All Outputs (4)

How the pandemic changed Recovery Colleges: A multi-site qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article
McPhilbin, M., Stepanian, K., Yeo, C., Elton, D., Dunnett, D., Jennings, H., …Lawrence, V. (in press). How the pandemic changed Recovery Colleges: A multi-site qualitative study. BJPsych Open,

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health problems increased whilst access to clinical mental health services reduced. Recovery Colleges (RCs) are recovery-focussed adult education initiatives delivered by people with professional and l... Read More about How the pandemic changed Recovery Colleges: A multi-site qualitative study.

Evidence-based Recovery Colleges: developing a typology based on organisational characteristics, fidelity and funding (2023)
Journal Article
Hayes, D., Camacho, E. M., Ronaldson, A., Stepanian, K., McPhilbin, M., Elliott, R. A., …Slade, M. (2023). Evidence-based Recovery Colleges: developing a typology based on organisational characteristics, fidelity and funding. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Article 02452. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-023-02452-w

Purpose Recovery Colleges (RCs) have been implemented across England with wide variation in organisational characteristics. The purpose of this study is to describe RCs across England in terms of organisational and student characteristics, fidelit... Read More about Evidence-based Recovery Colleges: developing a typology based on organisational characteristics, fidelity and funding.

Recovery Colleges Characterisation and Testing in England (RECOLLECT): rationale and protocol (2022)
Journal Article
Hayes, D., Henderson, C., Bakolis, I., Lawrence, V., Elliott, R. A., Ronaldson, A., …Slade, M. (2022). Recovery Colleges Characterisation and Testing in England (RECOLLECT): rationale and protocol. BMC Psychiatry, 22(1), Article 627. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04253-y

Background: Recovery Colleges are a relatively recent initiative within mental health services. The first opened in 2009 in London and since then numbers have grown. They are based on principles of personal recovery in mental health, co-production be... Read More about Recovery Colleges Characterisation and Testing in England (RECOLLECT): rationale and protocol.

The impact of Recovery Colleges on mental health staff, services and society (2018)
Journal Article
Crowther, A., Taylor, A., Toney, R., Meddings, S., Whale, T., Jennings, H., …Slade, M. (2019). The impact of Recovery Colleges on mental health staff, services and society. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 28(5), 481-488. https://doi.org/10.1017/S204579601800063X

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.