Don’t ask me what’s the matter, ask me what matters: acute mental health facility experiences of people living with Autism Spectrum Conditions
Maloret, Paul and Scott, Patricia (2017) Don’t ask me what’s the matter, ask me what matters: acute mental health facility experiences of people living with Autism Spectrum Conditions. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 25 (1). pp. 49-59. ISSN 1351-0126
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Abstract
What is known on the subject?: There is a growing body of evidence that many people with an autism spectrum condition suffer anxiety in their daily life and a realization among practitioners that admission to a mental health unit for this population is usually a negative anxiety-inducing experience. Anxiety is driven by the intolerance of uncertainty that is being unsure of what is going to happen, how long the uncertainty will exist and the insistence of sameness which, when compromised, can be anxiety provoking. Equally, confusion in understanding personal emotional responses and those of others is a source of anxiety. What this paper adds to existing knowledge?: This paper builds upon existing understanding of anxiety as a causative factor of mental ill-health for people with an autism spectrum condition. Specifically, this paper explores the potentially anxiety-inducing experience of mental health unit admission; how anxiety is felt, triggered, expressed and managed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | Mental health, autism |
| Depositing User: | RED Unit Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Aug 2021 08:09 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Aug 2021 08:09 |
| URI: | https://bnu.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/18419 |
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