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Community as social ties
Published in S. Alexander Haslam, Psychological Insights for Understanding COVID-19 and Society, 2020
Carolyn Kagan, Mark Burton, Paul Duckett, Rebecca Lawthom, Asiya Siddiquee
If we assume that the social ties between people in communities are based on affection and co-operation we might see those boundaries as more benevolent than benign. Community psychologists often do just that – focusing on the positive effects of community and the barriers that are created around them. For example, McMillan and Chavis point to the positives of constructing boundaries as a means to offset the harmful effects such social divisions might create: Social psychology research has demonstrated that people have boundaries protecting their personal space. People need these barriers to protect against threat … While much sympathetic interest in and research on the deviant have been generated, group members’ legitimate needs for boundaries to protect their intimate social connections have often been overlooked … the harm which comes from the pain of rejection and isolation created by boundaries will continue until we clarify the positive benefits that boundaries provide to communities.(McMillan & Chavis, 1986, p. 4) Here, the Other becomes the deviant whom ‘we’ (the cosmopolitan elite) need to be protected against with boundaries. However, McMillan and Chavis interpret social barriers as providing emotional safety.
Facilitating Gay Men’s Coming Out: An Existential-Phenomenological Exploration
Published in Elizabeth Peel, Victoria Clarke, Jack Drescher, British Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Psychologies, 2020
Two obvious aspects of coming out are those of both physical and emotional safety. Therapists must be conscious of the fact that “the growing openness of male homosexuality has been accompanied by an apparent rise in homophobic violence, sometimes performed by those who are themselves behaviourally homosexual” (Altman, 1982, p. 65). Physical safety is an element of the everyday experience in the thoughts of any gay person who is open about their sexuality. The absence of a sense of being safe–or a constant fear of physical attack–diminishes the foundation of any ongoing sense of emotional safety (Johnson, 1997). On the other hand, Severe anxiety, hostility and aggression are states and ways of relating to one’s self and others which would curtail or destroy being. But to preserve one’s existence by running away from situations which would produce anxiety or situations of potential hostility and aggression leaves one with the vapid, weak, unreal sense of being. (May, 1958, p. 49)
A Multi-level Approach to Treating Social Risks to Health for Health Providers
Published in James Matheson, John Patterson, Laura Neilson, Tackling Causes and Consequences of Health Inequalities, 2020
Trauma-informed practice emphasizes creating physical and emotional safety for patients, especially in a care environment where power differentials between provider and patient are high [27]. This approach requires active listening, closely monitoring a patient’s responses and ensuring the patient feels comfortable and empowered. The physical clinical environment can also signal safety through signage, art and a welcoming reception staff [26].
Trauma-informed care with women diagnosed with postpartum depression: a conceptual framework
Published in Social Work in Health Care, 2019
Rebecca S. Rouland Polmanteer, Robert H. Keefe, Carol Brownstein-Evans
Emotional safety can be maximized in various ways including having warm and approachable staff and service providers (Levenson, 2017). Providing clear information about privacy and how specific information will be disclosed is critical (Elliott et al., 2005; Reeves, 2015). Mothers need to feel they are heard and understood by the staff (Muzik et al., 2013), have their experiences validated, and that service providers are competent and able to meet their service needs (Henshaw et al., 2011). Of additional importance are the identification of support systems, including agency personnel, and the use of safety plans, which document how mothers and their children will protect themselves and be safe in the event of a crisis (Elliott et al., 2005).
Trauma and resettlement: lessons learned from a mental health screening and treatment programme for Syrian refugees in the UK
Published in International Review of Psychiatry, 2022
Maximillian Wood, Chloe Gerskowitch, Hamodi Kayal, Kimberly Ehntholt, Jocelyn Blumberg
The principle of safety relates to both physical and emotional safety. VPRS clients were almost consistently derailed and distressed by limitations placed on welfare support, guaranteed only for the first year after arrival. Many clients were extremely concerned about their longer-term financial security and the continued housing of their families, without any clear pathway for achieving financial independence in the short time-period expected. Resettlement packages that do not guarantee suitable long-term housing and financial security packages with no clear prospects for employment or independence, raise challenges and place a burden on refugees that may generate a damaging degree of insecurity.
Social Support and Perinatal Depression: The Perspectives of Mexican-American Adolescent Mothers
Published in Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2020
Pamela Recto, Jane Dimmitt Champion
Health care providers have been identified by some participants as sources of support and may therefore serve as critical points in recognizing perinatal depression. Adolescent mothers may be reluctant to disclose their depressive symptoms for fear of being portrayed as unfit mothers. Emotional safety is a vital element in enabling meaningful discussions about mental health (Kim & White, 2018). Reiterating the importance of protecting their privacy and confidentiality for non-life-threatening concerns during health care visits may consequently facilitate help-seeking and confianza among Mexican-American adolescent mothers.