Ottar Ness

• Møgster, Birthe; Ness, Ottar & Reime, Monika Alvestad (2024). Research circles as a method for implementing new services in the public health and welfare system. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. ISSN 1748-2623. 19(1). doi: 10.1080/17482631.2024.2366087.
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Reed, Nina Petersen; Ness, Ottar; Bjerck, Mari Eyde; Pinto, Arnfrid Farbu & Memet, Ipar Ehet [Vis alle 7 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2024). StudyWell: a co-design project for enhancing student mental health and wellbeing through service design and relational welfare. Proceedings of the Design Society. ISSN 2732-527X. 4. doi: 10.1017/pds.2024.167.
• Topor, Alain Pierre; Bøe, Tore Dag; Hope, Øyvind Johannes; Ness, Ottar & Friesinger, Jan Georg (2024). The New Institutional Landscape for People with Mental Health Problems. I Boyd, Candice P.; Boyle, Candice P.; Bell, Sarah L.; Högström, Ebba; Evans, Joshua; Paul, Alak & Foley, Ronan (Red.), Routledge Handbook on Spaces of Mental Health and Wellbeing. Routledge. ISSN 9781032385761.
• Ruysscher, Clara De; Tritter, Jonathan Quetzal; Heimburg, Dina von; Ness, Ottar; Åkerblom, Kristina Bakke & Mohn-Haugen, Torbjørn [Vis alle 8 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2024). Empowering people: how to ensure equitable representation for improved health system governance. Eurohealth. ISSN 1356-1030. 30(1), s. 32–37.
• Prilleltensky, Isaac; Scarpa, Michael; Martino, Salvatore Di & Ness, Ottar (2024). Thriving as the Synergy of Wellness, Fairness, and Worthiness. I Prilleltensky, Isaac; Martino, Salvatore Di; Scarpa, Michael & Ness, Ottar (Red.), How People Thrive: Promoting the Synergy of Wellness, Fairness, and Worthiness. Cambridge University Press. ISSN 9781009308953. s. 1–36.
• Heimburg, Dina von & Ness, Ottar (2024). Thriving Families and Friendships. I Prilleltensky, Isaac; Martino, Salvatore Di; Scarpa, Michael & Ness, Ottar (Red.), How People Thrive: Promoting the Synergy of Wellness, Fairness, and Worthiness. Cambridge University Press. ISSN 9781009308953. s. 65–98.
• Ness, Ottar & Heimburg, Dina von (2024). Aksjonsforskning. I Lorås, Lennart & Ness, Ottar (Red.), Håndbok i kvalitativ forskning: For psykologi, helsefag og sosialfag . Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245034868. s. 231–242.
• Ness, Ottar & Heimburg, Dina von (2024). Relasjonell velferd: livskvalitet, medborgerskap og deltakelse. I Frahm Jensen, Målfrid J. & Johansen, Karl Johan (Red.), Erfaringskonsulent; med mål om endring . Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215071411.
• Russell, Cormac; Heimburg, Dina von & Ness, Ottar (2024). Relasjonelt arbeid i lokalsamfunnsutvikling. I Lindeman, Sari Kaarina & Lorås, Lennart (Red.), Håndbok i relasjonelt arbeid. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245041057. s. 119–135.
• Hope, Øyvind Johannes; Ness, Ottar; Friesinger, Jan Georg; Topor, Alain Pierre & Bøe, Tore Dag (2023). ‘Living needs a landscape’: A qualitative study about the role of enabling landscapes for people with mental health and substance abuse problems. Health and Place. ISSN 1353-8292. 84, s. 1–8. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103144. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Åkerblom, Kristina Bakke; Mohn-Haugen, Torbjørn; Lundquist, Rune & Ness, Ottar (2023). Å forske sammen. I Åkerblom, Kristina Bakke & Mohn-Haugen, Torbjørn (Red.), Erfaringskonsulenten : funksjoner, roller og involvering. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245046700. s. 133–156. Vis sammendrag

  I dette kapittelet belyses temaet samprodusert forskning, og argumentasjon for hvorfor det bør gjøres. Deretter beskriver vi noen prosesser første- og andre- forfatter har hatt i samarbeid om forskning de siste årene, og løfter frem noen av diskusjonene om muligheter og metodiske og etiske refleksjoner som ble gjort underveis i forskningsprosessen. Samprodusert forsknings potensial drøftes, og mulige fordeler og ulemper for dem som har rolle som forskere og dem som har rolle som brukere, løftes frem.

• Åkerblom, Kristina Bakke; Storm, Marianne & Ness, Ottar (2023). Erfaringskonsulenters roller og involvering i helse- og velferdstjenester. I Åkerblom, Kristina Bakke & Mohn-Haugen, Torbjørn (Red.), Erfaringskonsulenten : funksjoner, roller og involvering. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245046700. s. 59–82.
• Rose, Pernelle & Ness, Ottar (2023). A qualitative study of children’s experiences with school-based divorce-groups led by teachers in Denmark. Health Promotion International. ISSN 0957-4824. 38(5), s. 1–12. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daad106. Vis sammendrag

  New interventions are offered to children of divorced parents in Danish schools. Establishing conversation groups can be seen as part of this overall effort to increase pupils’ well-being. This new practice leads to new professional challenges when teachers facilitate group processes and call for in-depth studies of children’s own perspectives on their participation in these interventions. This article is based on ethnographic fieldwork and asks the following research question: ‘How do children make sense of the professionals’ double role as both group leader and teacher when facilitating the conversation-groups in schools?’ The study draws on 23 interviews with children and observations in four conversation groups in Denmark. Theory of social representations is used as an analytical tool to explore the dilemmas of school interventions for children of divorced parents. The analysis presents three dominant themes: the group leader’s problematic double role, balancing the duty of confidentiality and trusting the group members. The analysis shows that children struggle to express feelings about their home situation in the school context. The importance of balancing the duty of confidentiality as a group leader is clearly reflected as a key factor, seen from the perspective of the child.

