The relationship between mental health workers and family members

2010 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hester M. van de Bovenkamp ◽  
Margo J. Trappenburg
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Mental Health Workers ◽  
The Relationship

The Ethnopsychiatric Logic and Methodology in the Context of Migration

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
A.-M. Ulman ◽  
N. Zajde-Nathan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Mental Health Center ◽  
Mental Health Workers ◽  
Immigrant Populations ◽  
Structured Knowledge ◽  
Psychoanalytic Approach ◽  
Equal Respect ◽  
The Relationship

In today's world of globalization and immigration, mental health workers are required to adapt their practice and develop new skills in order to treat immigrant populations. Ethnopsychiatry is a field created by Georges Devereux at the beginning of the 20th century. Devereux's unique psychoanalytic approach resides in reference to the relationship existing between psychic troubles and social norms in a given cultural context. During his multiple stays predominantly among North American Mohave Indians, Devereux structured knowledge and created concepts including anxiety observer counter-transference, schizophrenia as an “ethnic disorder”, the ethnic personality etc. Since the early 80's, the French psychologist and psychoanalyst Tobie Nathan, Devereux's student and follower, further developed his master's theories. He conceptualized a methodology with implementation in the French immigrant population. He thus shaped contemporary Ethnopsychiatry, as currently practiced in the Georges Devereux center, (Paris 8 University) in France and in many other clinics internationally. The ethnopsychiatric setting conceived by Tobie Nathan imparts a crucial and authentic role to cultural diversity. Tobie Nathan proposes to study with equal respect and seriousness theories and practices related to unhappiness and disease, irrespective of culture or civilization. Ethnopsychiatric setting helps to overcome the deleterious consequences of the split existing between the two cultural referents (host and origin) in which our patients live. During the presentation, principles of Ethnopsychiatric practice will be introduced accompanied by a case report of an Ethiopian patient from the Beer-Yaacov Mental Health Center Ethnopsychiatric clinic for illustrative purposes.

scholarly journals Saúde mental no trabalho: um convite ao dialógico

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-94
Author(s):  
Elina Eunice M. PIETRANI
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Martin Buber ◽  
Mental Health Workers ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Internal Environment ◽  
Dialogical Relationship ◽  
Work World ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this article is to reflect on aspects that guide the work world today, more specifically on the high competitiveness between enterprises, affecting the internal environment of the organization, causing disturbances in behavior and mental health workers. These disorders that can range from a simple lack of motivation to depressive disorders, which affect the various spheres of their existence. By prioritizing technology and relationships geared solely to the achievement of performance goals, always unattainable, the companies put aside the worker, while human being. It is necessary to rethink these issues in light of the dialogical relationship and the alternation of the relationship I-Thou and I-it, championed by Martin Buber, in order to promote a more harmonious coexistence and balanced in that context.

Reducing Burnout Among Mental Health Workers

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Geurts ◽  
W. Schaufeli ◽  
J De Jonge
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Mental Health Workers

Fostering Resilience in Response to Terrorism Among Mental Health Workers

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen W. Saakvitne ◽  
◽  
B. Hudnall Stamm ◽  
Laura Barbanel
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Mental Health Workers

scholarly journals Tired, Worried and Burned Out, but Still Resilient: A Cross-Sectional Study of Mental Health Workers in the UK during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 4457
Author(s):  
Sofia Pappa ◽  
Joshua Barnett ◽  
Ines Berges ◽  
Nikolaos Sakkas
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Sleep Problems ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Mental Health Workers ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

The burden of the COVID-19 pandemic on health systems and the physical and mental health of healthcare workers (HCWs) has been substantial. This cross-sectional study aims to assess the effects of COVID-19 on the psychological wellbeing of mental health workers who provide care to a vulnerable patient population that have been particularly affected during this crisis. A total of 387 HCWs from across a large urban mental health service completed a self-administered questionnaire consisting of socio-demographic, lifestyle and work-based information and validated psychometric scales. Depression and anxiety were measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7), respectively; sleep problems with the Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS); burnout with the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI); and resilience with the Resilience Scale-14 (RS-14). Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to determine potential mediating factors. Prevalence of burnout was notable, with 52% recording moderate/severe in Emotional Exhaustion, 19.5% moderate/severe in Depersonalisation, and 55.5% low/moderate Personal Accomplishment. Over half of all respondents (52%) experienced sleep problems; the presence of depressive symptoms was a significant predictor of insomnia. An increase in potentially harmful lifestyle changes, such as smoking, alcohol consumption and overeating was also observed. However, high Resilience was reported by 70% of the samples and the importance of this is highlighted. Female gender was associated with increased levels of depression and emotional exhaustion while those with a history of mental health conditions were most at risk of affective symptoms, insomnia, and burnout. Overall, our study revealed considerable levels of psychological distress and maladaptive coping strategies but also resilience and satisfaction with organizational support provided. Findings can inform tailored interventions in order to mitigate vulnerability and prevent long-term psychological sequelae.

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