Ora Nakash
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 75163 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Ora Nakash |
| NOMBRES | Ora |
| APELLIDO | Nakash |
| FIRMA | NAKASH O |
| AFILIACIONES | Reichman University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9963-1184 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 43 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 54 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 43 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2006 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Collective Trauma, Unequal Burden
The contribution of attachment insecurities and impaired mentalization to the severity of pathological personality traits in a clinical sample
Determinants of intentions to seek formal mental health help among Palestinian adolescents in Israel
Background: Mental health challenges are widespread among adolescents undergoing significant physical, emotional, social, and academic changes. However, rates of formal help-seeking remain low, particularly among those from ethnic minorities. Aims: This study investigated the determinants of intentions to seek formal mental health help among Palestinian adolescents in Israel, focusing on mental health literacy (MHL) and trust in formal sources of…
Mental health literacy as a barrier and facilitator for service use
BACKGROUND: Mental health literacy (MHL) has been related to health behaviors and outcomes. However, studies examining MHL as a barrier and facilitator to service use are limited, especially among minority groups. AIMS: This study examined MHL as a barrier and facilitator to mental health service use among the Palestinian Bedouin minority in Israel. METHODS: Twenty-five Bedouins (15 women) from southern Israel participated in semi-structured, in-…
Implementation of Research in Community Mental Health Centers
Unraveling Trust Issues Towards Mental Health Professionals Among Bedouin-Arab Minority in Israel
Expanding Our Seeing
In this piece we respond to the generous and generative commentaries by Marsha Levy Warren and Daniel Gaztambide. We reflect on Levy Warren’s appeal for greater theorization around the mechanism for how the sociocultural surround becomes internalized and propose Karim Dajani’s work to expand beyond the process of interpersonal internalization. We then respond to Gaztambide’s astute questioning of how our framework for “freedom” has been co-opted …
Repetition Compulsion and Sociopolitical Trauma
Repetition compulsion is a foundational concept in classical psychoanalytic theory. Relational theory extends our understanding of repetition compulsion by proposing the importance of the inability to feel in the face of relational severing. In this paper, we conceptualize how the model of repetition compulsion, one that has previously concerned the intrapsychic and interpersonal realms, can be extended to systems-level dynamics that occur under …
Toward “Decolonizing” Clinical Social Work Practice and Education
There are many examples of colonization in social work practice: policing parenting practices of people from a range of cultural traditions using a Western notion of what is suitable and in the best interests of children (Miller, 2023;Roberts, 2020Roberts, 2022)), individualizing psychosocial problems in a decontextualized way (Miller, 2012(Miller, , 2023)), and the panoply of norms and practices of psychotherapy (e.g., weekly, 50-minute sessions…
Strength of social ties and perceived tangible support
278). Older men reported higher levels of perceived tangible support, while older women had more strong social ties. The number of strong social ties was associated with older women's, but not men's, increased sense of tangible support. Implications for cultivating elders' wellbeing respective of gender particularities are discussed
Barriers to Mental Health Service Use among Palestinian-Arab Women in Israel
This study highlights the role of psychological distress in the relationship between barriers to and utilization of mental health services, helping professionals and policymakers increase mental health service use among Palestinian-Arab women in Israel and other vulnerable women elsewhere
Social Support and Psychological Distress among the Bedouin Arab Elderly in Israel
In Israel, as in other developed countries, mental health problems are common among older adults who are members of disadvantaged ethnic minorities that are experiencing cultural and social changes. The main goals of the current study were: (a) to examine gender differences in the levels of psychological distress and social support among Bedouin elders, and (b) to examine the moderating role of gender in the associations between social support in…
A qualitative study examining the quality of working alliance as a function of the social identifies of clients and therapists during the mental health intake
Therapists are faced with the challenge of developing effective ways to advance cross-cultural engagement with a rapidly growing diverse client population. In this qualitative study, we characterized the way clients and therapists described the quality of working alliance during the mental health intake and examined whether these descriptions vary as a function of their social identities. We conducted in-depth interviews with Ashkenazi (socially …
Centering the Voice of the Client
Despite current interest in collaborative practices, few investigations document the ways practitioners can facilitate collaboration during in‐session interactions. This investigation explores verbatim psychotherapy transcripts to describe and illustrate therapist’s communications that facilitate or hinder centering client’s voice in work with socioeconomically disadvantaged populations. Four exemplar cases were selected from a large intervention…
