Tele-Mental Health Utilization Among People with Mental Illness to Access Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Costa M, Reis G, Pavlo A, Bellamy C, Ponte K, Davidson L. Tele-Mental Health Utilization Among People with Mental Illness to Access Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Community Mental Health Journal 2021, 57: 720-726. PMID: 33566269, PMCID: PMC7873669, DOI: 10.1007/s10597-021-00789-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTele-mental healthMental health servicesPercent of participantsCOVID-19 pandemicSelf-care strategiesMental health consequencesHealth utilizationHealth servicesMental illnessHealth consequencesOpen question responsesCareCOVID-19HealthQuantitative variablesQuestion responsesWorking alliancePandemicCommunity supportParticipantsIllnessInnovative strategiesMain themesCorrelational analysisResponseAn “Oasis Within a Desert,” But the Desert Remains: Clubhouse Members’ Experiences of Social Belonging and Societal Oppression
Desai MU, Manning R, Pavlo AJ, Blackman K, Ocasio L, Crespo M, Flanagan E. An “Oasis Within a Desert,” But the Desert Remains: Clubhouse Members’ Experiences of Social Belonging and Societal Oppression. American Journal Of Orthopsychiatry 2021, 91: 294-301. PMID: 33983776, PMCID: PMC9585918, DOI: 10.1037/ort0000539.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCommunity Mental Health ServicesHumansMental DisordersMental HealthSocial IsolationSocial SupportConceptsSocial belongingPsychosocial clubhousePhenomenological qualitative methodRisk of stigmaSocial exclusionSocietal oppressionCommunity lifeCommunity engagementProfound deprivationMental health challengesPower imbalanceWider worldHumane spaceQualitative methodsSocial determinantsBelongingMembers' experiencesMember participationAlternative worldsMental health practiceSocial isolationOutside worldClubhouse modelMental healthHealth practices