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0000-0002-6998-0559
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Saurashtra University
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University of Melbourne
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Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 20-03-2018
Abstract: Supported decision-making (SDM) is a principle guiding mental health service provision, which aims to improve people’s ability to make informed decisions about their care. Understanding erse in idual needs is vital to its success. Based on 29 narrative interviews with people diagnosed with mental illness in Australia, we examine how participants reflected on their own experiences of SDM. We find that participants’ conceptualization of mental health expertise, their own experiences and sense of agency, and their varying needs for dependence and independence influenced their relationships with mental health practitioners. These factors in turn shaped their expectations about SDM. Four narrative positions emerged: the “Inward Expert,” the “Outward Entrustor,” the “Self-Aware Observer,” and the “Social Integrator.” These positionings influenced the type or style of support that participants expected and considered most useful. Our findings are relevant to developing effective approaches to SDM that take into account service users’ needs and preferences.
Publisher: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)
Date: 22-07-2021
DOI: 10.18408/AHURI53211
Abstract: The project will examine the coordination between residential treatment and housing and social support services using international comparisons and linked administrative data followed by testing in the field. It aims to enhance transition planning and reduce the risk of housing instability for in iduals leaving treatment for mental health and/or substance use problems.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2022
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 06-02-2023
DOI: 10.3389/FPUBH.2022.982339
Abstract: We conducted a critical review, using systematic methods, of the literature examining mental health consumer perspectives on their physical and mental health in academic research published between 2005 and 2021. This review examined the inclusion, extent, type and centrality of consumer perspectives regarding their mental and physical health. The search produced 1,865 papers from which 116 met the inclusion criteria. Studies predominantly focused on consumers' in idual experiences of their physical and mental health, including but not limited to their understandings and experiences of medication and associated risk factors. They also captured some social aspects of mental health consumers' physical health, including factors that impacted in idual agency, stigma, and social and interpersonal factors. Structural factors affecting physical and mental health, such as accessibility of services and financial constraints, were also identified. The review revealed that in comparison to clinician perspectives, the direct representation of consumer perspectives was lacking. Similarly, while clinician and carer perspectives on structural factors were investigated, the consumer perspective in this area was missing. The review also found few genuine codesigned or coproduced research studies. To better identify and respond to the health needs as prioritized by consumers, this paper argues it is imperative that future studies prioritize codesigned and coproduced research. It is argued that a focus on “services as provided” rather than “services as received” has contributed to a lack of progress in addressing the life expectancy gap for consumers. It is recommended that journals, ethics committees and research policy organizations develop guidelines and standards to inform best practice in research on consumer perspectives and experience and to support the implementation of codesigned and/or coproduced approaches in future research. Respecting and including consumers as equal partners in the research process will lead to more meaningful insights to inform policy and practice and reduce the life expectancy gap for people living with mental health concerns.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 11-08-2014
DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2014.945577
Abstract: Present communication reports the phylogenetic relationship between three groups of a marine limpet having different color banding patterns using COI sequencing. S les were sequenced for mtDNA COI gene using universal primer. Comparative BLAST revealed that all three types were around 99.59% identical with Cellana karachiensis, first record of this species from Indian coasts. Apart from the morphological variations, the mtDNA COI gene analysis revealed around 1% nucleotide variations between these three types. The observed dissimilarity in COI sequences was possibly too little to consider these types as three different species. The derivation of amino acid positions indicated that these types could possibly be a complex of three cryptic species of C. karachiensis. The study proposes that the Oman and Indian populations of C. karachiensis might have derived by allopatric speciation due to geographical isolation. The group of these three cryptic species, sharing same habitat between themselves, possibly showed sympatric speciation.
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 05-12-2019
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2021
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2022
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2021
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 05-12-2019
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 05-12-2019
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-03-2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-02-2015
DOI: 10.3109/09638237.2014.954693
Abstract: Little research has been conducted into the value of support from the perspective of the person experiencing depression, or the types of support that are valued. In this article we aim to identify the beneficial sources of social support, what form these took, and when and how these sources of support helped. Narrative interviews with a maximum variation s le of 42 Australians who had experienced depression. Interviews were audio and/or video recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed using a coding framework and thematic analysis. Themes included "early warning system," "staying the course" and "striving for 'normality.'" Practical support made a difference to participants' health outcomes such as hospitalisation and access to therapy. Seemingly invisible sources of support were recognised and acknowledged by participants particularly when they were seeking to maintain wellness. Support varied according to the trajectory of the depression experience. Some forms of support can make a real difference to health outcomes. We propose an alternative interpretation to current understandings about the role of social support.
Publisher: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)
Date: 06-2022
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 11-2019
Abstract: Australia and the United Kingdom have introduced policies to protect employees who experience mental illness, including depression. However, a better understanding of the experiential issues workers face (e.g. sense of moral failure) is needed for the provision of appropriate and beneficial support. We analysed 73 interviews from the United Kingdom and Australia where narratives of depression and work intersected. Participants encountered difficulties in being (and performing as if) ‘authentic’ at work, with depression contributing to confusions about the self. The diffuse post-1960s imperative to ‘be yourself’ is experienced in conflicting ways: while some participants sought support from managers and colleagues (e.g. sick leave, back-to-work plans), many others put on a façade in an attempt to perform the ‘well’ and ‘authentic’ employee. We outline the contradictory forces at play for participants when authenticity and visibility are expected, yet, moral imperatives to be good (healthy) employees are normative.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2019
DOI: 10.1016/J.IJLP.2019.101452
Abstract: Independent mental health advocacy (IMHA) has been proposed as a way of maintaining peoples' rights in involuntary settings, but little is known about the challenges and opportunities associated with the provision of independent mental health advocacy to those on compulsory treatment orders in the community. In Victoria, Australia, an IMHA service is available to people who are at risk of or subject to compulsory treatment, including those who are subject to Community Treatment Orders. The IMHA service is based on the independent advocacy model developed in the United Kingdom. This paper details the benefits and challenges of providing independent non-legal advocacy to those in the community, drawing on a 15-month independent co-produced evaluation of the IMHA service. With limited publicly available sector level data, the evaluation employed qualitative approaches. Issues raised include the need to better target limited resources in the most effective way and the problem of ensuring timely and adequate access. While advocacy was well received by consumers, tensions specific to the community setting were influenced by the attitudes of clinicians to need, risk and recovery as opposed to a coherent understanding of consumer preference and choice.
Publisher: Center for Open Science
Date: 24-07-2021
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