Alessandra Martinelli, Tecla Pozzan, Cornelis L Mulder, Mirella Ruggeri
{"title":"Implementing the flexible ACT model in an Italian residential facilities multidisciplinary team.","authors":"Alessandra Martinelli, Tecla Pozzan, Cornelis L Mulder, Mirella Ruggeri","doi":"10.1177/00207640241255586","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00207640241255586","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14304,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"1351-1352"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11523538/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141261659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yesid José Ortega Pacheco, Emmanuelle Le Barbenchon
{"title":"Revictimization of women victims of intimate partner violence in the French press: A social representations approach.","authors":"Yesid José Ortega Pacheco, Emmanuelle Le Barbenchon","doi":"10.1177/00207640241294201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640241294201","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aims to analyze how the press portrays cases of revictimization experienced by women in France, through the lens of social representation theory.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>An exploratory, descriptive study was conducted using a corpus of 157 online press articles. A total of 187,773 words and 5,240 segments were analyzed using Iramuteq version 7, employing top-down hierarchical classification and lexical similarity analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The analysis identified four classes: 1. Violent incidents (25.5%); 2. Political actions against violence (26%); 3. Institutional revictimization (26.6%) and 4. Violence and breaking the silence (21.9%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings illustrate how media portrayals contribute to the construction of social representations surrounding revictimization. Class 1 reveals a focus on extreme cases of violence, such as femicides, and highlights a potential gender bias in media reporting through the omission of terms like 'femicide'. Class 2 demonstrates the influence of ideological perspectives on the portrayal of political measures against violence, with conservative outlets framing such actions within traditional values, while progressive newspapers advocate for systemic reform. Class 3 shows a gap in the conceptualization of institutional revictimization in the French press compared to other countries, revealing how conservative portrayals can minimize systemic issues and perpetuate harmful stereotypes. Class 4 shows the role of female journalists in addressing various forms of violence, despite the limited impact of the #MeToo movement in recent coverage. Collectively, these findings elucidate how media representations shape public attitudes and institutional responses to gender-based violence through the lens of social representations.</p>","PeriodicalId":14304,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"207640241294201"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142557833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bárbara Pedrosa, Graça Cardoso, Sofia Azeredo-Lopes, Manuel Gonçalves-Pereira, Deborah Aluh, Ugnė Grigaitė, Margarida Dias, Manuela Silva, José Caldas-de-Almeida
{"title":"Supported accommodations for people with serious mental disorders: Care pathways and predictors of age of entry and length of stay.","authors":"Bárbara Pedrosa, Graça Cardoso, Sofia Azeredo-Lopes, Manuel Gonçalves-Pereira, Deborah Aluh, Ugnė Grigaitė, Margarida Dias, Manuela Silva, José Caldas-de-Almeida","doi":"10.1177/00207640241261171","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00207640241261171","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Supported accommodations (SAs) are key components of community mental health care, but little is known about residents' care pathways. This study analysed the care pathways of residents of SAs, and factors associated with their age of entry and length of stay.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A random sample of SAs' residents in Portugal was interviewed and a questionnaire was specifically developed to assess their care pathways. Associations between sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, age of entry and length of stay, were analysed using hierarchical regression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, 213 residents of 43 different SAs participated. Their mean age was 55 years. Most were male, single, pensioners and had early-onset psychotic disorders. On average, they integrated the current SA at around 50 years old and had a 4.5 year length of stay. Most participants had been in another SA before (35.0% in more supported, 33.8% in less supported and 6.3% in similarly supported SAs).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings suggest that residents spend several years in the residential pathway, with a significant proportion moving to more supported SAs. This calls for increasing the number of SAs with different typologies and developing coordinated community supports.</p>","PeriodicalId":14304,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"1254-1266"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142140054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Latifa Alahiane, Ali Ikrou, Antonio Ventriglio, Hicham Essaffani, Youssef Zaam, Redouane Abouqal, Jihane Belayachi
{"title":"Psychological distress among nurses: Exploring the role of support in the work-place in Morocco.","authors":"Latifa Alahiane, Ali Ikrou, Antonio Ventriglio, Hicham Essaffani, Youssef Zaam, Redouane Abouqal, Jihane Belayachi","doi":"10.1177/00207640241294200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640241294200","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aimed to assess the psychological distress, specifically anxiety and depression, among nurses employed at University Hospital Center of Rabat in Morocco and tested the associations between support in the workplace and nurses' psychological well-being.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional observational study was conducted at University Hospital Center of Rabat in Morocco, based on a prospective data collection employing an ad-hoc self-report questionnaire. 223 nurses were enrolled with a minimum of 1 year of practice in any care unit. Socio-demographic and professional characteristics of each participant were included. A validated tool was utilized to measure the support from superiors and colleagues in the workplace, while the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was employed to evaluate anxiety and depression. Univariate and multivariate analyses were conducted to explore the relationships between different independent and dependent variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Significant socio-demographic and professional factors associated with increased anxiety included female gender, age over 41 years old, Baccalaureate level of education, intention to leave the hospital, and less support from superiors. Regarding the levels of depression, the Baccalaureate level of education was significantly associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms (β 2.444; CI [1.203, 3.686]).