Recovery practice in community mental health teams: National survey

M. Leamy*, E. Clarke, C. Le Boutillier, V. Bird, R. Choudhury, R. MacPherson, F. Pesola, K. Sabas, J. Williams, P. Williams, M. Slade

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Abstract

Background: There is consensus about the importance of 'recovery' in mental health services, but the link between recovery orientation of mental health teams and personal recovery of individuals has been underresearched. Aims: To investigate differences in team leader, clinician and service user perspectives of recovery orientation of community adult mental health teams in England. Method: In six English mental health National Health Service (NHS) trusts, randomly chosen community adult mental health teams were surveyed. A random sample of ten patients, one team leader and a convenience sample of five clinicians were surveyed from each team. All respondents rated the recovery orientation of their team using parallel versions of the Recovery Self Assessment (RSA). In addition, service users also rated their own personal recovery using the Questionnaire about Processes of Recovery (QPR). Results: Team leaders (n= 22) rated recovery orientation higher than clinicians (n=109) or patients (n = 120) (Wald(2) = 7.0, P = 0.03), and both NHS trust and team type influenced RSA ratings. Patient-rated recovery orientation was a predictor of personal recovery (b = 0.58, 95% CI 0.31-0.85, P

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)340-346
Number of pages7
JournalBritish Journal of Psychiatry
Volume209
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2016

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