Carers’ beliefs about counselling: a community participatory study in Wales

Waters, Rachel; Spong, Sheila; Morgan, J.G.; Kemp-Philp, Chris

doi:10.1080/03069885.2016.1187711

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“…Caregivers should be prompted and educated to receive and seek psychological professional help given their (possible) unawareness and the difficulties they might have to face (Rossi Ferrario et al, 2017; Tang et al, 2018; Waters et al, 2018; Rossi and Mannarini, 2019). To significantly improve caregivers' psychological outcomes, more specific interventions are then required, conducted in a broader psychological framework by specific professionals, such as psychologists, psychotherapists, and psychiatrists, when needed (Atwood, 2010).…”

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Interventions for Psychological Health of Stroke Caregivers: A Systematic Review

2019

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Background: The increasing number of stroke patients (SPs) requires informal caregivers to bear a high burden of responsibilities and heavy (di)stress. Moreover, these issues could lead to the development of serious psychological problems (e.g., depressive and/or anxious) that in turn could give rise to poor health-related quality of life outcomes. However, although the value of psychological interventions has been widely recognized for SPs, the scientific literature lacks an updated synthesis of interventions addressing the psychological health of their caregivers.Aim: The aim of this review is to summarize the interventions for the psychological health of stroke caregivers and provide a resume of literature-based evidence of their efficacy.Method: A literature review from 2005 to date was conducted in three online databases: PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar. Eligibility criteria for studies were (A) English language, (B) caregivers and patients aged 18 years or above, (C) SP's caregiver beneficiating of a specific intervention, and (D) outcome measures addressing depressive and/or anxiety symptomology, quality of life, well-being, or burden.Results: Across the selected 45 studies, substantial differences are observable in three main categories: (a) type of intervention (b) techniques, and (c) operators. Interventions' advantages and results are discussed. Overall, studies using psychological techniques, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, coping skill-training, and problem-solving therapy, showed their usefulness and efficacy in reducing the caregivers' depressive and anxious symptoms, and burden. Interventions led by psychologists and tailored to meet caregivers' specific needs showed more positive outcomes.Conclusion: This review underlines the usefulness of psychological interventions aimed at reducing the psychological burden, such as anxious and depressive symptomatology, of SPs' informal caregivers. Hence, psychological interventions for caregivers should be integrated as part of the stroke rehabilitation process to improve informal caregivers' and patients' quality of life and well-being.

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Interventions for Psychological Health of Stroke Caregivers: A Systematic Review

2019

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“…In addition to these influences on potential clients and on their actual experience of treatment, popular perceptions of psychotherapy are likely to have significant implications for public policy and mental health reform [21]. There have been a number of papers on such issues as cultural differences in the perception of psychotherapy [22], beliefs about psychotherapeutic treatments and help-seeking [23] as well as beliefs about counseling [24].…”

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Repressive Coping and Theories about Psychotherapy

Furnham¹,

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2016

J Psychol Psychother

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Repressive coping style has been found to be related to an interpretive bias of negative information. The current study looks to explore differences in understanding toward psychotherapy among groups of four coping styles as classified by Weinberger, Schwartz and Davidson. Participants answered four questionnaires measuring reactions to psychotherapy; attitudes to, and beliefs about, psychotherapy; effectiveness of cures; prognosis of psychological problems; as well as questions regarding their contact with psychotherapy and demographics. Parallel analyses identified two clearly interpretable factors for each of the four questionnaires. A series of one-way ANOVAs indicated differences among groups in understanding of psychotherapy. Moderated hierarchical regressions show that demographic variables, contact with psychotherapy, trait anxiety, social desirability and the interaction between trait anxiety and social desirability predicted these differences. Limitations and implications were discussed.

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Making sense of mental health: a qualitative study of student counsellors

Jones

Edwards

2023

British Journal of Guidance & Counselling

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Carers’ beliefs about counselling: a community participatory study in Wales

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Interventions for Psychological Health of Stroke Caregivers: A Systematic Review

Interventions for Psychological Health of Stroke Caregivers: A Systematic Review

Repressive Coping and Theories about Psychotherapy

Making sense of mental health: a qualitative study of student counsellors

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