scholarly journals Parents Chime In: Our Self-Care Strategies While Supporting Loved Ones with Mental Health Conditions During a Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Advisory Board ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Mental Health Conditions ◽  
Helping Others ◽  
The Face

In the wake of COVID-19, that tried and true saying of “putting on your mask first before helping others” takes on a whole new meaning and it applies even more. We asked our Family Advisory Board members to provide thoughts on how they adapted their self-care strategies and to share tips on supporting their loved ones with mental health conditions in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals For Families or Caregivers: Self-Care is Putting on YOUR Oxygen Mask First

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Advisory Board ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Transitions To Adulthood ◽  
Mental Health Conditions ◽  
Care Givers ◽  
Oxygen Mask ◽  
Serious Mental Health Conditions

This tip sheet was written by the Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research's Family Advisory Board (FAB). The tip sheet is written for the parents and care-givers of young adults with serious mental health conditions. It provides explains why self-care is important and offers self-care tips and resources.

scholarly journals Evensong: how the medical humanities can strengthen a patient-centred approach to both physical and mental health conditions

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Corinne Rowena Dignan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Medical Humanities ◽  
Patient Perspective ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Clinical Variables ◽  
Mental Health Conditions ◽  
Individual Approach ◽  
The Face

Summary The medical humanities may offer an antidote to the unconscious depersonalisation of patients into clinical variables and diagnoses at the hands of physicians, cultivating a patient-centred and individual approach to the management of both physical and mental health conditions. The emphasis on the person behind the diagnosis helps physicians to remain motivated and compassionate in the face of increasing social and organisational pressures that threaten this human connection. As a doctor and the relative of a patient with dementia, I reflect on the way in which poetry has helped to translate my experience as a relative into improving my own practice as a doctor. This article includes one of the poems I wrote during my grandmother's illness to aid reflection on the patient perspective I gained during her time in hospital, and also a brief commentary exploring the influence this process has had on the interactions I now have with my patients.

scholarly journals IMPACT AND VULNERABILITY OF DISTANCE LEARNING ON THE MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS OF STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-11
Author(s):  
Raden Aditya ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Mental Health Conditions ◽  
Offline Learning ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Impact

Background: Since the first cases of COVID-19 were discovered, various countries have sought various methods and ways to deal with the pandemic. Some adaptations also need to be made to avoid further adverse effect, such as lockdown which has an impact in learning for all students around the world.. The face-to-face or offline learning system that has been applied as a learning method has also been changed to a distance or online lerning method. This has the potential to have a negative impact on the mental health of students . This study aims to discuss the impact and vulnerability of students to distance or online learning methods. Method: Researchers used 15 journals and literature that discuss the impact and vulnerability of distance learning on students' mental health conditions. Conclusion: Distance or online learning is one of the methods to reduce the spread of covid, but this has a negative impact on mental health especially on the students. The effects experienced by students include anxiety, mild to severe stress, social media fatigue, and depression. The things that underlie this impact have several factors such as unfamiliarity and time needed for adaptation , the ability to use technology, a heavy burden of responsibility, and concerns about the economic burden of parents to finance learning activities. In this pandemic condition, efforts from all parties are needed so that the bad impact on the mental health of students can be minimized.

scholarly journals Identity, mental health and work: How employees with mental health conditions recount stigma and the pejorative discourse of mental illness

2017 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 722-741 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hadar Elraz
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Difficult Situation ◽  
Mental Health Conditions ◽  
The Face

This article asks how identity is constructed for individuals with mental health conditions (MHCs) in the workplace. It takes especial regard to how MHCs are discursively situated, constructed and reconstructed in the workplace. Employees with MHCs face a difficult situation: not only do they need to deal with the stigma and discrimination commonly associated with MHCs, but they must also manage their health condition whilst adhering to organizational demands to demonstrate performance and commitment to work. Discourse analysis derived from 32 interviews with individuals with MHCs delineates how these individuals feel both stigmatized and empowered by their MHCs. The findings address three discursive strands: (i) a pejorative construction of mental illness in employment and society; (ii) contesting mental illness at work by embracing mental health management skills; and (iii) recounting mental illness through public disclosure and change. This article enhances understanding of how the construction of positive identity in the face of negative attributions associated with MHCs contributes to literature on identity, organizations and stigma as well as raising implications for policy and practice.

Assessment of self-care and medication adherence in individuals with mental health conditions

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. S203-S210.e3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa J. Bible ◽  
Kristin A. Casper ◽  
Jennifer L. Seifert ◽  
Kyle A. Porter
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Medication Adherence ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Mental Health Conditions

Self-Care in an Interprofessional Setting Providing Services to Detained Immigrants with Serious Mental Health Conditions

Social Work ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-90
Author(s):  
Hannah C Cartwright ◽  
Megan E Hope ◽  
Gregory L Pleasants
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Secondary Trauma ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Mental Health Conditions ◽  
Survey Responses ◽  
Serious Mental Health Conditions ◽  
Relationship Centered

Abstract The authors are social workers and lawyers in an interprofessional setting providing legal and social services to detained immigrants in deportation proceedings who have serious mental health conditions. Drawing on direct experience working in the setting, as well as survey responses and feedback from other involved providers, the authors (a) identify barriers to self-care for social workers and lawyers that prevent them from effectively addressing the effects of secondary trauma; (b) propose a relationship-centered framework that, as an alternative to individualized practices of self-care, serves as a way to overcome those barriers; and (c) apply that framework to a case example from their interprofessional setting. The authors advocate for a relationship-centered, recovery-based approach to self-care to manage trauma exposure responses for social workers and lawyers in their specific interprofessional setting and for those working together in similar settings.

scholarly journals IMPACT AND VULNERABILITY OF DISTANCE LEARNING ON THE MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS OF STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-11
Author(s):  
Raden Aditya ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Mental Health Conditions ◽  
Offline Learning ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Impact

Background: Since the first cases of COVID-19 were discovered, various countries have sought various methods and ways to deal with the pandemic. Some adaptations also need to be made to avoid further adverse effect, such as lockdown which has an impact in learning for all students around the world.. The face-to-face or offline learning system that has been applied as a learning method has also been changed to a distance or online lerning method. This has the potential to have a negative impact on the mental health of students . This study aims to discuss the impact and vulnerability of students to distance or online learning methods. Method: Researchers used 15 journals and literature that discuss the impact and vulnerability of distance learning on students' mental health conditions. Conclusion: Distance or online learning is one of the methods to reduce the spread of covid, but this has a negative impact on mental health especially on the students. The effects experienced by students include anxiety, mild to severe stress, social media fatigue, and depression. The things that underlie this impact have several factors such as unfamiliarity and time needed for adaptation , the ability to use technology, a heavy burden of responsibility, and concerns about the economic burden of parents to finance learning activities. In this pandemic condition, efforts from all parties are needed so that the bad impact on the mental health of students can be minimized.

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