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Character Strength-Focused Positive Psychotherapy on Acute Psychiatric Wards: A Feasibility and Acceptability Study (2022)
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Kouvaras, S., Guiotto, M., Schrank, B., Slade, M., & Riches, S. (2022). Character Strength-Focused Positive Psychotherapy on Acute Psychiatric Wards: A Feasibility and Acceptability Study. Psychiatric Services, 73(9), 1051-1055. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100316

OBJECTIVE: A manualized single-session positive psychotherapy intervention was developed and tested on acute psychiatric wards. METHODS: Participants were invited in 2018-2019 to identify positive experiences, link them to a personal character streng... Read More about Character Strength-Focused Positive Psychotherapy on Acute Psychiatric Wards: A Feasibility and Acceptability Study.

Impact of receiving recorded mental health recovery narratives on quality of life in people experiencing non-psychosis mental health problems (NEON-O Trial): updated randomised controlled trial protocol (2022)
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Rennick-Egglestone, S., Elliott, R., Newby, C., Robinson, C., & Slade, M. (2022). Impact of receiving recorded mental health recovery narratives on quality of life in people experiencing non-psychosis mental health problems (NEON-O Trial): updated randomised controlled trial protocol. Trials, 23, Article 90. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06027-z

Background: Mental health recovery narratives are first-person lived experience accounts of recovery from mental health problems, which refer to events or actions over a period of time, and which include elements of adversity or struggle, and also se... Read More about Impact of receiving recorded mental health recovery narratives on quality of life in people experiencing non-psychosis mental health problems (NEON-O Trial): updated randomised controlled trial protocol.

Associations between personal recovery and service user-rated versus clinician-rated clinical recovery, a cross-sectional study (2022)
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Skar-Fröding, R., Clausen, H., Šaltytė Benth, J., Ruud, T., Slade, M., & Heiervang, K. S. (2022). Associations between personal recovery and service user-rated versus clinician-rated clinical recovery, a cross-sectional study. BMC Psychiatry, 22, Article 42. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-03691-y

Background: This study examined the relationship between service user-rated personal recovery and clinician-rated and service user-rated clinical recovery. The relationships between different subdomains of clinical recovery and personal recovery were... Read More about Associations between personal recovery and service user-rated versus clinician-rated clinical recovery, a cross-sectional study.

Positive psychotherapy for psychosis in Hong Kong: A randomized controlled trial (2022)
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Chu, M. H.-W., Lau, B., Leung, J., Chan, S. C., Tang, B., Lau, C. L., …Slade, M. (2022). Positive psychotherapy for psychosis in Hong Kong: A randomized controlled trial. Schizophrenia Research, 240, 175-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2021.12.044

Recovery-oriented practice has been advocated in mental health services in Hong Kong since 2009. Well-being has become an important area of focus for mental health services. Positive Psychotherapy for Psychosis (PPP) is a well-being-focused intervent... Read More about Positive psychotherapy for psychosis in Hong Kong: A randomized controlled trial.

How do recorded mental health recovery narratives create connection and improve hopefulness? (2022)
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Ng, F., Newby, C., Robinson, C., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Yeo, C., Roe, J., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Smith, R., Booth, S., Bailey, S., Castelein, S., Callard, F., Arbour, S., & Slade, M. (2022). How do recorded mental health recovery narratives create connection and improve hopefulness?. Journal of Mental Health, 31(2), 273-280. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2021.2022627

Background: Mental health recovery narratives are an active ingredient of recovery-oriented interventions such as peer support. Recovery narratives can create connection and hope, but there is limited evidence on the predictors of impact. Aims: The a... Read More about How do recorded mental health recovery narratives create connection and improve hopefulness?.

Proportionate translation of study materials and measures in a multinational global health trial: methodology development and implementation (2022)
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Charles, A., Korde, P., Newby, C., Grayzman, A., Hiltensperger, R., Mahlke, C., Moran, G., Nakku, J., Niwemuhwezi, J., Nixdorf, R., Paul, E., Puschner, B., Ramesh, M., Ryan, G., Shamba, D., Kalha, J., & Slade, M. (2022). Proportionate translation of study materials and measures in a multinational global health trial: methodology development and implementation. BMJ Open, 12(1), Article e058083. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058083

Objectives Current translation guidelines do not include sufficiently flexible translation approaches for different study materials. We aimed to develop a proportionate methodology to inform translation of all types of study materials in global healt... Read More about Proportionate translation of study materials and measures in a multinational global health trial: methodology development and implementation.

