ArticleCurrent psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.)2022
Can social support be improved in people with a severe mental illness? A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Social connection interventions and depression in young adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2025Pooled it
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- The role of personal traits on the dignity of individuals living with schizophrenia: a qualitative study.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Better together: Service user and delivery staff experiences of the SPACES physical activity intervention for people with severe mental illness - a qualitative study of a feasibility trial.Mental health and physical activity · 2025Article
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- Factors Affecting Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia and Their Relationship with Anxiety and Depression.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2025Article
- Measuring the social support network in autistic clients: development and validation of the Network in Action-Interview.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Predictive factors and symptom severity spectrum in adult schizophrenia: Potential insights for improved management and adequate care.Biomedical reports · 2024Article
- The effectiveness of an additive informal social network intervention for forensic psychiatric outpatients: results of a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
People with a severe mental illness often have less social support than other people, yet these people need social support to face the challenges in their lives. Increasing social support could benefit the person's recovery, but it is not clear whether interventions that aim to improve social support in people with a severe mental illness are effective. A systematic literature search and review in MEDLINE (PubMed), PsycINFO, CINAHL, Cochrane, JSTOR, IBSS, and Embase was performed. Studies were included if they had a control group and they were aimed at improving social support in people with a severe mental illness who were receiving outpatient treatment. Summary data were extracted from the research papers and compared in a meta-analysis by converting outcomes to effect sizes (Hedges's g). Eight studies (total
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