• Norozi, Sultana Ali & Ness, Ottar (2023). The Teacher’s Wellbeing as a Binary Asset When Working with Newly Arrived Immigrant Pupils. Education Sciences. ISSN 2227-7102. 13(8). doi: 10.3390/educsci13080800. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  The influx of immigrants has led to increased cultural and ethnic diversity in classrooms, presenting unique challenges for teachers who work with pupils with varying linguistic, social, and cultural backgrounds. This paper examines the impact of these challenges on the wellbeing of teachers who work with newly arrived immigrant pupils. It is argued that a lack of knowledge and skills in this area can be educationally, socially, and psychologically demanding for teachers, negatively affecting their wellbeing. Teachers’ wellbeing can be influenced by two main factors: personal and internal factors such as perceptions and ideology and contextual and external factors such as workload, low student motivation, lack of support, conflict with colleagues, and role ambiguity. Despite the importance of teacher wellbeing, it has received less attention than pupils’ wellbeing. Using an ethnographic study that collected data over a school year in two phases, this paper investigates the perceptions and self-constructed pedagogies of the teacher working with newly arrived immigrant pupils. Findings reveal that the teacher’s emphasis on her wellbeing, as well as her pupils’ wellbeing, emerged as the center of her self-constructed approaches. We posit that ‘diversity-related teacher wellbeing’ is crucial in wellbeing pedagogy, given that diversity is one of the main elements in reception classes. For the successful education of newly arrived immigrant pupils, the wellbeing of teachers who work with this group should be prioritized. This paper contributes to the field of wellbeing education by highlighting the importance of teacher wellbeing as a part of wellbeing pedagogy for newcomer pupils. Improving teacher wellbeing may have a positive effect on the wellbeing of newly arrived immigrant pupils, creating a win-win situation. The paper concludes with suggestions for professional support and directions for future research.

• Bahl, Nina Kavita Heggen; Nafstad, Hilde Eileen; Blakar, Rolv Mikkel; Øversveen, Emil Mortensrud; Brodahl, Morten & Ness, Ottar [Vis alle 7 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2023). How older adults recovering from substance use problems experience mattering. BMC Health Services Research. ISSN 1472-6963. 23(1). doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-10413-x. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Aim: Mattering is a fundamental human experience promoting crucial components to later-life recovery processes. Today, the largest population of older adult persons with substance use problems, so far, is on a steep rise in many Western countries. To tailor and offer substance use services promoting mattering, more knowledge about later life mattering of older adults recovering with the assistance of substance use services is needed. This study aims to explore conditions for, and experiences of, mattering in older adults in service-assisted recovery from substance use problems. Methods: A collaborative and deductive reflexive thematic approach was applied in analysing 23 interviews with participants using substance use services in their recovery processes from different substance use problems: alcohol, medication and illegal substances. The participants were recruited from three different Norwegian contexts: two urban and one medium size municipality. The age of the sample ranged from 65-80 years, with approximately equal numbers for those aged 60-69 (12 participants) and 70-80 (11 participants). Seven participants were women and 16 men. Results: Two main themes were identified in the data: “Conditions for later life mattering” and “Experiences of mattering from community relationships and own actions”. The findings illustrate various conditions for mattering and experiences of mattering and not mattering in later life recovery processes. Conclusions: Several participants experienced not mattering; promoted by lack of support, disrespect and devaluation and loss of relationships, but also being ignored and not receiving fair treatment and help by service professionals. Overall, the participants’ mattering depended on fair and healthy community relationships; fair distribution of resources such as affordable housing, accessible transportation, and fair organizational structures where participants could feel valued and also have a chance themselves to add value to others. Several practical implications to enhance the therapeutic and preventive potentials of later life mattering in recovery are suggested.

• Hovland, Jan-Freddy; Langeland, Eva; Ness, Ottar & Skogvang, Bente Ovedie (2023). Experiences of the Quality of the Interplay between Home-Living Young Adults with Serious Mental Illness and Their Social Environments. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. ISSN 0161-2840. 44(8), s. 735–745. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2023.2224877. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  The purpose of this study is to explore the experiences of the interplay between home-living young adults in the community with a serious mental illness (SMI) and their social environment and how this experience influence their mental health and well-being in light of the theory of salutogenesis. In a qualitative study, nine young adults with SMI were interviewed. The interviews were transcribed and subjected to reflexive thematic analysis. The following three overarching themes characterized these young adults’ experiences of such interplay: (1) a sense of shame and feeling less valued in society, (2) challenges in engagement and maintaining relationships, and (3) the significance of social support in one’s family. Accordingly, the young adults experienced both the presence of good, constructive interplay with their social environment and deficits in this reciprocal feedback loop. Overall, this study illuminates the need for more tolerant health-promoting public attitudes to ensure that individuals with a SMI might experience better interplay by feeling that they are valued members of a nurturing society and that they can contribute to their local community. Participation in society should not be limited by one’s illness or expectations of being recovered before one can fully participate in society. Experiencing social support and inclusion in society is essential to strengthen self-identity and fight against stigma, thus promoting a sense of coherence, health and well-being.

