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Pérez-Corrales, J., Huertas-Hoyas, E., García-Bravo, C., Güeita-Rodríguez, J., and Palacios-Ceña, D.

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El voluntariado como ocupación significativa en el proceso de recuperación de una enfermedad mental grave: Un estudio cualitativo

Article title in English

Volunteering as a Meaningful Occupation in the Process of Recovery From Serious Mental Illness: A Qualitative Study

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American Journal of Occupational Therapy

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2022

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voluntary workers and mental disorders

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https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2022.045104

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Importance: Volunteering is an activity that facilitates social welfare, a sense of connection to others, and the construction of links with other people and the community. Objective: To describe the experience of a group of people with serious mental illness (SMI) who engaged in community volunteer work. Design: Qualitative, phenomenological study using purposeful sampling and an inductive thematic analysis. Setting: Several mental health community centers in Madrid and Catalonia, Spain. Participants: People with SMI engaged in community volunteer work. Outcomes and Measures: In-depth interviews were used to collect data. Results: Two themes, with four subthemes each, emerged from the data: (1) engaging in a meaningful occupation enhances the recovery process (subthemes: undergoing positive experiences, performing or resuming a meaningful occupation, living in the present moment, and relating with one’s social and family environment) and (2) a process of mutual support (subthemes: in helping others, you help yourself; helping others on the basis of one’s first-person experience; recover before you can help others; and role of professionals in volunteering). Conclusions and Relevance: Volunteering is perceived as a meaningful occupation. Helping others generates a reciprocal benefit that favors the recovery process and contributes to the establishment of personal and social bonds. What This Article Adds: This study provides a basis for understanding the potential of volunteering to be a meaningful occupation in the recovery process of people with SMI. It can help occupational therapy practitioners develop volunteer-based intervention programs that support the recovery process. AOTA Taxonomy:age 22-39, age 40-64, client, community mental and behavioral health setting, community-based private practice, contexts, depression and mood disorders, educator, groups and populations, habilitation and rehabilitation, health promotion, interventions to support occupations, mental health outpatient clinic, occupational performance, occupations and activities, other audience, participation, policymaker, prevention, health and wellness, schizophrenia spectrum and psychotic disorders, social participation

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Pérez-Corrales, J., Huertas-Hoyas, E., García-Bravo, C., Güeita-Rodríguez, J., and Palacios-Ceña, D.

Article title in Spanish

El voluntariado como ocupación significativa en el proceso de recuperación de una enfermedad mental grave: Un estudio cualitativo

Article title in English

Volunteering as a Meaningful Occupation in the Process of Recovery From Serious Mental Illness: A Qualitative Study

Name of journal

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Year of publication

2022

Volume of the journal

Pages of the journal

Keywords

voluntary workers and mental disorders

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2022.045104

Summary in Spanish

Summary in English

Importance: Volunteering is an activity that facilitates social welfare, a sense of connection to others, and the construction of links with other people and the community. Objective: To describe the experience of a group of people with serious mental illness (SMI) who engaged in community volunteer work. Design: Qualitative, phenomenological study using purposeful sampling and an inductive thematic analysis. Setting: Several mental health community centers in Madrid and Catalonia, Spain. Participants: People with SMI engaged in community volunteer work. Outcomes and Measures: In-depth interviews were used to collect data. Results: Two themes, with four subthemes each, emerged from the data: (1) engaging in a meaningful occupation enhances the recovery process (subthemes: undergoing positive experiences, performing or resuming a meaningful occupation, living in the present moment, and relating with one’s social and family environment) and (2) a process of mutual support (subthemes: in helping others, you help yourself; helping others on the basis of one’s first-person experience; recover before you can help others; and role of professionals in volunteering). Conclusions and Relevance: Volunteering is perceived as a meaningful occupation. Helping others generates a reciprocal benefit that favors the recovery process and contributes to the establishment of personal and social bonds. What This Article Adds: This study provides a basis for understanding the potential of volunteering to be a meaningful occupation in the recovery process of people with SMI. It can help occupational therapy practitioners develop volunteer-based intervention programs that support the recovery process. AOTA Taxonomy:age 22-39, age 40-64, client, community mental and behavioral health setting, community-based private practice, contexts, depression and mood disorders, educator, groups and populations, habilitation and rehabilitation, health promotion, interventions to support occupations, mental health outpatient clinic, occupational performance, occupations and activities, other audience, participation, policymaker, prevention, health and wellness, schizophrenia spectrum and psychotic disorders, social participation

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El voluntariado como ocupación significativa en el proceso de recuperación de una enfermedad mental grave: Un estudio cualitativo


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Pérez-Corrales, J., Huertas-Hoyas, E., García-Bravo, C., Güeita-Rodríguez, J., and Palacios-Ceña, D.

Article title in Spanish

El voluntariado como ocupación significativa en el proceso de recuperación de una enfermedad mental grave: Un estudio cualitativo

Article title in English

Volunteering as a Meaningful Occupation in the Process of Recovery From Serious Mental Illness: A Qualitative Study

Name of journal

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Year of publication

2022

Volume of the journal

Pages of the journal

Keywords

voluntary workers and mental disorders

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2022.045104

Summary in Spanish

Summary in English

Importance: Volunteering is an activity that facilitates social welfare, a sense of connection to others, and the construction of links with other people and the community. Objective: To describe the experience of a group of people with serious mental illness (SMI) who engaged in community volunteer work. Design: Qualitative, phenomenological study using purposeful sampling and an inductive thematic analysis. Setting: Several mental health community centers in Madrid and Catalonia, Spain. Participants: People with SMI engaged in community volunteer work. Outcomes and Measures: In-depth interviews were used to collect data. Results: Two themes, with four subthemes each, emerged from the data: (1) engaging in a meaningful occupation enhances the recovery process (subthemes: undergoing positive experiences, performing or resuming a meaningful occupation, living in the present moment, and relating with one’s social and family environment) and (2) a process of mutual support (subthemes: in helping others, you help yourself; helping others on the basis of one’s first-person experience; recover before you can help others; and role of professionals in volunteering). Conclusions and Relevance: Volunteering is perceived as a meaningful occupation. Helping others generates a reciprocal benefit that favors the recovery process and contributes to the establishment of personal and social bonds. What This Article Adds: This study provides a basis for understanding the potential of volunteering to be a meaningful occupation in the recovery process of people with SMI. It can help occupational therapy practitioners develop volunteer-based intervention programs that support the recovery process. AOTA Taxonomy:age 22-39, age 40-64, client, community mental and behavioral health setting, community-based private practice, contexts, depression and mood disorders, educator, groups and populations, habilitation and rehabilitation, health promotion, interventions to support occupations, mental health outpatient clinic, occupational performance, occupations and activities, other audience, participation, policymaker, prevention, health and wellness, schizophrenia spectrum and psychotic disorders, social participation

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