{"title":"Healthcare professional disclosure of mental illness in the workplace: a rapid scoping review.","authors":"Emilie Hudson, Antonia Arnaert, Mélanie Lavoie-Tremblay","doi":"10.1080/09638237.2021.1979485","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09638237.2021.1979485","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Although mental health difficulties are common among healthcare professionals (HCP), little research exists exploring the decision to disclose these difficulties in the healthcare context.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This rapid scoping review aims to explore HCP disclosure of mental health difficulties in the workplace.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The methodological framework was based on rapid and scoping review guidelines. A thematic synthesis approach was used for data analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Seventeen articles were included. Disclosure was found to be a process that starts with weighing its pros (\"personal benefits\", \"personal beliefs\", and \"professional responsibility\") and cons (\"fears related to professional identity\", \"fears related to employment\", \"risk of stigmatization\", and \"personal experiences with mental health difficulties\"). A decision-making process then occurs to help HCPs figure out how to disclose. Situations of nonconsensual disclosure can transpire through \"third party disclosure\" or \"inadvertent disclosure\". Disclosure results in outcomes including \"positive experiences\", \"negative personal consequences\" and \"negative consequences related to others\".</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Disclosure in healthcare and other workplaces is a complex process with few benefits and many potential repercussions. However, there is an opportunity to improve. Recognizing the value of and educating the workforce about HCPs with mental health difficulties will help work environments become safer for disclosure.</p>","PeriodicalId":48135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"78-90"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39488522","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}
Journal of Mental HealthPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-08-19DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2024.2390378
Meryl Caiada, Kevin-Marc Valery, Simon Felix, Sarah Guionnet, Emma Tison, Maxime Gonin, Julien Bonilla-Guerrero, Jean-Marc Destaillats, Nicolas Pillaud, Antoinette Prouteau
{"title":"Stigmatizing intimate relationships in schizophrenia: a study comparing mental health professionals, health students and the general population.","authors":"Meryl Caiada, Kevin-Marc Valery, Simon Felix, Sarah Guionnet, Emma Tison, Maxime Gonin, Julien Bonilla-Guerrero, Jean-Marc Destaillats, Nicolas Pillaud, Antoinette Prouteau","doi":"10.1080/09638237.2024.2390378","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09638237.2024.2390378","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Discrimination in intimate relationships (IR) is frequently reported among persons with schizophrenia. Despite ongoing effort of international organizations to combat mental illness stigma, there remain a limited understanding of specific IR-related stereotypes.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>The study aimed to i) identify the stereotypes related to IR of persons with schizophrenia held by Mental Health Professionals (MHP), health students and the general population, and ii) explore the effects of several factors associated with these stereotypes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study used a mixed-methods approach. A survey developed collaboratively with persons with lived experience of mental health conditions (PWLE) was disseminated among MHP, health students and the general population.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The majority of the nine IR-related stereotypes previously identified by PWLE were endorsed by the participants (N = 532). PWLE were perceived as particularly incompetent in the domain of IR (e.g. to achieve couple project). Stereotypes endorsement varied among the groups. Continuum beliefs, perceived similarities and recovery beliefs were negatively associated with stereotype endorsement.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The general population, MHP and health students endorsed several stereotypes regarding IR of persons with schizophrenia. The results provide support for the role of theoretical beliefs in IR stigmatization, suggesting they may be relevant targets for evidence-based stigma reduction programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":48135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"46-56"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142005582","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}
Journal of Mental HealthPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2022-05-09DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2022.2069702
Ruth Naughton-Doe, Nicola Moran, Emma Wakeman, Mark Wilberforce, Laura Bennett, Martin Webber
{"title":"Interventions that support unpaid carers of adult mental health inpatients: a scoping review.","authors":"Ruth Naughton-Doe, Nicola Moran, Emma Wakeman, Mark Wilberforce, Laura Bennett, Martin Webber","doi":"10.1080/09638237.2022.2069702","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09638237.2022.2069702","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Unpaid carers of adult mental health inpatients often lack support for their well-being and feel excluded from decisions about patient care.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This scoping review aimed to: synthesise the peer-reviewed literature evaluating the outcomes of brief interventions for unpaid carers of adult mental health inpatients, identify transferable lessons for evidenced-informed practice, and establish future research priorities.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>PRISMA scoping review guidelines were followed to search 12 databases using predefined search terms. Two reviewers independently screened papers and applied exclusion/inclusion criteria. Studies were included if they evaluated the impact or outcomes of interventions. Two reviewers extracted data and assessed study quality. Data were synthesised to categorise types of interventions and evidence for their outcomes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>16 papers met the inclusion criteria, and five types of interventions were identified: those that aimed to (1) increase carer involvement in inpatient care; (2) facilitate organisational change to increase carer support and involvement; (3) provide carers with support; (4) deliver psychoeducation and offer support; and (5) reduce carer stress and improve coping skills.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Whilst evidence of intervention effectiveness was promising, the quality of studies was generally weak. More research is needed to develop an evidence-informed approach to supporting carers during inpatient stays.</p>","PeriodicalId":48135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mental Health","volume":"1 1","pages":"105-121"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11835312/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43895092","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}