• Hovland, Jan-Freddy; Langeland, Eva; Ness, Ottar & Skogvang, Bente Ovedie (2023). Experiences with physical activity, health and well-being among young adults with serious mental illness. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. ISSN 1748-2623. 18(1). doi: 10.1080/17482631.2023.2221911. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Purpose To explore how young adults with serious mental illness (SMI) experience physical activity and how these experiences influence their perceived health and well-being. Methods Nine young adults with SMI who had participated in an aerobic high-intensity interval training program were interviewed in depth. The interviews were transcribed and subjected to reflexive thematic analysis. Results The results indicated that people with SMI mainly experience physical activity as a meaningful activity that contributes to an increased sense of well-being and better health. However, to overcome various barriers, it is crucial to experience social support and encouragement. The following three main themes were identified through reflexive thematic analysis: (1) positive changes in focus and an increase in well-being occur through physical activity; (2) increased mental strength results from physical activity; and (3) a lack of support and feelings of safety prevent physical activity. Conclusions This study shows that adapted physical activity is an important resistance resource that can promote stronger self-identity, increased mental well-being and social engagement and thus contribute to an improved ability to manage stressors. Furthermore, the findings reveal that to engage in physical activity and promote sustainable life changes, it is important for individuals to choose a physical activity based on personal interest and meaning.

• Åkerblom, Kristina Bakke; Mohn-Haugen, Torbjørn; Agdal, Rita & Ness, Ottar (2023). Managers as peer workers’ allies: A qualitative study of managers’ perceptions and actions to involve peer workers in Norwegian mental health and substance use services. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. ISSN 1752-4458. 17(1). doi: 10.1186/s13033-023-00588-5. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Background Citizens with experience and knowledge about what it is like to use mental health and substance use services are increasingly employed within similar services as peer workers. Peer workers are portrayed as achieving societal obligations and help ensure that the outputs from service provision are more effective. Even though peer workers have worked in mental health and substance use services for a while, few studies have focused on exploring managers’ experiences and perspectives about involving peer workers. This knowledge is needed because these managers can enable and hinder equitable involvement and collaboration with peer workers. Methods A qualitative explorative study was chosen to explore the following research question: How do managers in Norwegian mental health and substance use services experience, relate to, and embrace peer workers as assets in these services? A researcher (Ph.D. student) and a coresearcher (peer worker) conducted four online focus groups with a strategic selection of 17 Norwegian mental health and substance use services managers who had some experience with the involvement of peer workers in their organizations. Results The results identified using systematic text condensation are as follows: [1] Peer workers boost the ongoing shift toward increased service user involvement. [2] Peer workers are highly valued in the service transformation process. [3] Managers involve peer workers as partners in co-creation. The results show that managers connect with peer workers and facilitate their involvement in collaborative activities across the service cycle. Peer workers’ proximity to service users and bridging capacity is highlighted as the reasons for their involvement. Thus, peer workers are involved in co-defining challenges, co-designing potential solutions, co-delivering those service solutions, and, sometimes, co-assessing service solutions to rethink and improve services. As such, peer workers are considered partners in co-creation. Conclusion As managers involve peer workers, they increasingly discover peer workers’ value, and because peer workers are involved, they increase their skills and capacity for collaboration. This research strengthens the knowledge base of the perceived value of peer workers’ roles, bringing in new perspectives from management about utilizing and evaluating peer worker roles.

• Tønnessen, Siw Heidi; Ness, Ottar & Klevan, Trude (2023). Co-Exploring Meaning in Everyday Life for People in Mental Health Recovery: A Photovoice Study. The Qualitative Report (TQR). ISSN 1052-0147. 28(4), s. 1070–1095. doi: 10.46743/2160-3715/2023.5782. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Research on mental health recovery points to an interdependent relationship between experiences of meaning and experiences of recovery; meaning in everyday life promotes recovery, and recovery promotes meaning in everyday life. In this study we address the following question: What do people with mental challenges find meaningful in their everyday life? To explore this question, we offered disposable cameras to people with mental health challenges and asked them to photograph whatever makes their life meaningful. As part of the collaborative procedure of the study, a competence group contributed to different stages of the research process and the visual data were analyzed by the participants themselves in a participant-driven thematic analysis. Through the analysis the participants constructed seven topics addressing the research question: (1) plants and trees, (2) poems and texts, (3) art, (4) music, (5) going for a walk, (6) esthetics, and (7) public movement. An important methodological implication of the study is how photovoice can be a useful way of generating knowledge from the first-person perspective. The participants’ findings may be interpreted as “small things” that are easily overlooked. When the competence group viewed the participants’ photos, they talked about photos they expected to see but found to be missing. Therefore, we offer a discussion related to the photovoice methodology and suggest the importance of considering absent but expected photographs in such a study.

• Tønnessen, Siw Heidi; Klevan, Trude & Ness, Ottar (2023). Giving can be meaningful. A two-part qualitative analysis to restore and decode professionals’ understandings of meaningfulness in dual recovery. Human Systems - Therapy, Culture and Attachments. 3(3), s. 134–151. doi: 10.1177/26344041231160345. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Through a double interpretation of a focus group interview, the study explores how recovery-oriented professionals in a supported housing facility for people in dual recovery support the residents’ need for meaningfuless in everyday life, and how this work may also facilitate the professionals’ own need for meaningfuless. Findings suggest that professionals promote meaningful everyday life for residents by constructing (1) an open house (2) a house with a framework, and (3) a house of change, and for them self by constructing (4) a house of giving. The study proposes that a discourse is active in the data, namely, that the professional is usually in the position of giving and the person in recovery is usually in the position of receiving. We suggest that if professionals wish to promote recovery, they should provide opportunities for service users to give, not just to receive.

