ReviewFrontiers in psychiatry2023
Solution-focused approaches in adult mental health research: A conceptual literature review and narrative synthesis.
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- Solution-Focused Approach for Syrian Refugees: A Strategy Against Hopelessness and Helplessness.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2026Article
- Mental health treatment experiences before, during, and after incarceration: Perspectives of formerly incarcerated Black men.Psychological services · 2026Article
- A Scoping Review of Solution-Focused Measures.Journal of marital and family therapy · 2026Article
- What should be included in a digital mental health intervention, based on solution-focused therapy, for young people who self-harm? A qualitative exploration of young people and clinicians' views.PLOS digital health · 2026Article
- Assessing the Effectiveness of a Solution-Focused Brief Therapy-Based Intervention on Exam Anxiety in First-Year Polish University Students: A Pilot Study with a Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Efficiency of AIMS: A 4-Week Recovery Oriented Suicide Prevention Pathway.International journal of mental health nursing · 2025Article
- The economy of health and meaning: A case study of implementing BEHI as a biosemiotic and salutogenic model of care.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Effect of solution focused approach on women aged 35 or over with in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer: A quasi-experimental trial.PloS one · 2025Article
- Solution-focused approaches for treating self-injurious thoughts and behaviours: a scoping review.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- The impact of discharge readiness on post-traumatic growth in patients after thyroid cancer surgery: the mediating role of sickness-related stigma.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- Use of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Within Adult Community Mental Health: A Scoping Review.Clinical psychology & psychotherapyArticle
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Abstract
Solution-focused approaches are one approach to treatment used in a wide variety of settings in modern mental healthcare services. As yet, there has been no overall synthesis of how this approach is understood in the adult mental health literature. This conceptual review aimed to synthesize the ways that solution-focused approaches have been conceptualized and understood, within the adult mental health literature, in the five decades since their conception. A systematic search followed by multiple techniques from the narrative synthesis approach were used to develop a conceptual framework of the extracted data. Fifty-six papers published between 1993 and 2019 were included in the review. These papers spanned a variety of clinical contexts and countries, but despite this the underlying key principles and concepts of solution-focused approaches were remarkably similar over time and setting. Thematic analysis of extracted data outlined five key themes relevant to the conceptualization of this approach. This conceptual framework will help support clinicians using solution-focused techniques or therapies by giving them a coherent understanding of such approaches, by what mechanisms they work, and how key principles of this approach can be utilized in adult mental health settings.
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