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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2022

The value of compassionate support to address smoking: A qualitative study with people who experience severe mental illness.

Kristen McCarter, Melissa L McKinlay, Nadine Cocks, Catherine Brasier, Laura Hayes, Amanda L Baker, David Castle, Ron Borland, Billie Bonevski, Catherine Segan and 8 more

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Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Experiences of Tobacco Smoking and Quitting Among Mental Health Consumers.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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18 authors.

Kristen McCarterSchool of Psychological Sciences, College of Engineering, Science and Environment, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
Melissa L McKinlayDepartment of Mental Health, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia.
Nadine CocksResearch, Advocacy and Practice Development, Mind Australia, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia.
Catherine BrasierSchool of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Laura HayesResearch, Advocacy and Practice Development, Mind Australia, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia.
Amanda L BakerSchool of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
David CastleCentre for Complex Interventions, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Ron BorlandMelbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Billie BonevskiFlinders Health and Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Australia.
Catherine SeganMelbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Peter J KellyIllawarra Health and Medical Research Institute and the School of Psychology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
Alyna TurnerCentre for Complex Interventions, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Jill WilliamsDivision of Addiction Psychiatry, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, United States.
John AttiaSchool of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
Rohan SweeneyCentre for Health Economics, Monash Business School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Sacha FiliaMelbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Donita BairdSchool of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
Lisa BrophySchool of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: People experiencing severe mental illness (SMI) smoke at much higher rates than the general population and require additional support. Engagement with existing evidence-based interventions such as quitlines and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) may be improved by mental health peer worker involvement and tailored support. This paper reports on a qualitative study nested within a peer researcher-facilitated tobacco treatment trial that included brief advice plus, for those in the intervention group, tailored quitline callback counseling and combination NRT. It contextualizes participant life experience and reflection on trial participation and offers insights for future interventions. Methods: Qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with 29 participants in a randomized controlled trial (intervention group Results: We identified four main themes: (1) the long and complex journey of quitting smoking in the context of disrupted lives; (2) factors affecting quitting (desire to quit, psychological and social barriers, and facilitators and reasons for quitting); (3) the perceived benefits of a tailored approach for people with mental ill-health including the invitation to quit and practical resources; and (4) the importance of compassionate delivery of support, beginning with the peer researchers and extended by quitline counselors for intervention participants. Subthemes were identified within each of these overarching main themes. Discussion: The findings underscore the enormity of the challenges that our targeted population face and the considerations needed for providing tobacco treatment to people who experience SMI. The data suggest that a tailored tobacco treatment intervention has the potential to assist people on a journey to quitting, and that compassionate support encapsulating a recovery-oriented approach is highly valued. Clinical trial registration: The Quitlink trial was registered with ANZCTR (www.anzctr.org.au): ACTRN12619000244101 prior to the accrual of the first participant and updated regularly as per registry guidelines.

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