Balby based New Beginnings has celebrated the completion of its first allotment to support the physical and mental wellbeing of people in recovery from drug and/ or alcohol addiction.
New Beginnings which provides a specialist rehab and detox service for people experiencing substance misuse is using the allotment to promote a sense of purpose and foster strong bonds for its clients and service users.
Just over a year after Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust transformed the former Living Well centre in Southport into a community hub and home to the Recovery College, Mr Blundell unveiled a plaque to mark its official opening.
Since opening its doors to the local community, service users, carers and families in May 2017, Southport Life Rooms has welcomed 17,521 people through its doors. Mr Blundell met staff and volunteers and took part in a Men’s Mental Health Recovery College Course and spoke to participants at craft and board games sessions.
Open access. This is a narrative review of validation and outcome studies using the Weiss Functional Impairment Rating Scale (WFIRS). The objective of the review is to establish a framework for understanding functional impairment and create a definition for functional response and remission.
A woodland garden project in Camden that is a regular destination for service users from our mental health rehabilitation wards at St Pancras as part of their therapeutic activity, has won a top award that celebrates the use of church gardens and churchyards for wellbeing.
Open access. This is a narrative review of validation and outcome studies using the Weiss Functional Impairment Rating Scale (WFIRS). The objective of the review is to establish a framework for understanding functional impairment and create a definition for functional response and remission.
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal (Sep 27, 2018). DOI:10.1037/prj0000324
Objective: For interventions, like the Transition to Independence Process (TIP) Model, to be implemented effectively, efficient and accessible quality assurance tools are needed. The purpose of this article is to describe the process of developing an online staff self-report quality assurance tool for a key process in the TIP Model: the TIP Solution Review (TSR) and to provide data on the acceptability and perceived impact of both the measure and the TSR process.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal (Sep 27, 2018). DOI:10.1037/prj0000328
Objective: The purpose of the current study was to examine the relationship between education and recovery-oriented outcomes among adults with serious mental illnesses (SMIs).. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal (Sep 27, 2018). DOI:10.1037/prj0000321
Objective: Social effectiveness continues to play a critical role in recovery of people with serious mental illness (SMI), with greater social effectiveness predicting many positive life outcomes. Despite the abundance of literature supporting the relationship between perceptions and behavior, little is known about predictors of perceived social effectiveness of individuals with SMI.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Results: According to participants, engaging with lived experience videos was a pivotal experience of using the website. Participants engaged with peers through choosing and watching the videos and reflecting on their own experience in discussions that opened up with a mental health worker. Benefits of seeing others talking about their experience included “being inspired,” “knowing I’m not alone,” and “believing recovery is possible.”
Open access. Poverty is strongly associated with mental illness. Access to state benefits can be a lifeline for people with mental health problems in times of hardship and can assist them on their journey of recovery. However, benefit application processes can discriminate against those with mental illness and can result in individuals unjustly missing out on support. Clinical evidence from mental health professionals can ameliorate these challenges and ensure that people get access to financial help.
Recovery colleges are widespread, with little empirical research on how they work and the outcomes they produce. This study aimed to coproduce a change model characterizing mechanisms of action (how they work) and outcomes (their impact) for mental health service users who attend recovery colleges.. Login at top right hand side of page using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens for full text.
Mental health disorders have a negative impact on the individual, society and global economy. The prevalence of mental disorders is increasing in young people, if unaddressed, they may develop into severe and chronic illnesses. Despite this, research into youth mental health recovery is limited. The current study aims to develop a theoretical framework of recovery in youth mental health and identify what facilitates this process.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
Open access. Substance use disorders are a major contributor to the economic and healthcare burden in Australia. Therapeutic communities (TCs) are utilised treatment methods globally, though low program completion rates continue to represent a major obstacle in effective and sustainable drug and alcohol treatment. The aim of this study was to explore reasons for early withdrawal from TC programs and perceptions of successful recovery. This study also aimed to explore how employment and volunteering related to early exit and perceptions of successful recovery.
