Adolescents with Anxiety and Depression: Is Social Recovery Relevant?

Simonds, Laura M.; Pons, Rebecca.; Stone, Nicola; Warren, Fiona; John, Mary

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“…The vast majority of adult based recovery research outlines themes as personal processes and stages that occur on a continuum from less to further recovered (Glover, 2012;Leamy et al, 2011;Oades et al, 2005;Schrank & Slade, 2007;Simonds et al, 2014). The results formed a thematic model of youth recovery including two overarching themes, ES and YRP.…”

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“…Two previous studies with different age ranges to the current study utilised inductive designs to identify recovery themes that encapsulated a process of moving from an initial point of distress, detachment and confusion towards greater wellbeing, awareness and autonomy (Barnett & Lapsley, 2006;Simonds et al, 2014). Two previous studies with different age ranges to the current study utilised inductive designs to identify recovery themes that encapsulated a process of moving from an initial point of distress, detachment and confusion towards greater wellbeing, awareness and autonomy (Barnett & Lapsley, 2006;Simonds et al, 2014).…”

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“…One study conducted by Simonds et al (2014) directly explored the recovery narratives of young people, using a sample of early adolescents (aged 12-16). Another study, conducted by Barnett and Lapsley (2006) used a combination of older adolescents and adults (aged 18-29 years), which they termed young adults.…”

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“…The first study by Simonds et al (2014) explored the personal narratives of 12 young participants who had been diagnosed with depression and anxiety along with their maternal parent. Simonds et al adopted a bottom-up approach by not referring to existing themes identified in adult recovery literature.…”

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A new paradigm of youth recovery: Implications for youth mental health service provision

Rayner

Thielking

Lough

2018

Australian Journal of Psychology

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The recovery model and practice orientation is promoted as a central feature of mental health service provision across the English speaking world. Yet the model relies on adult frameworks and its applicability to the youth recovery experience has not been established. The current qualitative study explored the common themes in the recovery experiences of 15 young people aged 18-23 years with severe mental health conditions from the Eastern Metropolitan Region of Melbourne, Australia. The aim of the study was to develop a thematic model of youth recovery utilising the experiences of young people with severe mental illness. These findings are then discussed in relation to common themes found in adult recovery research and in regard to the current understanding of young people and recovery. Qualitative data was inductively coded into a thematic model of youth recovery forming two overarching themes. The first was defined as ecological systems (ES) including three subthemes (personal, systemic, and macro). The second was defined as youth recovery processes drawing narratives from across the ES to form five subthemes (self-belief and resilience; responsibility and personal agency; identity, awareness and acceptance; connection; and hope and positive expectations). The resulting themes revealed the critical importance of the ecological context in the personal recovery experiences of young people. It is contended that recovery in this stage of the lifespan is best conceptualised within this ecological framework. Implications for youth recovery conceptualisation and mental health service delivery are discussed.

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A new paradigm of youth recovery: Implications for youth mental health service provision

Rayner

Thielking

Lough

2018

Australian Journal of Psychology

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“…However, 'social' can have a range of meanings depending on the developmental context. For example, in their qualitative study of adolescent recovery from depression and anxiety, Simonds et al (2013) argued that while adolescents share some parallels with adults experiencing recovery (such as a loss of self) some teenagers have much more difficulty in other areas, such as reflecting on 'future selves'(i.e., beyond the illness) due to developmental constraints. They point out that the term 'social' is often quoted within adult and adolescent conceptualisations of recovery.…”

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The long sleep-over: the lived experience of teenagers, parents and staff in an adolescent psychiatric unit

