Margareta Östman
Biographic Data
| ID | 5417399 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margareta Östman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margareta |
| FAMILY NAME | Östman |
| SIGNATURE | ÖSTMAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Malmö University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0884-6161 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Experiences of clinicians and managers in the implementation of a family focused model in child and adult psychiatry
The Family Model , when adapted for the Swedish context, is a useful tool for assisting experienced clinicians to engage in family focused practice in both child and adolescent and adult mental health services. The Family Model highlights different aspects in everyday clinical services that were of special interest for clinicians, families, and the system. Future research could explore families' perspectives of the utility of the model
A Mismatch of Paradigms Disrupts the Introduction of Psycho-Educative Interventions for Families of Persons with SMI: An Interview Study with Staff from Community Services
Treatment and support of people diagnosed with severe mental illness in Sweden takes place in out-patient psychiatric services or municipality services. Most of the responsibility for support in daily life are provided by the close family. One crucial matter is how to support these families. This research project aimed to investigate the Swedish construction with shared responsibility between county psychiatric care and municipality social care f…
Professional views of supporting relatives of mental health clients with severe mental illness
BACKGROUND: Supporting families where one person suffers from long-term severe mental illness (SMI) is essential, but seems hard to reach. The aim of this study was to examine professionals' views of supporting relatives of persons with SMI. MATERIAL: Individual interviews mirroring personal narratives and group interviews reflecting group-processed answers were conducted among 23 professionals and analyzed thematically. RESULTS: Three themes eme…
Children of Parents With Serious Mental Illness: The Perspective of Social Workers
The aim of this study is to describe the experiences of children’s social workers in Sweden who work with families in which a parent suffers from serious mental illness, and how a child in such a family receives support. Data were collected through individual interviews and focus groups discussions with 13 professionals in 2 minor municipalities in southern Sweden. Interviewees stated that parental serious mental illness was not a main focus for …
People Living in Community with a Severe Mental Illness: Utilization and Satisfaction with Care and Support
Facing Challenges during Occupation: Middle Eastern Immigrants' Paths to Occupational Well-Being in Sweden
Occupational well-being is a central issue underpinning factors that constitute a good life. This study aimed to explore occupational well-being among Middle Eastern immigrants to Sweden, as reflected in the occupations performed in the context of psychosocial health care. Ten participants experiencing mental health issues, who received occupation-based rehabilitation, were interviewed. Grounded theory methods for data collection and analysis wer…
Lost in interpretation: The use of interpreters in research on mental ill health
Background: The literature concerning interpretation in research primarily concentrates on rigorous techniques to eliminate bias. This article analyses other significant issues that arise when interpreters participate in research. Material: Empirical examples are drawn from a research project concerning mental ill health in a multicultural neighbourhood. Discussion: Interpreters influence interview data in ways commonly unnoticed by researchers. …
Koran reading and negotiation with jinn: Strategies to deal with mental ill health among Swedish Somalis
I den här artikeln diskuterar vi traditionella somaliska begrepp kring psykisk ohälsa. Kvalitativa intervjuer gjordes med ett tjugotal svensksomaliska informanter. Intervjuerna fokuserade på vilka faktorer som kan leda till psykisk ohälsa, traditionell klassifikation av dessa tillstånd, samt attityder till psykiatrisk vård i Sverige. Social mobilisering och religiösa helanderitualer är grundläggande traditionella strategier för att hantera psykis…
Children’s Representatives in Psychiatric Services: What Is the Outcome
Background: Psychiatric services have established children’s representatives in an effort to support children of mentally ill patients. Material: Twenty two specially designated children’s representatives and 19 other staff members were asked how they conceived the role of children’s representatives and if those representatives had the responsibility of identifying children of mentally ill patients. Discussion: Children’s representatives expresse…
Illuminating User Experience of a Website for the Relatives of Persons With Depression
Background: The aim of the study was to illuminate users’ experiences of a website aimed at helping relatives of persons with depression. Material: Data was collected through forum posts, a usability scale and focus groups, and was analyzed using content analysis. Discussion: The diary and forum seemed to fill different and valuable functions (i.e. think tank, exchange of stories), allowing communication with the self and others. Conclusions: The…
Normal life crises and insanity—mental illness contextualised
According to a 2005 survey, the people of Rosengård, a culturally heterogeneous borough of Malmö, Sweden, utilise considerably less mental health services in relation to their estimated needs than the rest of the city's population. A study based on interviews with people living or working in the area revealed several possible reasons. Most important was their perception of what constitutes mental illness. If the cause of one's disturbed mental st…
Belonging and Doing: Important Factors for Satisfaction With Sexual Relations as Perceived By People With Persistent Mental Illness
Background: It is increasingly acknowledged that satisfaction with sexual relations forms an important aspect of people’s lives, but little is known of factors associated with this phenomenon among people with mental illness. Aim: This study aimed to investigate how demographic, social, clinical, and health-related factors were related to satisfaction with sexual relations. Methods: Patients with persistent mental illness (N = 103), recruited fro…
Oral health problems and support as experienced by people with severe mental illness living in community-based subsidised housing - a qualitative study: Oral health problems
The purpose of this study was to explore how persons with severe mental illness (SMI) experience oral health problems (especially dry mouth), and weigh the support they received in this regard from professionals and staff at community-based congregate housing through a controlled intervention programme. Oral health problems and dry mouth are found in association with apathy and indifference, cognitive deficits, and long-term medication with psych…
Whose Life Am I Living? Relatives Living in the Shadow of Depression
Background: Families living with mental illness experience added burden and need information and support. Aim: This aim of this study was to explore the experiences of families living close to a depressed individual. Methods: Eighteen persons were interviewed individually or in focus groups. Data was analysed using a grounded theory-inspired methodology. Results: Most participants expressed a feeling of not living their own life, struggling to ba…
Family Burden and Relatives' Participation in Psychiatric Care: Are the Patient's Diagnosis and the Relation to the Patient of Importance
Background: Studies that differentiate among diagnoses have detected divergent results in the experience of family burden. Aim: This study aimed to investigate differences in family burden and participation in care between relatives from subgroups of psychoses, affective disorders and ‘other diagnoses’, and between different subgroups of relatives. Method: In a Swedish longitudinal study performed in 1986, 1991 and 1997, 455 close relatives of bo…
Stigma by association: Psychological factors in relatives of people with mental illness
BACKGROUND: Stigma affects not only people with mental illnesses, but their families as well. Understanding how stigma affects family members in terms of both their psychological response to the ill person and their contacts with psychiatric services will improve interactions with the family. AIMS: To investigate factors of psychological significance related to stigma of the relatives. METHOD: In a Swedish multi-centre study, 162 relatives of pat…
Family Burden, Participation in Care and Mental Health - an 11-Year Comparison of the Situation of Relatives To Compulsorily and Voluntarily Admitted Patients
The changes in fiamily burden and participation in care of relatives to both voluntarily and compulsorily admitted patients were investigated as part of a longitudinal study of the quality of the mental health services in a Swedish county perfiorrned between 1986 and 1997. The relationship between the relative's mental health and family burden, participation in care and need of own support was also investigated. The results showed similar and hig…
Facing Challenges during Occupation: Middle Eastern Immigrants' Paths to Occupational Well-Being in Sweden
Occupational well-being is a central issue underpinning factors that constitute a good life. This study aimed to explore occupational well-being among Middle Eastern immigrants to Sweden, as reflected in the occupations performed in the context of psychosocial health care. Ten participants experiencing mental health issues, who received occupation-based rehabilitation, were interviewed. Grounded theory methods for data collection and analysis wer…
Oral health problems and support as experienced by people with severe mental illness living in community-based subsidised housing - a qualitative study: Oral health problems
The purpose of this study was to explore how persons with severe mental illness (SMI) experience oral health problems (especially dry mouth), and weigh the support they received in this regard from professionals and staff at community-based congregate housing through a controlled intervention programme. Oral health problems and dry mouth are found in association with apathy and indifference, cognitive deficits, and long-term medication with psych…
Family Burden, Participation in Care and Mental Health - an 11-Year Comparison of the Situation of Relatives To Compulsorily and Voluntarily Admitted Patients
The changes in fiamily burden and participation in care of relatives to both voluntarily and compulsorily admitted patients were investigated as part of a longitudinal study of the quality of the mental health services in a Swedish county perfiorrned between 1986 and 1997. The relationship between the relative's mental health and family burden, participation in care and need of own support was also investigated. The results showed similar and hig…
Stigma by association: Psychological factors in relatives of people with mental illness
BACKGROUND: Stigma affects not only people with mental illnesses, but their families as well. Understanding how stigma affects family members in terms of both their psychological response to the ill person and their contacts with psychiatric services will improve interactions with the family. AIMS: To investigate factors of psychological significance related to stigma of the relatives. METHOD: In a Swedish multi-centre study, 162 relatives of pat…
Family Burden and Relatives' Participation in Psychiatric Care: Are the Patient's Diagnosis and the Relation to the Patient of Importance
Background: Studies that differentiate among diagnoses have detected divergent results in the experience of family burden. Aim: This study aimed to investigate differences in family burden and participation in care between relatives from subgroups of psychoses, affective disorders and ‘other diagnoses’, and between different subgroups of relatives. Method: In a Swedish longitudinal study performed in 1986, 1991 and 1997, 455 close relatives of bo…
Whose Life Am I Living? Relatives Living in the Shadow of Depression
Background: Families living with mental illness experience added burden and need information and support. Aim: This aim of this study was to explore the experiences of families living close to a depressed individual. Methods: Eighteen persons were interviewed individually or in focus groups. Data was analysed using a grounded theory-inspired methodology. Results: Most participants expressed a feeling of not living their own life, struggling to ba…
Belonging and Doing: Important Factors for Satisfaction With Sexual Relations as Perceived By People With Persistent Mental Illness
Background: It is increasingly acknowledged that satisfaction with sexual relations forms an important aspect of people’s lives, but little is known of factors associated with this phenomenon among people with mental illness. Aim: This study aimed to investigate how demographic, social, clinical, and health-related factors were related to satisfaction with sexual relations. Methods: Patients with persistent mental illness (N = 103), recruited fro…