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The report has found that those who trained as peer support workers at CPFT’s Recovery College East improved their own mental health and well-being, felt more confident, and were less socially isolated.
Simon Bradstreet is left feeling frustrated by this systematic review of recovery in people living with severe mental illness. Results may be flawed because of a poor literature search strategy introducing bias.
Open access. Early intervention in psychosis (EIP) services are the dominant service model in the treatment of first-episode psychosis. They are a time-limited intervention and little is known about discharge destinations and outcomes once EIP treatment has concluded. This study looks at the service in Oxfordshire.
The UK Recovery Walk 2018 will be held in Shrewsbury from 11am on Saturday 8 September 2018, when more than 5,000 individuals and families are expected to walk through the centre of the town to celebrate the event. The walk, organised by Faces and Voices of Recovery (FAVOR UK), is held every September as part of International Recovery Month.
Conclusions: Smartphone apps may become a useful tool for psychiatric rehabilitation, addressing both psychiatric and co-occurring medical problems. Individualizing functions to each patient and facilitating connection with a certified peer specialist may be an important feature of useful apps.
The So What, What Next? project was designed by the Transforming Care empowerment steering group to look at ways of supporting people with a learning disability or autism who have recently been discharged from hospital to explore their skills and passions and to find ways to contribute these to their local communities.
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal (Aug 2, 2018). DOI:10.1037/prj0000313
Objective: A pilot study was conducted to develop and provide a formative evaluation of a group intervention for women with serious mental illness, Women’s Empowerment and Recovery-Oriented Care (WE-ROC).. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
There is limited literature describing innovative models for forensic care. This paper describes the patient group, the model of care, and outcomes for residents in a 24-h supported hostel for mentally disordered offenders leaving secure setting over 13 years.. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Open access. Recovery-orientated care is becoming generally accepted as the best practice, and continued development in the ways it is practiced is necessary to ensure improvement of ongoing care. Forensic patients often experience double stigmatization (the dual stigma of mental illness and offending behaviour) and during admission to hospital may lose touch with their community supports. While working through their personal recovery, patients develop therapeutic relationships with their multidisciplinary team members. When positive, these relationships can enhance a patient’s recovery.
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Co‐production between service users and clinicians is a desirable element of recovery‐oriented practice in mental health, but the effect of co‐production on clinicians has not been explored thoroughly.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details. SSOTP (legacy account) - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal (Jul 9, 2018): No Pagination Specified
Objective: Supported employment has experienced immense growth as an evidence-based intervention targeting the disproportionately high rates of unemployment among individuals with psychiatric disabilities who actively want to work. However, employment services are often not available to individuals who are ambivalent about work or lack work self-efficacy. The purpose of this study was to pilot-test the efficacy of a new peer-run photography-based group intervention (Vocational Empowerment Photovoice [VEP]) designed to empower individuals with psychiatric disabilities to consider employment services and pursue work.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Public Health England (PHE) has published a new infographic tool to raise awareness of issues relating to work, worklessness and health. Covers employment gaps for LD, long term conditions and MH issues.
The garden project started 18 months ago. Once waist-high in weeds, the garden is now an attractive and productive space; providing opportunities for people to engage in something meaningful, learn new skills, and connect with nature and with each other.The garden project is managed by the Independence Trust. People who use 2gether services can be referred into the project, and people can also self-refer directly to the Independence Trust.
A new survey by Rethink Mental Illness of 117 staff members who work in supported housing services for people with mental illness reveals 84% believe that the Government’s new funding proposals would mean their service would probably close.
Under these proposals, anyone needing supported housing for fewer than two years will have to rely on cash-strapped local authorities to fund the housing they need. Instead of being supported to live independently in the community, people severely affected by mental illness are more likely to face distressing and unnecessary stays in hospital because of these plans.
