Recovery from severe mental illness in Québec: The role of culture and place

Boucher, Mathieu; Groleau, Danielle

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.01.008

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“…Cultural landscapes in green spaces are beneficial for stress recovery. This is consistent with the findings of Boucher et al [64] and Packer and Bond [65] that access to the historical heritage and the museum could provide restorative experiences. A possible explanation is that cultural landscapes provide people, especially local visitors, with perceptions of the learning experience and the emotional resonance to create 'favorite places', including both natural settings and social experience [66].…”

Section: Characterizations Of Green Spaces Based On Stress Recovery and Attention Restorationsupporting

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The Contribution to Stress Recovery and Attention Restoration Potential of Exposure to Urban Green Spaces in Low-Density Residential Areas

Huang

Qi²,

Li³

et al. 2021

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This study assessed the contributions of urban green spaces on mental health with joint consideration of people’s physiological and psychological responses. The psychological and physiological responses of participants aged between 22 and 28, who visited green spaces in a low-density area of Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China, were measured using Perceived Restorativeness Scale (PRS) methods and biometric wearable sensing devices, respectively. Results showed that exposure to green space led to significant changes in PRS, electrodermal activity (EDA), facial electromyography (EMG), respiration sensor (RESP), and photoplethysmography (PPG), while there is no significant impact on skin temperature (SKT). Additionally, psychological and physiological responses were highly consistent and correlated (R < 0.8). The results also indicated that green spaces with high plant species richness, a water landscape, bumpy ground, cultural landscape, and without roadways presented a high performance on stress recovery and attention restoration. At the same time, the influence of openness was negligible in the low-density area. The study provides planners and landscape designers with specific guidance for implementing urban green spaces to improve mental health in low-density residential areas.

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Section: Characterizations Of Green Spaces Based On Stress Recovery and Attention Restorationsupporting

confidence: 92%

The Contribution to Stress Recovery and Attention Restoration Potential of Exposure to Urban Green Spaces in Low-Density Residential Areas

Huang

Qi²,

Li³

et al. 2021

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“…This study also found that, out of personal factors, only religion had an association with personal recovery. Although this result was not found to be significant in the regression model, it is similar to the results of other studies supporting the association between a religious belief and personal recovery (Boucher et al, 2019). This may be attributed to the sense of belonging, hope and positive beliefs related to religion.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…This may be attributed to the sense of belonging, hope and positive beliefs related to religion. Individuals can use religious resources to help them recover and support personal recovery (Boucher et al, 2019). Other personal factors, such as gender, education level, sheltered work, family income, marriage and age, did not have a significant relationship with personal recovery.…”

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Factors associated with personal recovery among psychiatric nursing home residents

Chao

Hsieh

Yeh

et al. 2022

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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Accessible Summary What is known about the subject? Poor recovery will cause harm to the quality of life and well‐being of residents and that the scope of influence includes the self, family and society. No study to date has investigated empowerment and the other multiple factors associated with personal recovery among psychiatric nursing home residents. What does the paper add to existing knowledge? The factors associated with personal recovery are empowerment, social support and global functioning. This pioneer study contributes new evidence that personal recovery is mainly predicted by empowerment, social support and global function, with empowerment exhibiting the highest predictive value. What are the implications for practice? Strengthening empowerment in mental health nursing may contribute more to the personal recovery of psychiatric nursing home residents than improving global function or social support. Mental health professionals should shift to empowerment‐oriented care to improve individuals' personal recovery, such as offering more opportunities to achieve autonomy, encouraging individuals' involvement in decision‐making and promoting individuals' motivation for achieving their goals. Abstract IntroductionIndividuals diagnosed with mental illness have a need for recovery. No study to date has investigated empowerment and the other multiple factors associated with personal recovery among psychiatric nursing home residents. AimThe study aimed to identify the factors associated with personal recovery among psychiatric nursing home residents. MethodsThis was a cross‐sectional study with convenience sampling. Participants were recruited from a psychiatric nursing home in Northern Taiwan between April and June 2018. Data were collected through self‐reported, structured questionnaires with verified reliability and validity. Descriptive and hierarchical regression analyses were performed. The present study followed the STROBE guidelines. ResultsThe study included 158 participants. The factors associated with recovery according to bivariate associations were religious belief, psychotic symptoms, global function, social support and empowerment. In the hierarchical regression, empowerment, social support and global function were the main predictive factors of recovery, with the explained variation reaching 40.8%. Empowerment exhibited the highest predictive value for the recovery. Implications for clinical practiceStrengthening empowerment in mental health nursing may contribute more to the personal recovery of psychiatric nursing home residents than improving global function or social support.

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“…In relation to personal recovery journeys it has been noted that people often create their own 'healing landscapes' by identifying specific places that have acquired personal, familial or cultural meanings to them (Boucher et al, 2019). In the present study this was very evident in Phil's story but it was also a recognised feature of the walking group itself in that it was perceived as having physical and psychological healing properties for its members on a number of levels Ramcharan, 2017, Grant, Machaczek, Pollard, and.…”

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Health group walks: making sense of associations with the natural landscape

Grant

Pollard

2021

Leisure Studies

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Literature about health group walks typically focuses on explaining health and wellbeing outcomes. Less attention has been paid to how encounters with the natural landscape are experienced during these walks. This paper is based on an ethnographic study of a health walk group in a rural area of the UK that encapsulated health, social and environmental connections. It examines how walkers describe and make sense of their connections with natural landscapes. Mobility practices and contingent factors are found to mediate walkers' exposure to and experience of the natural landscape. Theories underpinning connections with the natural landscape and place are used to review the findings. Implications for health walks and further research are considered.

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Recovery from severe mental illness in Québec: The role of culture and place

Cited by 12 publications

References 33 publications

The Contribution to Stress Recovery and Attention Restoration Potential of Exposure to Urban Green Spaces in Low-Density Residential Areas

The Contribution to Stress Recovery and Attention Restoration Potential of Exposure to Urban Green Spaces in Low-Density Residential Areas

Factors associated with personal recovery among psychiatric nursing home residents

Health group walks: making sense of associations with the natural landscape

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