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Metaphors for the meaning of caring for a spouse with dementia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: Spouses of people with young-onset frontotemporal dementia (YO-FTD) (age 65 years or younger) encounter special challenges. The diagnosis is scarcely known; the early onset is unexpected; and the disease is ... -
Universitetslæreres erfaringer med digitalisering i et pedagogisk utviklingsprosjekt
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)I denne artikkelen undersøker vi universitetslæreres erfaringer med å utvikle og iverksette et teknologiintensivt prosjekt i UH-sektoren. Det rettes et særlig fokus mot hvilke spenninger, relasjoner og mekanismer aktørene ... -
Young migrant students’ motivators and drive for obtaining education
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This article investigates how students from migrant backgrounds describe their motivators and drive for obtaining an education. It is based on a qualitative study of 17 young people aged 16-24. All are students in combination ... -
Inner and Outer Voices in Research: How Dialogical Approaches Can Enhance Knowledge Development in Mental Healthcare
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This article contributes methodological reflections on how dialogical and reflective approaches can enhance many voices in research. An epistemological assumption in research with a participatory design is that knowledge ... -
‘Not at all what I had expected’: Discontinuing treatment with extended-release naltrexone (XR-NTX): A qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: Extended-release naltrexone (XR-NTX), an opioid antagonist, has demonstrated equal treatment outcomes, in terms of safety, opioid use, and retention, to the recommended OMT medication buprenorphine. However, ... -
Part I: Dynamics of Recovery: A Meta-Synthesis Exploring the Nature of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Recovery
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Recovery-oriented care has become a leading vision across countries. To develop services and communities in more recovery-oriented directions, enhanced understandings of recovery in terms of personal and social contexts ... -
Enablers and hindrances for longer-term abstinence in opioid dependent individuals receiving treatment with extended-release naltrexone: A Norwegian longitudinal recovery trial (NaltRec study)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Opioid-dependence is a comprehensive, relapsing disorder with negative individual, - family, - and societal consequences. Recovery is difficult to achieve. Research has shown reduced substance use and improved healthand ... -
Health outcomes in young adulthood among former child refugees in Denmark, Norway and Sweden: A cross-country comparative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Aims: This study aimed at comparing several health outcomes in young adulthood among child refugees who settled in the different immigration and integration policy contexts of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Methods: The study ... -
A Cross-European Study of Informal Carers’ Needs in the Context of Caring for Older People, and their Experiences with Professionals Working in Integrated Care Settings
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Introduction: Informal carers are increasingly relied on for support by older people and the health and social care systems that serve them. It is therefore important that health and social care professionals are knowledgeable ... -
Resist or Adapt? A Narrative Analysis of Endeavors for Belonging Among Young Adults with Co-Occurring Substance Use and Mental Health Problems
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The article explores how young adults with co-occurring substance use and mental health problems experience and describe their own and others’ contributions to their sense of community belonging. This article is part of a ... -
Fidelity to an evidence-based model for crisis resolution teams: a cross-sectional multicentre study in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: Crisis resolution teams (CRTs) are specialized multidisciplinary teams intended to provide assessment and short-term outpatient or home treatment as an alternative to hospital admission for people experiencing ... -
Throwing Pebbles While Waiting: An Autoethnographic Exploration Of Mental Health And Colonialism
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In this article, three scholars jointly investigate questions of Western colonization and mental health. While their areas of interest and experience vary, the authors discuss oppression as a common thread connecting their ... -
Same but different: meaning-making among refugee and non-refugee youths
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Purpose: There is substantial research on the experiences, needs and well-being of unaccompanied refugee adolescents, but less is known about existential aspects of their lives. The purpose of the current study is to explore ... -
Exploring work engagement in the context of person-centred practices: a qualitative study in municipal long-term care facilities for older people
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: To provide high-quality and cost-effective person-centred care, organisations need employees who are committed to perform at their best. Employee work engagement, defined as a positive, fulfilling approach to ... -
Social support and recovery from mental health problems: a scoping review.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Several systematic reviews have suggested the linkages between social support and mental health or the use of mental health services in general. There is a need to develop the knowledge on different associations between ... -
Editorial Perspective: Prato Research Collaborative for change in parent and child mental health – principles and recommendations for working with children and parents living with parental mental illness
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Children whose parents have mental illnesses are among the most vulnerable in our communities. There is however, much that can be done to prevent or mitigate the impact of a parent’s illness on children. Notwithstanding ... -
Part III: Recovery-oriented practices in community mental health and substance abuse services: A meta-synthesis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)In recent decades, recovery-oriented practice has become the major approach in mental health and substance abuse care, especially in community mental health and substance abuse services. Various models of recovery-oriented ... -
Mutual learning: exploring collaboration, knowledge and roles in the development of recovery-oriented services. A hermeneutic-phenomenological study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Purpose: The concept of recovery is commonly described as multifaceted and contested in the field of mental health and substance abuse. The aim of this study is to explore how understandings of recovery and recovery ... -
Implementing individual placement and support (IPS): the experiences of employment specialists in the early implementation phase of IPS in Northern Norway. The IPSNOR study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: For decades there has been a continuous increase in the number of people receiving welfare benefits for being outside the work force due to mental illness. There is sufficient evidence for the efficacy of ... -
Uses and Misuses of Recorded Mental Health Lived Experience Narratives in Healthcare and Community Settings: Systematic Review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Mental health lived experience narratives are first- person accounts of people with experience of mental health problems. They have been published in journals, books and online, and used in healthcare interventions and ...