The Feasibility of the Peer-based Recovery Program

National Cheng-Kung University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Mental Disorder; Recovery, Psychological

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

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06897267

A-ER-112-029

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 feasibility of the Grow to Recovery program-Short Version co-led by a peer.

Full description

The study will verify the feasibility of the Grow to Recovery program-Short Version co-led by a peer. Based on the previous interview data and related literature, a peer leader training course will be established. One to three peers will be recruited to receive the training, and colead the Grow to Recovery program-Short Version with one trained professional. The pre- and post-test as well as course questionnaire data collected from program participants will be used to establish the feasibility.

Enrollment: 24 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
  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: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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24 participants in 1 patient group

The Grow to Recovery program-Short Version

Experimental group

Description:

Intervention group members 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