Facilitating return to work can be challenging due to the complexity of work disability. Few studies have examined rehabilitation programs based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy that intend to support return to work, and none have investigated therapists’ experience with providing such programs. The aim of this study was therefore to explore therapists’ experience of addressing the return to work process in an inpatient occupational rehabilitation program based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal (Apr 26, 2018): No Pagination Specified-
Objective: The Recovery Self-Assessment (RSA) is a reliable and valid tool used to measure recovery-oriented services. Recent studies, however, suggest that the length and reading level of the RSA makes its routine use in service settings difficult. Recognizing the importance of including people with lived experience of a mental health challenge in research processes and the need to enhance the utility of tools that measure recovery-oriented services, this paper describes an innovative researcher-peer provider consultant multistep process used to revise the provider version of the RSA to create a new instrument—the Recovery-Oriented Services Assessment (ROSA).. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Rehabilitation in people with severe and enduring mental illness: Draft scope consultation
You can now comment on this draft scope. The scope defines what the guideline will (and will not) cover.
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This article presents findings from a randomized controlled trial of a peer support mentorship intervention designed for individuals with serious mental illness and frequent, recurrent psychiatric hospitalizations.. Login at top right hand side of page using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP- Please contact the library to receive a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Schizophrenia has a heterogeneous range of end states, from severe cases requiring repeated hospitalization to cases in which a single illness episode is followed by complete remission. The purpose of the present review is to examine recent literature on recovery in schizophrenia, focusing on the predictive factors and on the possibility to achieve it.VCathens18
CPFT specialist clinical psychologist Dr Kate Nurser has conducted the first UK research on how storytelling can help the recovery of people who have experienced mental health challenges.
Forward Thinking provides an overview of recent published research, funded by the NIHR, on support for people living with SMI. These studies address particular uncertainties and evidence gaps identified by those working in and using these services. It also highlights research currently taking place to inform the support and care of people with severe mental illness.
Befriending has become a widely used method for tackling social isolation in individuals with severe mental illness (SMI), and evidence exists to support its effectiveness. However, patient preferences for befriending remain unclear. We aimed to determine whether patients with SMI want a volunteer befriender and, if so, the volunteer characteristics and character of the relationship they would prefer.
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal Vol. 41, Iss. 1, (Mar 2018): 1-7.
Objective: Antistigma programs may be guided by 3 differing agendas: services (promote treatment engagement), rights (help people achieve rightful goals), and self-worth (facilitate self-worth and efficacy). This study examined the construct validity of this perspective by examining the factor structure of importance ratings of the 3 agendas. The study examined how importance might be viewed differently by the population as a whole versus a subsample of people who reported previous experience with mental health services and hence could be directly harmed by stigma.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal Vol. 41, Iss. 1, (Mar 2018): 29-38.
Objective: The study examined factors associated with community integration experiences of adults with serious mental illness who were members of psychosocial rehabilitation clubhouses in New York City.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal Vol. 41, Iss. 1, (Mar 2018): 46-54.
Objective: This article describes a measure developed to assess fidelity of working with the Boston University approach to Psychiatric Rehabilitation (BPR) in Dutch mental health care. The instrument is intended to measure and improve BPR adherence and clinician competence on an individual level and within individual rehabilitation processes.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Social recovery therapy not only increases structured activity levels but also appears to keep people in contact with services in the critical first nine months. It could be incorporated into early intervention services for people with persistent social withdrawal.
In a report published today (Thursday 1 March), the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found through an information request to providers that nearly two thirds (63%) of placements in residential-based mental health rehabilitation services are ‘out of area’, which means they are in different areas to the clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) that arranged them.
