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Developing a model of help giving towards people with a mental health problem: a qualitative study of Mental Health First Aid participants
BACKGROUND: Members of the public frequently perform mental health first aid actions in daily life, and people with mental health problems often cite informal supports as motivators of professional treatment seeking. However, a thorough understanding of how, when and why these actions are undertaken...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6102795/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30151033 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13033-018-0228-9 |
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author | Rossetto, Alyssia Jorm, Anthony F. Reavley, Nicola J. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Members of the public frequently perform mental health first aid actions in daily life, and people with mental health problems often cite informal supports as motivators of professional treatment seeking. However, a thorough understanding of how, when and why these actions are undertaken is lacking. This research aimed to investigate the helping experiences of community members trained in Mental Health First Aid, understand the factors that might facilitate and deter helping behaviours, and develop a preliminary model that outlines the process of providing help to someone with a mental health problem. METHODS: Community members who had received Mental Health First Aid training (n = 16) were recruited from an urban Australian university and completed an in-depth, semi-structured interview about their experiences of helping someone with a mental health problem. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Member checking was used to assess the accuracy and transferability of the findings. RESULTS: The results suggested that several common elements were present in participants’ narratives, including recognising a recipient in distress, considering reasons to intervene or not, choosing a course of action, and noting the outcomes of help. These themes were collated to form the main stages of a preliminary model of helping. CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study highlight the many considerations involved in deciding whether and how to assist a person with a mental health problem, and the complex, dynamic nature of the helping process itself. The preliminary model of helping may be used to enhance the content of educational programs and public health messages. |
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spelling | pubmed-61027952018-08-27 Developing a model of help giving towards people with a mental health problem: a qualitative study of Mental Health First Aid participants Rossetto, Alyssia Jorm, Anthony F. Reavley, Nicola J. Int J Ment Health Syst Research BACKGROUND: Members of the public frequently perform mental health first aid actions in daily life, and people with mental health problems often cite informal supports as motivators of professional treatment seeking. However, a thorough understanding of how, when and why these actions are undertaken is lacking. This research aimed to investigate the helping experiences of community members trained in Mental Health First Aid, understand the factors that might facilitate and deter helping behaviours, and develop a preliminary model that outlines the process of providing help to someone with a mental health problem. METHODS: Community members who had received Mental Health First Aid training (n = 16) were recruited from an urban Australian university and completed an in-depth, semi-structured interview about their experiences of helping someone with a mental health problem. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Member checking was used to assess the accuracy and transferability of the findings. RESULTS: The results suggested that several common elements were present in participants’ narratives, including recognising a recipient in distress, considering reasons to intervene or not, choosing a course of action, and noting the outcomes of help. These themes were collated to form the main stages of a preliminary model of helping. CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study highlight the many considerations involved in deciding whether and how to assist a person with a mental health problem, and the complex, dynamic nature of the helping process itself. The preliminary model of helping may be used to enhance the content of educational programs and public health messages. BioMed Central 2018-08-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6102795/ /pubmed/30151033 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13033-018-0228-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Rossetto, Alyssia Jorm, Anthony F. Reavley, Nicola J. Developing a model of help giving towards people with a mental health problem: a qualitative study of Mental Health First Aid participants |
title | Developing a model of help giving towards people with a mental health problem: a qualitative study of Mental Health First Aid participants |
title_full | Developing a model of help giving towards people with a mental health problem: a qualitative study of Mental Health First Aid participants |
title_fullStr | Developing a model of help giving towards people with a mental health problem: a qualitative study of Mental Health First Aid participants |
title_full_unstemmed | Developing a model of help giving towards people with a mental health problem: a qualitative study of Mental Health First Aid participants |
title_short | Developing a model of help giving towards people with a mental health problem: a qualitative study of Mental Health First Aid participants |
title_sort | developing a model of help giving towards people with a mental health problem: a qualitative study of mental health first aid participants |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6102795/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30151033 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13033-018-0228-9 |
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