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Adolescents are in a particular life cycle stage that involves numerous psychosocial changes. When this stage of life is compounded by serious mental health difficulties, the effects can have significant repercussions for both teenager and family. For some adolescents, an extended inpatient stay is necessary in order to address these difficulties. This research investigates the subjective experience of adolescents, their parents and staff who live, work and have a child in such a facility; the Barrett Adolescent Centre (BAC) located in Brisbane Australia. The qualitative study was completed by the sole social work practitioner who was employed at the Unit for over eight years.The Unit was a long stay residential facility and provided the opportunity to collect data over an extended period of time. The research therefore emerges from an insider, practitioner-researcher context. The primary research question focused on how the collective experiences of adolescent consumers, parents and staff can inform mental health practice in adolescent residential settings.A review of the literature suggests that there is a strong tendency to incorporate concepts from the adult mental health literature into adolescent mental health practice. The notion of recovery is an example, which is heavily influenced by conceptualisations of adult experience. Consequently, the aim of the present research was to better understand the participants holistically, but also in the appropriate developmental context; incorporating the social, emotional and experiential domains that form the lived experience of inpatient life. Broadly speaking, the key areas of interest included how the notion of recovery was experienced by the adolescents, the experiences of the parents during their child's inpatient stay, and the experiences of the staff while helping the adolescents.The research emphasises and values subjectivity as well as the interpretation of significant personal experience. Subsequently, the study is located within an interpretative phenomenological analysis frame. It is also informed by critical realism that posits that mental illness is an objectively real phenomenon, though experienced uniquely by each individual affected by it. Semi-structured interviews formed the basis of the data, involving the three population groups of adolescent inpatients, their parents and staff. A total of 13 adolescents, 10 staff and 8 parents were interviewed.Single interviews were utilised for all participant groups as well as a small focus group of the three primary staff professions; that of Allied Health, Nursing and Education. The use of photography was also utilised with the adolescents in order to explore various facets of the therapeutic milieu from their perspective. The adolescents were also offered successive interviews over a number of ii months to enrich the picture of inpatient life. Elements such as family, education, consumer-staff relations as well as the recovery process were investigated.Hermeneutical thematic analysis uncovered ric...

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Therapeutic change in young people—A qualitative investigation of client and therapist perspectives

Donald

Carey

Rickwood

2018

Couns and Psychother Res

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Background Young people's vulnerability to developing mental illness makes it important to understand therapeutic change, integrating the views of both young people and their therapists, to improve treatment effectiveness. To date, qualitative research aiming to triangulate experiences of therapeutic change in young people has not clearly differentiated the unique perspectives of clients and therapists. Instead both groups’ perspectives have been analysed together, which may be phenomenologically problematic considering clients are the site of change, while therapists observe it. Aims This study explored experiences of therapeutic change from the perspectives of young people and their therapists. Three clients aged 17–19 years, and their two therapists, participated in semi‐structured interviews post‐therapy. Methods Six themes were identified for clients: facing problems alone; how the therapeutic space was used; change characteristics; partial changes; the role of context in change; and growing into the new self. Four themes were identified for therapists: problematic experiences; change processes; therapist‐related change process; and change qualities. Results Six themes were identified for clients: facing problems alone; how the therapeutic space was used; change characteristics; partial changes; the role of context in change; and growing into the new self. Four themes were identified for therapists: problematic experiences; change processes; therapist‐related change process; and change qualities. Conclusions Congruent with adult research, common and specific factors was important to change. Contextual and relational factors were particularly important for young people, who described that isolation caused by their problems caused distress beyond the impact of symptoms. Therapeutic change was facilitated through responsive therapy practices that led to developmentally normal levels of activity and changes in selfhood. Participants accepted a good‐enough level of recovery which was anticipated to continue post‐therapy.

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Adolescents with Anxiety and Depression: Is Social Recovery Relevant?

Cited by 35 publications

References 20 publications

A new paradigm of youth recovery: Implications for youth mental health service provision

A new paradigm of youth recovery: Implications for youth mental health service provision

The long sleep-over: the lived experience of teenagers, parents and staff in an adolescent psychiatric unit

Therapeutic change in young people—A qualitative investigation of client and therapist perspectives

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