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Gregory A. Aarons - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Predicting Turnover: The Moderating Effect of Functional Climates on Emotional Exhaustion and Work Attitudes
Community Mental Health Journal, 2019Co-Authors: Christopher R. Dishop, Amy E. Green, Elise Torres, Gregory A. AaronsAbstract:High levels of emotional exhaustion are frequently reported among clinicians working in community Mental Health settings. This study draws on social exchange theory and examines the relationships between emotional exhaustion and Mental Health Provider work attitudes and turnover, and the moderating effect of functional psychological climates. Data were analyzed using multilevel structural equation modeling in a sample of 311 Mental Health Providers from 49 community Mental Health programs. Results revealed that emotional exhaustion was negatively related to work attitudes, and the relationship was moderated by functional climates characterized by high levels of cooperation, growth and advancement opportunities, and role clarity. Specifically, the relationship between emotional exhaustion and work attitudes was attenuated for Providers working in programs with a more functional psychological climate. Lower work attitudes significantly predicted higher clinician turnover. Results are discussed as they relate to improving climates and enhancing Mental Health Provider and organizational well-being.
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Organizational Stress as Moderator of Relationship Between Mental Health Provider Adaptability and Organizational Commitment.
Psychiatric services (Washington D.C.), 2016Co-Authors: Amy E. Green, Christopher R. Dishop, Gregory A. AaronsAbstract:Objective:Community Mental Health Providers often operate within stressful work environments and are at high risk of emotional exhaustion, which can negatively affect job performance and client satisfaction with services. This cross-sectional study examined the relationships between organizational stress, Provider adaptability, and organizational commitment.Methods:Variables were analyzed with moderated multilevel regression in a sample of 311 Mental Health Providers from 49 community Mental Health programs.Results:Stressful organizational climate, characterized by high levels of emotional exhaustion, role conflict, and role overload, was negatively related to organizational commitment. Organizational stress moderated the relationship between Provider adaptability and organizational commitment, such that those who were more adaptable had greater levels of organizational commitment when organizational stress was low but were less committed than those who were less adaptable when organizational stress was h...
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organizational culture and climate and Mental Health Provider attitudes toward evidence based practice
Psychological Services, 2006Co-Authors: Gregory A. Aarons, Angelina C SawitzkyAbstract:Mental Health Provider attitudes toward adopting evidence-based practice (EBP) are associated with organizational context and Provider individual differences. Organizational culture and climate are contextual factors that can affect staff acceptance of innovation. This study examined the association of organizational culture and climate with attitudes toward adopting EBP. Participants were 301 public sector Mental Health service Providers from 49 programs providing Mental Health services for youths and families. Correlation analyses and multilevel hierarchical regressions, controlling for effects of Provider characteristics, showed that constructive culture was associated with more positive attitudes toward adoption of EBP and poor organizational climates with perceived divergence of usual practice and EBP. Behavioral Health organizations may benefit from consideration of how culture and climate affect staff attitudes toward change in practice.
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measuring Provider attitudes toward evidence based practice consideration of organizational context and individual differences
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2005Co-Authors: Gregory A. AaronsAbstract:Mental Health Provider attitudes toward adoption of innovation in general, and toward evidence-based practice (EBP) in particular, are important in considering how best to disseminate and implement EBPs. This article first explores the role of attitudes in acceptance of innovation and proposes a model of organizational and individual factors that may affect or be affected by attitudes toward adoption of EBP. Next, a recently developed measure of Mental Health Provider attitudes toward adoption of EBP is presented along with a summary of preliminary reliability and validity findings. Attitudes toward adoption of EBP are then discussed in regard to Provider individual differences and the context of Mental Health services. Finally, potential applications of attitude research to adoption of EBP are discussed.
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measuring Provider attitudes toward evidence based practice consideration of organizational context and individual differences
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2005Co-Authors: Gregory A. AaronsAbstract:Mental Health Provider attitudes toward adoption of innovation in general, and toward evidence-based practice (EBP) in particular, are important in considering how best to disseminate and implement EBPs. This article first explores the role of attitudes in acceptance of innovation and proposes a model of organizational and individual factors that may affect or be affected by attitudes toward adoption of EBP. Next, a recently developed measure of Mental Health Provider attitudes toward adoption of EBP is presented along with a summary of preliminary reliability and validity findings. Attitudes toward adoption of EBP are then discussed in regard to Provider individual differences and the context of Mental Health services. Finally, potential applications of attitude research to adoption of EBP are discussed.
Eraka Bath - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Understanding and Responding to the Needs of Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth: Recommendations for the Mental Health Provider.
Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America, 2016Co-Authors: Roya Ijadi-maghsoodi, Mekeila Cook, Elizabeth S. Barnert, Shushanik Gaboian, Eraka BathAbstract:Mental Health Providers are frequently at the forefront of addressing the multifaceted needs of commercially sexually exploited youth. This article provides an overview of the definition of commercial sexual exploitation of children and relevant legislation including the shift toward decriminalization of commercially sexually exploited youth. To provide clinicians with tools needed to deliver competent care to this population, a review of risk factors for commercial sexual exploitation of children and the role of the clinician in identification, assessment, and treatment of commercially sexually exploited youth are discussed.
Roya Ijadi-maghsoodi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Understanding and Responding to the Needs of Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth: Recommendations for the Mental Health Provider.
Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America, 2016Co-Authors: Roya Ijadi-maghsoodi, Mekeila Cook, Elizabeth S. Barnert, Shushanik Gaboian, Eraka BathAbstract:Mental Health Providers are frequently at the forefront of addressing the multifaceted needs of commercially sexually exploited youth. This article provides an overview of the definition of commercial sexual exploitation of children and relevant legislation including the shift toward decriminalization of commercially sexually exploited youth. To provide clinicians with tools needed to deliver competent care to this population, a review of risk factors for commercial sexual exploitation of children and the role of the clinician in identification, assessment, and treatment of commercially sexually exploited youth are discussed.
Til Wykes - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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digital exclusion among Mental Health service users qualitative investigation
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2019Co-Authors: Ben Greer, Dan Robotham, Sara Simblett, Hannah Curtis, Helena Griffiths, Til WykesAbstract:BACKGROUND Access to internet-enabled technology and Web-based services has grown exponentially in recent decades. This growth potentially excludes some communities and individuals with Mental Health difficulties, who face a heightened risk of digital exclusion. However, it is unclear what factors may contribute to digital exclusion in this population. OBJECTIVE To explore in detail the problems of digital exclusion in Mental Health service users and potential facilitators to overcome them. METHODS We conducted semistructured interviews with 20 Mental Health service users who were deemed digitally excluded. We recruited the participants from a large secondary Mental Health Provider in South London, United Kingdom. We employed thematic analysis to identify themes and subthemes relating to historical and extant reasons for digital exclusion and methods of overcoming it. RESULTS There were three major themes that appeared to maintain digital exclusion: a perceived lack of knowledge, being unable to access the necessary technology and services owing to personal circumstances, and the barriers presented by Mental Health difficulties. Specific facilitators for overcoming digital exclusion included intrinsic motivation and a personalized learning format that reflects the individual's unique needs and preferences. CONCLUSIONS Multiple factors contribute to digital exclusion among Mental Health service users, including material deprivation and Mental Health difficulties. This means that efforts to overcome digital exclusion must address the multiple deprivations individuals may face in the offline world in addition to their individual Mental Health needs. Additional facilitators include fostering an intrinsic motivation to overcome digital exclusion and providing a personalized learning format tailored to the individual's knowledge gaps and preferred learning style.
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A Comparison of Participant Information Elicited by Service User and Non-Service User Researchers
Psychiatric services (Washington D.C.), 2011Co-Authors: Diana Rose, Morven Leese, Danielle Oliver, Rajinder Sidhu, Olive Bennewith, Stefan Priebe, Til WykesAbstract:Objective:The study examined whether data collected by researchers who were service users differed from data collected by non-service user researchers in a study that measured perceived coercion. Methods:Over two years, 548 inpatients in England were interviewed during their first week of compulsory admission to a psychiatric bed at three regional Mental Health Provider settings. Each site had one service user researcher and one nonuser researcher. The dependent variables were two measures of perceived coercion. Service users disclosed their status, including past hospitalization, to 93 of the 242 (38%) patients they interviewed. Results:No differences were found on either variable between the three researcher categories (nondisclosed user, disclosed user, and nonuser researcher). An interaction with site was noted, and possible interpretations of this finding are discussed. Conclusions:Further research is needed to determine the conditions under which service user researchers obtain information that diff...
Arlene Istar Lev - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Ten Tasks of the Mental Health Provider: Recommendations for Revision of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health's Standards of Care
International Journal of Transgenderism, 2009Co-Authors: Arlene Istar LevAbstract:ABSTRACT This article outlines recommendations for the World Professional Association for Transgender Health's (WPATH) Standards of Care (SOC) regarding the roles, responsibilities, and tasks of the Mental Health Provider in assessing eligibility and readiness for medical and surgical treatment of gender nonconforming, transgender, and transsexual clients. It reflects a reconceptualization of the role of the Mental Health Provider as a gender specialist and an advocate and educator for transgender people and their families utilizing a nonpathologizing assessment process. This article reflects a need for clinical SOC that minimize the role of “gatekeeping,” and increase the use of informed consent and harm-reduction procedures, while still providing guidelines for psychosocial evaluation. Recommendations are made for less pathologizing nomenclature, clearer definitions for the professional qualifications of those specializing in working with gender-variant people, and increased collaboration across discipl...