• Prilleltensky, Isaac; Scarpa, Michael; Ness, Ottar & Martino, Salvatore Di (2023). Mattering, Wellness, and Fairness: Psychosocial Goods for the Common Good. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. ISSN 0002-9432. 93(3), s. 198–210. doi: 10.1037/ort0000668.
• Montesano, Adrian; Madigan, Stephen; Çakmak, Kevser; Ness, Ottar & Brønseth, Stein Roger (2023). Reconnecting with relational values in highly-conflicted separating couples: A narrative therapy-informed relational interviewing teamwork-based supervision approach. Journal of Clinical Psychology. ISSN 0021-9762. 79(6), s. 1521–1536. doi: 10.1002/jclp.23480. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  This article outlines a new supervision practice of narrative therapy‐informed reflecting team‐based relational interviewing for a high‐conflict stuck case of a separated middle‐aged couple. The article demonstrates the supervision method consisting in five parts. First, the supervisor interviews the couples' relationship while the team watches from behind the one‐way mirror. Second, the team responds to the interview while the couple and the supervisor witness their conversation. The couple is then invited to respond back to the team. Furthermore, there is a meta‐conversation about the supervision in collaboration with the couple. The intervention ends with therapeutic letter writing to the relationship. The couple showed a meaningful shift in their positioning towards a more relational awareness and found valuable ways for continuing their therapy. The theoretical elements of the approach underpinning practice to tackle high conflict are considered through the illustration of the case.

• Martins, Pedro Pablo Sampaio; Doricci, Giovanna Cabral; Ness, Ottar & Guanaez-Lorenzi, Carla (2023). Collaboration and politics: Can a therapist work coherently while being informed by both collaborative-dialogic and narrative practices? European Journal of Psychotherapy & Councelling. ISSN 1364-2537. 24(4), s. 473–489. doi: 10.1080/13642537.2023.2175886. Vis sammendrag

  The question we address in this article comes from the tension that frequently arises from the contrast between a collaborative and a political stance in therapy: Can a therapist work coherently while being informed by both collaborative-dialogic and narrative practices? We return to the concepts of collaboration and politics, as informed by each of these perspectives, and propose to understand them as being doubly intertwined. This is done by means of conceptualising collaboration as a political stance and politics as collaborative action. From the standpoint of a social constructionist epistemology for therapy, we propose that collaboration and politics be seen as sensitizing concepts, which may be used as conversational options that may create different effects, depending on the relational context of therapy. A clinical case of individual therapy is presented as an example of what these concepts might look like in actual practice.

• Zahl-Olsen, Rune; Hillesund, Odd Kenneth; Ness, Ottar & Oterholt, Frank (2022). Å bli familieterapeut: En kvalitativ studie av videoveiledning i familieterapiutdanning. UNIPED. ISSN 1500-4538. doi: 10.18261/uniped.45.3.7.
• Åkerblom, Kristina Bakke & Ness, Ottar (2022). Peer Workers in Co-production and Co-creation in Mental Health and Substance Use Services: A Scoping Review. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. ISSN 0894-587X. 50(2), s. 296–315. doi: 10.1007/s10488-022-01242-x. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  People with lived experience of mental health challenges are extensively employed as peer workers within mental health and substance use services worldwide. Research shows that peer workers benefit individuals using such services and can have essential roles in developing recovery-oriented services. However, understanding how peer workers’ contributions, by their role, functions, and input can be better used remains a critical challenge. Research on public sector innovation has focused on relevant actors collaborating to tackle complex demands. Co-production and co-creation are concepts used to describe this collaboration. Co-production refers to the collaboration between providers and users at the point of service delivery, whereas co-creation refers to collaboration starting in the early service cycle phases (e.g., in commissioning or design), including solution implementation. We overviewed research literature describing peer workers’ involvement in mental health and substance use services. The research question is as follows: How are peer workers involved in co-production and co-creation in mental health and substance use services, and what are the described outcomes? A literature search was performed in 10 different databases, and 13,178 articles were screened, of which 172 research articles describing peer workers’ roles or activities were included. The findings show that peer workers are involved in co-production and function as providers of pre-determined services or, most often, as providers of peer support. However, they are rarely engaged as partners in co-creation. We conclude that the identified peer worker roles have different potential to generate input and affect service delivery and development.

• Heimburg, Dina von; Ness, Ottar & Storch, Jacob (2022). Co-Creation of Public Values: Citizenship, Social Justice, and Well-Being. I Management Association, Information Resources (Red.), Research Anthology on Citizen Engagement and Activism for Social Change. IGI Global. ISSN 9781668437070. s. 1371–1392. doi: 10.4018/978-1-6684-3706-3.ch074.
• Heimburg, Dina von; Prilleltensky, Isaac; Ness, Ottar & Ytterhus, Borgunn (2022). From public health to public good: Toward universal wellbeing. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. ISSN 1403-4948. 50(7), s. 1062–1070. doi: 10.1177/14034948221124670. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Zahl-Olsen, Rune; Hillesund, Odd Kenneth; Ness, Ottar & Oterholt, Frank (2022). Å bli familieterapeut: En kvalitativ studie av videoveiledning i familieterapiutdanning. UNIPED. ISSN 1500-4538. 45(3), s. 233–244. doi: 10.18261/uniped.45.3.7. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Studenter som utdanner seg til familieterapeuter, skal tilegne seg kunnskap om aktuelle teorier og metodiske tilnærminger. De skal tilegne seg ferdigheter og utvikle et reflektert forhold til egne verdier og holdninger og hvilken betydning dette har i arbeid med mennesker. Veiledning av familieterapistudentenes kliniske arbeid i utdanningen er en viktig faktor for at studentene skal oppnå læringsutbyttet og kunne reflektere over sin personlige og sin profesjonelle utvikling. I denne kvalitative studien ble ni familieterapistudenter intervjuet i fokusgrupper for å reflektere over hvilke erfaringer de hadde med videoveiledning i sine lærings- og utviklingsprosesser. Datamaterialet ble analysert gjennom systematisk tekstkondensering. Studien viser at studentene gjennom videoveiledning fikk anledning til å se og høre rollen spilt i reelle settinger i samtaler med familier som sliter. Det gjorde at de fikk anledning til å få en bred oppfatning av rollen som familieterapeut og var til hjelp i deres læringsprosess mot å bli familieterapeut.

