ArticleCommunity mental health journal2023
How do Mental Health Services Foster Hope? Experience of People Accessing Services.
Article in Community mental health journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Narrative Matters: Between hope and cynicism - competing narratives and the moral economy of child and adolescent psychiatry.Child and adolescent mental health · 2026Article
- Multidimensional Strategies for Building and Sustaining Hope in Schizophrenia Recovery: A Scoping Review of Qualitative Studies.Psychology research and behavior management · 2026Review
- Psychosocial Recovery Coaching and the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Outcomes and their Alignment with the CHIME-D Recovery Framework.Community mental health journal · 2025Article
- Connection, hope, and reciprocal valuation: Experiences of participating in the peer-led course "Recovery is up to you".Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2025Article
- Contributing to 'a sense of purpose' - Evaluating consumer recovery progress after attending a therapeutic-recreation intervention programme: A quantitative analysis.The International journal of social psychiatry · 2024Article
- Understanding the Barriers and Enablers for Seeking Psychological Support following a Burn Injury.European burn journal · 2023Article
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Abstract
Hope is essential to mental health recovery, yet little is known about how mental health services can foster hope. This paper addresses the question: How can mental health services influence the sense of hope experienced by people who access their services? Sixty-one people who accessed a new mental health service were interviewed about their experiences, including about how the service had influenced their sense of hope. Interviews were analysed using constant comparative analysis. The data revealed that hope increased when people perceived positive changes in themselves and their circumstances: developing new understandings and perspectives; having effective strategies to manage challenges; seeing progress or having plans; and having support. Changes were attributed to three major features of the service: accessibility; staff competence and wisdom; and caring interactions. The findings highlight that, while individual clinicians are important, other interactions with services and the wider service context are also critical for facilitating hope.
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