scholarly journals Social Representations of e-Mental Health Among the Actors of the Health Care System: Free-Association Study (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margot Morgiève ◽  
Pierre Mesdjian ◽  
Olivier Las Vergnas ◽  
Patrick Bury ◽  
Vincent Demassiet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health System ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
System P ◽  
The Social

BACKGROUND Electronic mental (e-mental) health offers an opportunity to overcome many challenges such as cost, accessibility, and the stigma associated with mental health, and most people with lived experiences of mental problems are in favor of using applications and websites to manage their mental health problems. However, the use of these new technologies remains weak in the area of mental health and psychiatry. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to characterize the social representations associated with e-mental health by all actors to implement new technologies in the best possible way in the health system. METHODS A free-association task method was used. The data were subjected to a lexicometric analysis to qualify and quantify words by analyzing their statistical distribution, using the ALCESTE method with the IRaMuTeQ software. RESULTS In order of frequency, the terms most frequently used to describe e-mental health in the whole corpus are: “care” (n=21), “internet” (n=21), “computing” (n=15), “health” (n=14), “information” (n=13), “patient” (n=12), and “tool” (n=12). The corpus of text is divided into 2 themes, with technological and computing terms on one side and medical and public health terms on the other. The largest family is focused on “care,” “advances,” “research,” “life,” “quality,” and “well-being,” which was significantly associated with users. The nursing group used very medical terms such as “treatment,” “diagnosis,” “psychiatry”,” and “patient” to define e-mental health. CONCLUSIONS This study shows that there is a gap between the representations of users on e-mental health as a tool for improving their quality of life and those of health professionals (except nurses) that are more focused on the technological potential of these digital care tools. Developers, designers, clinicians, and users must be aware of the social representation of e-mental health conditions uses and intention of use. This understanding of everyone’s stakes will make it possible to redirect the development of tools to adapt them as much as possible to the needs and expectations of the actors of the mental health system.

scholarly journals As Representações Sociais da Dança: um Mergulho no Universo dos Estudantes de Bacharelado em Educação Física

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-235
Author(s):  
Felipe da Silva Triani ◽  
Glhevysson dos Santos Barros
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
The Body ◽  
Rhythmic Movements ◽  
Technical Procedure ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health And Well Being

ResumoA dança é a arte de movimentar expressivamente o corpo seguindo movimentos ritmados, em geral ao som de música. Dessa forma, o significado da dança vai além da expressão artística, podendo ser vista como um meio para adquirir conhecimentos ou como opção de lazer. No campo de atuação do bacharelado, as investigações acadêmicas ainda são tímidas, urgindo de produções científicas que possam alimentar o campo científico sobre o tema. Dessa forma, o objetivo do estudo foi identificar e analisar as representações sociais que um grupo de bacharelandos do curso em Educação Física compartilha sobre a dança. A metodologia da pesquisa envolve uma abordagem qualitativa, tendo o estudo de campo como procedimento técnico. A amostra foi constituída por 200 indivíduos, sendo 85 homens e 115 mulheres com médias de idade entre 17 a 45 anos. A coleta de dados ocorreu através de questionário com associação livre de palavras, cujo termo indutor foi ”dança”. A análise foi feita por meio dos conteúdos das respostas. O resultado principal do estudo apontou que a maioria dos estudantes emprega sentido de dança como uma atividade técnica e a associam com saúde mental e bem-estar. Palavras-chave: Representação Social. Educação Física. Dança. AbstractDance is the art of expressively moving the body following rhythmic movements, usually to the sound of music. Thus, the meaning of dance goes beyond artistic expression, and can be seen as a means to acquire knowledge or as a leisure option. In the field of performance of the bachelor's degree, academic investigations are still timid, urging scientific productions that can feed the scientific field on the theme. Thus, the objective of the study was to identify and analyze the social representations that a group of Physical Education course bachelors shares about dance. The research methodology is a qualitative approach, with the field study as a technical procedure. The sample consisted of 200 individuals, 85 men and 115 women with a mean age between 17 and 45 years. Data collection was carried out through a questionnaire with free association of words, whose inducing term was, "dance". The analysis was done through the responses content. The main result of the study pointed out that most students use dance as a technical activity and associate it with mental health and well-being. Keywords: Social Representation. PE. Dance.

Comparing the social networks of service users with long term mental health needs living in community with those in a general adult in-patient unit

2021 ◽  
pp. 002076402110175
Author(s):  
Roberto Rusca ◽  
Ike-Foster Onwuchekwa ◽  
Catherine Kinane ◽  
Douglas MacInnes
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Patient Group ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Practical Support ◽  
The Social

Background: Relationships are vital to recovery however, there is uncertainty whether users have different types of social networks in different mental health settings and how these networks may impact on users’ wellbeing. Aims: To compare the social networks of people with long-term mental illness in the community with those of people in a general adult in-patient unit. Method: A sample of general adult in-patients with enduring mental health problems, aged between 18 and 65, was compared with a similar sample attending a general adult psychiatric clinic. A cross-sectional survey collected demographic data and information about participants’ social networks. Participants also completed the Short Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale to examine well-being and the Significant Others Scale to explore their social network support. Results: The study recruited 53 participants (25 living in the community and 28 current in-patients) with 339 named as important members of their social networks. Both groups recorded low numbers in their social networks though the community sample had a significantly greater number of social contacts (7.4 vs. 5.4), more monthly contacts with members of their network and significantly higher levels of social media use. The in-patient group reported greater levels of emotional and practical support from their network. Conclusions: People with serious and enduring mental health problems living in the community had a significantly greater number of people in their social network than those who were in-patients while the in-patient group reported greater levels of emotional and practical support from their network. Recommendations for future work have been made.

The scale of the problem

Psychiatry ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca McKnight ◽  
Jonathan Price ◽  
John Geddes
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Well Being ◽  
World Health ◽  
The Social ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Health Organization

One in four individuals suffer from a psychiatric disorder at some point in their life, with 15– 20 per cent fitting cri­teria for a mental disorder at any given time. The latter corresponds to around 450 million people worldwide, placing mental disorders as one of the leading causes of global morbidity. Mental health problems represent five of the ten leading causes of disability worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported in mid 2016 that ‘the global cost of mental illness is £651 billion per year’, stating that the equivalent of 50 million working years was being lost annually due to mental disorders. The financial global impact is clearly vast, but on a smaller scale, the social and psychological impacts of having a mental dis­order on yourself or your family are greater still. It is often difficult for the general public and clin­icians outside psychiatry to think of mental health dis­orders as ‘diseases’ because it is harder to pinpoint a specific pathological cause for them. When confronted with this view, it is helpful to consider that most of medicine was actually founded on this basis. For ex­ample, although medicine has been a profession for the past 2500 years, it was only in the late 1980s that Helicobacter pylori was linked to gastric/ duodenal ul­cers and gastric carcinoma, or more recently still that the BRCA genes were found to be a cause of breast cancer. Still much of clinical medicine treats a patient’s symptoms rather than objective abnormalities. The WHO has given the following definition of mental health:… Mental health is defined as a state of well- being in which every individual realizes his or her own po­tential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community.… This is a helpful definition, because it clearly defines a mental disorder as a condition that disrupts this state in any way, and sets clear goals of treatment for the clinician. It identifies the fact that a disruption of an individual’s mental health impacts negatively not only upon their enjoyment and ability to cope with life, but also upon that of the wider community.

scholarly journals Dependente sim, viciado não: representações sociais de dependentes químicos

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 17-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sílvio Éder Dias Da Silva ◽  
Maria José Itayra Padilha ◽  
Jéssica Mayara Marques Barboza De Oliveira ◽  
Jeferson Santos Araujo ◽  
Ingrid Mello Barata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Semistructured Interview ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Representations Theory ◽  
Salud Mental

