The Development and Efficacy of a Recovery Group for People With Mental Illness

National Cheng-Kung University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mental Illness

Treatments: Other: Recovery group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04075838

A-ER-106-245

Details and patient eligibility

About

Recovery-oriented approach has been promoted in psychiatric rehabilitation in recent years. This approach emphasizes that people with mental illness can live a hopeful life even though the symptoms still exist. However, few recovery-oriented programs are available in Taiwan. This study aimed to develop of a recovery-oriented program for people with mental illness and investigate its feasibility.

Full description

The study participants with mental illness were from a community mental health center in the south of Taiwan. The recovery-oriented program was conducted by a group leader, a senior occupational therapist, with one supervisor and one observer. The program was designed based on Pathways to Recovery, a self-help book published by University of Kansas. Participants attended a 1-hour class per week. The teaching methods included didactic presentation, peer exchange, group discussion, and practice. The group leader, supervisor, and observer reviewed the content and participants' performance after each class and made content adjustments if needed.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosis of mental illness

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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24 participants in 1 patient group

Recovery group

Other group

Description:

The researchers designed a recovery group suited to Taiwanese with mental illness, according to content of the PTR (Ridgway et al., 2002) and recovery-related literature (Davidson et al., 2005; Ridgway, 2001). The group gathered for a one-hour session once a week for 18 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Recovery group