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our findings suggested that ensuring support from superiors was crucial for safeguarding the psychological well-being of nurses. Therefore, hospital managers should prioritize addressing the workplace support for professionals, and the organizational enhancement.</p>","PeriodicalId":14304,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"207640241294200"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142557832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chatbots in social psychiatry education: A social phenomenon.","authors":"Christopher A Lemon","doi":"10.1177/00207640231178484","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00207640231178484","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14304,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"1333-1334"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9727689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stigma toward people with mental disorders in mental healthcare in Chile.","authors":"Pamela Grandón, Claudio Bustos, Dany Fernández, Félix Cova, Gabriela Nazar, Gabriela Díaz-Pérez, Verónica Monreal, Jaime Méndez","doi":"10.1177/00207640241263251","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00207640241263251","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This research aimed to determine the stigma toward people with mental illness among mental health personnel and identify individual, professional, and contextual predictors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A descriptive, cross-sectional, and correlational design was used. The sample consisted of 218 mental health personnel working in Outpatient Psychiatric Units belonging to hospitals and Community Mental Health Centers in Chile. Stigma was evaluated using a scale of humanized treatment, a scale of social distance, and a scale of attitudes in health personnel. In addition, sociodemographic and professional information was collected from mental health personnel and contextual information, particularly the type of outpatient mental health center and the technical-administrative unit that groups all the health centers in a territory.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>It was found that mental health personnel, in general terms, present low levels of stigma expressed in behaviors of comfort and support toward users, a desire for closeness and social interaction, and reduced stigmatizing beliefs and attitudes of infantilization toward individuals with MHPs. However, intimacy and trust were lower than expected.Only educational levels and health centers were related to stigma.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The low levels of stigma may be due to the evolution of this phenomenon and the country's mental health policies.</p>","PeriodicalId":14304,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"1289-1297"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141897432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ilkka Vuorinen, Iina Savolainen, Anu Sirola, Atte Oksanen
{"title":"The impacts of stress and loneliness on gambling and gaming problems: A nationwide longitudinal study.","authors":"Ilkka Vuorinen, Iina Savolainen, Anu Sirola, Atte Oksanen","doi":"10.1177/00207640241264661","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00207640241264661","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Problems related to gambling and digital gaming have been a topic of concern for years. Less attention has been paid to the probable psychosocial factors behind these problems. While previous studies have established links between stress, loneliness, and addiction, there is a lack of longitudinal research investigating how stress and loneliness affect addictive behaviors, including problem gambling and gaming.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This study uses multilevel mixed-effects generalized linear models to analyze the between- and within-person effects of stress and loneliness on gambling and gaming problems. The interaction between stress and loneliness was also investigated.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A representative sample of Finns (<i>N</i> = 1,530) answered a survey in 6-month intervals between spring 2021 and autumn 2023; 49.22% of the sample took part at all six time points. The Problem Gambling Severity Index and the Internet Gaming Disorder Test were used to measure gambling and gaming problems. The three-item UCLA Loneliness Scale was used to assess loneliness, and the Perceived Stress Scale was used to evaluate stress.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After controlling for gender and age, loneliness was found to increase only gaming problems at both the between- and within-person levels, but not gambling. In contrast, stress enhanced both gambling and gaming problems at the between- and within-person levels. Additionally, loneliness and stress were found to have negative interaction suggesting that their combined effect was lower than their separate effects.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The findings provide longitudinal insight into the psychosocial vulnerabilities behind problem gambling and gaming, which can be helpful in designing targeted interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":14304,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"1325-1332"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11528927/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141758623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kirsten Russell, Simon C Hunter, Abigail Post, Susan Rasmussen, Robert J Cramer
