service Delivery Models ◽  
Initial Wave ◽  
Traditional Service ◽  
Virtual Services ◽  
Delivery Models

Abstract As the global Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic transforms our society, music therapists must adapt service delivery models that ensure client safety. Given the prevalence of COVID-19 in our communities and lack of personal protective equipment in many settings, music therapists are faced with the need to shift delivery models in order to provide safe and relevant services. Telehealth is one solution to these current service delivery challenges. Music therapists possess a depth of practice-based knowledge and understanding of client populations, which enables them to develop virtual services, matching both the clinicians’ and clients’ technical capabilities. Developed during the initial wave of COVID-19 infections in the United States, this article describes the coauthors’ three-tiered scaffold model intended to support the program development and deployment of virtual music therapy (VMT) services. The model describes an approach to developing VMT services that directs the clinician’s goals of care in formats that are accessible, appropriate, and best meet the patient/client’s needs and abilities. The severity and lasting nature of this worldwide health crisis and its disruption of traditional service delivery models require clinicians and researchers to develop the most effective uses of VMT while considering its limits with regard to clinical populations and need areas.

Implementing personalisation for people with mental health problems: A comparative case study of four local authorities in England

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Larsen ◽  
Emily Ainsworth ◽  
Clare Harrop ◽  
Sue Patterson ◽  
Sarah Hamilton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Local Authorities

Mental Health and Addictions Workforce Development

2019 ◽  
pp. 24-58
Author(s):  
Ann M. Roche ◽  
Roger S. Nicholas
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Workforce Development ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Workforce Planning ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Service Delivery Models ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Delivery Models

This chapter addresses changes in the conceptualization of workforce development and its implications for mental health and addiction1 workers, services, and sectors. First we provide an overview of the background, historical and contextual factors impacting current approaches to workforce development. Next, an examination of systems thinking, service delivery models and goals, workforce planning, leadership and worker recruitment, retention and wellbeing are provided. Finally, theories of knowledge and innovation dissemination, learning models and theories, and emerging use of technology are examined.

Mental health and the media: a comparative case study in open justice

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 232-258
Author(s):  
Mark Pearson ◽  
Tom Morton ◽  
Hugh Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
The Media

scholarly journals Supporting the Sharing of Mental Health Challenges in the Workplace: Findings from Comparative Case Study Research at Two Mental Health Services

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (23) ◽  
pp. 12831
Author(s):  
Alicia Jean King ◽  
Tracy Lee Fortune ◽  
Louise Byrne ◽  
Lisa Mary Brophy
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Identity Management ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Organizational Leaders ◽  
Management Literature ◽  
Workplace Identity

Personal experience with mental health (MH) challenges has been characterized as a concealable stigma. Identity management literature suggests actively concealing a stigma may negatively impact wellbeing. Reviews of workplace identity management literature have linked safety in revealing a stigma to individual performance, well-being, engagement and teamwork. However, no research to date has articulated the factors that make sharing MH challenges possible. This study employed a comparative case study design to explore the sharing of MH challenges in two Australian MH services. We conducted qualitative analyses of interviews with staff in direct service delivery and supervisory roles, to determine factors supporting safety to share. Workplace factors supporting safety to share MH challenges included: planned and unplanned “check-ins;” mutual sharing and support from colleagues and supervisors; opportunities for individual and team reflection; responses to and management of personal leave and requests for accommodation; and messaging and action from senior organizational leaders supporting the value of workforce diversity. Research involving staff with experience of MH challenges provides valuable insights into how we can better support MH staff across the workforce.

Adapting the assertive community treatment (ACT) for the needs of different communities: A comparative case study of KUINA ACT Japan and Mt. Sinai ACT Canada

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S605-S605
Author(s):  
W. Chow ◽  
M. Shiida ◽  
L. Andermann
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Assertive Community Treatment ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Emergency Admission ◽  
Community Treatment ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Mental Health Systems ◽  
Target Populations ◽  
Competing Interest

In this e-poster, we will present the assertive community treatment (ACT) model in both Japan and Toronto, Canada. We will compare the adaptations of ACT models in both teams in order to serve their target populations efficiently and effectively.We will also compare the demographic data, clinical data and the outcomes of both ACT teams by analysing the hospitalisation days, number of emergency admission and the number of admissions into hospitals.We will also highlight differences in the mental health systems in Japan and Canada.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

School Mental Health Services for Adolescents

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
School Mental Health ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Implementation Barriers ◽  
Service Delivery Models ◽  
Delivery Models

School Mental Health Services for Adolescents is composed of 15 chapters, written by well-known authors in the fields of psychology, education, social work, and counseling, who discuss and describe services for adolescents that can be implemented in secondary schools by school-based professionals. The authors present methods of overcoming implementation barriers through strategic service-delivery models. The volume is divided into three sections. The first chapters describe the history and need for services, explore the identity of professionals that serve as school mental health providers, and describe methods of engaging adolescents in school. The next chapters focus on issues of identification and referral for treatment in schools and provide a description of interventions. Proposed service delivery models are organized by target topics, including attention and organization, disruptive behavior, internalizing behaviors, autism spectrum disorders, substance abuse, and chronic health concerns. The final chapters describe assessment and the integration of school mental health in schools.

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