• Høgås, Mariell Pedersen; Elstad, Toril Anne; Ness, Ottar & Alsaker, Sissel (2022). Picturing healthcare: a photovoice study of how healthcare is experienced by service users in a mental-health low threshold service. BMC Health Services Research. ISSN 1472-6963. 22(1). doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-08013-2. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Ness, Ottar & Karlsson, Bengt Eirik (2022). As pequenas coisas – Ética relacional e colaboração no serviço de cuidado em saúde mental. I Grandesso, Marilene (Red.), Construcionismo social e práticas colaborativo-dialógicas a serviço de ações generativas e humanizadoras. CRV. ISSN 978-65-251-2768-2. s. 327–344. doi: 10.24824/978652512768.2.
• Starbæk Bager, Ann; Hersted, Lone & Ness, Ottar (2022). Critical discussion on dialogic engagement and various researcher positions in research concerning co-creation and co-production. Akademisk Kvarter. ISSN 1904-0008. 24, s. 4–22. doi: 10.54337/academicquarter.vi24.7247. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Bahl, Nina Kavita Heggen; Øversveen, Emil; Brodahl, Morten; Nafstad, Hilde Eileen; Blakar, Rolv Mikkel & Ness, Ottar [Vis alle 8 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2022). In what ways do emerging adults with substance use problems experience their communities as influencing their personal recovery processes? Journal of Community Psychology. ISSN 0090-4392. 50(7), s. 3070–3100. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22816. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Applying the multiple psychological sense of community concept (MPSOC), this study explored how emerging adults with substance use problems experience the influences of various senses of community and communities on their personal recovery processes. Semi-structured interviews with 21 emerging adults from different urban contexts in Norway were analysed using a collaborative, seven-step, deductive, and reflexive thematic approach. MPSOC is shown to be a key concept for achieving a broad, in-depth understanding of emerging adults' senses of community and personal experiences of community influences on recovery processes from substance use. Positive and negative senses of community in geographical, relational, substance use-related and ideal communities influence the potentials and challenges in emerging adults' recovery processes. Supportive and motivating community relationships, meaningful activities with peers, and distance from recovery-impeding communities were identified as important recovery components. To promote recovery and prevent substance use in emerging adults, community approaches and tools applied in substance use treatment have to take into account and utilise multidimensional and age group-specific aspects of belonging.

• Ness, Ottar; Davidson, Larry; Hansen, Jeppe Oute & Heimburg, Dina von (2022). Recovery, Social Inclusion and the Capability Approach in Mental Health. I Lester, Jessica Nina & O´Reilly, Michelle (Red.), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Critical Perspectives on Mental Health . Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9783030128524. doi: https:/doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12852-4_53-1.
• Marszalek, Maja Anna; Faksvåg, Helene Nordli; Frøystadvåg, Thea Hannestad; Ness, Ottar & Veseth, Marius (2021). “A mismatch between what is happening on the inside and going on, on the outside”: a qualitative study of therapists’ perspectives on student mental health. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. ISSN 1752-4458. 15:87, s. 1–10. doi: 10.1186/s13033-021-00508-5. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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• Prilleltensky, Isaac; Martino, Salvatore Di; Scarpa, Michael & Ness, Ottar (2024). How People Thrive: Promoting the Synergy of Wellness, Fairness, and Worthiness. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781009308953. 290 s.
• Lorås, Lennart & Ness, Ottar (2024). Håndbok i kvalitativ forskning: For psykologi, helsefag og sosialfag . Fagbokforlaget. ISBN 9788245034868. 500 s.
• Ness, Ottar; Martino, Salvatore Di & Prilleltensky, Isaac (2022). Psychology for the Common Good: The Interdependence of Citizenship, Justice, and Well-being Across the Globe. Frontiers Media S.A.. ISBN 9782832504437. 278 s.

