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28-country global study on associations between cultural characteristics and Recovery College fidelity (2024)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Ronaldson, A., Hayes, D., Hunter-Brown, H., McPhilbin, M., Dunnett, D., Jebara, T., Takhi, S., Masuda, T., Camacho, E., Bakolis, I., Repper, J., Meddings, S., Stergiopoulos, V., Brophy, L., De Ruysscher, C., Okoliyski, M., Kubinová, P., Eplov, L., Narusson, D., …Slade, M. (2024). 28-country global study on associations between cultural characteristics and Recovery College fidelity. npj Mental Health Research, 3, Article 46. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44184-024-00092-9

Recovery Colleges (RCs) are learning-based mental health recovery communities, located globally. However, evidence on RC effectiveness outside Western, educated, industrialised, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) countries is limited. This study aimed to e... Read More about 28-country global study on associations between cultural characteristics and Recovery College fidelity.

Healing Houses systematic review: design, sustainability, opportunities and barriers facing Soteria and peer respite development (2024)
Journal Article
Yeo, C., Charles, A., Lewandowski, F., Lichtenberg, P., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Slade, M., Tang, Y., Voronka, J., & Rodrigues, L. (in press). Healing Houses systematic review: design, sustainability, opportunities and barriers facing Soteria and peer respite development. Journal of Mental Health, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2024.2361233

Background: Soteria houses and peer respites, collectively called Healing Houses, are alternatives to psychiatric hospitalisation. Aims: The aim of this research is to review Healing Houses in relation to design characteristics (architectural and ser... Read More about Healing Houses systematic review: design, sustainability, opportunities and barriers facing Soteria and peer respite development.

Investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on recovery colleges: multi-site qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article
McPhilbin, M., Stepanian, K., Yeo, C., Elton, D., Dunnett, D., Jennings, H., Hunter-Brown, H., Grant-Rowles, J., Cooper, J., Barrett, K., Hamie, M., Bates, P., McNaughton, R., Trickett, S., Bishop, S., Takhi, S., Lawrence, S., Kotera, Y., Hayes, D., Davidson, L., …Lawrence, V. (2024). Investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on recovery colleges: multi-site qualitative study. BJPsych Open, 10(3), Article e113. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.70

Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health problems increased as access to mental health services reduced. Recovery colleges are recovery-focused adult education initiatives delivered by people with professional and lived mental health ex... Read More about Investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on recovery colleges: multi-site qualitative study.

Cross-Cultural Insights from Two Global Mental Health Studies: Self-Enhancement and Ingroup Biases (2024)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Ronaldson, A., Hayes, D., Hunter-Brown, H., McPhilbin, M., Dunnett, D., Jebara, T., Takhi, S., Masuda, T., Camacho, E., Bakolis, I., Repper, J., Meddings, S., Stergiopoulos, V., Brophy, L., De Ruysscher, C., Okoliyski, M., Kubinová, P., Eplov, L., Toernes, C., …Slade, M. (2024). Cross-Cultural Insights from Two Global Mental Health Studies: Self-Enhancement and Ingroup Biases. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-024-01307-y

This commentary highlights two cross-cultural issues identified from our global mental health (GMH) research, RECOLLECT (Recovery Colleges Characterisation and Testing) 2: self-enhancement and ingroup biases. Self-enhancement is a tendency to maintai... Read More about Cross-Cultural Insights from Two Global Mental Health Studies: Self-Enhancement and Ingroup Biases.

Perception and appropriation of a web-based recovery narratives intervention: qualitative interview study (2024)
Journal Article
Ali, Y., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Ng, F., Yeo, C., Franklin, D., Perez Vallejos, E., Ben-Zeev, D., Kotera, Y., & Slade, M. (2024). Perception and appropriation of a web-based recovery narratives intervention: qualitative interview study. Frontiers in Digital Health, 6, Article 1297935. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2024.1297935

Introduction

Mental health recovery narratives are widely available to the public, and can benefit people affected by mental health problems. The NEON Intervention is a novel web-based digital health intervention providing access to the NEON Colle... Read More about Perception and appropriation of a web-based recovery narratives intervention: qualitative interview study.