Resumo: Objetivou-se identificar e interpretar as Representações Sociais dos Dependentes Químicos sobre as Drogas, atendidos pela CasaMental Álcool e Drogas (Casa AD). Trata-se de um estudo do tipo descritivo, com abordagem qualitativa. Tem como aporte a Teoria das RepresentaçõesSociais criada por Serge Moscovici, constituída pelos depoimentos de 30 dependentes químicos produzidos a partir de entrevistasemiestruturada e da técnica de associação livre de palavras. Foi realizada análise temática. Os depoentes se sentiam afetados por tudo aquilo queaconteceu e/ou estava ainda acontecendo em suas vidas, mas o vício se faz presente, e emerge sensação de necessidade extrema do consumo.Descritores: Enfermagem, Saúde Mental, Entorpecentes.Dependent yes, not addicted: representations of drugAbstract: This study aimed to identify and interpret the social representations of chemical dependents About Drugs, Mental served by CasaAlcohol and Drugs (House AD). This is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach. Its contribution to the social representations theory createdby Serge Moscovici, comprising the testimonies of 30 drug produced from a semistructured interview and the technique of free association ofwords. Thematic analysis was performed. The respondents felt affected by everything that happened and / or was still happening in their lives,but addiction is present, and emerge feeling of extreme necessity consumption.Descriptors: Nursing, Mental Health, Narcotics.Dependiente sí, no addicted: representaciones de la drogaResumen: Este estudio tuvo como objetivo identificar e interpretar las representaciones sociales de Dependientes químicos sobre las Drogas,Alcohol mentales atendidos por Casa y Medicamentos (Anuncio). Se trata de un estudio descriptivo con un enfoque cualitativo. Su contribucióna la teoría de las representaciones sociales creado por Serge Moscovici, que incluye los testimonios de 30 medicamentos producidos a partirde una entrevista semiestructurada y la técnica de asociación libre de palabras. El análisis temático se realizó. Los encuestados se sintieronafectados por todo lo que pasó y / o que se siguen sucediendo en sus vidas, pero la adicción está presente, y surgen sentimientos de consumode extrema necesidad.Descriptores: Enfermería, Salud Mental, Narcóticos.

scholarly journals “Experiences marked by prejudice(s)?”: nurses’ representations on ‘transvestite’ people

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (suppl 6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ester Mascarenhas Oliveira ◽  
Jeane Freitas de Oliveira ◽  
Cleuma Sueli Santos Suto ◽  
Carle Porcino ◽  
Sara Peixoto de Almeida Brandão ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
Central Element ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Central Nucleus ◽  
Health Care Practices ◽  
The Social ◽  
Care Practices ◽  
Nursing Courses ◽  
Graduate Nursing

ABSTRACT Objectives: to learn and analyze the structure of nurses’ social representations about transvestite people. Methods: a qualitative research based on the Theory of Social Representations, with 110 nurses enrolled in Graduate Nursing courses, who answered the Free-Association Test, with the stimulus ‘transvestite’. Data were processed by the software Ensemble de Programmes Permettant I’ Analysedes Évocations. Results: in the central nucleus, the term “prejudice” was the most evoked, followed by “homosexual”, “identity” and “female-make-up”. Social representation is anchored in the social organization in which transvestite people are still seen and/or associated with homosexuals who make up and assume an identity, without being seen and/or understood as they really are. Final Considerations: although prejudice is noteworthy as a central element, terms present in the peripheral system reveal that the group recognizes transvestites as a person with rights, which can translate into health care practices.

scholarly journals The effects of psychopathology and shame on social representations of health and lifestyle behaviours via free association: a graph analysis approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Evangelia Briseniou ◽  
Nikolaos Skenteris ◽  
Chryssi Hatzoglou ◽  
George Tsitsas ◽  
Epaminondas Diamantopoulos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stimulus Word ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Additional Tool ◽  
External Shame ◽  
The Social

Abstract Background There is a knowledge gap in whether psychopathology aspects can shape and mark the social representations about health and lifestyle. In this work, we investigated the association of psychopathology and shame with the centrality of the words describing eight common social representations of health and lifestyle. Methods A convenience sample of 288 adults participated with an average age of 44.7, and 62.6% were women. The participants were asked to express three consecutive words associated with eight different health and lifestyle experiences by utilizing the free association method. The participants also were completed the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R), the Experiences of Shame Scale (ESS), and the Other as Shamer Scale (OAS). Canonical correlation analysis was applied to investigate the relationship between the set of the eight-word centralities and the psycho-demographic variables consisting of the subject's age and gender, the SCL 90 subscales, the OAS, and the ESS. Based on these findings, a structural equation explorative model was formed to test the unidimensionality of the five centralities construct. Results Τhe psychological characteristics of interpersonal sensitivity, depression, external shame, and hostility were found to affect the word selection process on the social representations concerning nightlife, health, diet, lifestyle, and alcohol consumption. Participants with increased levels of depression tend to choose more centrally positioned words when the stimulus word was diet and more decentralized responses when the stimulus word was health. At the same time, higher external shame corresponded to more decentralized words for the categories of health and lifestyle. Conclusions Our results indicate that there is a potential interaction between the psychological state and how a social representation of health and lifestyle is constructed through selected words. Graph theory emerged as an additional tool to use to study these relations.

scholarly journals How is the economic crisis socially assessed?

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Roland-Lévy ◽  
Ruxanda Kmiec ◽  
Jérémy Lemoine
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Central Element ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Perceived Ability ◽  
Ability To Act ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Representation Theory ◽  
The Impact

Based on the Social Representation Theory, the purpose of this article is to explore how lay-people consider both the economic crisis and risk, and to link these social representations to behavior. The article offers an original approach with the articulation of two studies about the social construction of risk and crises. It also contributes to the development of research methods for studying the connections between representations and practical implications. Based on this, the impact of the social representation of the crisis on the perceived ability to act is approached. The first study focuses on free-association tasks, with two distinct target terms: ‘risk’ and ‘crisis’. The structural approach, with a prototypical analysis, allowed the identification of two different representations: (1) for risk, ‘danger’ is the central element; (2) for crisis, ‘economy’ and ‘money’ constitute the main components of the representation. The second study investigates the links between the two previously detected structures and their relations with the perceived ability to act in a financial crisis context. Some aspects of social knowledge were found to have an impact on perceived ability to act.

scholarly journals Illness and mental health: two sides of the same coin?

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarida Pocinho ◽  
Fatima Ney Matos ◽  
Ana Amaral
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Recall Test ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Word Recall ◽  
The Social ◽  
Two Sides

Abstract Background Although we are sometimes unaware, mental illnesses are extremely common, and if they are not properly regulated they can affect all types of structures in a person's life Methods The study is qualitative, a word evocation test was used, began to be carried out in February 2019 and ended on May 27, 2019. The word recall test were: ‘If I tell you mental health, what are the first three words that come to mind?’ ‘If I tell you mental illness, what are the first three words that come to mind?’ To analyze and build the graphs for this investigation, the corpus was inserted in the IraMuteQ program. Results When analyzing the words we can see that the social representation of mental illness is very much associated with undesirable mental illnesses or conditions and seen as negative in society. Meanwhile, mental health is full of words that you would normally consider positive. Conclusions The social representations of health and mental illness are very clearly opposed, mental health is seen almost exclusively as something positive by society, not only has feelings like happiness, but also words like success and vitality, while mental illness is very much linked to the whole type of mental illness and conditions like stress, sadness, obsession.

scholarly journals Recovery in the Canadian Context: Feedback on the Framework for Mental Health Strategy Development

2009 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gillian Mulvale ◽  
Mary Bartram
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health System ◽  
Mental Health System ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
Recovery Orientation ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
Canadian Context ◽  
Health And Well Being

The Mental Health Commission of Canada is developing a strategy to transform the mental health system in Canada. National consultations held in spring 2009 provided feedback on a proposed framework of goals for the strategy. The first goal discusses a recovery orientation for people living with mental health problems and illnesses. Consultation participants strongly supported a recovery orientation but raised a number of concerns, especially for children, youth, and seniors. In response, the strategy will position recovery as part of a comprehensive approach that includes promoting the best possible mental health and well-being across the lifespan.

scholarly journals Social representations about sustainable development: the perspectives of residents of small islands’ cities

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Fuentes Sánchez ◽  
Ana Moura Arroz ◽  
Rosalina Gabriel
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Central Place ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Similarity Analysis ◽  
Small Islands ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
The Social ◽  
Strategic Options

Abstract Sustainable development (SD) is one of the goals of contemporary society, underlining the need of its collective redefinition and social and personal appropriation. For this, it is relevant to analyze how individuals understand the process of building sustainability. The social representation of the SD of an intentional sample of 64 stakeholders from five Azorean cities was explored through prototypical and similarity analysis of a free association of words. The data were analyzed using the programs Evocation 2003 and IRAMUTEQ and interpreted according to the structural approach of social representations. The resulting representation identifies the three classic pillars of the SD, as well as its main challenges and strategic options. The economic pillar held a central place, interconnecting both with the environmental and the social pillars, although the latter showed less emphasis. It is important to keep monitoring the evolution of this SD representation, that appears to be more sophisticated than other notions found in similar studies.

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