{"title":"Examining mental health correlates of hate-motivated behaviour in Scotland: An investigation of victims, perpetrators and victim-perpetrators.","authors":"Kirsten Russell, Simon C Hunter, Abigail Post, Susan Rasmussen, Robert J Cramer","doi":"10.1177/00207640241262732","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00207640241262732","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Hate-motivated behaviour (HMB) ranges from microaggressions to criminal acts and is a public health concern with wide-ranging consequences.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>The current study aimed to examine the mental health correlates of HMB perpetration, victimisation and co-occurring victimisation/perpetration.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants (<i>n</i> = 447) completed an online cross-sectional survey assessing demographic factors, HMB (perpetration and victimisation), positive mental wellbeing and symptoms of depression and anxiety.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>HMB victimisation was associated with lower positive mental wellbeing and increased symptoms of anxiety and depression. However, neither HMB perpetration nor co-occurring perpetration/victimisation were associated with any of the three mental health outcome measures.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Experiencing HMB as a victim is linked to increased psychological distress. Additional research, which focuses on sampling populations who are known to be at greater risk for involvement in HMB, is needed to fully understand the impact of the victim-offender overlap on mental health outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":14304,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"1341-1345"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11528929/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141446122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chris Bennewith, Johara Bellali, Lance Watkins, Samuel Tromans, Kamaldeep Bhui, Rohit Shankar
{"title":"Sublime and extended reality experiences to enhance emotional wellbeing for autistic people: A state of the art review and narrative synthesis.","authors":"Chris Bennewith, Johara Bellali, Lance Watkins, Samuel Tromans, Kamaldeep Bhui, Rohit Shankar","doi":"10.1177/00207640241261172","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00207640241261172","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong><i>Sublime</i> is a centuries old concept of emergent experience arising from immense and threatening awareness provoked by overwhelming fear and dread when faced with an incomprehensible situation as is common to autistic people. Extended Reality (XR) technologies have been used since the mid-1990s, in regulating emotions, behaviour and supporting social skill development for autistic people.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To understand utility of XR technologies in creating immersive experiences for autistic people to alleviate anxiety and the relationship to the sublime.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A <i>State of the Art</i> literature review and narrative synthesis was conducted. PubMed, CINAHL, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Scopus, Web of Science were searched with terms <i>Autism</i> AND <i>Technology</i>. In addition, fields of digital technologies and wellbeing, digital art and mental health, generative arts and the sublime were explored through web searches of grey literature, conversations with digital designers and explorations of extended reality platforms. No time limits were placed. Searches were done in English. Papers were screened and shortlisted using the inclusion criteria applied by two reviewers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fifty-eight papers/articles met the preliminary inclusion criteria for in-depth review of which 31 were found suitable for the narrative synthesis related to XR technologies and sublime experiences as related to autistic people. Narrative synthesis lent itself to four themes that is current utility of <i>XR Technologies</i> in autism, the impact of immersive experiences on <i>Behavioural, phenomenological and biological markers</i> of autistic people, the <i>Benefits of increased sensory stimulation</i> using XR on autism and an inquiry into the potential of <i>the sublime</i> for autism.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Mixed reality environments that experiment with a broad range of XR technologies including incorporating notions of the sublime, might be beneficial in reducing emotional dysregulation and improving social development in autistic people especially if co-designed with them.</p>","PeriodicalId":14304,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"1202-1210"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11523544/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141758622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Camouflaging, internalized stigma, and mental health in the general population.","authors":"Wei Ai, William A Cunningham, Meng-Chuan Lai","doi":"10.1177/00207640241260020","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00207640241260020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Camouflaging, the strategies that some autistic people use to hide their differences, has been hypothesized to trigger mental health ramifications. Camouflaging might reflect ubiquitous impression management experiences that are not unique to autistic people and similarly impact the mental health of non-autistic people.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>We first examined whether individuals in the general population camouflage and manage impressions while experiencing mental health repercussions, and how gender and neurodivergent traits modified these associations. We then assessed how camouflaging and impression management arose from internalized stigma, and their inter-relationships in shaping mental health outcomes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data were collected from 972 adults from a representative U.S. general population sample, with measures pertaining to camouflaging, impression management, mental health, internalized stigma, and neurodivergent traits. Multivariate hierarchical regression and moderated mediation analyses were used to address the two research aims.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Both camouflaging and self-presentation (a key component of impression management) were associated with mental health presentations in the general population, which overlapped with those previously reported in autistic people. These associations were more pronounced in women compared with men and were of different directions for individuals with higher autistic traits versus higher ADHD traits. Internalized stigma might be a key stressor that could elicit camouflaging and impression management through social anxiety, which in turn might lead to adverse mental health outcomes.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings advance the conceptual clarity and clinical relevance of camouflaging and impression management across social and neurodiverse groups in the general population. The ramifications of camouflaging and impression management underscore the need to alleviate internalized stigma for better mental health across human groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":14304,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"1239-1253"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11528950/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141916656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}