Psychoeducation: perspectives from individuals on sick leave who are at risk of having a mental disorder
The large number of people on sickness and disability benefits due to mental disorders in Denmark has increased the need for improved rehabilitative services to facilitate their return to work. The aim of the present study was to explore the use of psychoeducation in relation to the standard service...
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| author | Line Hille Højfeldt Pernille Pedersen Kirsten Schultz Petersen Lars Peter Sønderbo Andersen |
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| description | The large number of people on sickness and disability benefits due to mental disorders in Denmark has increased the need for improved rehabilitative services to facilitate their return to work. The aim of the present study was to explore the use of psychoeducation in relation to the standard services of a Danish job centre for individuals on sick leave with regard to relevance, elements contributing to recovery, and improvements of psychoeducation as an intervention. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 individuals on sick leave who were at risk of having a mental disorder. The interviews were analysed using systematic text condensation inspired by Giorgi’s phenomenological analysis. The resulting core themes describing psychoeducation with respect to the standard services of the job centre included access and relevance of psychoeducation in relation to the job centre’s standard services, social support, self-care, and psychoeducation intervention. This study concludes that the informants consider psychoeducation a relevant offer to individuals on sick leave who are at risk of having a mental disorder. The relevance of the standard services of the job-centre services was considered to be low. Furthermore, psychoeducation reinforces peer support and inclusion of relatives as elements to aid recovery to a much larger extent than do the standard services of the job centre. In general, the results support the use of psychoeducation in a municipal job-centre setting as a targeted and beneficial offer to individuals on sick leave who are at risk of having a mental disorder. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ecd2bbaabbb04579b33e48bff9e4329b2023-11-02T06:15:50ZengScandinavian University Press/UniversitetsforlagetNordic Journal of Social Research1892-27832015-12-01610.7577/njsr.20891268Psychoeducation: perspectives from individuals on sick leave who are at risk of having a mental disorderLine Hille Højfeldt0Pernille Pedersen1Kirsten Schultz Petersen2Lars Peter Sønderbo Andersen3Psychiatric Research Unit West, Regional Psychiatric Services West, Central Denmark Region, Herning, Denmark. Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark.Psychiatric Research Unit West, Regional Psychiatric Services West, Central Denmark Region, Herning, Denmark. Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark. Public Health and Quality Improvement, Central Denmark Region, Aarhus, Denmark.CFK - Public Health and Quality Improvement, Central Denmark Region and Department of Social Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus.Department of Occupational Medicine, 7400 Herning, Denmark.The large number of people on sickness and disability benefits due to mental disorders in Denmark has increased the need for improved rehabilitative services to facilitate their return to work. The aim of the present study was to explore the use of psychoeducation in relation to the standard services of a Danish job centre for individuals on sick leave with regard to relevance, elements contributing to recovery, and improvements of psychoeducation as an intervention. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 individuals on sick leave who were at risk of having a mental disorder. The interviews were analysed using systematic text condensation inspired by Giorgi’s phenomenological analysis. The resulting core themes describing psychoeducation with respect to the standard services of the job centre included access and relevance of psychoeducation in relation to the job centre’s standard services, social support, self-care, and psychoeducation intervention. This study concludes that the informants consider psychoeducation a relevant offer to individuals on sick leave who are at risk of having a mental disorder. The relevance of the standard services of the job-centre services was considered to be low. Furthermore, psychoeducation reinforces peer support and inclusion of relatives as elements to aid recovery to a much larger extent than do the standard services of the job centre. In general, the results support the use of psychoeducation in a municipal job-centre setting as a targeted and beneficial offer to individuals on sick leave who are at risk of having a mental disorder.https://journals.hioa.no/index.php/njsr/article/view/2089Qualitativepsychoeducationjob centresick leavemental healthreturn to work |
| spellingShingle | Line Hille Højfeldt Pernille Pedersen Kirsten Schultz Petersen Lars Peter Sønderbo Andersen Psychoeducation: perspectives from individuals on sick leave who are at risk of having a mental disorder Nordic Journal of Social Research Qualitative psychoeducation job centre sick leave mental health return to work |
| title | Psychoeducation: perspectives from individuals on sick leave who are at risk of having a mental disorder |
| title_full | Psychoeducation: perspectives from individuals on sick leave who are at risk of having a mental disorder |
| title_fullStr | Psychoeducation: perspectives from individuals on sick leave who are at risk of having a mental disorder |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychoeducation: perspectives from individuals on sick leave who are at risk of having a mental disorder |
| title_short | Psychoeducation: perspectives from individuals on sick leave who are at risk of having a mental disorder |
| title_sort | psychoeducation perspectives from individuals on sick leave who are at risk of having a mental disorder |
| topic | Qualitative psychoeducation job centre sick leave mental health return to work |
| url | https://journals.hioa.no/index.php/njsr/article/view/2089 |
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