Valerie Demarinis
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 654985 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Valerie Demarinis |
| NOMBRES | Valerie |
| APELLIDO | Demarinis |
| FIRMA | DEMARINIS V |
| AFILIACIONES | Innlandet Hospital Trust |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1248-9988 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 24 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 24 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 24 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1989 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Efficacy pilot study of the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview in a specialized mental healthcare inpatient unit for adolescents in Norway
This study contributes to person-centered care (PCC) research by underscoring the importance of actively involving adolescents in their treatment processes. Based on these findings, the clinic initiated a request to evaluate the integration of the CFI process (core interview and use of this information in treatment planning) into standard treatment protocols through an implementation study, which is currently underway
Efficacy testing of the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview for patients in vocational rehabilitation in Norway
Patients found the CFI process to be complex, positive, and holistic, leading to reflections and expectations for their treatment. This was evidenced further by results from the Debriefing Instrument for Patients (DIP). Future clinical implementation of the core CFI should build on a person-centered foundation, incorporating accountable integration of patients' treatment expectations and illness/health narrative information
Humiliation and perceived power loss as drivers of radicalisation vulnerability in Northwestern Europe
This study explores the relationships between humiliation, perceived power loss, discrimination, and vulnerability to radicalisation across Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Analysing survey data from 5,501 respondents, we developed a measure of radicalisation vulnerability that captures both general vulnerability factors and specific ideological orientations. Muslims and ethnic minorities were marginally more likely to ex…
What information did the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interviews provide when used with Swedish-speaking patients in a psychiatric setting in Stockholm
For further refinement of the CFI, we see a need for re-framing the questions about cultural identity and its impact on health so that they are better understood. This is needed for majority population patients as direct questions about culture may be difficult to understand when cultural norms are implicit and often unexamined. For clinical implications, our findings suggest that for cultural majority patients the DSM-5 CFI can be a useful perso…
A qualitative analysis of the documentation of DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interviews with non-native speaking patients in a Swedish mental health care setting
Our results indicate that the narrative approach of the CFI, giving contextualized information about distress and functioning, can facilitate clinicians' identification of psychiatric symptoms when language, psychiatric terms and understandings are not shared between patient and clinician
Being in-between; exploring former cult members’ experiences of an acculturation process using the cultural formulation interview (DSM-5)
Former cult members face a challenging acculturation process, having lost a functioning worldview upon leaving the cult but not yet gained another to take its place. While the in-between time is often transient, they may need support from the healthcare system, especially regarding mental health concerns, while establishing themselves into mainstream society
Safe but isolated – an interview study with Iraqi refugees in Sweden about social networks, social support, and mental health
BACKGROUND: Problems with social networks and social support are known to be associated with mental ill-health in refugees. Social support after migration promotes resilience. AIM: To study how Iraqi refugees who arrived in Sweden after the year 2000 perceived their social networks and social support, and to relate the observed network characteristics and changes to the refugees' mental health and well-being. METHOD: Semi-structured interviews wi…
A Public Mental Health Study Among Iraqi Refugees in Sweden
This public mental health study highlights the interactions among social determinants and resilience on mental health, PTSD and acculturation among Iraqi refugees in Sweden 2012-2013. Objectives: The study aims to understand participants' health, resilience and acculturation, paying specific attention to gender differences. Design: The study, using a convenience sampling survey design ( N = 4010, 53.2% men), included measures on social determinan…
Participation in Existential Groups Led by Norwegian Healthcare Chaplains—Relations to Psychological Distress, Crisis of Meaning and Meaningfulness
Spirituality groups led by healthcare chaplains have been found to aid patients’ recovery processes in US psychiatric units. In Norway, existential groups (EGs) led by healthcare chaplains and co-led by healthcare staff members are offered at psychiatric units; these groups share commonalities with spirituality groups, group psychotherapy, existential therapy and clinical pastoral care, facilitating patients’ reflections regarding existential, sp…
The significance ascribed to contacting a diaconal suicide-prevention crisis line in Norway
Suicide-prevention crisis lines worldwide offer support to individuals in crisis, nonetheless, there is limited in-depth knowledge as to the significance of contacting these services from the service-users’ first-hand perspectives. This study aimed to provide a deeper understanding of the significance ascribed to contacting a diaconal suicide-prevention crisis line in Norway. In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with nine callers. The m…
Addressing the existential dimension in treatment settings
Research has shown that addressing and integrating the existential dimension in treatment settings reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression and substance abuse. Healthcare chaplains are key personnel in this practice. A nationwide, cross-sectional survey influenced by a mixed-methods approach was used to examine the attitudes, practices, understanding and perceptions of mental health professionals, including healthcare chaplains, regarding the va…
The Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire in the Norwegian Context
The Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire (SoMe) offers dimensional measures of meaningfulness, crisis of meaning, and 26 sources of meaning. It allows for a clearer understanding of the variety of existential orientations, which are known to be linked to both mental and physical health. The Norwegian version of the SoMe was validated by testing 925 randomly selected individuals who were representative for the Norwegian population.…
Existential group practice run by mental healthcare chaplains in Norway
Existential groups run by healthcare chaplains within mental healthcare have a long tradition in Norway. By using a national cross-sectional survey design, this study explored and described both quantitatively and qualitatively these groups’ characteristics. Quantitative data were analysed by descriptive statistics and content analysis inspired by Graneheim and Lundman was used to analyse the qualitative data. The current existential group practi…
An Assessment of Existential Worldview Function among Young Women at Risk for Depression and Anxiety—A Multi-Method Study
Increasing rates of psychiatric problems like depression and anxiety among Swedish youth, predominantly among females, are considered a serious public mental health concern. Multiple studies confirm that psychological as well as existential vulnerability manifest in different ways for youths in Sweden. This multi-method study aimed at assessing existential worldview function by three factors: 1) existential worldview, 2) ontological security, and…
The illness reframing process in an ethnic-majority population of older people with incurable cancer
Increasing numbers of older people in Western countries are living with incurable cancer as a chronic disease, receiving palliative care from specialised healthcare contexts. The study's aim was to understand variations of cultural- and existential meaning-making adjustments in a Norwegian majority population of older people with incurable cancer. Semi-structured interviews from 21 participants, aged 70–88, were analysed according to three identi…
Psychological and existential vulnerability among clinical young women
The objective was to explore psychological and existential vulnerability among clinical young women in Sweden. Females (n = 53) with depression as the most common preliminary diagnosis were investigated through an online questionnaire. Included measures were Karolinska Scales of Personality, Self-concept, Strategies to Handle Negative Emotions, Sense of Coherence, and questions pertaining to existential meaning-making, including religious/spiritu…
Understanding and working with existential information in a Norwegian adolescent psychiatry context
This is one of several studies on existential information in psychotherapy in Southern Norway. The aim of this study was to explore how therapists' backgrounds and existential information influence their therapeutic practice and philosophy of care, and the use of existential information in psychotherapy. The method used was qualitative, semi-structured interviews. Through emerging themes from the interviews and clinical case illustrations, inform…
The Impact of Postmodernization on Existential Health in Sweden
The article presents a portrait and analysis of the existential-psychocultural situation in postmodern Sweden. Drawing from recent research exploring psychology of religion and existential worldviews, and the Swedish findings from the international World Values Survey, an argument is made for thinking about existential function and dysfunction as public health issues. This is portrayed against the background of Sweden as one of the most seculariz…
Stressors, anxiety, acculturation and adjustment among international and North American students
A Meta-Analysis of Malony's body/Soul Orientation
Malony's article provides a base for a much-needed discussion and analysis concern- ing the philosophical and social constructions of body, soul, and spirituality that in- form, consciously or otherwise, mental health constructions of health and illness. In addition, Malony places his discussion in cultural context both at the theoretical and applied levels. Although Malony's intentions are good, the article itself presents diffi- culties due to …
Religious Ritual Function and the Illusionistic World
Artikeln for samman religionspsykologi och det interdiciplinara faltet Ritual studies. I fokus for artikeln ligger ett teoretiskt experiment och utvardering av religionsstudier och religionens ut
With Dance and Drum. A Psychocultural Investigation of the Ritual Meaning-Making System of an Afro-Brazilian, Macumba Community in Salvador, Brazil
This paper focuses on the Macumba community's way of making meaning in its Afro-Brazilian cultural context. The community's meaning-making system is analyzed through five central points relating psychosocial function to religious ritual experience. In this Macumba community context ritual, through dance and drum, serves as the basic multi-dimensional vehicle for psychosocial and spiritual development in the community
The Nature and Role of Religion and Religious Experience in Psychological Cross-Cultural Adjustment
The Nature and Role of Religion and Religious Experience in Psychological Cruss-Cultural Adjustment: Ongoing research in the Clinical Psychology of Religion
Spiritual, psychological, and social dimensions of pastoral care with patients and families in the home health care context
Stressors, anxiety, acculturation and adjustment among international and North American students
The Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire in the Norwegian Context
The Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire (SoMe) offers dimensional measures of meaningfulness, crisis of meaning, and 26 sources of meaning. It allows for a clearer understanding of the variety of existential orientations, which are known to be linked to both mental and physical health. The Norwegian version of the SoMe was validated by testing 925 randomly selected individuals who were representative for the Norwegian population.…
Humiliation and perceived power loss as drivers of radicalisation vulnerability in Northwestern Europe