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of online recorded recovery narratives in improving quality of life for people with non-psychotic mental health problems: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial (2024)
Journal Article
Slade, M., Rennick‐Egglestone, S., Elliott, R. A., Newby, C., Robinson, C., Gavan, S. P., Paterson, L., Ali, Y., Yeo, C., Glover, T., Pollock, K., Callard, F., Priebe, S., Thornicroft, G., Repper, J., Keppens, J., Smuk, M., Franklin, D., Walcott, R., Harrison, J., …Llewellyn-Beardsley, J. (2024). Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of online recorded recovery narratives in improving quality of life for people with non-psychotic mental health problems: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial. World Psychiatry, 23(1), 101-112. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.21176

Narratives describing first-hand experiences of recovery from mental health problems are widely available. Emerging evidence suggests that engaging with mental health recovery narratives can benefit people experiencing mental health problems, but no... Read More about Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of online recorded recovery narratives in improving quality of life for people with non-psychotic mental health problems: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial.

Organisational and student characteristics, fidelity, funding models, and unit costs of recovery colleges in 28 countries: a cross-sectional survey (2023)
Journal Article
Hayes, D., Hunter-Brown, H., Camacho, E., McPhilbin, M., Elliott, R. A., Ronaldson, A., Bakolis, I., Repper, J., Meddings, S., Stergiopoulos, V., Brophy, L., Miyamoto, Y., Castelein, S., Klevan, T. G., Elton, D., Grant-Rowles, J., Kotera, Y., Henderson, C., Slade, M., & RECOLLECT International Research Consortium, R. I. R. C. (2023). Organisational and student characteristics, fidelity, funding models, and unit costs of recovery colleges in 28 countries: a cross-sectional survey. Lancet Psychiatry, 10(10), 768-779. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366%2823%2900229-8

Background: Recovery colleges were developed in England to support the recovery of individuals who have mental health symptoms or mental illness. They have been founded in many countries but there has been little international research on recovery co... Read More about Organisational and student characteristics, fidelity, funding models, and unit costs of recovery colleges in 28 countries: a cross-sectional survey.

Differences Between Online Trial Participants Who Have Used Statutory Mental Health Services and Those Who Have Not: Analysis of Baseline Data From 2 Pragmatic Trials of a Digital Health Intervention. (2023)
Journal Article
Rennick-Egglestone, S., Newby, C., Robinson, C., Yeo, C., Ng, F., Elliott, R., Ali, Y., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Pomberth, S., Harrison, J., Gavan, S. P., Cuijpers, P., Priebe, S., Hall, C. L., & Slade, M. (2023). Differences Between Online Trial Participants Who Have Used Statutory Mental Health Services and Those Who Have Not: Analysis of Baseline Data From 2 Pragmatic Trials of a Digital Health Intervention. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25, Article e44687. https://doi.org/10.2196/44687

Background: Digital health interventions (DHIs) are an established element of mental health service provision internationally. Regulators have positioned the best practice standard of evidence as an interventional study with a comparator reflective o... Read More about Differences Between Online Trial Participants Who Have Used Statutory Mental Health Services and Those Who Have Not: Analysis of Baseline Data From 2 Pragmatic Trials of a Digital Health Intervention..

Assessing Diversity and Inclusivity is the Next Frontier in Mental Health Recovery Narrative Research and Practice (2023)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Ng, F., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Ali, Y., Newby, C., Fox, C., Yeo, C., Slade, E., Bradstreet, S., Harrison, J., Franklin, D., Todowede, O., & Slade, M. (2023). Assessing Diversity and Inclusivity is the Next Frontier in Mental Health Recovery Narrative Research and Practice. JMIR Mental Health, 10, Article e44601. https://doi.org/10.2196/44601

Demand for digital health interventions is increasing in many countries. The use of recorded mental health recovery narratives in digital health interventions is becoming more widespread in clinical practice. Mental health recovery narratives are fir... Read More about Assessing Diversity and Inclusivity is the Next Frontier in Mental Health Recovery Narrative Research and Practice.

Differences between online trial participants who have used statutory mental health services and who have not: analysis of baseline data from two pragmatic trials of a digital health intervention (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper
Rennick-Egglestone, S., Newby, C., Robinson, C., Yeo, C., Ng, F., Elliott, R. A., Ali, Y., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Pomberth, S., Harrison, J., Gavan, S. P., Cuijpers, P., Priebe, S., Hall, C. L., & Slade, M. Differences between online trial participants who have used statutory mental health services and who have not: analysis of baseline data from two pragmatic trials of a digital health intervention

Background:
Digital health interventions have become an established part of mental health service provision internationally. Regulators have positioned the best-practice standard of evidence as an interventional study with a comparator reflective of... Read More about Differences between online trial participants who have used statutory mental health services and who have not: analysis of baseline data from two pragmatic trials of a digital health intervention.