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• Brix, Jacob; Friis, Ole U.; Heimburg, Dina von & Ness, Ottar (2024). Analyzing a Decade of Management and Leadership Research Related to Co-creation and Co-production: A semi-structured literature review.
• Tønnesen, Siw; Breden, Andreas & Ness, Ottar (2024). Cross-positions as therapist in Norwegian contexts.
• Ness, Ottar & Heimburg, Dina von (2024). Hva forteller nyeste forskning om sosiale forskjeller? Hva er oppløftende praksiser?
• Ness, Ottar (2024). «Mattering» - å ha betydning og gjøre andre betydningsfulle i lokalsamfunnet.
• Waldahl, Ragnhild Holmen; Skogøy, Bjørg Eva; Ness, Ottar & Heimburg, Dina von (2024). Erfaringsdeling og funn fra Pilot for programfinansiering 0-24 i Trøndelag.
• Ness, Ottar (2024). "Å være betydningsfull i nabolaget": Hvordan sosiale entreprenører bidrar til sterkere nabolag, og den sentrale verdien av "mattering", med NTNU og Norge Unlimited.
• Ness, Ottar (2024). Likeverdige muligheter til livskvalitet og samfunnsdeltakelse.
• Sundqvist, Amanda; Hemberg, Jessica; Nyman-Kurkiala, Pia & Ness, Ottar (2023). Young people’s experiences of transitions and its relation to loneliness and mental health.
• Sundqvist, Amanda; Hemberg, Jessica; Nyman-Kurkiala, Pia & Ness, Ottar (2023). The impact of educational transitions on young people's well-being: A systematic review.
• Sundqvist, Amanda; Hemberg, Jessica; Ness, Ottar & Nyman-Kurkiala, Pia (2023). Educational transitions impact on young people’s well-being: A systematic review.
• Sundqvist, Amanda; Hemberg, Jessica; Ness, Ottar & Nyman-Kurkiala, Pia (2023). Skolövergångars inverkan på ungas ensamhet och psykiska hälsa: En rapid review.
• Hem, Marit Helene; Ness, Ottar & Wormdahl, Irene (2023). Hva er nyttig implementeringsstøtte ved etablering og oppstart av Rask psykisk helsehjelp (RPH)? Resultater fra ImplementRPH-studien.
• Ness, Ottar (2023). Oppsummering av konferansen Universitetet for alle.
• Ness, Ottar (2023). Forske på egen praksis og utvikling av lærende praksisfellesskaper.
• Heimburg, Dina von; Longva, Ann Marit & Ness, Ottar (2023). Kent Ranum, vil du velge barna som ikke valgte deg? Adresseavisen. ISSN 0805-3804.
• Ness, Ottar (2023). – Jeg er ofte i kontakt med foreldre som ikke kan sende barna i bursdager. [Avis]. Dagsavisen.
• Ness, Ottar (2023). «Silje» (42): – Jeg bruker strøm kun i ukene barna er hos meg. [Avis]. Dagsavisen.
• Hem, Marit Helene; Orrem, Kjetil; Asmussen, Trond Vegart; Ness, Ottar & Wormdahl, Irene (2023). What is useful implementation support when establishing and initiating prompt mental health care (RPH)?  .
• Ness, Ottar (2023). Relasjonell velferd - en introduksjon.
• Ness, Ottar (2023). Relasjonell velferd.
• Ness, Ottar (2023). Recovery og recoveryorientert praksis i et samfunnsperspektiv.
• Heimburg, Dina von & Ness, Ottar (2023). Sosiale ulikheter og demokratisk deltakelse blant unge.
• Steffensen, Lene Charlotte Natås; Senneseth, Trude & Ness, Ottar (2023). Utprøving av modellen BrukerInvolvering i KVAlitetsutvikling (BIKVA) som kvalitetsutvikling i oppvekstsektor av PPT. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid. ISSN 1503-6707. 20(4), s. 344–351. doi: 10.18261/tph.20.4.13.
• Ness, Ottar (2023). Power Threat Meaning Framework and Relational Welfare.
• Ness, Ottar (2023). Velkommen: Relasjonell velferd.
• Nord-Baade, Silje Louise; Ness, Ottar; Rowe, Michael; Jensen, Camilla Bergsve & Landheim, Anne Signe (2023). How to matter: Promoting social inclusion and participation among young adults with complex problems in FACT teams.
• Ness, Ottar; Heimburg, Dina von; Karlsson, Bengt Eirik; Kilkku, Nina; Turnaas, Sanna & Vamstad, Johan [Vis alle 12 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2023). Shaping a Wellbeing Future for People and Planet. Nordisk tidsskrift for livskvalitet og bærekraftig velferdsutvikling. ISSN 2703-9986. 2(1), s. 1–4. doi: 10.18261/njwel.2.1.1.
• Ness, Ottar (2023). Mattering og deltakelse – å føle seg verdifull og være verdifull for andre.
• Ness, Ottar; Lilja, Johan & Richardsson, Daniel (2023). Styrkebasert ledelse.
• Ness, Ottar (2023). Innbyggernes modell: Samfunnsinnovasjon – samarbeid mellom NTNU og Trondheim kommune .
• Nord-Baade, Silje Louise & Ness, Ottar (2023). Vi må snakke mer om relasjonell velferd. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. ISSN 0332-6470.
• Ness, Ottar (2023). Volunteering in Norway - where do we stand?
• Sundqvist, Amanda; Hemberg, Jessica; Nyman-Kurkiala, Pia & Ness, Ottar (2022). The impact of educational and developmental transitions on youth’s well-being: A systematic review.
• Lindvig, Gunnhild Ruud; Kogstad, Ragnfrid Eline; Strømland, Monica; Larsen, Inger Beate; Topor, Alain Pierre & Bøe, Tore Dag [Vis alle 19 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2022). Regjeringens utdaterte forståelse av psykisk helse. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
• Ness, Ottar; Cottam, Hilary; Sesma, Monica & Gergen, Kenneth J. (2022). Relational Governance.
• Tønnesen, Siw; Klevan, Trude & Ness, Ottar (2022). Visualizing and voicing meaning in everyday life Using photovoice to co-explore meaning in everyday life for people in recovery living in supported housing.
• Ness, Ottar; Heimburg, Dina von; Karlsson, Bengt; Kilkku, Nina; Turnaas, Sanna & Vamstad, Johan [Vis alle 12 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2022). Welcome to the Nordic Journal of Wellbeing and Sustainable Welfare Development(NJWEL). Nordisk tidsskrift for livskvalitet og bærekraftig velferdsutvikling. ISSN 2703-9986. 1(1), s. 1–5. doi: 10.18261/njwel.1.1.1.
• Ness, Ottar (2022). Relasjonell velferd: Medborgerskap og inkluderende lokalsamfunn.
• Hagen, Julia; Ness, Ottar; Hem, Marit Helene & Wormdahl, Irene (2022). Verdensdagen for psykisk helse må appellere til politisk forpliktelse. trønderdebatt.no.
• Ness, Ottar (2022). Verdensdagen for psykisk helse 2022 - Løft blikket med Thomas Seltzer: Episode 3: Ensom. [Internett]. https://www.verdensdagen.no/fagartikler/loft-blikket-med-tho.
• Heimburg, Dina von & Ness, Ottar (2022). Sosial inkludering, mattering og livskvalitet. Verdensdagen for psykisk helse.
• Heimburg, Dina von & Ness, Ottar (2022). Sosial inkludering, mattering og livskvalitet. Sinn og Samfunn. ISSN 0800-5230. 40(4).
• Martino, Salvatore Di; Prilleltensky, Isaac; Ness, Ottar & Scarpa, Michael (2022). Mattering, Social Justice, and Well-being: Towards a Psychology of the Common Good.
• Ness, Ottar (2022). Relasjonell velferd: Å skape livskvalitet for alle.
• Ness, Ottar (2022). Relasjonell velferd i møte med mennesker, og samarbeid med andre.
• Ness, Ottar (2022). Erfaringer med implementering av ICDP-BV.
• Prilleltensky, Isaac; Martino, Salvatore Di & Ness, Ottar (2022). Editorial: Psychology for the common good: The interdependence of citizenship, justice, and well-being across the globe. Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. 13(934456). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.934456.
• Heimburg, Dina von & Ness, Ottar (2022). Relational Welfare and Narrative Practice: Dignifying Lives and Practices for Persons with Mental Health Problems.
• Ness, Ottar (2022). Hva er relasjonell velferd?
• Heimburg, Dina von; Ness, Ottar; Svensson, Helene Berntsen; Krokstad, Morten Austheim; Kojan, Bente Heggem & Henrik Hays, Nielsen [Vis alle 12 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2024). Innbyggernes modell i Trondheim kommune: Hovedrapport. NTNU WellFare. 1(9).
• Ness, Ottar & Heimburg, Dina von (2024). Spredning av styrkebaserte tilnærminger i Hallingdal: Evaluering av prosjektet «styrkebasert tilnærming - kompetanseheving og spredning av kunnskap» . NTNU WellFare.
• Nes, Ragnhild Bang; Ness, Ottar; Kjøbli, John & Kvamme, Euryph Line Solheim (2024). Ill Communication: Adolescents with Co-Occurring Problems, the Systems They Encounter and the Interventions They Receive. Universitetet i Oslo.
• Nes, Ragnhild Bang; Kjøbli, John & Ness, Ottar (2024). Ill Communication: Adolescents with Co-Occurring Problems, the Systems They Encounter and the Interventions They Receive. Universitetet i Oslo.
• Goldblatt, Peter; Castedo, Antia; Allen, Jessica; Lionello, Lorenzo; Bell, Ruth & Marmot, Michael [Vis alle 8 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2023). Kunnskapsoppsummering om ulikheter i helse og livskvalitet i Norge siden 2014 – sammendrag [nettdokument]. Helsedirektoratet.
• Heimburg, Dina von; Ness, Ottar; Prilleltensky, Isaac; Pastorino, Gabriele & Stielke, Anna (2023). Country deep dive on the well-being economy: Iceland. WHO Regional Office for Europe.
• Wormdahl, Irene; Hem, Marit Helene & Ness, Ottar (2023). Implementeringsstøtte for Rask psykisk helsehjelp. NTNU Samfunnsforskning AS. ISSN 978-82-7570-719-0.
• Goldblatt, Peter; Castedo, Antia; Allen, Jessica; Lionello, Lorenzo; Bell, Ruth & Marmot, Michael [Vis alle 8 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2023). Rapid review of inequalities in health and wellbeing in Norway since 2014 - Full Report. Institute of Health Equity, University College of London.
• Goldblatt, Peter; Castedo, Antia; Allen, Jessica; Lionello, Lorenzo; Bell, Ruth & Marmot, Michael [Vis alle 8 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2023). Rapid review of inequalities in health and wellbeing in Norway since 2014 - Executive Summary. Institute of Health Equity, University College of London.
• Pastorino, Gabriele; Stielke, Anna; Heimburg, Dina von & Ness, Ottar (2023). Deep dives on the well-being economy showcasing the experiences of Finland, Iceland, Scotland and Wales: summary of key findings. WHO Regional Office for Europe.
• Maagerø-Bangstad, Erlend Rinke; Ness, Ottar & Sælør, Knut Tore (2022). Kompetanse for bedre tjenester: En kvalitativ studie av betydningen av kompetansetiltak og verktøy rettet mot ansatte i psykisk helsetjenester som samarbeider med brukere som kan være truende og/eller voldelige. Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge/Universitetet i Søraust-Noreg. ISSN 978-82-7206-715-0. Vis sammendrag