Uncovering the Intricacies of the Clinical Intake Assessment
Objective: Based on a single intake interview, mental health clinicians must distill their assessment to brief statements reflecting essential information. We explored how clinicians organize and prioritize the clinical information they collect during the initial assessment of their clients. Method: We conducted in-depth semistructured interviews with a convenience sample of 38 clinicians in four community- and hospital-based mental health clinic…
The Role of Culture/Ethnicity in Communicating with Cancer Patients About Mental Health Distress and Suicidality
The Association Between Deaf Identity and Emotional Distress Among Adolescents
The sociocultural approach regards being deaf as a cultural characteristic in the identity of a deaf/hard-of-hearing (D/HH) person. The degree to which one integrates the hearing and Deaf cultures (“acculturation”) is an important factor for the well-being of deaf adolescents. We examined the relationship between acculturation patterns and emotional distress among D/HH (n = 69) compared to hearing (n = 60) adolescents in Israel. We used culturall…
Gathering Diverse Perspectives to Tackle “Wicked Problems”
Among students receiving behavioral health and special education services, racial/ethnic minority students are consistently overrepresented in settings separate from general classrooms. Once separated, many young people struggle to improve academically and face significant difficulty upon trying to return to a general education setting. Given the complex, ongoing, and multifaceted nature of this challenge, racial/ethnic disproportionality can be …
Understanding the Role of Past Health Care Discrimination in Help-Seeking and Shared Decision-Making for Depression Treatment Preferences
As a part of a larger, mixed-methods research study, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 21 adults with depressive symptoms to understand the role that past health care discrimination plays in shaping help-seeking for depression treatment and receiving preferred treatment modalities. We recruited to achieve heterogeneity of racial/ethnic backgrounds and history of health care discrimination in our participant sample. Participants were Hi…
Religiosity and barriers to mental healthcare
We explored barriers to seeking mental healthcare, as reported by religious and secular clients in community mental health clinics. We conducted in-depth interviews with 59 clients immediately following their intake session and performed thematic analyses to identify major themes. Respondents across degree of religiosity/faith reported multiple barriers, including client-based and structural barriers. Most commonly, participants reported barriers…
It takes two to self‐disclose
Objective We tested the prediction that incremental theorists are more likely to facilitate others’ self‐disclosure than are entity theorists. Method We conducted three studies: (a) a field study that examined client’s self‐disclosure ( N = 122; M age = 41.9, 67.8% woman; Israelis) during an intake interview with a professional therapist ( N = 38; M age = 46.2, 84.20% woman; Israelis), (b) a survey of adults ( N = 120; M age = 37.14, 57.6% female…
Using an Initial Clinical Interview to Assess the Coparenting Relationship
The current study uses an initial intake interview as an assessment tool in the Supporting Father Involvement (SFI) intervention and considers it from a family systems theoretical perspective. SFI includes a 32-hour group for parents with young children that aims to reduce child abuse and promote family well-being through a curriculum focused on enhancing positive father involvement and coparenting. For this study, the initial clinical interview …
Oncologists’ Treatment Responses to Mental Health Distress in Their Cancer Patients
The objectives of this study were to identify how oncologists respond to mental health distress in their patients, what specific strategies they use in treating this distress, and what barriers they report responding to their patients’ emotional distress. Twenty-three oncologists at two cancer centers were interviewed. The grounded theory method of data collection and analysis was used. Oncologists varied in their response to patients’ emotional …
"Why Come for Treatment?" Clients' and Therapists' Accounts of the Presenting Problems When Seeking Mental Health Care
Although identification of main problems is the foundation for treatment planning, limited research has examined reasons for seeking mental health care. We identified reasons for seeking mental health care as reported by clients and therapists upon initial contact with mental health services. We conducted in-depth interviews with clients and their therapists immediately following the intake. We analyzed 117 therapist and 112 client interviews usi…
The association between perceived social support and posttraumatic stress symptoms among Eritrean and Sudanese male asylum seekers in Israel
We investigated the combined effect of the severity of exposure to traumatic events and perceived social support on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among male asylum seekers in Israel. A convenience sample of 90 men who sought asylum from Eritrea and Sudan and presented at the Open-Clinic in Tel-Aviv, Israel, participated in the study. Participants completed measures assessing exposure to traumatic events, perceived social support a…
