Journal article
Flourishing, mental health professionals and the role of normative dialogue
- Abstract:
- This paper explores the dilemma faced by mental healthcare professionals in balancing treatment of mental disorders with promoting patient well-being and flourishing. With growing calls for a more explicit focus on patient flourishing in mental healthcare, we address two inter-related challenges: the lack of consensus on defining positive mental health and flourishing, and how professionals should respond to patients with controversial views on what is good for them. We discuss the relationship dynamics between healthcare providers and patients, proposing that ‘liberal’ approaches can provide a pragmatic framework to address disagreements about well-being in the context of flourishing-oriented mental healthcare. We acknowledge the criticisms of these approaches, including the potential for unintended paternalism and distrust. To mitigate these risks, we conclude by suggesting a mechanism to minimize the likelihood of unintended paternalism and foster patient trust.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1007/s10728-023-00478-4
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- Publisher:
- Springer
- Journal:
- Health Care Analysis More from this journal
- Place of publication:
- Netherlands
- Publication date:
- 2024-01-12
- Acceptance date:
- 2023-12-21
- DOI:
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1573-3394
- ISSN:
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1065-3058
- Pmid:
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38214808
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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1602885
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pubs:1602885
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2024-02-06
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- Zohny et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2024
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- © The Author(s) 2024. Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder.
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- This research was funded in whole, or in part, by the Wellcome Trust (WT203132/Z/16/Z). For the purpose of open access, the author has applied a CC BY public copyright licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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