scholarly journals On the Influence of Original Family on Individual Mental Health — From the Family System Theory

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niu Hui
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
System Theory ◽  
Family System ◽  
Family System Theory ◽  
The Family ◽  
Original Family

School Shootings and Therapeutic Interventions for Traumatized Victims

2022 ◽  
pp. 140-163
Author(s):  
Abel Ebiega Enokela
Keyword(s):  
System Theory ◽  
School Violence ◽  
Family System ◽  
School Shootings ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
School Shooting ◽  
Trauma Symptoms ◽  
Mass Violence ◽  
Family System Theory ◽  
The World

This study attempts an encapsulation of school shooting as a strand of mass violence with the purpose of presenting a perceived effective approach that could be therapeutically adopted for handling traumatized victims of school shooting incidents, particularly traumatized students. School violence involving firearms and high fatalities have been trending in many parts of the world. Pathetically, most of the students who are victims of school shootings receive inadequate or no therapeutic interventions that could help them to recover from the emotional trauma that usually accompany school violence. Students with trauma symptoms experience dysfunctional adaptation, leading to impairment of daily functionality, distortions in peer interactivity, and disruptive self-expressivity. This study leans on family system theory and elucidates how the application of this theory could help the traumatized to regain themselves psychosocially in order to maintain adaptation to function properly in the school or community.

Building and Managing Collaborative Teams

2019 ◽  
pp. 355-374
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Family System ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Mental Health Providers ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Family Needs ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Collaborative Teams ◽  
The Family ◽  
Court Involved

This chapter addresses the importance of collaborative teams in addressing the needs of court-involved families. Families may have a number of mental health and other service providers addressing complex family needs, who may unintentionally become caught up in the dynamics of family conflict if there is not adequate coordination among them. Creating and managing effective professional teams requires a highly qualified team leader, who may be a parenting coordinator or a judicial officer who has the time and expertise for detailed case management. This chapter describes issues to consider and a model for collaborating with attorneys, selecting and working with existing mental health providers, and resolving issues and conflicts that may arise among professionals and nonprofessionals engaged with the family system. It provides guidance to sensitively managing the sharing of information and to address compliance interventions to increase the effectiveness of services.

scholarly journals The Significance of Family-of-Origin Dynamics for Adults’ Health and Psychological Wellbeing: The Perspective of Bowen Family System Theory

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktorija Cepukiene
Keyword(s):  
System Theory ◽  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Family System ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Bowen Theory ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Family System Theory ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Mediational Models ◽  
Emotional System

Bowen family system theory describes family interactional processes that are carried across the generations and determine an individual’s level of autonomy and emotional reactivity as well as the global functioning of the family. According to the theory, any personal, health-related, or relational issues can be explained as a result of diffused anxiety produced by destructive interactional patterns among family members. Although many studies are revealing the relationship between early family life experiences and functioning in adulthood, there is still a lack of studies exploring the complex mediational models based on Bowen theory that would reveal associations between different family-of-origin variables and adults’ health as well as psychological well-being. The chapter defines the main assumptions of Bowen theory as well as summarizes the main results of three studies demonstrating how family and personal factors defined by Bowen theory, such as family emotional system, triangulation, differentiation of self, relate to adults’ health and psychological well-being.

Preparing a workforce across sectors: staff experiences of developing an Australian first, mental health and intellectual disability initiative for youth (MHIDI-Y)

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Whitehead ◽  
Liza Hopkins ◽  
Michelle Kehoe ◽  
Glenda Pedwell
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Family System ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Implementation Phase ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Client Group ◽  
The Family ◽  
Staff Experiences

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the experiences of staff during the development and implementation of an Australian-first, family-focussed service addressing the mental health needs of young people (aged 12–25 years) with an intellectual disability. This study aims to understand the challenges and successes of the staff team when navigating their way in a new program working with a complex client group. Design/methodology/approach This study used a thematic analysis on data collected from focus groups at two time points in the implementation phase of the new program. Thematic analysis of the data was conducted to identify important themes relating to the staff’s challenges, successes and learning. Findings The findings showed that there was a lot of adaptation needed for staff members trained in either mental health, or disability, but not both. Another key finding was the importance of working with the young person’s family system as well as their existing system of support services. This major focus of the work for staff could be challenging due issues arising in the family unit and a lack of collaboration between services. Working with this complex client group was viewed as challenging and stress inducing; however, the motivation and attitudes of staff were found to be positive factors in the running of the program. Originality/value This paper makes an original contribution to the field, as it provides a unique look at staff experiences when needing to adapt to a new and challenging workplace that was the first-of-its-kind in Australia.

Mental health care of the family – Reality and innovative projects in the Russian practice

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S735-S735
Author(s):  
E. Gutkevich ◽  
V. Lebedeva ◽  
S. Vladimirova ◽  
A. Semke
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Family System ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Social Risk ◽  
Family Interactions ◽  
Social Risk Factors ◽  
The Family

IntroductionPsychosocial functional deficiency of persons with mental disorders covers the most important kinds of activity: work, education, independent living, and interactions with people, family interactions. Important aspect of rehabilitation practice is work with the family, relatives, and the nearest environment of patients due to decrease in the field of marriage or stable cohabitation.ObjectiveTo determine adaptive-preventive potential of the family in the area of mental health.Material and methodsThe analysis of multilevel characteristics of adaptation of 414 adult persons (patients with mental disorders and members of their families) with use of system approach and the methodical complex (“The Passport of Health of the Family”) has been carried out.ResultsWe define the adaptive-preventive potential of the family of mental patient as biological (genetic) and social-psychological opportunities of family system of the individual to compensate the limits of ontogenetic (life) cycle of the family of several generations caused by the illness of the family member. Novelty of the “Clinical-psychological model of anti-relapse behaviour based on interaction of mental patients, their families, persons from the general population and experts in the field of mental health” project consists of scientific justification of development of multilevel (individual, family, society) model of anti-relapse behavior.ConclusionThis multidisciplinary project is aimed at the persons entering into risk groups for development of mental disorder (for example, persons with sub-syndrome symptoms or with biological, and psychological or social risk factors) and the persons entering into risk groups for relapse of the existing mental disorder.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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