Post-traumatic growth in psychosis: a systematic review and narrative synthesis (2021)
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Ng, F., Ibrahim, N., Franklin, D., Jordan, G., Lewandowski, F., Fang, F., Roe, D., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Newby, C., Hare-Duke, L., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Yeo, C., & Slade, M. (2021). Post-traumatic growth in psychosis: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. BMC Psychiatry, 21, Article 607. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03614-3

Background and objective: People with psychosis report experiences of highly traumatic events. Positive change or post-traumatic growth (PTG) can occur as a result of traumatic experiences. Yet there is limited attention on PTG in psychosis, possibly... Read More about Post-traumatic growth in psychosis: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.

Conceptual framework for personal recovery in patients with acute myocardial infarction (2021)
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Dreyer, R. P., Pavlo, A. J., Horne, A., Dunn, R., Danvers, K., Brush, J., …Davidson, L. (2021). Conceptual framework for personal recovery in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Journal of the American Heart Association, 10(19), Article e022354. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.121.022354

BACKGROUND: Although there has been movement in cardiology to advance patient-centered approaches to postacute myo-cardial infarction (AMI) care, work remains to be done in aligning patient preferences with clinical care. Our objective was to charact... Read More about Conceptual framework for personal recovery in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

Uses and Misuses of Recorded Mental Health Lived Experience Narratives in Healthcare and Community Settings: Systematic Review (2021)
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Yeo, C., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Armstrong, V., Borg, M., Franklin, D., Klevan, T., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Newby, C., Ng, F., Thorpe, N., Voronka, J., & Slade, M. (2022). Uses and Misuses of Recorded Mental Health Lived Experience Narratives in Healthcare and Community Settings: Systematic Review. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 48(1), 134-144. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbab097

Mental health lived experience narratives are first-person accounts of people with experience of mental health problems. They have been published in journals, books and online, and used in healthcare interventions and anti-stigma campaigns. There are... Read More about Uses and Misuses of Recorded Mental Health Lived Experience Narratives in Healthcare and Community Settings: Systematic Review.

Living with Psychosis without Mental Health Services: A Narrative Interview Study (2021)
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McGranahan, R., Jakaite, Z., Edwards, A., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Slade, M., & Priebe, S. (2021). Living with Psychosis without Mental Health Services: A Narrative Interview Study. BMJ Open, 11(7), Article e045661. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045661

Objectives Little research has looked at how people who do not use mental health services experience psychosis. Thus, the present study aimed to explore the experiences and views of people with psychosis who have neither sought nor received support f... Read More about Living with Psychosis without Mental Health Services: A Narrative Interview Study.

Living with Psychosis without Mental Health Services: A Narrative Interview Study (2021)
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McGranahan, R., Jakaite, Z., Edwards, A., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Slade, M., & Priebe, S. (2021). Living with Psychosis without Mental Health Services: A Narrative Interview Study. BMJ Open, 11(7), Article e045661. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045661

Objectives Little research has looked at how people who do not use mental health services experience psychosis. Thus, the present study aimed to explore the experiences and views of people with psychosis who have neither sought nor received support f... Read More about Living with Psychosis without Mental Health Services: A Narrative Interview Study.

Measuring recovery in Arabic countries: Translation of the self-efficacy for personal recovery scale (2021)
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Ibrahim, N., Newby, C., Thomas, N., & Slade, M. (2022). Measuring recovery in Arabic countries: Translation of the self-efficacy for personal recovery scale. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 68(7), 1428-1434. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640211028604

Self-efficacy-positive beliefs about one's own competencies and mastery-is associated with better recovery outcomes for people using mental health services. Aim: To translate the Self-Efficacy for Personal Recovery Scale (SEPRS) into Arabic and e... Read More about Measuring recovery in Arabic countries: Translation of the self-efficacy for personal recovery scale.

Discrepancy between experience and importance of recovery components in the symptomatic and recovery perceptions of people with severe mental disorders (2021)
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Penas, P., Uriarte, J. J., Gorbeña, S., Slade, M., Moreno-Calvete, M. C., & Iraurgi, I. (2021). Discrepancy between experience and importance of recovery components in the symptomatic and recovery perceptions of people with severe mental disorders. BMC Psychiatry, 21(1), Article 277. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03287-y

BackgroundPersonal recovery has become an increasingly important approach in the care of people with severe mental disorders and consequently in the orientation of mental health services. The objective of this study was to assess the personal recover... Read More about Discrepancy between experience and importance of recovery components in the symptomatic and recovery perceptions of people with severe mental disorders.

