This publication is based on a review of the research literature and the grey literature on the topic user involvement in dementia care in, or relevant to, Norwegian conditions. No distinction between user involvement in dementia care involving home services and dementia care in nursing homes has been made. Users are defined as adults who receive dementia care services, or people who are affected ...

Peer recovery services (PRS) in Norwegian municipalities fill a gap in available care in mental health care and/ or substance abuse treatment. In this qualitative study, we interviewed six peer recovery workers (PRWs). Our aim was to explore how the PRWs understood their competences as vital for carrying out the work in PRS. Through a thematic analysis, we found themes the PRWs recognize as important ...

This article investigates norms of parenting in the context of the Norwegian child welfare service (CWS). Research from both international and Norwegian contexts shows that current parenting ideals are built on middle-class values that are often taken for granted. However, there is limited knowledge about the interaction between the CWS and middle-class families. Through narrative positioning analysis, ...

This article is based on two in-depth interviews with NGO representatives working with the Barents Pride festival, close to the Norwegian-Russian border. Organizations and activists from both sides of the border take a stand for equality and celebrate diversity and love. In the article, the concept of bravery is analyzed. Tatiana, a bisexual cisgender female Russian NGO worker and activist, is ...

Interdisciplinary social work practice produces and circulates narratives of young women in residential care. The dominant narratives often present negative descriptions of this group, and less attention has been paid to their resistance to these “big stories”. This study’s aim is to illuminate this resistance of young women in residential care and to explore how they narrate their experiences of ...

In this article, three scholars jointly investigate questions of Western colonization and mental health. While their areas of interest and experience vary, the authors discuss oppression as a common thread connecting their ideas about mental health and its medicalization. In line with Toyosaki et al. (2009), the researchers did a community autoethnography, performing written dialogue as a dynamic ...

På bakgrunn av en kvalitativ studie av brukermedvirkning for samiske pasienter i psykisk helsevern som vi gjennomførte i 2018 - 2020, har vi utformet en modell for brukermedvirkning i Sápmi. Modellen har som mål å fremme mer tilpassede og brukervennlige tjenester for samiske pasienter i psykisk helsevern.