Background
Many countries today are undergoing a paradigm shift in mental health policies towards a recovery-oriented and rights-based approach. From this perspective, self-determination and self-management are fundamental factors for recovery. Despite this shift, there is still a lack of evidence on the effectiveness of training programmes aimed at promoting self-determination and self-management in recovery processes implemented in southern European or Spanish-speaking countries. The aim of this paper is to present a study protocol that evaluates the effectiveness of a 12-session recovery workshop implemented in community mental health services in Catalonia (Spain).
Methods/design
This is a 12-week follow-up multi-centre non-randomized controlled trial design. At least 160 users will be recruited from 13 Community Rehabilitation Services (CRS) in Catalonia. Eligible participants are adult (≥ 18 years old) users of a CRS, who sign a written consent to participate. The experimental group participates in a recovery workshop, in which people learn to develop and implement their own plan of personal recovery, which includes a Wellness Toolbox, a Maintenance Toolkit, a Personal Growth Plan, a Mirror of Relapses, a Crisis Plan, and a Learning Agenda. The control group participates in the usual activities of the CRS. Data is collected using a questionnaire of sociodemographic characteristics, personal recovery, empowerment, hope and perceived social support. The users’ measurements are taken at the baseline and one week after the end of the workshop. The primary outcome measures include the Self-Identified Stage of Recovery and the Maryland Assessment of Recovery in Serious Mental Illness Scale (short version). The secondary outcome measures include the Netherlands Empowerment List, Dispositional Hope Scale, and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. Descriptive statistics for characterizing the sample size will be performed. Multivariate analyses for repeated measures designs will be used to evaluate the primary and secondary outcomes. Between-group and within-subject comparisons will be conducted.
Discussion
The results of the study will provide information on the usefulness of recovery workshops in a Mediterranean cultural context. Additionally, if this workshop is effective, it will be proposed for inclusion within the portfolio of community mental health services in Catalonia.
Trial Registration
ISRCTN11695542 (Registration date: 5 July 2022).
Background: Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a severe type of victimization that implies prolonged and devastating traumatization. However, some research suggests that CSA survivors can also experience personal and deep transformation in the aftermath of struggling with the pain and distress derived from the abuse experience, referred to as posttraumatic growth (PTG). This change in terms of beliefs, attitudes and values is self-perceived and improves subjective well-being. The aim of this scoping review is to compile studies about PTG experienced by CSA survivors, offering a wide overview of the main methodologies and findings, and identifying areas for further research on this topic. Method: The review will follow the PRISMA guidelines for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) and the five-step process described by Arksey and O’Malley. The databases selected for the search were: Web of Science, Scopus, PsycInfo, Medline and ProQuest Social Science. Only peer-review studies will be considered for this review, covering qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Studies about PTG in adult CSA survivors will be included in the review. Screening of the studies will be performed independently by two researchers, reading titles and abstracts from all potentially relevant studies. Any possible conflict will be resolved by a third reviewer before the full-text review. After that, two reviewers will complete the data extraction with a tailored data extraction tool. Descriptive and narrative analysis will be performed to show the results of the scoping review.
Discussion: Ethical approval is not required. The results will be disseminated through a peer-reviewed article and conference presentations.
InternationalClassification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) represents a universally accepted framework for describing functioning in any health condition. Based on the comprehensive ICF Core Sets for bipolar disorder (Ayuso-Mateos et al., 2013), depression (Cieza et al., 2004), and schizophrenia (Gómez-Benito et al., 2017), the current study develops a measurement instrument for assessing functioning in patients with severe mental disorders, in English and Spanish.
S57024th European Congress of Psychiatry / European Psychiatry 33S (2016) S290-S643 demographic data and information about clinical details, together with their opinions regarding the, epidemiological aspects, clinical management, diagnosis and therapy. Descriptive statistics were subsequently calculated with SPSS. Results Most of our sample's of Psychiatrists estimated that the DD prevalence was higher than the one previously established. Ninety-three percent of the sample considered the SGAs as the first treatment option in DD, being Aripiprazol 20.7%, Risperidone 17.4% and Paliperidone 15% the first line treatment chosen by our Psychiatrists. Conclusions and proposals There is an increasing gap between the old standard DD treatment and the clinical practice of Andalusian Psychiatrists, for this reason we emphasize the need of implementing clinical trials and effectiveness clinical studies. Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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