Mental health problems in rural contexts : A broader perspective
- Authors: Boyd, Candice , Hayes, Louise , Sewell, Jessica , Caldwell, Kirra , Kemp, Evan , Harvie, Lisa , Aisbett, Damon , Nurse, Sarah
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Australian Psychologist Vol. 43, no. 1 (2008), p. 2-6
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- Description: The objectives of this article are to expand and comment upon a recent review in Australian Psychologist of the literature in relation to mental health problems in rural contexts by Jackson et al. (2007). In the present article we review recently published qualitative research on the help-seeking attitudes and experiences of rural Australian adolescents. While we agree on the utility of the Macintyre, Ellaway, and Cummins (2002) conceptual framework based on notions of health and place, we note that this framework specifically emphasises the importance of the collective dimension. We present a broader perspective on health and place than Jackson et al. (2007) by incorporating social geographic research. We argue that rural mental health research has been hampered by a simplistic view of social stigma of mental illness and that a more thorough conceptualisation of the phenomenon is needed. Finally, we make some further recommendations based on a broader perspective of mental health in rural contexts: one that incorporates an in-depth understanding of the help-seeking attitudes and experiences of rural adolescents as well as an appreciation of the collective social functioning of rural communities.
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Social geography and rural mental health research
- Authors: Boyd, Candice , Parr, H
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Rural and Remote Health Vol. 8, no. (2008), p. 1-5
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Socioeconomic status as a mediator of the relationship between depression and rurality in Australian adolescents
- Authors: Newnham, Krystal , Boyd, Candice , Newnham, Karyn , Aisbett, Damon , Francis, Kristy
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Rural Social Work and Community Practice Vol. 13, no. 2 (2008), p. 26-32
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- Description: The purpose of this study was to establish whether socioeconomic status would mediate the relationship between rurality and depression in a sample of Australian adolescents. Participants were 65 rural and 64 urban secondary school students from Years 11 and 12 who completed a survey that included a brief demographic questionnaire and the Centre for Epidemiological Studies - Depression Scale. Schools were selected for their degree of rurality as measured by the Accessibility and Remoteness Index for Australia, and the socioeconomic status of each individual was estimated via postal code using the Socio-Economic Index of Australia. Although a significant relationship between degree of rurality and depression was found, socioeconomic status did not mediate this relationship. These results suggest that the relationship between rurality and depression for young people is not due to simple differences in socioeconomic status between urban and rural areas. Other features of 'place' must be considered in accounting for rural-urban differences in adolescent depression.
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Social inequity, clinical pragmatism, and the rural practitioner
- Authors: Boyd, Candice
- Date: 2006
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- Relation: Rural Social Work and Community Practice Vol. 10, no. 2 (2006), p. 36-37
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