TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith, Jacqueline
AU  - Smith, Jennifer
AU  - McLuckie, Alan
AU  - Szeto, Andrew
AU  - Choate, Peter
AU  - Birks, Lauren
AU  - Burns, Victoria
AU  - Bright, Katherine
TI  - Exploring mental health nad well-being among university faculty members: A qualitative study 
KW  - Mental Health
N1  - ABSTRACT

The current exploratory qualitative study describes how environmental factors, social interactions, personal experiences, and stigma affect mental health and help-seeking. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine university faculty members who self-identified as having mental illness-related con-cerns. Using Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems framework and thematic analy-sis, four domains were determined: (1) macrosystem (i.e., influences of academic culture); (2) mesosystem (i.e., influences of faculty leadership and interpersonal dy-namics); (3) microsystem (i.e., influences of individual mental health experiences); and (4) exosystem (i.e., influences of stigma across structural, interpersonal, and intrapersonal levels). These domains included barriers to and facilitators of mental health and help-seeking. Findings suggest that competitiveness and individualism may perpetuate stereotypes that mental illnesses are inherent weaknesses, and that seeking help is a barrier to academic success. Recommendations for future research are provided. [Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 60(11), 17-25
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