Recorded Mental Health Recovery Narratives as a Resource for People Affected by Mental Health Problems: Development of the Narrative Experiences Online (NEON) Intervention (2021)
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Slade, M., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Yeo, C., Roe, J., Bailey, S., Smith, R. A., Booth, S., Harrison, J., Bhogal, A., Penas Morán, P., Hui, A., Quadri, D., Robinson, C., Smuk, M., Farkas, M., Davidson, L., van der Krieke, L., Slade, E., Bond, C., …Ng, F. (2021). Recorded Mental Health Recovery Narratives as a Resource for People Affected by Mental Health Problems: Development of the Narrative Experiences Online (NEON) Intervention. JMIR Formative Research, 5(5), Article e24417. https://doi.org/10.2196/24417

Background: The internet enables sharing of narratives about health concerns on a substantial scale, and some digital health narratives have been integrated into digital health interventions. Narratives describing recovery from health problems are a... Read More about Recorded Mental Health Recovery Narratives as a Resource for People Affected by Mental Health Problems: Development of the Narrative Experiences Online (NEON) Intervention.

The Importance of Personal Recovery and Perceived Recovery Support Among Service Users With Psychosis (2021)
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Skar-Fröding, R., Clausen, H. K., Benth, J. Š., Ruud, T., Slade, M., & Heiervang, K. S. (2021). The Importance of Personal Recovery and Perceived Recovery Support Among Service Users With Psychosis. Psychiatric Services, 72(6), 661-668. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000223

OBJECTIVE: More knowledge is needed about whether personal recovery, as defined by the CHIME framework (connectedness, hope, identity, meaning and purpose, and empowerment), is considered important by service users with psychosis. This study examined... Read More about The Importance of Personal Recovery and Perceived Recovery Support Among Service Users With Psychosis.

Perspectives on mental health recovery from Egyptian mental health professionals: A qualitative study (2021)
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Ibrahim, N., Ghallab, E., Ng, F., Oweida, R., & Slade, M. (2022). Perspectives on mental health recovery from Egyptian mental health professionals: A qualitative study. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 29(3), 484-492. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12754

Introduction: Recovery-oriented mental health practice is an emerging approach that aims to empower individuals to define their goals and take responsibility for their own recovery. However, mental health practice in Egypt is still custodial. A... Read More about Perspectives on mental health recovery from Egyptian mental health professionals: A qualitative study.

REFOCUS-PULSAR Recovery-Oriented Practice Training in Adult Primary Mental Health Care: Exploratory Findings Including From a Pretest–Posttest Evaluation (2021)
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Enticott, J. C., Shawyer, F., Brophy, L. M., Russell, G., Mazza, D., Wilson-Evered, E., …Meadows, G. N. (2021). REFOCUS-PULSAR Recovery-Oriented Practice Training in Adult Primary Mental Health Care: Exploratory Findings Including From a Pretest–Posttest Evaluation. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, Article 625408. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.625408

Objectives: Australian general practitioners (GPs) are pivotal in mental health care. The REFOCUS-PULSAR (Principles Unite Local Services Assisting Recovery) primary care study aimed to improve personal recovery outcomes in adults with mental health... Read More about REFOCUS-PULSAR Recovery-Oriented Practice Training in Adult Primary Mental Health Care: Exploratory Findings Including From a Pretest–Posttest Evaluation.

Understanding ‘forgiveness’ in the context of psychosis: A qualitative study of service user experience (2020)
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Riches, S., Brownell, T., Schrank, B., Lawrence, V., Rashid, T., & Slade, M. (2020). Understanding ‘forgiveness’ in the context of psychosis: A qualitative study of service user experience. Clinical Psychology Forum, 2020(336), 41-48

© 2020, British Psychological Society. All rights reserved. Twenty-three people with psychosis were interviewed about their subjective experience of ‘forgiveness’. Resulting themes of enabling conditions, thinking styles, psychological and interperso... Read More about Understanding ‘forgiveness’ in the context of psychosis: A qualitative study of service user experience.

Mental health recovery for survivors of modern slavery: grounded theory study protocol (2020)
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Wright, N., Hadziosmanovic, E., Dang, M., Bales, K., Brookes, C., Jordan, M., …Lived Experience Research Advisory Board. (2020). Mental health recovery for survivors of modern slavery: grounded theory study protocol. BMJ Open, 10(11), Article e038583. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038583

© 2020 Author(s). Published by BMJ. Introduction Slavery and human trafficking are crimes involving the violation of human rights and refer to exploitative situations where an individual cannot refuse or leave due to threats, coercion or abuse of pow... Read More about Mental health recovery for survivors of modern slavery: grounded theory study protocol.