All Outputs (99)

Recovery practice in community mental health teams: national survey (2016)
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Leamy, M., Clarke, E., Le Boutillier, C., Bird, V., Choudhury, R., Macpherson, R., …Slade, M. (2016). Recovery practice in community mental health teams: national survey. British Journal of Psychiatry, 209(4), https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.114.160739

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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Bär, A., Hengartner, M. P., Kawohl, W., Konrad, J., Puschner, B., Clarke, E., …Rössler, W. (2016). Participation in medical decision-making across Europe: an international longitudinal multicenter study. European Psychiatry, 35, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.02.001

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.

Effects of clinical decision topic on patients’ involvement in and satisfaction with decisions and their subsequent implementation (2016)
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Freidl, M., Pesola, F., Konrad, J., Puschner, B., Kovacs, A., De Rosa, C., …Slade, M. (2016). Effects of clinical decision topic on patients’ involvement in and satisfaction with decisions and their subsequent implementation. Psychiatric Services, 67(6), 658-663. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500083

Clinical decision-making is the vehicle for mental health care delivery, and predictors of decision-making experience and adherence are under-researched. The aim was to investigate the relationship between decision topic and kind of involvement in th... Read More about Effects of clinical decision topic on patients’ involvement in and satisfaction with decisions and their subsequent implementation.

Uses of strength-based interventions for people with serious mental illness: a critical review (2016)
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Tse, S., Tsoi, E. W., Hamilton, B., O’Hagan, M., Shepherd, G., Slade, M., …Petrakis, M. (2016). Uses of strength-based interventions for people with serious mental illness: a critical review. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 62(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/0020764015623970

Background: For the past 3 decades, mental health practitioners have increasingly adopted aspects and tools of strength-based approaches. Providing strength-based intervention and amplifying strengths relies heavily on effective interpersonal process... Read More about Uses of strength-based interventions for people with serious mental illness: a critical review.

Psychometric evaluation of the Questionnaire about the Process of Recovery (QPR) (2015)
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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).

Development of the REFOCUS intervention to increase mental health team support for personal recovery (2015)
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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.

Empirical evidence about recovery and mental health (2015)
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Slade, M., & Longden, E. (2015). Empirical evidence about recovery and mental health. BMC Psychiatry, 15(1), Article 285. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-015-0678-4

The relationship between clinical and recovery dimensions of outcome in mental health (2015)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Slade, M., Bird, V., Clarke, E., Le Boutillier, C., McCrone, P., Macpherson, R., …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)
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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)
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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)
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Puschner, B., Becker, T., Mayer, B., Jordan, H., Maj, M., Fiorillo, A., …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)
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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.

Development and evaluation of the INSPIRE measure of staff support for personal recovery (2014)
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Williams, J., Leamy, M., Bird, V., Le Boutillier, C., Norton, S., Pesola, F., & Slade, M. (2015). Development and evaluation of the INSPIRE measure of staff support for personal recovery. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 50(5), 777-786. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-014-0983-0

© 2014, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Background: No individualised standardised measure of staff support for mental health recovery exists. Aims: To develop and evaluate a measure of staff support for recovery. Method: Development: initial draf... Read More about Development and evaluation of the INSPIRE measure of staff support for personal recovery.

Mental Health Service User Experience of Positive Psychotherapy (2014)
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Brownell, T., Schrank, B., Jakaite, Z., Larkin, C., & Slade, M. (2015). Mental Health Service User Experience of Positive Psychotherapy. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 71(1), 85-92. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22118

© 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Objective: Service user satisfaction with therapy is a key part of the therapeutic process. The aim of this study was to investigate service user experiences of an 11-week group positive psychology intervention for psyc... Read More about Mental Health Service User Experience of Positive Psychotherapy.

Evaluating the feasibility of complex interventions in mental health services: standardised measure and reporting guidelines (2014)
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Bird, V., Le Boutillier, C., Leamy, M., Williams, J., Bradstreet, S., & Slade, M. (2014). Evaluating the feasibility of complex interventions in mental health services: standardised measure and reporting guidelines. British Journal of Psychiatry, 204(4), https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.113.128314

Aims: To develop a) an empirically-based standardised measure of the feasibility of complex interventions for use within mental health services and b) reporting guidelines to facilitate feasibility assessment. Method: A focussed narrative review of... Read More about Evaluating the feasibility of complex interventions in mental health services: standardised measure and reporting guidelines.

Assessing the strengths of mental health consumers: A systematic review (2012)
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Bird, V. J., Le Boutillier, C., Leamy, M., Larsen, J., Oades, L. G., Williams, J., & Slade, M. (2012). Assessing the strengths of mental health consumers: A systematic review. Psychological Assessment, 24(4), 1024-1033. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028983

Strengths assessments focus on the individual's talents, abilities, resources, and strengths. No systematic review of strengths assessments for use within mental health populations has been published. The aims of this study were to describe and evalu... Read More about Assessing the strengths of mental health consumers: A systematic review.