Hope for recovery: REFOCUS-PULSAR recovery training in specialist mental health care

guillaume-bourdages-477545-unsplash

Simon Bradstreet welcomes the positive findings of the REFOCUS-PULSAR trial, which evaluated recovery-oriented practice training in specialist mental health care.

[read the full story...]

Systematic review of recovery may leave more questions than answers

alexander-andrews-511680-unsplash

Simon Bradstreet is left feeling frustrated by this systematic review of person-oriented recovery in people living with severe mental illness, which neglected to include a significant amount of relevant research.

[read the full story...]

Loneliness in psychosis and related psychological and social factors

iz-zy-140216-unsplash

Jingyi Wang publishes her debut blog on a recent systematic review of loneliness in psychosis, which shows that the relationship between loneliness and psychosis remains poorly understood due to a lack of high quality studies.

[read the full story...]

Mental health diagnosis: views and experiences of service users and clinicians

ahmed-zayan-586246-unsplash

Vanessa Pinfold and Jennie Parker from the McPin Foundation explore a recent systematic review of service user, clinician, and carer perspectives on mental health diagnosis.

[read the full story...]

The long view: what has really changed with recovery?

sharosh-rajasekher-383453-unsplash

Simon Bradstreet explores a recent qualitative study looking at 20 years in the lives of a group of 20 people with psychosis in Ireland. The research provides evidence on the pros and cons of the adoption of recovery-based approaches from people who are uniquely placed to provide a long-term view.

[read the full story...]

Community singing helps mental health recovery

7197201156_7b8404a749_k

As we prepare for our choral music #MentalHealthJukebox on Saturday 27th January, Liesbeth Tip explores a qualitative evaluation of a Norfolk-based community singing project (Sing Your Heart Out) aimed at people with mental health conditions and the general public.

[read the full story...]

Recovering Quality of Life (ReQOL) scale: a PROM you don’t want to miss

katya-austin-313239

Martina Sawicka and Derek Tracy take a look at the ReQOL scale (Recovering Quality of Life): a patient reported outcome measure (PROM) for use with people experiencing mental health difficulties.

[read the full story...]

Personal well-being networks for severe mental illness: the importance of being social

Social_Network_Sharing_Icon_Simplified.svg

The University College London Mental Health Masters students summarise a recent exploratory study on personal well-being networks, social capital and severe mental illness.

[read the full story...]

Anorexia nervosa: relapse, remission and recovery

5748973131_6bcc08ba31_b

Sarah McDonald asks: What happens after treatment? She summarises a recent systematic review of relapse, remission, and recovery in anorexia nervosa.

[read the full story...]

Recovery review highlights rhetoric-evidence gap: does that CHIME with you?

8755501253_d50462d29e_k

Simon Bradsheet publishes his debut elf blog on a recent review of mental health recovery, which provides a useful wake-up call to recovery enthusiasts and researchers to more fully take account of a broader set of experiences when justifying the application of recovery values.

[read the full story...]