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- Poetry as a way to express emotions in mental healthPublication . Carvalho, José Carlos; da Fonseca, Paula Isabella Marujo Nunes; de Melo Tavares, Cláudia MaraPoetic depiction of problems and complex thoughts is an innovative approach that facilitates introspective thinking and the building of self-identity. This study aimed at providing nursing students with in-depth knowledge about mental health through free poetic production. A qualitative, descriptive research approach, of sociopoetic inspiration involving 96 undergraduate nursing students, was conducted. All ethical recommendations were considered. Four categories emerged: “Hybrid emotions, feelings and sensations”; “Associations”; “Doubts and questions”; and “Reflections”. Students’ poetic writings were analysed and the results highlighted the students’ perception of the dynamics between brain and heart symbolizing reason and emotion. Poetic writing enhances creativity and fosters introspection, acting as an important facilitator of the complexity of mental health-related issues and contributing to improve therapeutic communication skills. Importantly, the search and development of new pedagogical approaches can help to deal with the emotional stressors linked to the novelty of mental health education.
- Positive Mental Health in University Students and Its Relations with Psychological Vulnerability, Mental Health Literacy, and Sociodemographic Characteristics: A Descriptive Correlational StudyPublication . Teixeira, Sónia; Ferré-Grau, Carme; Canut, Teresa Lluch; Pires, Regina; Carvalho, José Carlos; Carvalho Ribeiro, Isilda Maria Oliveira; Sequeira, Carolina; Ferreira, Teresa de Jesus Rodrigues; Sampaio, Francisco; Costa, Tiago; Sequeira, CarlosAbstract: This study aimed to evaluate positive mental health (PMH) and its relation with sociodemographic characteristics, mental health literacy, and the psychological vulnerability scale (PVS) in Portuguese university students aged 17 to 62. A descriptive correlational study was carried out. An online survey was conducted to evaluate demographic variables, and several questionnaires were applied to evaluate positive mental health, psychological vulnerability, and mental health literacy. The data was collected from 1 November 2019 to 1 September 2020. Overall, 3405 students participated in the study. The results show that 67.8% of students revealed a high level of PMH, 31.6% presented a medium level of PMH, and 0.6% had a low level of PMH. Male students reported higher personal satisfaction (t (3170) = 2.39, p = 0.017) and autonomy (t (3170) = 3.33, p = 0.001) in PMH compared to female students. Students without a scholarship scored higher (t (3127) = 2.04, p = 0.42) in PMH than students who held a scholarship. Students who were not displaced from their home reported higher (t (3170) = 1.99, p = 0.047) self-control in PMH than those displaced from their home. University students with higher PMH results had lower PVS results and higher literacy results. The findings of this study will contribute to identifying students’ PMH intervention needs.
- The meaning of life after a suicide attemptPublication . Alves, Andréa Cristina; Cunha, Isadora Manfrinato; dos Santos, Manoel Antônio; Miasso, Adriana Inocenti; Zanetti, Ana Carolina Guidorizzi; Carvalho, José Carlos; Vedana, Kelly Graziani GiaccheroIntroduction: Understanding the meaning of life after a suicide attempt experience provides greater knowledge about the process of resignification, connections and commitment to life, which can be useful in different therapeutic approaches. Objective: Understand the meaning of life after a suicide attempt. Method: Qualitative study with eight Brazilian adults assisted in mental health service. The data were collected in 2018 by semi-strutured interviews and group meetings that used artistic resources to facilitate expression.The Symbolic Interactionism was the theoretical reference used and the data were submitted to thematic analysis. Results: Three themes were identified: “Searches in the affective, relational and spiritual field” (manifestations of affection, zeal, understanding and welcome and seemed to increase the link and commitment to life, as well as the openness to resignify it); “Life and the constancy of impermanence” (life as an alternation between weakness and strength, crisis and well-being, problems and overcoming); and “Discoveries and relationship with one's own self” (a self previously self-destructive could be resigned as capable of overcoming, resisting and developing resilience). Conclusions: The study provides important insights to be addressed in clinical practice, in the protocol design, institutional policies, as well as in the training of professionals.
- Finding new meaning through music after a suicide attemptPublication . Alves, Andréa Cristina; Pereira, Camila Corrêa Matias; Ribeiro, Maria Inês Lemos Coelho; Almeida, Aline Siqueira de; Carvalho, José Carlos; Vedana, Kelly Graziani GiaccheroListening to music can trigger unpleasant feelings or bring meaning to our lives, both from the cognitive and psychic perspectives. Thus, music can attribute meanings to our personal experiences and act as a regulator of emotions when living these experiences.Songlyrics can often influence behaviours while helping to work on processes of resilience, autonomy, empowerment, and psychosocial rehabilitation.This study aims to analyse the possibilities of music in the process of resignification of life through the discursive productions of individuals after a suicide attempt.A qualitative study was conducted with eight Brazilian adults assisted in a mental health service,in 2018, through semi-structured interviews.The Symbolic Interactionism theoretical framework was used, and the data weresubmitted for thematic analysis.Three categories were identified: ‘Spirituality as an empowering agent’;‘Sense of belonging and identification’, and ‘The importance of music as a sensitizer of reasons for living and an instrument of verbalization of feelings.The study provides important findings that merit further investigation regarding interventions and possibilities related to music as a healing method in the process of resignification oflife after a suicide attempt