Multidisciplinary rehabilitation is increasingly accepted as valuable in the management of chronic disease. Whereas traditional rehabilitation models focussed on recovery, maintaining independence and delaying functional decline are now considered worthwhile aims even where full recovery is not feasible. Despite this, rehabilitation is notably absent from dementia care literature and practice. People with dementia report frustration with the lack of availability of structured post-diagnosis pathways like those offered for other conditions. Alternative terms such as ‘re-ablement’ are used to refer to rehabilitation-like services, but lack an evidence-base to guide care. This commentary will discuss possible reasons for the resistance to accept multidisciplinary rehabilitation as part of dementia care, and identifies the value of doing so for people with dementia, their families, and for health professionals.. To read the full article, log in using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens details. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
In a pilot feasibility and effectiveness study, illness management and recovery (IMR), a curriculum-based program to help people with serious mental illness pursue personal recovery goals, was integrated into assertive community treatment (ACT) to improve participants’ recovery and functioning.. Login at top right hand side of page using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP- Please contact the library to receive a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
It is important to investigate receipt of vocational rehabilitation (VR) services, service patterns and outcomes for youth with autism, so that limited public resources can be used more efficiently.. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
The new Recovery Library in Tiverton in partnership with Flourish Cafe is a place to find a broad range of mental health and recovery resources, self-help books, mental health reference, recovery stories, and more.
Liesbeth Tip on a qualitative study of Norfolk-based community singing project Sing Your Heart Out, aimed at people with mental illness & the general public
Although it is recognized that suffering a mental illness is a traumatic experience, the fact that this can lead to posttraumatic growth and the variables that may affect the situation are rarely discussed in the literature.. To read the full article, log in using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens details. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
I have endured auditory and visual hallucinations, paranoid thoughts, and depressive symptoms since the age of 6 (some 40 years ago), and was formally diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, depressive type in young adulthood. I chose not to surrender to my illness, but instead to wage a war against my symptoms. And I felt that I was winning that war until I chose to leave a successful but stressful career (built over a period of 25 years) to restore my health and my quality of life. . Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
As Individual Placement and Support (IPS) has become the international standard for vocational rehabilitation of adults with serious mental illness, researchers must consider the relationship between IPS and local environments. This meta-analysis used mixed-effects meta-regressions to assess the impact of site-level moderators on the likelihood that IPS recipients, compared with recipients of alternative vocational services, achieved competitive employment.. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
In the era of deinstitutionalization, employment was an uncommon outcome for people with schizophrenia and other severe mental illnesses living in the community.1 Mental health and vocational rehabilitation professionals initially offered little help, perhaps because they believed that people with severe mental illnesses were unable or unlikely to work competitively. Instead, professionals referred people coming out of hospitals to sheltered settings, such as day programs and sheltered workshops, where they could be monitored closely and trained to work in a slow, step-wise fashion. Even the Program for Assertive Community Treatment2—a pioneer in community integration in the 1970s and 1980s—initially endorsed sheltered work...... Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Dissemination of early intervention facilities in many developed countries has led to an improved outcome for patients with first-episode psychosis.1, 2, 3 However, this improvement does not necessarily mean that the illness trajectory is radically shifted or that the overall outcome of the illness can be described as positive....... Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Provision of early intervention services has increased the rate of social recovery in patients with first-episode psychosis; however, many individuals have continuing severe and persistent problems with social functioning. We aimed to assess the efficacy of early intervention services augmented with social recovery therapy in patients with first-episode psychosis. The primary hypothesis was that social recovery therapy plus early intervention services would lead to improvements in social recovery. . Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Book review. SSSFT staff - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting. To read a copy of the book in this review, please contact the library
Each The Human Library™ event is designed to enable interactions that challenge stereotypes and prejudices through conversation. It is a library of individual human beings, drawn from different minority or marginalised groups in the community, that are somehow exposed to stigma, misunderstanding and / or discrimination.
To assess pooled prevalence rates of remission and recovery in FEP and to investigate potential moderators. SSSFT staff - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
Although there is significant literature examining changes over time in the functional recovery of people with serious mental illnesses, relatively little is known about the longitudinal nature of person-oriented recovery. The purpose of this review and meta-analysis is to synthesize findings pertaining to the study of person-oriented recovery constructs over time and concomitants of change. Login at top right hand side of page using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP- Please contact the library to receive a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
The team’s ‘Five Ways to Wellbeing’ programme aims to aid those who come in to contact with the criminal justice system and support people through the first six weeks following leaving custody.
