Dialectics of Mind, Body, and Place
Groundwork for a Theory of Mental Health Literacy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3399726 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steve Kusan (Laurentian University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | SAGE Open (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2158244013512131 |
| OpenAlex | W2164846886 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 61 |
This article presents results from an exploratory study of what college students from northern Ontario think about and do to manage their mental health. Data gathered in semistructured interviews were analyzed using the constant comparative method. The purpose of the study is to advance our understanding of the ontogeny, substantive nature and deployment of mental health literacy (MHL). MHL has hitherto been defined as "knowledge and beliefs about mental disorders that aid their recognition, management or prevention.". This definition effectively translates to knowledge of the contents of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, currently in its fifth edition. Results of the study suggest that the current definition of MHL is overly narrow, that individuals use knowledge of various types from various sources to manage their mental health, and that the literacies that inform mental health management practices are developed through iterative engagement in autologous knowledge-translation, at the core of which are cultured resonance, meaning-making, metacognitive evaluation, and heuristic experimentation. MHL is redefined as the self-generated and acquired knowledge with which people negotiate their mental health. Broadening the definition of MHL has potential to enhance the capacity of individuals and communities to manage mental health effectively
Knowledge management · Knowledge translation · Mental health · Mental health literacy · Mental illness · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Applied Psychology · Computer Science · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology
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Millenarianism and Yoga
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Basics of qualitative research
The Dialogic Imagination
Culture and Identity
Exploratory Research in the Social Sciences
Risk and Resilience
Designing Qualitative Research
The Myth of Mental Illness
Meaning in the Context of Stress and Coping
Mindfulness-based stress reduction and health benefits
The Emergence of Autobiographical Memory
An outpatient program in behavioral medicine for chronic pain patients based on the practice of mindfulness meditation
“Mental health literacy”
Health literacy as a public health goal
Wisdom sits in places
Prenatal Care Use Among Women of Low Income
Toward a Cognitive Neuroscience of Metacognition
Executive Attention and Metacognitive Regulation
Narrative Psychology, Trauma and the Study of Self/Identity
Culture and Identity
Subjective Impact, Meaning Making, and Current and Recalled Emotions for Self‐Defining Memories
Dissociative Experience and Cultural Neuroscience
Using Metacognitions to Identify Emotionally Vulnerable College Students
Rationale and Standards for the Systematic Review of Qualitative Literature in Health Services Research
Making sense of the meaning literature
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Mapping the determinants of health inequalities in social space
Taking a Narrative Approach to Grief Research
Meaning-Making in Cultural Sociology
Positive affect and the experience of meaning in life
Metacognition and cognitive monitoring
Ordinary magic
Qualitative inquiry and research design
Health literacy
Bioethics and rural health
Place effects on health
Steps to an Ecology of Mind
The Mental Health Continuum
Twice-Born, Once Conceived
Introduction
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |