All Outputs (12)

Cultural influences on fidelity components in recovery colleges: a study across 28 countries and territories (2025)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Ronaldson, A., Takhi, S., Felix, S., Namasaba, M., Lawrence, S., Kellermann, V., Kapka, A., Hayes, D., Dunnett, D., Jebara, T., Murakami, M., Bakolis, I., Repper, J., Meddings, S., Stergiopoulos, V., Brophy, L., De Ruysscher, C., Eplov, L., Toernes, C., …Slade, M. (2025). Cultural influences on fidelity components in recovery colleges: a study across 28 countries and territories. General Psychiatry, 38(3), Article e102010. https://doi.org/10.1136/gpsych-2024-102010

Background: Recovery colleges (RCs) support personal recovery through education, skill development and social support for people with mental health problems, carers and staff. Guided by co-production and adult learning principles, RCs represent a rec... Read More about Cultural influences on fidelity components in recovery colleges: a study across 28 countries and territories.

The ten harmful myths of psychiatry (2025)
Journal Article
Slade, M. (in press). The ten harmful myths of psychiatry. Journal of Recovery in Mental Health,

Psychiatry has powerfully influenced how mental health issues are conceptualised and addressed internationally. Many people report benefits from mental health assessment and treatment, but other individuals report being harmed by the mental health sy... Read More about The ten harmful myths of psychiatry.

Recovery-oriented psychiatry: oxymoron or catalyst for change? (2025)
Journal Article
Speyer, H., Roe, D., & Slade, M. (2025). Recovery-oriented psychiatry: oxymoron or catalyst for change?. Lancet Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366%2825%2900092-6

This Personal View provides a normative and conceptual analysis of the intersection between the recovery movement and psychiatry. Although recovery emerged as a grassroots social justice movement emphasising empowerment and systemic change, psychiatr... Read More about Recovery-oriented psychiatry: oxymoron or catalyst for change?.

Effectiveness of peer support for people with severe mental health conditions in high-, middle-and low-income countries: a multicentre randomised controlled trial (UPSIDES-RCT) (2025)
Journal Article
Puschner, B., Nakku, J., Hiltensperger, R., Wolf, P., Adler Ben-Dor, I., Bugeiga, F., Charles, A., Gai Meir, L., Garber-Epstein, P., Goldfarb, Y., Grayzman, A., Hadas-Grundman, S., Haun, M., Heuer, I., Iboma, B., Kalha, J., Kamwaga, L., Korde, P., Kotera, Y., Krumm, S., …Slade, M. (in press). Effectiveness of peer support for people with severe mental health conditions in high-, middle-and low-income countries: a multicentre randomised controlled trial (UPSIDES-RCT). British Journal of Psychiatry,

Background
Some trials have evaluated peer support for people with mental ill-health in high-income, mainly English-speaking countries, but the quality of the evidence is weak.
Aims
We investigated the effectiveness of UPSIDES peer support in high... Read More about Effectiveness of peer support for people with severe mental health conditions in high-, middle-and low-income countries: a multicentre randomised controlled trial (UPSIDES-RCT).

“Why shouldn’t I expect a lot from life?” – a qualitative study of what facilitates long-term recovery in first-episode psychosis (2025)
Journal Article
Åsbø, G., Haavind, H., Kruse, S. H., Wold, K. F., Ten, W., Hegelstad, V., Romm, K. L., Slade, M., Ueland, T., Melle, I., & Simonsen, C. (2025). “Why shouldn’t I expect a lot from life?” – a qualitative study of what facilitates long-term recovery in first-episode psychosis. BMC Psychiatry, 25, Article 423. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-06681-y

Background

Qualitative research frequently characterises recovery, but more knowledge on subjective experiences of facilitators of long-term recovery in psychosis is needed. This interview study aimed to explore what people with first-episode psyc... Read More about “Why shouldn’t I expect a lot from life?” – a qualitative study of what facilitates long-term recovery in first-episode psychosis.

Cultural Influences on Fidelity Components in Recovery Colleges: A 28-Country Study (2025)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Ronaldson, A., Takhi, S., Felix, S., Namasaba, M., Lawrence, S., Kellermann, V., Kapka, A., Hayes, D., Dunnett, D., Jebara, T., Murakami, M., Bakolis, I., Repper, J., Meddings, S., Stergiopoulos, V., Brophy, L., De Ruysscher, C., Eplov, L., Toernes, C., …Slade, M. (in press). Cultural Influences on Fidelity Components in Recovery Colleges: A 28-Country Study. General Psychiatry,

Background Recovery Colleges (RCs) support personal recovery through education, skill development and social support for people with mental health problems, carers and staff. Guided by co-production and adult learning principles, RCs represent a rece... Read More about Cultural Influences on Fidelity Components in Recovery Colleges: A 28-Country Study.

Recorded mental health recovery narratives for people with mental health problems and informal carers: the NEON research programme including 3 RCTs (2025)
Journal Article
Slade, M., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Ali, Y., Newby, C., Yeo, C., Roe, J., Hui, A., Charles, A., Hare-Duke, L., Paterson, L., Gavan, S. P., Slade, E., Kotera, Y., Priebe, S., Thornicroft, G., Keppens, J., Elliott, R., Pollock, K., Repper, J., Robotham, D., …Llewellyn-Beardsley, J. (in press). Recorded mental health recovery narratives for people with mental health problems and informal carers: the NEON research programme including 3 RCTs. Programme Grants for Applied Research,

Social inclusion of people with severe mental illness: a review of current practice, evidence and unmet needs, and future directions (2025)
Journal Article
Henderson, C., Kotera, Y., Lloyd-Evans, B., Jordan, G., Gorner, M., Salla, A., Kalha, J., Coventry, P. A., Bojke, L., Hinde, S., & Slade, M. (in press). Social inclusion of people with severe mental illness: a review of current practice, evidence and unmet needs, and future directions. World Psychiatry,

Applying Critical Discourse Analysis to Cross-Cultural Mental Health Recovery Research (2025)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Daryanani, R., Skipper, O., Simpson, J., Takhi, S., McPhilbin, M., Rose-Ingall, B., Namasaba, M., Jepps, J., Kellermann, V., Bhandari, D., Ojio, Y., Ronaldson, A., Guerrero, E., Jebara, T., Henderson, C., Slade, M., & Vilar-Lluch, S. (2025). Applying Critical Discourse Analysis to Cross-Cultural Mental Health Recovery Research. JMIR Formative Research, 9, Article e64087. https://doi.org/10.2196/64087

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) frameworks can be used in cross-cultural mental health recovery research. CDA is a qualitative approach that critically appraises how language contributes to produce an... Read More about Applying Critical Discourse Analysis to Cross-Cultural Mental Health Recovery Research.

The impact of life story work during peer worker training: Identity reconstruction, social connection, and recovery (2025)
Journal Article
Agergaard Jensen, R. A., Lehn Brand, S., Holm, T., Slade, M., & Kirkegaard Thomsen, D. (2025). The impact of life story work during peer worker training: Identity reconstruction, social connection, and recovery. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 48(1), 13-22. https://doi.org/10.1037/prj0000639

Objective: Personal recovery has become a guiding vision in mental health care, and peer workers play a key role in assisting individuals on their recovery journey. As a component of training to prepare for this role, peer workers need to engage with... Read More about The impact of life story work during peer worker training: Identity reconstruction, social connection, and recovery.

Assessing personal recovery in individuals with severe mental illness: validation of the Dutch Brief INSPIRE-O (2025)
Journal Article
Swildens, W. E., Visser, E., Van Ens, W., Schaefer, B., Nugter, A., Delespaul, P., Van Weeghel, J., Slade, M., & Sanches, S. A. (2025). Assessing personal recovery in individuals with severe mental illness: validation of the Dutch Brief INSPIRE-O. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-025-02815-5

Purpose

Recovery is a key objective in mental health services for people with severe mental illness (SMI). In addition to clinical and functional recovery, personal recovery has gained increasing attention. The CHIME Framework identifies five pers... Read More about Assessing personal recovery in individuals with severe mental illness: validation of the Dutch Brief INSPIRE-O.

Personal Explanations for Psychosis: A Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis (2025)
Journal Article
Ingall, B.-R., McPhilbin, M., Lewandowski, F., Kotera, Y., Jordan, G., Slade, M., & Ng, F. (2025). Personal Explanations for Psychosis: A Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis. Schizophrenia Bulletin Open, 6(1), Article sgaf006. https://doi.org/10.1093/schizbullopen/sgaf006

Background and Hypothesis
Psychosis refers to the state whereby one’s experience of reality differs from those around them. The ineffability of psychosis does not render the experience void of meaning, and the ways individuals integrate their experi... Read More about Personal Explanations for Psychosis: A Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis.