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Development of the REFOCUS intervention to increase mental health team support for personal recovery (2015)
Journal Article
Slade, M., Bird, V., Le Boutillier, C., Grey, B., Larsen, J., Leamy, M., …Williams, J. (2015). Development of the REFOCUS intervention to increase mental health team support for personal recovery. British Journal of Psychiatry, 207(6), https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.114.155978

Background: There is an emerging evidence base about best practice in supporting recovery. This is usually framed in relation to general principles, and specific pro-recovery interventions are lacking.
Aims: To develop a theoretically-based and empi... Read More about Development of the REFOCUS intervention to increase mental health team support for personal recovery.

Psychometric evaluation of the Questionnaire about the Process of Recovery (QPR) (2015)
Journal Article
Williams, J., Leamy, M., Pesola, F., Bird, V., Le Boutillier, C., & Slade, M. (2015). Psychometric evaluation of the Questionnaire about the Process of Recovery (QPR). British Journal of Psychiatry, 207(6), https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.114.161695

Background: Supporting recovery is the aim of national mental health policy in many countries, including England. There is a need for standardised measures of recovery, to assess policy implementation and inform clinical practice. Only one measure of... Read More about Psychometric evaluation of the Questionnaire about the Process of Recovery (QPR).

The relationship between clinical and recovery dimensions of outcome in mental health (2015)
Journal Article
Macpherson, R., Pesola, F., Leamy, M., Bird, V., Le Boutillier, C., Williams, J., & Slade, M. (2015). The relationship between clinical and recovery dimensions of outcome in mental health. Schizophrenia Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2015.10.031

Background: Little is known about the empirical relationship between clinical and personal recovery.

Aims: To examine whether there are separate constructs of clinical recovery and personal recovery dimensions of outcome, how they change over time... Read More about The relationship between clinical and recovery dimensions of outcome in mental health.

Development and evaluation of an Individualised Outcome Measure (IOM) for randomised controlled trials in mental health (2015)
Journal Article
Pesola, F., Williams, J., Bird, V., Freidl, M., Le Boutillier, C., Leamy, M., …Slade, M. (2015). Development and evaluation of an Individualised Outcome Measure (IOM) for randomised controlled trials in mental health. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 24(4), https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1480

Predefined, researcher-selected outcomes are routinely used as the clinical end-point in randomised controlled trials (RCTs); however, individualised approaches may be an effective way to assess outcome in mental health research. The present study de... Read More about Development and evaluation of an Individualised Outcome Measure (IOM) for randomised controlled trials in mental health.

Staff understanding of recovery-orientated mental health practice: a systematic review and narrative synthesis (2015)
Journal Article
Le Boutillier, C., Chevalier, A., Lawrence, V., Leamy, M., Bird, V., Macpherson, R., …Slade, M. (in press). Staff understanding of recovery-orientated mental health practice: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. Implementation Science, 10(87), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-015-0275-4

Background: Mental health policy is for staff to transform their practice towards a recovery orientation. Staff understanding of recovery-orientated practice will influence the implementation of this policy. The aim of this study was to conduct a sys... Read More about Staff understanding of recovery-orientated mental health practice: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.

Supporting recovery in patients with psychosis using adult mental health teams (REFOCUS): a multi-site cluster randomised controlled trial (2015)
Journal Article
Slade, M., Bird, V., Clarke, E., Le Boutillier, C., McCrone, P., Macpherson, R., Pesola, F., Wallace, G., Williams, J., & Leamy, M. (in press). Supporting recovery in patients with psychosis using adult mental health teams (REFOCUS): a multi-site cluster randomised controlled trial. Lancet Psychiatry, 2(6), https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366%2815%2900086-3

Background: Mental health policy in many countries is oriented around recovery. The evidence base for service-level pro-recovery interventions is lacking.
Methods: Two-site cluster randomised controlled trial in England (ISRCTN02507940). REFOCUS is... Read More about Supporting recovery in patients with psychosis using adult mental health teams (REFOCUS): a multi-site cluster randomised controlled trial.

Empowerment and satisfaction in a multinational study of routine clinical practice (2015)
Journal Article
Clarke, E., Pusch, B., Jordan, H., Williams, P., Konrad, J., Kawohl, W., …Slade, M. (in press). Empowerment and satisfaction in a multinational study of routine clinical practice. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 131(5), https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.12365

Objective: Decision-making between mental health clinicians and patients is under-researched. We tested whether mental health patients are more satisfied with a decision made (i) using their preferred decision-making style and (ii) with a clinician w... Read More about Empowerment and satisfaction in a multinational study of routine clinical practice.

Evaluation of a positive psychotherapy group intervention for people with psychosis: pilot randomised controlled trial (2015)
Journal Article
Schrank, B., Brownell, T., Jakaite, Z., Larkin, C., Pesola, F., Riches, S., …Slade, M. (2016). Evaluation of a positive psychotherapy group intervention for people with psychosis: pilot randomised controlled trial. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 25(3), 235-246. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2045796015000141

Aims. Third-wave psychological interventions have gained relevance in mental health service provision but their application to people with psychosis is in its infancy and interventions targeting wellbeing in psychosis are scarce. This study tested th... Read More about Evaluation of a positive psychotherapy group intervention for people with psychosis: pilot randomised controlled trial.

Clinical decision making and outcome in the routine care of people with severe mental illness across Europe (CEDAR) (2015)
Journal Article
Puschner, B., Becker, T., Mayer, B., Jordan, H., Maj, M., Fiorillo, A., Égerházi, A., Ivánka, T., Munk-Jørgensen, P., Krogsgaard Bording, M., Rössler, W., Kawohl, W., & Slade, M. (2016). Clinical decision making and outcome in the routine care of people with severe mental illness across Europe (CEDAR). Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 25(1), 69-79. https://doi.org/10.1017/S204579601400078X

Aims. There is a lack of knowledge on clinical decision making and its relation to outcome in the routine treatment of people with severe mental illness. This study examined preferred and experienced clinical decision making from the perspectives of... Read More about Clinical decision making and outcome in the routine care of people with severe mental illness across Europe (CEDAR).

Staff views on wellbeing for themselves and for service users (2015)
Journal Article
Schrank, B., Brownell, T., Riches, S., Chevalier, A., Jakaite, Z., Larkin, C., …Slade, M. (2015). Staff views on wellbeing for themselves and for service users. Journal of Mental Health, 24(1), 48-53. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638237.2014.998804

© 2015 Shadowfax Publishing and Informa UK Limited. Background: Wellbeing is an important outcome in the context of recovery from mental illness. The views of mental health professionals on wellbeing may influence their approach to supporting recover... Read More about Staff views on wellbeing for themselves and for service users.