Social representations of mental ill‑health: A qualitative study with Mental Health Professionals

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Autor(a) principal: Martins, António
Data de Publicação: 2017
Outros Autores: Sequeira, Joana
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-8606_59-2_1
Resumo: The aim of this work is to study the social representations of Psychiatrists, Psychiatrist Interns, Child Psychiatrists and Clinical Psychologists about mental health and mental illness. A qualitative and exploratory study was developed based epistemologically on social constructionism and theoretically on social representations. Through the course of the research 30 health professionals participated in a semi‑structured interview whose content was analysed by means of the NVivo 10 Programme. The results showed that the social representations of mental illness are heterogeneous, emphasizing operational,etiologic‑explanatory and relativist conceptions. Mental health is conceptualized by health professionals according to the flexibility, adaptation, functionality and the biopsychosocial well‑being of individuals. Implications of this study to the theoretical framework of social representations of mental health/illness are considered.
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spelling Social representations of mental ill‑health: A qualitative study with Mental Health ProfessionalsRepresentações sociais da saúde e doença mental: Um estudo qualitativo com Profissionais de Saúde Mentalmental illnessmental healthmental health professionalssocial representationsThe aim of this work is to study the social representations of Psychiatrists, Psychiatrist Interns, Child Psychiatrists and Clinical Psychologists about mental health and mental illness. A qualitative and exploratory study was developed based epistemologically on social constructionism and theoretically on social representations. Through the course of the research 30 health professionals participated in a semi‑structured interview whose content was analysed by means of the NVivo 10 Programme. The results showed that the social representations of mental illness are heterogeneous, emphasizing operational,etiologic‑explanatory and relativist conceptions. Mental health is conceptualized by health professionals according to the flexibility, adaptation, functionality and the biopsychosocial well‑being of individuals. Implications of this study to the theoretical framework of social representations of mental health/illness are considered.Este trabalho pretende conhecer as representações sociais de Psiquiatras, Internos de Psiquiatria, Pedopsiquiatras e Psicólogos Clínicos sobre a saúde e doença mental. É um estudo qualitativo de carácter exploratório, pontuado epistemologicamente pelo construcionismo social e teoricamente pelo quadro das representações sociais. Participaram 30profissionais de saúde mental, tendo sido realizada uma entrevista semiestruturada que foi analisada quanto ao seu conteúdo – através do programa NVivo 10. Da análise dos resultados, salienta‑se que as representações dos profissionais quanto à conceptualização da doença mental são heterogéneas, destacando‑se conceções operacionais, etiológico‑explicativas e relativistas. A saúde mental é conceptualizada pelos profissionais de saúde em função da flexibilidade, adaptação e funcionalidade e do bem‑estar biopsicossocial dos indivíduos. Implicações do presente estudo para o quadro teórico das representações sociais da doença mental são consideradas.Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra2017-04-06info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.14195/1647-8606_59-2_1https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-8606_59-2_1Psychologica; Vol. 59 No. 2 (2016); 7-22Psychologica; Vol. 59 N.º 2 (2016); 7-221647-86060871-465710.14195/1647-8606_59-2reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPporhttps://impactum-journals.uc.pt/psychologica/article/view/1647-8606_59-2_1https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/psychologica/article/view/1647-8606_59-2_1/3271Direitos de Autor (c) 2017 Psychologicainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMartins, AntónioSequeira, Joana2023-05-31T13:59:34Zoai:impactum-journals.uc.pt:article/4106Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:57:32.079894Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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Representações sociais da saúde e doença mental: Um estudo qualitativo com Profissionais de Saúde Mental
title Social representations of mental ill‑health: A qualitative study with Mental Health Professionals
spellingShingle Social representations of mental ill‑health: A qualitative study with Mental Health Professionals
Martins, António
mental illness
mental health
mental health professionals
social representations
title_short Social representations of mental ill‑health: A qualitative study with Mental Health Professionals
title_full Social representations of mental ill‑health: A qualitative study with Mental Health Professionals
title_fullStr Social representations of mental ill‑health: A qualitative study with Mental Health Professionals
title_full_unstemmed Social representations of mental ill‑health: A qualitative study with Mental Health Professionals
title_sort Social representations of mental ill‑health: A qualitative study with Mental Health Professionals
author Martins, António
author_facet Martins, António
Sequeira, Joana
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author2 Sequeira, Joana
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Martins, António
Sequeira, Joana
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv mental illness
mental health
mental health professionals
social representations
topic mental illness
mental health
mental health professionals
social representations
description The aim of this work is to study the social representations of Psychiatrists, Psychiatrist Interns, Child Psychiatrists and Clinical Psychologists about mental health and mental illness. A qualitative and exploratory study was developed based epistemologically on social constructionism and theoretically on social representations. Through the course of the research 30 health professionals participated in a semi‑structured interview whose content was analysed by means of the NVivo 10 Programme. The results showed that the social representations of mental illness are heterogeneous, emphasizing operational,etiologic‑explanatory and relativist conceptions. Mental health is conceptualized by health professionals according to the flexibility, adaptation, functionality and the biopsychosocial well‑being of individuals. Implications of this study to the theoretical framework of social representations of mental health/illness are considered.
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