Emerging from cumulative socio‐political movements forged by persons with self‐experience of mental health difficulties, since the 1970s the practice of peer support has rapidly developed within mental health care. Now revered as a critical component to recovery oriented mental health service, peer support features prominently in international mental health policy and practice
This paper analyses job satisfaction and differences in factors affecting it among workers with an intellectual disability and mental illness (MI) depending on their work regime [special employment regime (SER) or occupational service (OS)]. To do so, answers were analysed from 874 participants on a Job Satisfaction Scale used in sheltered workshops in Spain.. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
The RCN protocol provides evidence-based best practice criteria so that hospitals and other health settings can introduce animals into the care environment.
Prisoners with mental health difficulties need better help following release from both health and probation services, according to a report published today by Centre for Mental Health.
As outlined in the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health and Implementing the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, NHS England has committed to doubling access to Individual Placement and Support (IPS) services nationally by 2020/21, enabling approximately 20,000 people who experience a severe mental illness (SMI) to find and retain employment.
The NHS is set to roll out mental health employment specialists across the country, as a new analysis of services shows that 2,300 patients have been helped into work in the last year.
Organisations and groups who provide services or activities in Shrewsbury that benefit people’s health and well-being, are invited to come to a Social Prescribing event in Shrewsbury on Tuesday 19 June 2018.
The Social Prescribing information and sharing workshops will be hosted at the Gateway Centre, Chester Street, Shrewsbury at 12.30pm-2.30pm, and 3pm–5pm.
Resilience and recovery are of increasing importance in the field of alcohol dependence (AD). This paper describes how imaging studies in man can be used to assess the neurobiological correlates of resilience and, if longitudinal, of disease trajectories, progression rates and markers for recovery to inform treatment and prevention options.. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
The management of schizophrenia is evolving towards a more comprehensive model based on functional recovery. The concept of functional recovery goes beyond clinical remission and encompasses multiple aspects of the patient’s life, making it difficult to settle on a definition and to develop reliable assessment criteria. In this consensus process based on a panel of experts in schizophrenia, we aimed to provide useful insights on functional recovery and its involvement in clinical practice and clinical research.
André Tomlin summarises the CQC briefing on mental health rehabilitation inpatient services & sets the scene for the live expert webinar taking place on June 1st.
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (May 24, 2018): No Pagination Specified
The present study examined the associations of familial expressed emotion (EE) with clinical and personal recovery among patients with psychiatric disorders, as well as the potential mechanisms underlying these associations.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Persistent psychiatric symptoms can serve as a major barrier to the successful reintegration of parolees with mental illness. Thus, it is important to identify factors that might impact their mental health recovery, such as low adherence to their treatment regimen. The strength of the clinician/patient working alliance has been found to be significantly associated with psychiatric medication adherence in prior research, but this relationship has not been assessed in a parolee population. . Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
This study examined job endings and work trajectories among participants in a study comparing the effects of adding cognitive remediation to supported employment among individuals who had not benefited from supported employment.. 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
A key aspect of psychiatric rehabilitation is supporting individuals with serious mental illness in reaching personal goals. This study aimed to investigate whether various aspects of the working alliance predict successful goal attainment and whether goal attainment improves subjective quality of life, independent of the rehabilitation approach used.. 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 CNWL Employment Services supports people in mental health and addiction services who would like help with finding and keeping a job.
The Service has published a booklet designed to help people decide whether they would like to explore employment and/or training opportunities, including a check list of documents needed when applying for work, as well as information about employment resources available.
The Myplace project run by Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust and Lancashire Wildlife Trust encourages young people aged 13 – 24 years old to explore the environment by offering opportunities to participate in eco-therapy based activities where they can develop new skills, increase their self-esteem, build resilience and improve their own self-confidence.
The aim of this study was to better understand early-stage mental health recovery experiences of people living with severe and persistent mental illness and complex needs.
Although it is well known that coping with mental disorder is a traumatic experience, studies of the relationships between posttraumatic growth and the variables that can affect it are rarely found in the literature. The studies that do exist usually focus on posttraumatic growth after posttraumatic stress disorder has developed as a result of traumatic life events such as earthquakes, wars, accidents or physical disease. In the literature, there exist few studies of patients diagnosed with psychosis.. 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.