Personal growth in psychosis
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Development and Evaluation of a Recovery College Fidelity Measure (2018)
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Objective: Recovery Colleges are widespread, with little empirical research on their key components. This study aimed to characterise key components of Recovery Colleges, and to develop and evaluate (i) a developmental checklist and (ii) a quantitati... Read More about Development and Evaluation of a Recovery College Fidelity Measure.
Conceptual framework for social connectedness in mental disorders: systematic review and narrative synthesis (2018)
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Background: Adults with mental disorders are at high risk of loneliness. Loneliness has been implicated in a wide variety of physical and mental health problems. Social connectedness interventions are one means to tackle loneliness but have shown mix... Read More about Conceptual framework for social connectedness in mental disorders: systematic review and narrative synthesis.
The impact of Recovery Colleges on mental health staff, services and society (2018)
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Aims Recovery Colleges are opening internationally. The evaluation focus has been on outcomes for Recovery College students who use mental health services. However, benefits may also arise for: staff who attend or co-deliver courses; the mental heal... Read More about The impact of Recovery Colleges on mental health staff, services and society.
Mechanisms of action and outcomes for students in Recovery Colleges (2018)
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Objective Recovery Colleges are widespread, with little empirical research on how they work and outcomes they produce. This study aimed to co-produce a change model characterising mechanisms of action and outcomes for mental health service users att... Read More about Mechanisms of action and outcomes for students in Recovery Colleges.
Best practice framework for Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in collaborative data analysis of qualitative mental health research: methodology development and refinement (2018)
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Background Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in mental health research is increasing, especially in early (pre-funding) stages. PPI is less consistent in later stages, including in analysing qualitative data. The aims of this study were to develo... Read More about Best practice framework for Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in collaborative data analysis of qualitative mental health research: methodology development and refinement.
Need for information in a representative sample of outpatients with schizophrenia disorders (2018)
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Background: providing adequate information and involving patients in treatment has become an essential component of mental health care. Despite this, research regarding the extent to which this need has been met in clinical services is still scarce.... Read More about Need for information in a representative sample of outpatients with schizophrenia disorders.
The development of an occupational therapy intervention for adults with a diagnosed psychotic disorder following discharge from hospital (2018)
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Background: A deterioration in mental health and admission to an acute mental health unit can result in skill loss and decreased participation in daily life. Furthermore, discharge from hospital is associated with high risks of social isolation and s... Read More about The development of an occupational therapy intervention for adults with a diagnosed psychotic disorder following discharge from hospital.
The art of recovery: outcomes from participatory arts activities for people using mental health services (2018)
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Background: There is a growing evidence base for the use of participatory arts for the purposes of health promotion. In recent years, recovery approaches in mental healthcare have become commonplace in English speaking countries amongst others. There... Read More about The art of recovery: outcomes from participatory arts activities for people using mental health services.
Web-Based Decision Aid to Assist Help-Seeking Choices for Young People Who Self-Harm: Outcomes From a Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial (2018)
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Background: Adolescents who self-harm are often unsure how or where to get help. We developed a web-based personalised decision aid (DA), designed to support young people in decision-making about seeking help for their self-harm. Objective: Our aim... Read More about Web-Based Decision Aid to Assist Help-Seeking Choices for Young People Who Self-Harm: Outcomes From a Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial.
Clinical decision making and mental health service use in people with severe mental illness across Europe (2017)
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Objective: This study aims to explore relationships between preferred and experienced clinical decision making with service use, and associated costs, by people with severe mental illness. Methods: Prospective observational study of mental healthcar... Read More about Clinical decision making and mental health service use in people with severe mental illness across Europe.
Implementing shared decision making in routine mental health care (2017)
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Shared decision making (SDM) in mental health care involves clinicians and patients working together to make decisions. The key elements of SDM have been identified, decision support tools have been developed, and SDM has been recommended in mental h... Read More about Implementing shared decision making in routine mental health care.
The PULSAR Specialist Care protocol: a stepped-wedge cluster randomized control trial a training intervention for community mental health teams in recovery-oriented practice (2017)
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Background: Recovery features strongly in Australian mental health policy; however, evidence is limited for the efficacy of recovery-oriented practice at the service level. This paper describes the Principles Unite Local Services Assisting Recovery (... Read More about The PULSAR Specialist Care protocol: a stepped-wedge cluster randomized control trial a training intervention for community mental health teams in recovery-oriented practice.
Helping alliance and unmet needs in routine care of people with severe mental illness across Europe: a prospective longitudinal multicenter study (2017)
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The helping alliance (HA) refers to the collaborative bond between patient and therapist including shared goals and tasks. People with severe mental illness have a complex mixture of clinical and social needs. Using mixed-effects regression, this stu... Read More about Helping alliance and unmet needs in routine care of people with severe mental illness across Europe: a prospective longitudinal multicenter study.
Recovery and decision-making involvement in people with severe mental illness from six countries: a prospective observational study (2017)
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Background: Clinical decision-making is the vehicle of health care provision, and level of involvement predicts implementation and satisfaction. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of decision-making experience on recovery. Methods:... Read More about Recovery and decision-making involvement in people with severe mental illness from six countries: a prospective observational study.
Decisional support for young people who self-harm: protocol for a feasibility trial (2016)
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Introduction: Self-harm is common in adolescents and it is the strongest predictor of suicide. Young people who self-harm are often unsure of how and where to get help. Decision aids (DA) have been shown to help with decisional conflict where there i... Read More about Decisional support for young people who self-harm: protocol for a feasibility trial.
Developing involvement during a programme of recovery research (2016)
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Purpose To consider the process of working with a Lived Experience Advisory Group (LEAP) and its outcomes in REFOCUS, a large 5 year programme of recovery research. Design Narrative reflections on the experience of working with LEAP were col... Read More about Developing involvement during a programme of recovery research.
Service user experiences of REFOCUS: a process evaluation of a pro-recovery complex intervention (2016)
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Purpose: Policy is increasingly focused on implementing a recovery-orientation within mental health services, yet the subjective experience of individuals receiving a pro-recovery intervention is under-studied. The aim of this study was to explore th... Read More about Service user experiences of REFOCUS: a process evaluation of a pro-recovery complex intervention.
Recovery practice in community mental health teams: national survey (2016)
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Background There is consensus about the importance of ‘recovery’ in mental health services, but the link between recovery orientation of mental health teams and personal recovery of individuals has been underresearched. Aims To investigate differ... Read More about Recovery practice in community mental health teams: national survey.
Participation in medical decision-making across Europe: an international longitudinal multicenter study (2016)
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Background: The purpose of this paper was to examine national differences in the desire to participate in decision-making of people with severe mental illness in six European countries. Methods: The data was taken from a European longitudinal obse... Read More about Participation in medical decision-making across Europe: an international longitudinal multicenter study.