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ArticleWorld psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)2022

Community-based social interventions for people with severe mental illness: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of recent evidence.

Helen Killaspy, Carol Harvey, Catherine Brasier, Lisa Brophy, Priscilla Ennals, Justine Fletcher, Bridget Hamilton

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Article in World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

76 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 145 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Helen KillaspyDepartment of Epidemiology and Applied Clinical Research, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK.
Carol HarveyPsychosocial Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Catherine BrasierDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Social Policy, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Lisa BrophyDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Social Policy, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Priscilla EnnalsNeami National, Preston, VIC, Australia.
Justine FletcherCentre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Bridget HamiltonCentre for Psychiatric Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
University of Melbourne · AULa Trobe University · AUNeami National · AUUniversity College London · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

People living with severe mental illness (SMI) are one of the most marginalized groups in society. Interventions which aim to improve their social and economic participation are of crucial importance to clinicians, policy-makers and people with SMI themselves. We conducted a systematic review of the literature on social interventions for people with SMI published since 2016 and collated our findings through narrative synthesis. We found an encouragingly large amount of research in this field, and 72 papers met our inclusion criteria. Over half reported on the effectiveness of interventions delivered at the service level (supported accommodation, education or employment), while the remainder targeted individuals directly (community participation, family interventions, peer-led/supported interventions, social skills training). We identified good evidence for the Housing First model of supported accommodation, for the Individual Placement and Support model of supported employment, and for family psychoeducation, with the caveat that a range of models are nonetheless required to meet the varied housing, employment and family-related needs of individuals. Our findings also highlighted the importance of contextual factors and the need to make local adaptations when "importing" interventions from elsewhere. We found that augmentation strategies to enhance the effectiveness of social interventions (particularly supported employment and social skills training) by addressing cognitive impairments did not lead to transferable "real life" skills despite improvements in cognitive function. We also identified an emerging evidence base for peer-led/supported interventions, recovery colleges and other interventions to support community participation. We concluded that social interventions have considerable benefits but are arguably the most complex in the mental health field, and require multi-level stakeholder commitment and investment for successful implementation.

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community-based interventionscommunity participationfamily interventionspeer-supported interventionssevere mental illnessSocial interventionssocial skills trainingsupported accommodationsupported educationsupported employment

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PMID35015358
PMCPMC8751572
OpenAlexW4206579320

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