This study explores the relationships between humiliation, perceived power loss, discrimination, and vulnerability to radicalisation across Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Analysing survey data from 5,501 respondents, we developed a measure of radicalisation vulnerability that captures both general vulnerability factors and specific ideological orientations. Muslims and ethnic minorities were marginally more likely to ex…
A Public Mental Health Study Among Iraqi Refugees in Sweden
This public mental health study highlights the interactions among social determinants and resilience on mental health, PTSD and acculturation among Iraqi refugees in Sweden 2012-2013. Objectives: The study aims to understand participants' health, resilience and acculturation, paying specific attention to gender differences. Design: The study, using a convenience sampling survey design ( N = 4010, 53.2% men), included measures on social determinan…
Spiritual, psychological, and social dimensions of pastoral care with patients and families in the home health care context
The Nature and Role of Religion and Religious Experience in Psychological Cross-Cultural Adjustment
The Nature and Role of Religion and Religious Experience in Psychological Cruss-Cultural Adjustment: Ongoing research in the Clinical Psychology of Religion
With Dance and Drum. A Psychocultural Investigation of the Ritual Meaning-Making System of an Afro-Brazilian, Macumba Community in Salvador, Brazil
This paper focuses on the Macumba community's way of making meaning in its Afro-Brazilian cultural context. The community's meaning-making system is analyzed through five central points relating psychosocial function to religious ritual experience. In this Macumba community context ritual, through dance and drum, serves as the basic multi-dimensional vehicle for psychosocial and spiritual development in the community
Religious Ritual Function and the Illusionistic World
Artikeln for samman religionspsykologi och det interdiciplinara faltet Ritual studies. I fokus for artikeln ligger ett teoretiskt experiment och utvardering av religionsstudier och religionens ut
A Meta-Analysis of Malony's body/Soul Orientation
Malony's article provides a base for a much-needed discussion and analysis concern- ing the philosophical and social constructions of body, soul, and spirituality that in- form, consciously or otherwise, mental health constructions of health and illness. In addition, Malony places his discussion in cultural context both at the theoretical and applied levels. Although Malony's intentions are good, the article itself presents diffi- culties due to …
The Impact of Postmodernization on Existential Health in Sweden
The article presents a portrait and analysis of the existential-psychocultural situation in postmodern Sweden. Drawing from recent research exploring psychology of religion and existential worldviews, and the Swedish findings from the international World Values Survey, an argument is made for thinking about existential function and dysfunction as public health issues. This is portrayed against the background of Sweden as one of the most seculariz…
Stressors, anxiety, acculturation and adjustment among international and North American students
Understanding and working with existential information in a Norwegian adolescent psychiatry context
This is one of several studies on existential information in psychotherapy in Southern Norway. The aim of this study was to explore how therapists' backgrounds and existential information influence their therapeutic practice and philosophy of care, and the use of existential information in psychotherapy. The method used was qualitative, semi-structured interviews. Through emerging themes from the interviews and clinical case illustrations, inform…
Psychological and existential vulnerability among clinical young women
The objective was to explore psychological and existential vulnerability among clinical young women in Sweden. Females (n = 53) with depression as the most common preliminary diagnosis were investigated through an online questionnaire. Included measures were Karolinska Scales of Personality, Self-concept, Strategies to Handle Negative Emotions, Sense of Coherence, and questions pertaining to existential meaning-making, including religious/spiritu…
The illness reframing process in an ethnic-majority population of older people with incurable cancer
Increasing numbers of older people in Western countries are living with incurable cancer as a chronic disease, receiving palliative care from specialised healthcare contexts. The study's aim was to understand variations of cultural- and existential meaning-making adjustments in a Norwegian majority population of older people with incurable cancer. Semi-structured interviews from 21 participants, aged 70–88, were analysed according to three identi…
Existential group practice run by mental healthcare chaplains in Norway
Existential groups run by healthcare chaplains within mental healthcare have a long tradition in Norway. By using a national cross-sectional survey design, this study explored and described both quantitatively and qualitatively these groups’ characteristics. Quantitative data were analysed by descriptive statistics and content analysis inspired by Graneheim and Lundman was used to analyse the qualitative data. The current existential group practi…
An Assessment of Existential Worldview Function among Young Women at Risk for Depression and Anxiety—A Multi-Method Study
Increasing rates of psychiatric problems like depression and anxiety among Swedish youth, predominantly among females, are considered a serious public mental health concern. Multiple studies confirm that psychological as well as existential vulnerability manifest in different ways for youths in Sweden. This multi-method study aimed at assessing existential worldview function by three factors: 1) existential worldview, 2) ontological security, and…
The Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire in the Norwegian Context
The Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire (SoMe) offers dimensional measures of meaningfulness, crisis of meaning, and 26 sources of meaning. It allows for a clearer understanding of the variety of existential orientations, which are known to be linked to both mental and physical health. The Norwegian version of the SoMe was validated by testing 925 randomly selected individuals who were representative for the Norwegian population.…