Journal of Mental HealthPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2019-03-12DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2019.1581337
Daniel Ring, Sharon Lawn
{"title":"Stigma perpetuation at the interface of mental health care: a review to compare patient and clinician perspectives of stigma and borderline personality disorder.","authors":"Daniel Ring, Sharon Lawn","doi":"10.1080/09638237.2019.1581337","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09638237.2019.1581337","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background:</b> People with borderline personality disorder (BPD) experience significant stigma, particularly at the interface of care delivery.<b>Aims:</b> To compare and contrast what stigma looks like within mental health care contexts, from the perspective of patients and mental health professionals (MHPs) and how it is perpetuated at the interface of care.<b>Method:</b> A review of the literature was undertaken to compare the experiences of stigma towards BPD from the patient and MHP perspective by thematically analysing the results from empirical studies exploring their experiences.<b>Results:</b> Thirty studies were found; 12 on patients perspectives and 18 on clinicians perspectives. Six themes arose from the thematic synthesis: (1) stigma related to diagnosis and disclosure; (2) perceived un-treatability; (3) stigma as a response to feeling powerless; (4) stigma due to preconceptions of patients; (5) low BPD health literacy and (6) overcoming stigma through enhanced empathy. A conceptual framework for explaining the perpetuation of stigma and BPD is proposed.<b>Conclusion:</b> Stigma towards people with BPD is perpetuated through poor BPD health literacy by patients and MHPs that stalls effective treatment and engagement, and disempowers all concerned, deferring responsibility to others. Addressing this stigma requires multiple strategies that include more targeted education, advocacy and leadership.</p>","PeriodicalId":48135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"57-77"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37047999","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}
Journal of Mental HealthPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-06-07DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2024.2361231
Yizhen Ren, Liuyue Huang, Ying Zhang, Di Zeng, Xinli Chi
{"title":"Identifying patterns of multidimensional self-compassion in Chinese young adults: implications for longitudinal mental health outcomes during the pandemic.","authors":"Yizhen Ren, Liuyue Huang, Ying Zhang, Di Zeng, Xinli Chi","doi":"10.1080/09638237.2024.2361231","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09638237.2024.2361231","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Self-compassion (SC), reflecting self-attitude and self-connectedness, has proven to be a modifiable factor in promoting mental health outcomes. Increasingly, SC is recognized as a multidimensional construct consisting of six dimensions, rather than a single dimension.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>First, this study adopted a person-centered approach to explore profiles of SC dimensions in Chinese young adults. Second, the study examined the predictive effects of SC profiles on mental health outcomes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In February 2020, young adults (<i>N</i> = 1164) were invited to complete the 26-item Neff's Self-Compassion Scale online. Three months later, the same subjects (<i>N</i> = 1099) reported their levels of depressive symptoms, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and posttraumatic growth (PTG).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After controlling for retrospective ACEs, four classes best characterized the profiles: self-compassionate (26.7%, <i>N</i> = 294), self-uncompassionate (12.3%, <i>N</i> = 135), average (55.9%, <i>N</i> = 614), and detached groups (5.1%, <i>N</i> = 56). Young adults in the self-compassionate group adjusted the best (with the highest level of PTG and the lowest levels of depressive and PTSD symptoms). Adults in the self-uncompassionate group demonstrated the poorest mental health outcomes (with the lowest level of PTG and the highest levels of depressive and PTSD symptoms). Young adults in the average group obtained more PTG than adults in the detached group (<i>p</i> < .01), but did not differ significantly in depressive and PTSD symptoms (<i>p</i> > .05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The compassionate profile is the most adaptable for young adults among all groups. This study highlights the limitations of representing the relative balance of SC with a composite score.</p>","PeriodicalId":48135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"21-30"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141288779","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}
Journal of Mental HealthPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-08-10DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2024.2390374
Natalia de Castro Pecci Maddalena, Alessandra Lamas Granero Lucchetti, Oscarina da Silva Ezequiel, Giancarlo Lucchetti
{"title":"Factors associated with mental health and quality of life among Brazilian medical students: a three-year longitudinal study.","authors":"Natalia de Castro Pecci Maddalena, Alessandra Lamas Granero Lucchetti, Oscarina da Silva Ezequiel, Giancarlo Lucchetti","doi":"10.1080/09638237.2024.2390374","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09638237.2024.2390374","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Despite several studies on the mental health of medical students, there is insufficient research on long-term follow-ups.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To investigate the associated factors and changes in the quality of life and mental health of a group of medical students followed-up for three years.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An observational, prospective cohort study was conducted. Four classes were followed during the first three years of the medical course. The study included sociodemographic data, mental health data using the DASS-21 scale, and quality-of-life data using the WHOQOL-BREF scale. Linear regression models were used for analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 201 (66.1%) medical students responded to both data collection waves after a three-year follow-up. Depressive symptoms(p < 0.001), anxiety(p = 0.037), and stress(p < 0.001) increased. Additionally, physical(p < 0.001), psychological(p < 0.001), and social(p = 0.003) quality of life decreased. Worse mental health at baseline and being a woman were associated with worse mental health after three years, while higher income at baseline was associated with better quality of life after three years.