The aim of this thesis was to develop understanding of women’s experiences of inpatient mental health services. The thesis comprises three separate papers: 1) systematic literature review, 2) an empirical study and 3) a critical appraisal of the research process. Paper One is a …
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The purpose of the current study was to provide both additional evidence of the psychometric properties of the TIPSA by examining reliability and validity coefficients, and to add to the empirical evidence for the application of betrayal trauma theory outside the context of comp…
The research literature suggests that NHS mental health service providers question the helpfulness of Christian leaders in caring for congregants with mental health issues. The lack of appropriate mental health literacy training means that Christian leaders find it challenging t…
Background: Following post-communist social and economic changes, Romania is currently transitioning from institutionalised mental health services to a recovery-focused approach. Within this context, it is important to understand the perspective of Romanian service users on reco…
The thesis examines the emergence of anti-psychiatry since the early 1960s, addressing two questions: 1. Why did anti-psychiatry emerge at this time? 2. How influential is anti-psychiatry today? Anti -psychiatry was found not to consist of one identifiable set of' proposals, but…
The history of twentieth-century immigration by the African and Caribbean Diasporas to Britain is a history of mental distress. This thesis focusses on the social elements—conditioned by racism, gender inequities, and colonialism—that cause mental distress in the protagonists of…
Giriş: Ruhsal bozukluk tanılı hastaların ifade ettiği sorunlar işlevsellik düzeyleriyle ve stresle başa çıkma tarzlarıyla ilişkilidir. Amaç: Ruhsal bozukluk tanılı hastaların bildirdikleri sorunlar ile işlevsellik düzeyleri ve stresle başa çıkma tarzları arasındaki ilişkinin inc…
Introduction: The stress response is the complex physiological reaction that emerge in the face of a significant threat to bodily integrity or wellbeing. While the stress response is considered adaptive, over-activation of the stress response could be maladaptive and may lead to…
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is a clinical condition that affects women during a specific phase of their menstrual cycle. Considered to be a more severe form of the premenstrual syndrome (PMS), PMDD can cause symptoms of depression, anxiety and irritability, to a debil…
College students report high rates of mental health problems. Even as help-seeking behaviors have increased over the years and college mental health services report increased utilization, untreated mental disorders are prevalent among college students. The unmet mental health ne…
Many renters in the United States experience housing problems that can contribute to precarious living situations. These include unaffordable rents, poor physical conditions, overcrowding, and forced moves. These challenges faced by a large proportion of renters are most often s…
This study examined a compilation of research related to African American youth and educational staff, ways to combat raced-based trauma, and benefits of trauma informed practices. Findings reveal that trauma informed school can help respond to African American students who have…
The purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore special education administrators’ perceptions of the associated challenges in the implementation of school-based mental health services after the abrupt change in the service delivery model due to the passage of AB 11…
Criminal lunacy has received significant attention in literature on punishment, law, psychiatry and public health, yet limited research has examined institutions for this group since the nineteenth century. Scholarship has noted the troubling representation of 'criminal lunatics…
Although criminality among mentally ill individuals is a well-documented phenomenon, limited research has focused on specific factors that need to be addressed to combat this issue. Utilizing the theoretical framework of Shaw and McKay’s (1942) Social Disorganization Theory, in …
This study is an exploratory multiple case study that compares two different generations of Chinese international students in the United States and describes their experiences. This research investigates three questions: How do acculturation stresses differ between the two gener…
In 1952, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) created the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) in order to build a common language, or discourse, for the diagnosis of mental health disorders. First, the critical historical tracing of the DSM examines…
Background. There has been a rise in opioid-related hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and mortality due to opioid poisoning across Canada. There is a gap in research related to Nurse practitioner (NP) opioid prescribing and safety measure utilization patterns and sp…
This dissertation project, comprised of five distinct and standalone chapters, is positioned within the creative tension between environmental and critical disability studies. Examining their intersections in an effort to imagine new ways of understanding disability and environm…