Addressing the existential dimension in treatment settings
Research has shown that addressing and integrating the existential dimension in treatment settings reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression and substance abuse. Healthcare chaplains are key personnel in this practice. A nationwide, cross-sectional survey influenced by a mixed-methods approach was used to examine the attitudes, practices, understanding and perceptions of mental health professionals, including healthcare chaplains, regarding the va…
The significance ascribed to contacting a diaconal suicide-prevention crisis line in Norway
Suicide-prevention crisis lines worldwide offer support to individuals in crisis, nonetheless, there is limited in-depth knowledge as to the significance of contacting these services from the service-users’ first-hand perspectives. This study aimed to provide a deeper understanding of the significance ascribed to contacting a diaconal suicide-prevention crisis line in Norway. In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with nine callers. The m…
Safe but isolated – an interview study with Iraqi refugees in Sweden about social networks, social support, and mental health
BACKGROUND: Problems with social networks and social support are known to be associated with mental ill-health in refugees. Social support after migration promotes resilience. AIM: To study how Iraqi refugees who arrived in Sweden after the year 2000 perceived their social networks and social support, and to relate the observed network characteristics and changes to the refugees' mental health and well-being. METHOD: Semi-structured interviews wi…
A Public Mental Health Study Among Iraqi Refugees in Sweden
This public mental health study highlights the interactions among social determinants and resilience on mental health, PTSD and acculturation among Iraqi refugees in Sweden 2012-2013. Objectives: The study aims to understand participants' health, resilience and acculturation, paying specific attention to gender differences. Design: The study, using a convenience sampling survey design ( N = 4010, 53.2% men), included measures on social determinan…
Participation in Existential Groups Led by Norwegian Healthcare Chaplains—Relations to Psychological Distress, Crisis of Meaning and Meaningfulness
Spirituality groups led by healthcare chaplains have been found to aid patients’ recovery processes in US psychiatric units. In Norway, existential groups (EGs) led by healthcare chaplains and co-led by healthcare staff members are offered at psychiatric units; these groups share commonalities with spirituality groups, group psychotherapy, existential therapy and clinical pastoral care, facilitating patients’ reflections regarding existential, sp…
Being in-between; exploring former cult members’ experiences of an acculturation process using the cultural formulation interview (DSM-5)
Former cult members face a challenging acculturation process, having lost a functioning worldview upon leaving the cult but not yet gained another to take its place. While the in-between time is often transient, they may need support from the healthcare system, especially regarding mental health concerns, while establishing themselves into mainstream society
What information did the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interviews provide when used with Swedish-speaking patients in a psychiatric setting in Stockholm
For further refinement of the CFI, we see a need for re-framing the questions about cultural identity and its impact on health so that they are better understood. This is needed for majority population patients as direct questions about culture may be difficult to understand when cultural norms are implicit and often unexamined. For clinical implications, our findings suggest that for cultural majority patients the DSM-5 CFI can be a useful perso…
A qualitative analysis of the documentation of DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interviews with non-native speaking patients in a Swedish mental health care setting
Our results indicate that the narrative approach of the CFI, giving contextualized information about distress and functioning, can facilitate clinicians' identification of psychiatric symptoms when language, psychiatric terms and understandings are not shared between patient and clinician
Humiliation and perceived power loss as drivers of radicalisation vulnerability in Northwestern Europe
This study explores the relationships between humiliation, perceived power loss, discrimination, and vulnerability to radicalisation across Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Analysing survey data from 5,501 respondents, we developed a measure of radicalisation vulnerability that captures both general vulnerability factors and specific ideological orientations. Muslims and ethnic minorities were marginally more likely to ex…
Efficacy pilot study of the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview in a specialized mental healthcare inpatient unit for adolescents in Norway
This study contributes to person-centered care (PCC) research by underscoring the importance of actively involving adolescents in their treatment processes. Based on these findings, the clinic initiated a request to evaluate the integration of the CFI process (core interview and use of this information in treatment planning) into standard treatment protocols through an implementation study, which is currently underway
Efficacy testing of the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview for patients in vocational rehabilitation in Norway
Patients found the CFI process to be complex, positive, and holistic, leading to reflections and expectations for their treatment. This was evidenced further by results from the Debriefing Instrument for Patients (DIP). Future clinical implementation of the core CFI should build on a person-centered foundation, incorporating accountable integration of patients' treatment expectations and illness/health narrative information
Psychology (21 obras) · Social Psychology (15 obras) · Sociology (13 obras) · Political science (11 obras) · Social Psychology (11 obras) · Medicine (10 obras) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (10 obras) · Psychotherapist (9 obras) · Clinical Psychology (8 obras) · Existentialism (8 obras)