The effect of acculturation and discrimination on mental health symptoms and risk behaviors among adolescent migrants in Israel
This study examines the role of acculturation, perceived discrimination, and self-esteem in predicting the mental health symptoms and risk behaviors among 1.5 and second generation non-Jewish adolescents born to migrant families compared with native-born Jewish Israeli adolescents in Israel. Participants included n = 65 1.5 migrant adolescents, n = 60 second generation migrant adolescents, and n = 146 age, gender, and socioeconomic matched sample…
The association between acculturation patterns and mental health symptoms among Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers in Israel
Past research has documented the role acculturation plays in the process of adjustment to new cultures among migrants. Yet little attention has been paid thus far to the role of acculturation in the context of forced migration. In this study we examined the association between acculturation patterns and mental health symptoms among a convenience sample of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers (n = 118) who accessed health services at the Physician…
Understanding the Role of Past Health Care Discrimination in Help-Seeking and Shared Decision-Making for Depression Treatment Preferences
As a part of a larger, mixed-methods research study, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 21 adults with depressive symptoms to understand the role that past health care discrimination plays in shaping help-seeking for depression treatment and receiving preferred treatment modalities. We recruited to achieve heterogeneity of racial/ethnic backgrounds and history of health care discrimination in our participant sample. Participants were Hi…
The association between perceived social support and posttraumatic stress symptoms among Eritrean and Sudanese male asylum seekers in Israel
We investigated the combined effect of the severity of exposure to traumatic events and perceived social support on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among male asylum seekers in Israel. A convenience sample of 90 men who sought asylum from Eritrea and Sudan and presented at the Open-Clinic in Tel-Aviv, Israel, participated in the study. Participants completed measures assessing exposure to traumatic events, perceived social support a…
Toward “Decolonizing” Clinical Social Work Practice and Education
There are many examples of colonization in social work practice: policing parenting practices of people from a range of cultural traditions using a Western notion of what is suitable and in the best interests of children (Miller, 2023;Roberts, 2020Roberts, 2022)), individualizing psychosocial problems in a decontextualized way (Miller, 2012(Miller, , 2023)), and the panoply of norms and practices of psychotherapy (e.g., weekly, 50-minute sessions…
"Why Come for Treatment?" Clients' and Therapists' Accounts of the Presenting Problems When Seeking Mental Health Care
Although identification of main problems is the foundation for treatment planning, limited research has examined reasons for seeking mental health care. We identified reasons for seeking mental health care as reported by clients and therapists upon initial contact with mental health services. We conducted in-depth interviews with clients and their therapists immediately following the intake. We analyzed 117 therapist and 112 client interviews usi…
Home and away
Immigration is not only about changing countries, but also about shifting identities. This change is especially important for adolescents. This article examines identity formation among 1.5 and 2nd generation adolescent immigrants to Israel. A survey of 125 children of immigrants aged 12-19 examined the role of social structures such as pace of life, culture, religion and language on identity formation in 1.5 and 2nd generational groups. We have …
The Contribution of Gender-Role Orientation to Psychological Distress Among Male African Asylum-Seekers in Israel
We investigated the association between gender-role orientation and emotional distress among African male asylum-seekers in Israel. A convenience sample of 60 English-speaking asylum-seekers completed a measure of gender-roles, emotional distress, and posttraumatic stress (PTSD). Androgynous, feminine, and undifferentiated gender roles were most prevalent, while the presence of masculine gender-role was exceptionally low. Androgynous gender-role …
Common mental disorders in immigrant and second-generation respondents
Results showed disparities in the mental health measures in both generations. It is likely that social causation factors, such as restricted opportunities in the context of higher aspirations, partially account for the findings
The Impact of Qualitative Research on the “Real World”
Knowledge translation (KT) remains an elusive term that has no unified definition in the health or social sciences. The wide scope of what KT is in practice invites creativity in disseminating research findings. In this article, we describe innovative KT initiatives based on different methodologies of qualitative research we conducted in the fields of psycho-oncology and mental health. These include medical and public education, training mental h…
Examination of the Role of Implicit Clinical Judgments During the Mental Health Intake
We examined the characteristics of therapists' implicit clinical judgments during the mental health intake. Following the intake sessions with new clients, we conducted 129 semistructured interviews with 47 therapists. We found that 82% of therapists and 75% of interviews included reference to implicit clinical judgments. Therapists referred to these judgments as a cognitive process that relied on knowledge acquired through past clinical experien…
The Effects of Social Roles and Personality Motives on Autobiographical Memory
What Works, When, and Why
The effects of power imbalances and gender on autobiographical memory
This study investigated the effects of power, gender, and gender of partner on content (agency and communal themes) and structure (differentiated and integrated cognitive style) of autobiographical memories for previous power experiences. The results showed that assigned power affected memory content, with helpers including more communal themes in their memories. Gender also affected memory structure, with females structuring memories in a more i…
The effect of acculturation and discrimination on mental health symptoms and risk behaviors among adolescent migrants in Israel
This study examines the role of acculturation, perceived discrimination, and self-esteem in predicting the mental health symptoms and risk behaviors among 1.5 and second generation non-Jewish adolescents born to migrant families compared with native-born Jewish Israeli adolescents in Israel. Participants included n = 65 1.5 migrant adolescents, n = 60 second generation migrant adolescents, and n = 146 age, gender, and socioeconomic matched sample…
Common mental disorders in immigrant and second-generation respondents
Results showed disparities in the mental health measures in both generations. It is likely that social causation factors, such as restricted opportunities in the context of higher aspirations, partially account for the findings
Home and away
Immigration is not only about changing countries, but also about shifting identities. This change is especially important for adolescents. This article examines identity formation among 1.5 and 2nd generation adolescent immigrants to Israel. A survey of 125 children of immigrants aged 12-19 examined the role of social structures such as pace of life, culture, religion and language on identity formation in 1.5 and 2nd generational groups. We have …
Ethnicity and Long-term Prognosis After Myocardial Infarction
BACKGROUND: Health disparities are systematic differences in health, favoring members of advantaged over disadvantaged groups in the society. This study examines the contribution of multiple socioeconomic status (SES) measures to ethnic differences in after myocardial infarction (MI) prognosis. METHODS: Patients aged 65 years and younger (n=1040) belonging to Ashkenazi and Mizrahi advantaged and disadvantaged ethnic groups discharged from 8 hospi…
The Contribution of Gender-Role Orientation to Psychological Distress Among Male African Asylum-Seekers in Israel
We investigated the association between gender-role orientation and emotional distress among African male asylum-seekers in Israel. A convenience sample of 60 English-speaking asylum-seekers completed a measure of gender-roles, emotional distress, and posttraumatic stress (PTSD). Androgynous, feminine, and undifferentiated gender roles were most prevalent, while the presence of masculine gender-role was exceptionally low. Androgynous gender-role …
Examination of the Role of Implicit Clinical Judgments During the Mental Health Intake
We examined the characteristics of therapists' implicit clinical judgments during the mental health intake. Following the intake sessions with new clients, we conducted 129 semistructured interviews with 47 therapists. We found that 82% of therapists and 75% of interviews included reference to implicit clinical judgments. Therapists referred to these judgments as a cognitive process that relied on knowledge acquired through past clinical experien…
Ethnic disparities in mental health treatment gap in a community-based survey and in access to care in psychiatric clinics
BACKGROUND: Contrasting social status of ethnic groups differentially impacts the use of psychiatric services, including in Israel, despite its universal health system. However, relevant studies are limited. AIMS: To examine ethnic differences in mental health treatment gap and in access to specialized care. METHODS: Data were gathered from two sources. Study I included Mizrahi (Jews of North African/Asian origin, socially disadvantaged, n = 136)…
Exposure to Traumatic Experiences Among Asylum Seekers from Eritrea and Sudan During Migration to Israel
The association between acculturation patterns and mental health symptoms among Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers in Israel
Past research has documented the role acculturation plays in the process of adjustment to new cultures among migrants. Yet little attention has been paid thus far to the role of acculturation in the context of forced migration. In this study we examined the association between acculturation patterns and mental health symptoms among a convenience sample of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers (n = 118) who accessed health services at the Physician…
Mental Health and Engagement in Risk Behaviors Among Migrant Adolescents in Israel
The study examined the role of resilience factors (self-esteem, secure attachment, and perceived peer support) in predicting mental health symptoms and engagement in risk behaviors among 144 migrant adolescents of work migrants and asylum seekers compared to 146 native-born adolescents in Israel. Migrants’ age and gender were associated with mental health, higher engagement in risk behaviors among older participants, and elevated symptoms among f…
Social Identities of Clients and Therapists During the Mental Health Intake Predict Diagnostic Accuracy
