著者

Ito Ayahito Ishioka Toshiyuki

出版者

Japanese Society for Brain Function and Rehabilitation

雑誌

Journal of Rehabilitation Neurosciences (ISSN:24342629)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.200512, (Released:2020-05-14)

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has a profound impact on our society, and health care professionals are challenged by the present outbreak. A recent study showed that a significant proportion of second-line workers and frontline workers experienced psychological distress. Although these findings suggest the possibility that rehabilitation therapists, especially those who work at the hospital, experience psychological distress, their mental health state has been largely dismissed and the number of an evidence-based practice is limited. Here, we discuss the importance of focusing on the mental health of therapists by introducing studies that focus on the mental health of health care workers during the COVID-19, SARS, and H1N1 influenza pandemics. We then noted the need to track the dynamic relationship between the mental health of therapists and the COVID-19 pandemic by employing longitudinal data collection with psychological measures that reliably and validly capture the mental health of therapists. This approach would be effective for preparation for future pandemics, as we have learned much from previous pandemics. We hope that our Tutorial Note will help readers who are interested in the mental health of rehabilitation therapists and encourage future studies.

著者

KAJIMURA Shogo ITO Ayahito

出版者

Japanese Society for Brain Function and Rehabilitation

雑誌

Journal of Rehabilitation Neurosciences (ISSN:24342629)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.23, no.1, pp.231701, 2023 (Released:2023-04-14)

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The relationship quality between therapists and clients is crucial for obtaining a good outcome from long-term therapeutic relationships such as counseling and physical/occupational therapy. Although findings on the relationship between the compatibility of therapists and clients and their self-reported psychological characteristics/behaviors have been accumulated, it has been suggested that the compatibility of interpersonal relationships cannot be predicted by psychological constructs. Recently, using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data and a newly developed similarity index, we overcame the limitations of self-report psychological constructs and succeeded in predicting the compatibility of interpersonal relationships a priori. We propose a procedure to predict therapist-client compatibility for better therapeutic outcomes. We hope that this tutorial note will promote the development of a prediction system and help make it more practical in the near future.

著者

Ito Ayahito Ishioka Toshiyuki

出版者

Japanese Society for Brain Function and Rehabilitation

雑誌

Journal of Rehabilitation Neurosciences (ISSN:24342629)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.20, no.1, pp.19-23, 2020 (Released:2020-10-09)

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has a profound impact on our society, and health care professionals are challenged by the present outbreak. A recent study showed that a significant proportion of second-line workers and frontline workers experienced psychological distress. Although these findings suggest the possibility that rehabilitation therapists, especially those who work at the hospital, experience psychological distress, their mental health state has been largely dismissed and the number of an evidence-based practice is limited. Here, we discuss the importance of focusing on the mental health of therapists by introducing studies that focus on the mental health of health care workers during the COVID-19, SARS, and H1N1 influenza pandemics. We then noted the need to track the dynamic relationship between the mental health of therapists and the COVID-19 pandemic by employing longitudinal data collection with psychological measures that reliably and validly capture the mental health of therapists. This approach would be effective for preparation for future pandemics, as we have learned much from previous pandemics. We hope that our Tutorial Note will help readers who are interested in the mental health of rehabilitation therapists and encourage future studies.