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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)
Journal Article
Shawyer, F., Enticott, J. C., Brophy, L., Bruxner, A., Fossey, E., Inder, B., Julian, J., Kakuma, R., Weller, P., Wilson-Evered, E., Edan, V., Slade, M., & Meadows, G. N. (2017). The PULSAR Specialist Care protocol: a stepped-wedge cluster randomized control trial a training intervention for community mental health teams in recovery-oriented practice. BMC Psychiatry, 17(172), Article 172. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-017-1321-3

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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Arnold, K., Loos, S., Mayer, B., Clarke, E., Slade, M., Fiorillo, A., Del Vecchio, V., Égerházi, A., Ivánka, T., Munk-Jørgensen, P., Bording, M. K., Kawohl, W., Rössler, W., & Puschner, B. (2017). Helping alliance and unmet needs in routine care of people with severe mental illness across Europe: a prospective longitudinal multicenter study. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 205(4), 329-333. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000000650

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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Loos, S., Clarke, E., Jordan, H., Puschner, B., Fiorillo, A., Luciano, M., Ivánka, T., Magyar, E., Krogsgaard-Bording, M., Østermark-Sørensen, H., Rössler, W., Kawohl, W., Mayer, B., & Slade, M. (2017). Recovery and decision-making involvement in people with severe mental illness from six countries: a prospective observational study. BMC Psychiatry, 17(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-017-1207-4

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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Rowe, S. L., French, R. S., Henderson, C., Ougrin, D., Slade, M., & Moran, P. (2016). Decisional support for young people who self-harm: protocol for a feasibility trial. BMJ Open, 6(9), Article e012161. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012161

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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Slade, M., Trivedi, P., Chandler, R., & Leamy, M. (2016). Developing involvement during a programme of recovery research. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 11(4), 244-255. https://doi.org/10.1108/jmhtep-01-2016-0006

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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Wallace, G., Bird, V., Leamy, M., Bacon, F., Le Boutillier, C., Janosik, M., Macpherson, R., Williams, J., & Slade, M. (in press). Service user experiences of REFOCUS: a process evaluation of a pro-recovery complex intervention. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 51(9), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-016-1257-9

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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Leamy, M., Clarke, E., Le Boutillier, C., Bird, V., Choudhury, R., Macpherson, R., Pesola, F., Sabas, K., Williams, J., Williams, P., & 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., Slade, M., Valeria Del Vecchio, V., Sampogna, G., Égerházi, A., Süveges, Á., Krogsgaard Bording, M., Munk-Jørgensen, P., & 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.

WELLFOCUS PPT: modifying positive psychotherapy for psychosis (2016)
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Riches, S., Schrank, B., Rashid, T., & Slade, M. (2016). WELLFOCUS PPT: modifying positive psychotherapy for psychosis. Psychotherapy, 53(1), 68-77. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000013

Positive psychotherapy (PPT) is an established psychological intervention initially validated with people experiencing symptoms of depression. PPT is a positive psychology intervention, an academic discipline which has developed somewhat separately f... Read More about WELLFOCUS PPT: modifying positive psychotherapy for psychosis.

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., Fiorillo, A., Krogsgaard Bording, M., Kawohl, W., Rössler, W., Nagy, M., Munk-Jørgensen, P., & 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., Whitley, R., & 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.

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., Oades, L., & 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)
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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).

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., Macpherson, R., & 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., Williams, J., & 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., 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)
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Clarke, E., Pusch, B., Jordan, H., Williams, P., Konrad, J., Kawohl, W., Bär, A., Rössler, W., Del Vecchio, V., Sampogna, G., Nagy, M., Süveges, A., Krogsgaard Bording, M., & 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., Tylee, A., & 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.