Across countries, common mental disorders are often more prevalent and/or more persistent among disadvantaged members (e.g., ethnic minorities) compared with advantaged group members. Although these disparities constitute a heavy challenge to national health organizations, there is little empirical evidence to help account for the mechanism underlying them. In this study, conducted in clinics across Israel, we investigated processes, rooted in th…
The Impact of Qualitative Research on the “Real World”
Knowledge translation (KT) remains an elusive term that has no unified definition in the health or social sciences. The wide scope of what KT is in practice invites creativity in disseminating research findings. In this article, we describe innovative KT initiatives based on different methodologies of qualitative research we conducted in the fields of psycho-oncology and mental health. These include medical and public education, training mental h…
The association between religiosity and alcohol use
We examined whether meaning in life and exposure to media mediate the association between religiosity and alcohol use among members of the Jewish-orthodox community in Israel. One hundred and ten young adult men self-identified as orthodox (n = 57) or secular (n = 53) participated in the study. Participants completed self-report measures designed to assess meaning in life, media exposure, alcohol use, and craving. Our findings show that orthodox …
The association between the hostile-world scenario, perceived control, and emotional distress among gay men and lesbians
We examined the moderating role perceived control plays in the relationship between hostile-world scenarios unique to gay men and lesbians and emotional distress. A convenience sample of Israeli gay (n = 56) and lesbian (n = 42) participants who were recruited online through snowball sampling completed questionnaires examining emotional distress, perceived control, and hostile-world themes unique to the gay and lesbian communities. The hostile-wo…
The Association Between Postnatal Depression, Acculturation and Mother–Infant Bond Among Eritrean Asylum Seekers in Israel
The association between perceived social support and posttraumatic stress symptoms among Eritrean and Sudanese male asylum seekers in Israel
We investigated the combined effect of the severity of exposure to traumatic events and perceived social support on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among male asylum seekers in Israel. A convenience sample of 90 men who sought asylum from Eritrea and Sudan and presented at the Open-Clinic in Tel-Aviv, Israel, participated in the study. Participants completed measures assessing exposure to traumatic events, perceived social support a…
Oncologists’ Treatment Responses to Mental Health Distress in Their Cancer Patients
The objectives of this study were to identify how oncologists respond to mental health distress in their patients, what specific strategies they use in treating this distress, and what barriers they report responding to their patients’ emotional distress. Twenty-three oncologists at two cancer centers were interviewed. The grounded theory method of data collection and analysis was used. Oncologists varied in their response to patients’ emotional …
"Why Come for Treatment?" Clients' and Therapists' Accounts of the Presenting Problems When Seeking Mental Health Care
Although identification of main problems is the foundation for treatment planning, limited research has examined reasons for seeking mental health care. We identified reasons for seeking mental health care as reported by clients and therapists upon initial contact with mental health services. We conducted in-depth interviews with clients and their therapists immediately following the intake. We analyzed 117 therapist and 112 client interviews usi…
Religiosity and barriers to mental healthcare
We explored barriers to seeking mental healthcare, as reported by religious and secular clients in community mental health clinics. We conducted in-depth interviews with 59 clients immediately following their intake session and performed thematic analyses to identify major themes. Respondents across degree of religiosity/faith reported multiple barriers, including client-based and structural barriers. Most commonly, participants reported barriers…
It takes two to self‐disclose
Objective We tested the prediction that incremental theorists are more likely to facilitate others’ self‐disclosure than are entity theorists. Method We conducted three studies: (a) a field study that examined client’s self‐disclosure ( N = 122; M age = 41.9, 67.8% woman; Israelis) during an intake interview with a professional therapist ( N = 38; M age = 46.2, 84.20% woman; Israelis), (b) a survey of adults ( N = 120; M age = 37.14, 57.6% female…
Using an Initial Clinical Interview to Assess the Coparenting Relationship
The current study uses an initial intake interview as an assessment tool in the Supporting Father Involvement (SFI) intervention and considers it from a family systems theoretical perspective. SFI includes a 32-hour group for parents with young children that aims to reduce child abuse and promote family well-being through a curriculum focused on enhancing positive father involvement and coparenting. For this study, the initial clinical interview …
The Role of Culture/Ethnicity in Communicating with Cancer Patients About Mental Health Distress and Suicidality
Psychology (37 obras) · Psychiatry (26 obras) · Mental health (25 obras) · Social Psychology (23 obras) · Medicine (21 obras) · Clinical Psychology (20 obras) · Political science (19 obras) · Sociology (15 obras) · Ethnic group (14 obras) · Migration, Health and Trauma (13 obras)