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Development of the REFOCUS intervention to increase mental health team support for personal recovery
- Authors:
- SLADE Mike, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 207(6), 2015, pp.544-550.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
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 empirically defensible new pro-recovery manualised intervention, called the REFOCUS intervention. Method: Seven systematic and two narrative reviews were undertaken. Identified evidence gaps were addressed in three qualitative studies. The findings were synthesised to produce the REFOCUS intervention, manual and model. Results: The REFOCUS intervention comprises two components: recovery-promoting relationships and working practices. Approaches to supporting relationships comprise coaching skills training for staff, developing a shared team understanding of recovery, exploring staff values, a Partnership Project with people who use the service and raising patient expectations. Working practices comprise the following: understanding values and treatment preferences; assessing strengths; and supporting goal-striving. The REFOCUS model describes the causal pathway from the REFOCUS intervention to improved recovery. Conclusions: The REFOCUS intervention is an empirically supported pro-recovery intervention for use in mental health services. It will be evaluated in a multisite cluster randomised controlled trial (Publisher abstract)
Personal recovery and mental illness: a guide for mental health professionals
- Author:
- SLADE Mike
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 288p.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
The central thesis of this book is that the main aim of mental health services should be to promote personal recovery. The book argues that this will require fundamental change in the values and working practices of mental health professionals, from a focus on treating illness in order to produce clinical recovery to a new focus on supporting personal recovery by promoting well-being. It is intended primarily for mental health professionals, and aims to convince that a focus on personal recovery is the right direction for mental health services, to crystallise what personal recovery means, and to promote practice focusing on personal recovery. It proposes a new conceptual basis for mental health services prioritising the person over the illness (the Personal Recovery Framework), and identifies the contribution of personal and social identity to recovery. It also discusses what recovery focused services look like and includes 26 case studies from around the world.
Recovery in psychiatry
- Authors:
- SCHRANK Beate, SLADE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 31(9), September 2007, pp.321-325.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
In recent years, the concept of recovery from severe mental illness has increasingly gained relevance in the mental health field. Countries all over the world have been introducing recovery policy into mental health services However, there is still debate about the concept, such as whether symptom reduction is central or not. This article proposes a conceptual framework for recovery and identifies emergent practical issues. The term, two meanings, two classes of definitions which emerged from two different influences, can be identified for the term recovery in mental health. In psychiatry the idea of recovery is based on longitudinal studies demonstrating a widely heterogeneous course for severe mental illnesses. In this context, remission is defined as an improvement in symptoms and other deficits to a degree that they would be considered within a normal range. Recovery can be seen as a long-term goal of remission This is named service-based definition of recovery. A second definition of the term recovery came from the self-help and consumer/user/survivor movement. Here, recovery may include, but does not require, symptom remission or a return to normal functioning. However, recovery is seen as a process of personal growth and development, and involves overcoming the effects of being a mental health patient, with all its implications, to regain control and establish a personally fulfilling, meaningful life This is named the user-based definition of recovery. This is exemplified by the National Institute for Mental Health in England definition of recovery as the ‘achievement of a personally acceptable quality of life’.
Choosing methods in mental health research: mental health research from theory to practice
- Editors:
- SLADE Mike, PRIEBE Stefan, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 298p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book is concerned with how to choose the most appropriate mental health research method, not only to address a specific question, but to maximize the potential impact on shaping mental health care. The editors focus attention on the types of audience that the researcher is seeking to influence, the types of evidence each audience accepts as valid, and the relative strengths and limitations of each type of methodology. A range of research methodologies are described and critically appraised, and the use of evidence by different groups is discussed. This produces some important findings about the interplay between research production and consumption, and highlights directions for future mental health research theory and practice. The findings presented here will be relevant to mental health service users and professionals who use research evidence to inform decision-making.
The art of recovery: outcomes from participatory arts activities for people using mental health services
- Authors:
- STICKLEY Theodore, WRIGHT Nicola, SLADE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 27(4), 2018, pp.367-373.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Background: There is a growing evidence base for the use of participatory arts for the purposes of health promotion. In recent years, recovery approaches in mental healthcare have become commonplace in English speaking countries amongst others. There are few studies that bring together these two fields of practice. Aims: The two aims of this study were (a) to investigate the validity of the CHIME framework for characterising the experience of Participatory Arts and (b) to use the CHIME framework to investigate the relationship between participatory arts and mental health recovery. Method: The study employed a two-phase methodology: a rapid review of relevant literature followed by secondary analysis of qualitative data collected from 38 people who use mental health service who took part in participatory arts activities designed to improve mental health. Results: Each of the recovery processes identified by CHIME are present in the qualitative research literature as well as in the data of the secondary analysis. Conclusions: Participatory arts activities produce outcomes which support recovery, specifically including enhancing connectedness and improving hope. They can be recommended to people living with mental health problems. (Publisher abstract)
User-friendly assessment of need
- Authors:
- SLADE Mike, THORNICROFT Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 18.8.99, 1999, pp.52-53.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
This report offers a quick and easy-to-use questionnaire for assessing the needs of mental health service users.