The CARe methodology aims to improve the quality of life of people with severe mental illness by supporting them in realizing their goals, handling their vulnerability and improving the quality of their social environment. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of the CARe methodology for people with severe mental illness on their quality of life, personal recovery, participation, hope, empowerment, self-efficacy beliefs and unmet needs.
Open access. To evaluate outcomes for patients during their admission or in the first year of treatment in two in-patient recovery units. Changes in health and social functioning, service use and need (rated by patients and staff) were evaluated.
After receiving tonnes of referrals for patients to play football as a means of recovery and finding no suitable team in Brent, Richard decided to create one. People being referred came from areas of very low income where there are high numbers of gangs
Delivered by a specialist team from Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) the trial is testing whether providing employment specialists based in GP practices and other community settings is an effective way of helping people into work.
Objective: The aim of this study was to gain insights into how service users and health providers experience their working relationships when they are offered the option of supplementing ongoing collaboration with an e-recovery portal.
Visiting the Life Rooms or joining our Recovery College can be the first step for people to look at their needs, hopes and strengths and what they want to happen in the future. Mersey Care’s centres for learning, recovery, health and wellbeing that can help. One at the former Carnegie library in Liverpool and a new Life Rooms in Southport.
The buildings are a base for a range of life opportunities for service users, carers and the wider community.
New research has revealed that recovery colleges can reduce pressure on local mental health services, lower the number of readmission's to hospital and improve students’ quality of life with reduced hospital admissions and improvements to quality of life for students.
This article will describe how the incorporation of protective factors into the assessment of risk can bridge the gap between recovery and risk of violence assessment. Attending to protective factors can encourage a therapeutic rapport between the patient and practitioner. By instilling a sense of hope into collaborative working, areas of potential growth can be developed without constantly revisiting weaknesses and historic behaviours.
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Mental health services seek opportunities to sustain recovery outcomes beyond service involvement. This study aimed to examine social workers’ (also called mental health clinicians) attitudes towards, expectations of, assumptions about, and insights into, initiating and sustaining recovery.
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The People Enjoying Nature (PEN) project is an outreach project at Pendle Hill LP which offers individuals who are dealing with mental health issues and social isolation to take part in a number of supported activities and learn new skills. The project was delivered in partnership by Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust’s Community Restart Team and the Forest of Bowland and included a programme of activities taking place between March and October 2017.
Objective: The aim of this study was to examine whether Web-based Cognitive Remediation Therapy combined with a SE program can improve the rate return to work of people with severe mental illness.
Setting up an Individual Placement and Support (IPS) employment service can change people’s lives and revolutionise mental health care in a local area, says a report published today by Centre for Mental Health.
Recovery oriented service provisions means focusing on outcomes that are important to consumers themselves rather than to clinicians or services. Partners in Recovery (PIR) is an Australia-wide initiative designed to provide service coordination and brokerage for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. One PIR service engaged a consumer-led research team to evaluate the service from the perspective of consumers. This consumer-led study was established to explore PIR consumers’ perceptions of outcomes they achieved through their involvement with PIR.
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry87.5 (2017): 567-574.
The role that people with serious mental illness (SMI) play in making decisions about their own treatment and rehabilitation is attracting increasing attention and scrutiny. This attention is embedded in a broader social/consumer movement, the recovery movement, whose agenda includes extensive reform of the mental health system and advancing respect for the dignity and autonomy of people with SMI. Shared decision-making (SDM) is an approach for enhancing consumer participation in health-care decision-making. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Social prescribing, which is sometimes known as community referral, is, according to the King’s Fund, a means of enabling GPs, nurses and other primary care professionals to refer people to a range of local, non-clinical services.
It’s aim is to support individuals to take greater control of their own health and seeks to address people’s needs in a holistic way.