  Personer med psykiske helse- og/eller rusproblemer er oftere ofre enn utvøvere av trusler og vold. Likevel kan psykisk helsearbeidere i kommunale psykisk helsetjenester møte brukere som truer eller er voldelige mot dem. Årsakene til slike hendelser er sammensatte og involverer personlige egenskaper ved brukeren, miljømessige faktorer og kvaliteter i samspillet med og relasjonen til psykisk helsearbeideren. Trusler og vold i psykisk helsearbeid medfører fysiske og psykiske helsebelastninger for ofrene og for vitner til dette blant deres kolleger. Helseorganisasjonen, men også samfunnet som helhet, blir negativt påvirket av trusler og vold i psykisk helsetjenester, blant annet gjennom økt ressursbruk, sykefravær og problemer med rekruttering og å beholde arbeidskraft i psykisk helsetjenester. Samtidig kan også utøvere oppleve negative konsekvenser av sine handlinger gjennom dårligere tjenestetilbud, dårligere relasjoner til hjelpeapparatet og skam. Økt kompetanse i forebygging og håndtering av trusler og vold nevnes både av ansatte og ledere som en nøkkelfaktor for å bli bedre i stand til å møte brukere som kan være truende og/eller voldelige slik at uønskede situasjoner kan bli unngått. Det er lite forskningsbasert kunnskap om trusler og vold i kommunalt og lokalbasert psykisk helsearbeid. På tross av at recoveryorienterte praksiser i økende grad blir anbefalt i psykisk helsetjenester, er det også utviklet lite forskningsbasert kunnskap om recoveryorientert praksis i forebygging og håndtering av trusler og vold. Avhandlingens funn viser at ledere av psykisk helsetjenester er viktige både for at kompetanseutviklingstiltak skal få betydning i psykisk helsetjenester, men også for medarbeidernes opplevelser av å bli tatt på alvor og at arbeidet med å forebygge at medarbeiderne blir utsatt for trusler og vold fra brukere blir prioritert. Lederne opplevde at deltakelse på Helseetatens kurs og kompetansetiltak, og anvendelse av kompetanseutviklingsstøttende verktøy, bidro til økt bevissthet blant medarbeiderne og dem selv og at medarbeiderne ble mer i stand til å håndtere samarbeidssituasjoner med andre helsetjenester og brukerne. Helseetatens kompetansetiltak og verktøy har også bidratt til en revurdering av eget ansvar og arbeidsoppgaver i forbindelse med forebygging og håndtering av trusler og vold i egne tjenester. Avhandlingen viser at, med hensyn til utvikling av kompetanse blant deltakerne, har de undersøkte kursene og kompetansetiltakene har en moderat positiv betydning på gruppenivå, men at de synes å ha hatt til dels betydelig betydning for enkeltdeltakere. Funnene indikerer likevel at det for flere også har funnet sted utvidelse og utdypning av allerede etablerte måter å se praksis på. Kompetansetiltak synes, i lys av funnene i avhandlingen, ikke alene å kunne bidra til kompetanse- og praksisutvikling blant ansatte i kommunale psykisk helsetjenester, men at kompetansetiltak isteden bør ses på som å danne utgangspunkt for, og å være betinget av, videre behandling av praksis og måter å se praksis på i tjenestene etter at kursene er over og læringsmaterialet skal «prøves» i praktiske møter.

• Kvello, Øyvind & Ness, Ottar (2022). Evaluering av utprøvingen av Funksjonell familieterapi (FFT) i familievernet. Rambøll. Vis sammendrag

  Våren 2017 besluttet Barne-, ungdoms-, og familiedirektoratet (Bufdir) å igangsette utprøvingen av Funksjonell Familieterapi (FFT) i familieverntjenesten. Familievernkontoret i Drammen i Bufetats Region Sør, ble valgt til utprøvingen. Med innføringen av FFT i familievernet, ønsket Bufdir å styrke familievernets tilbud til, og arbeid med, unge med alvorlige atferdsvansker og deres familier. Utprøvingen var et resultat av Bufdirs oppdrag fra Barne- og familiedepartementet om å styrke tjenestenes behandlingstilbud til ungdommer med vold og sinneproblematikk. FFT ble vurdert å være velegnet som metode for å nå en gruppe av familier som kommer i kontakt med familievernet. FFT er en evidensbasert, familieterapeutisk metode, som retter seg mot ungdom i aldersgruppa 11–17 år med moderate til alvorlige atferdsvansker, der det er et høyt konfliktnivå hjemme, problemer på skolen, negativ innflytelse fra jevnaldrende og/eller som begår kriminalitet, truer med eller utøver vold, eller har rusmiddelmisbruk. FFT retter seg mot de relasjonelle prosessene i familien for å bedre samspill, problemløsningsferdigheter og styrke kommunikasjon. Videre vektlegger terapeutene en ressursorientert tilnærming i form av positive fortolkninger av personene og samspillet i familien. Rambøll fikk i 2018 oppdrag av Bufdir å evaluere utprøvingen av FFT i familievernet. Rambøll har fulgt implementeringen fra oppstart i 2018 og frem til forsøkets avslutning høsten 2021. Det er gjennomført både en implementeringsevaluering og en virkningsevaluering av FFT i familievernet.

• Hopfenbeck, Mark Steven & Ness, Ottar (2022). Tenk Ut Refleksjonsgrupper i kriminalomsorgen: En kvalitativ evaluering. NTNU Institutt for pedagogikk og livslang læring Trondheim.
• Ness, Ottar & Heimburg, Dina von (2022). Læring av implementering av tilpasset versjon av ICDP for foreldre fratatt omsorg i Familievernet og i Primærmedisinsk verksted (Kirkens bymisjon) – en kvalitativ utforskning. NTNU.

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