Oral health problems and support as experienced by people with severe mental illness living in community-based subsidised housing - a qualitative study: Oral health problems
The purpose of this study was to explore how persons with severe mental illness (SMI) experience oral health problems (especially dry mouth), and weigh the support they received in this regard from professionals and staff at community-based congregate housing through a controlled intervention programme. Oral health problems and dry mouth are found in association with apathy and indifference, cognitive deficits, and long-term medication with psych…
Koran reading and negotiation with jinn: Strategies to deal with mental ill health among Swedish Somalis
I den här artikeln diskuterar vi traditionella somaliska begrepp kring psykisk ohälsa. Kvalitativa intervjuer gjordes med ett tjugotal svensksomaliska informanter. Intervjuerna fokuserade på vilka faktorer som kan leda till psykisk ohälsa, traditionell klassifikation av dessa tillstånd, samt attityder till psykiatrisk vård i Sverige. Social mobilisering och religiösa helanderitualer är grundläggande traditionella strategier för att hantera psykis…
Children’s Representatives in Psychiatric Services: What Is the Outcome
Background: Psychiatric services have established children’s representatives in an effort to support children of mentally ill patients. Material: Twenty two specially designated children’s representatives and 19 other staff members were asked how they conceived the role of children’s representatives and if those representatives had the responsibility of identifying children of mentally ill patients. Discussion: Children’s representatives expresse…
Illuminating User Experience of a Website for the Relatives of Persons With Depression
Background: The aim of the study was to illuminate users’ experiences of a website aimed at helping relatives of persons with depression. Material: Data was collected through forum posts, a usability scale and focus groups, and was analyzed using content analysis. Discussion: The diary and forum seemed to fill different and valuable functions (i.e. think tank, exchange of stories), allowing communication with the self and others. Conclusions: The…
Normal life crises and insanity—mental illness contextualised
According to a 2005 survey, the people of Rosengård, a culturally heterogeneous borough of Malmö, Sweden, utilise considerably less mental health services in relation to their estimated needs than the rest of the city's population. A study based on interviews with people living or working in the area revealed several possible reasons. Most important was their perception of what constitutes mental illness. If the cause of one's disturbed mental st…
Lost in interpretation: The use of interpreters in research on mental ill health
Background: The literature concerning interpretation in research primarily concentrates on rigorous techniques to eliminate bias. This article analyses other significant issues that arise when interpreters participate in research. Material: Empirical examples are drawn from a research project concerning mental ill health in a multicultural neighbourhood. Discussion: Interpreters influence interview data in ways commonly unnoticed by researchers. …
Facing Challenges during Occupation: Middle Eastern Immigrants' Paths to Occupational Well-Being in Sweden
Occupational well-being is a central issue underpinning factors that constitute a good life. This study aimed to explore occupational well-being among Middle Eastern immigrants to Sweden, as reflected in the occupations performed in the context of psychosocial health care. Ten participants experiencing mental health issues, who received occupation-based rehabilitation, were interviewed. Grounded theory methods for data collection and analysis wer…
People Living in Community with a Severe Mental Illness: Utilization and Satisfaction with Care and Support
Children of Parents With Serious Mental Illness: The Perspective of Social Workers
The aim of this study is to describe the experiences of children’s social workers in Sweden who work with families in which a parent suffers from serious mental illness, and how a child in such a family receives support. Data were collected through individual interviews and focus groups discussions with 13 professionals in 2 minor municipalities in southern Sweden. Interviewees stated that parental serious mental illness was not a main focus for …
Professional views of supporting relatives of mental health clients with severe mental illness
BACKGROUND: Supporting families where one person suffers from long-term severe mental illness (SMI) is essential, but seems hard to reach. The aim of this study was to examine professionals' views of supporting relatives of persons with SMI. MATERIAL: Individual interviews mirroring personal narratives and group interviews reflecting group-processed answers were conducted among 23 professionals and analyzed thematically. RESULTS: Three themes eme…
A Mismatch of Paradigms Disrupts the Introduction of Psycho-Educative Interventions for Families of Persons with SMI: An Interview Study with Staff from Community Services
Treatment and support of people diagnosed with severe mental illness in Sweden takes place in out-patient psychiatric services or municipality services. Most of the responsibility for support in daily life are provided by the close family. One crucial matter is how to support these families. This research project aimed to investigate the Swedish construction with shared responsibility between county psychiatric care and municipality social care f…
Experiences of clinicians and managers in the implementation of a family focused model in child and adult psychiatry
The Family Model , when adapted for the Swedish context, is a useful tool for assisting experienced clinicians to engage in family focused practice in both child and adolescent and adult mental health services. The Family Model highlights different aspects in everyday clinical services that were of special interest for clinicians, families, and the system. Future research could explore families' perspectives of the utility of the model
Psychology (17 works) · Mental health (14 works) · Psychiatry (14 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Family Caregiving in Mental Illness (10 works) · Mental illness (8 works) · Schizophrenia research and treatment (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Psychotherapist (6 works) · Sociology (6 works)