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The mental health and quality of life of the medical students worsened after three years, being influenced by gender, income, and mental health at baseline. Educators and managers must be aware of these factors to minimize suffering in medical schools.</p>","PeriodicalId":48135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"38-45"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141914274","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":"The circular effects between adolescent anxiety and benign/malicious envy: evidence from a longitudinal study and experience-sampling method.","authors":"Shuangqiang Liu, Yanhui Xiang, Xiaojun Li","doi":"10.1080/09638237.2024.2426996","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2024.2426996","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Prior research has shown a strong association between anxiety and envy (i.e. benign/malicious envy). However, empirical evidence is lacking regarding their predictive connection.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To examine how benign/malicious envy impacts anxiety and how anxiety affects both types of envy respectively from a developmental viewpoint.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In Study 1, a three-wave longitudinal survey of 998 teenagers was conducted to examine the link between trait anxiety and trait benign/malicious envy. Cross-lagged panel analyses were used. In Study 2, 117 adolescents engaged in an experience-sampling method study to track their state anxiety and state benign/malicious envy. Hierarchical linear models were used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Study 1 showed a positive bidirectional relationship between trait malicious envy and trait anxiety, a negative reciprocity between trait benign envy and trait anxiety, constituting a circular effect across time respectively. Study 2 supported the results of Study 1. The relationship between variables at the state level was consistent with that at the trait level.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Benign envy may help alleviate anxiety, while malicious envy has the opposite effect. These findings offer a reliable framework for comprehending the connection between envy and anxiety, which extends current knowledge about the development of such relations across adolescent.</p>","PeriodicalId":48135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142933005","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}
Journal of Mental HealthPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2023-11-10DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2023.2278102
Xi Gao, Jia Li, Xueli Zhang, Wanyanhan Jiang, Jiaqiang Liao, Lian Yang
{"title":"Short-term ambient ozone exposure increases the risk of hospitalization with depression: a multi-city time-stratified case-crossover study.","authors":"Xi Gao, Jia Li, Xueli Zhang, Wanyanhan Jiang, Jiaqiang Liao, Lian Yang","doi":"10.1080/09638237.2023.2278102","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09638237.2023.2278102","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Depression, the most common mental illness worldwide, has been studied and air pollution has been found to increase the risk of depression hospitalization, but research results on ozone (O<sub>3</sub>) remain limited. In this context, we investigated the relationship between short-term O<sub>3</sub> exposure and depression-related hospital admissions (HAs).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The 10,459 records of HAs for depression from medical institutions across in 9 cities, China, were collected between 1 January 2017, and 31 December 2018. Air pollutants and meteorological data was obtained from provincial ecological environment monitoring stations in the study area. Conditional Poisson regression was employed to estimate the association between O<sub>3</sub> and hospitalizations for depression, with data stratification by sex, age, weather, and economic level.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Short-term O<sub>3</sub> exposure was positively associated with the number of depression-related hospitalizations (Relative risk: 1.04 [95% CI: 1.02, 1.05]). O<sub>3</sub> had a significant effect on the risk of depression-related hospitalizations on warm days (<i>P</i> = 0.021, Relative risk: 1.05 [1.03, 1.08]). The high gross domestic product group was more likely to be affected by O<sub>3</sub> exposure-associated depression-related hospitalizations (<i>P</i> = 0.005, Relative risk: 1.03 [1.01, 1.05]).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Short-term changes to O<sub>3</sub> exposure may increase the risk of depression related hospitalizations, especially on warm days.</p>","PeriodicalId":48135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"706-713"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72211367","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}
Journal of Mental HealthPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2022-05-09DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2022.2069703
Robin Edward Gearing, Kathryne B Brewer, Patrick Leung, Monit Cheung, Wanzhen Chen, L Christian Carr, Arlene Bjugstad, Xuesong He
{"title":"Mental health help-seeking in China.","authors":"Robin Edward Gearing, Kathryne B Brewer, Patrick Leung, Monit Cheung, Wanzhen Chen, L Christian Carr, Arlene Bjugstad, Xuesong He","doi":"10.1080/09638237.2022.2069703","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09638237.2022.2069703","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In China, mental health disorders are considered the leading causes of disability, yet treatment-seeking behaviors among individuals with mental health problems are deficient.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This study sought to examine attitudes and participant characteristics associated with help-seeking among adults residing in China's Shanghai metropolitan area.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study employed a convenience cross-sectional sampling strategy and recruited 500 participants in public places in Shanghai. The survey administered in Mandarin was comprised of two sections: a series of demographic questions and standardized instruments measuring stigma and help-seeking attitudes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings indicate that beliefs about seeking professional help for mental health are influenced by knowing someone with a mental health problem. In addition, men who were older, had a child, and were married endorsed more openness to help-seeking for mental health needs, underscoring the importance of life experience as an essential variable when considering attitudes toward help-seeking.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings support future research identifying the mechanisms by which these life experiences impact individuals' help-seeking attitudes.</p>","PeriodicalId":48135,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mental Health","volume":"1 1","pages":"731-738"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41948719","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}