Peer-based Recovery Program

National Cheng-Kung University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Mental Disorder; Recovery, Psychological

Treatments: Behavioral: The Grow to Recovery program-Short Version

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07262411

B-ER-114-100

Details and patient eligibility

About

Recovery-oriented services are currently the mainstream in the field of mental health around the world. Peer services are an alternative service option promoted by recovery advocates. Western countries have invested abundant resources in promoting peer services and providing training for peer support workers. However, peer services in Taiwan have just started. More resources need to be added to make mental health services catch up with the world trend so that people with mental illness in Taiwan can have more choices. Hence, this study aims to investigate the effectiveness of the Grow to Recovery program-Short Version co-led by a peer.

Full description

The study will verify the effectiveness of the Grow to Recovery program-Short Version co-led by a peer. Based on the results of the feasibility study, an online leader training course will be established. Peer leaders and professional leaders will be recruited to receive the training and colead the Grow to Recovery program-Short Version. A total of 120 people with mental illness will be recruited and randomly assigned to either the experimental group or the control group. The pre- and post-tests as well as follow-up data collected from participants will be used to establish the effectiveness.

Enrollment: 138 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Professionals:

  1. working in the community psychiatric rehabilitation organizations
  2. being willing to co-lead the recovery program with a peer

• Peers:

  1. having a diagnosis of mental illness over 1 year
  2. living in the community
  3. being age 18 yr or older
  4. having good communication skills
  5. being willing to co-lead the recovery program with a professional

• People with mental illness

  1. having a diagnosis of mental illness over 1 year
  2. living in the community and receiving psychiatric rehabilitation services
  3. being age 18 yr or older
  4. filling out the scales independently
  5. being able to participate in a recovery group and follow the group rules

Exclusion criteria

• People with mental illness 1. attending another recovery-related group

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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138 participants in 2 patient groups

The Grow to Recovery program-Short Version

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive the Grow to Recovery program -Short Version, co-led by one trained peer and one trained professional.

Treatment:

Behavioral: The Grow to Recovery program-Short Version

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in the control group receive treatment as usual.