ArticleThe International journal of social psychiatry2024
Contributing to 'a sense of purpose' - Evaluating consumer recovery progress after attending a therapeutic-recreation intervention programme: A quantitative analysis.
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- Conceptualisation of Mental Health Recovery by Health Professionals and Students in Southeast Asia: A Qualitative Systematic Review and Meta-Aggregation.Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing · 2025Pooled it
- Engaging Service Users in Co-Designing a Nurse-Led Weight Talk Tool for Low- and Medium-Secure Mental Health Inpatient Settings: A Participatory Intervention Development Study.International journal of mental health nursing · 2026Article
- How recreational therapies impact physiological and psychosocial outcomes in cancer patients: a review.Oncology reviews · 2026Review
- How digital mindfulness training promotes meaning in life among social workers: a parallel mediation analysis and latent profile analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Advanced data analysis and prediction model for student mental health risk assessment.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
introductionThe recommended objective for mental health plans and policies is the adoption of recovery approaches to mental healthcare. Mental health recovery is no longer defined by symptom resolution but as a journey towards a meaningful life from the consumer's own perspective. Recovery approaches focus on consumers' strengths, feelings of well-being and the achievement of personal goals. Designing recovery-oriented interventions is crucial for supporting people in their personal recovery journey.
aimThis study sought to evaluate how attending a recovery-oriented intervention impacts the recovery of attending people living with serious mental illness.
methodsA quasi-experimental approach was utilised to examine changes in self-reported recovery progress in a purposive sample of consumers living with enduring mental illness (
resultsAfter attending the therapeutic recreation programme, consumer recovery scores significantly increased in the functional, personal, and social recovery RAS-DS domains as measured by '
conclusionThe results of this study demonstrate that therapeutic recreation camps can provide a recovery-based approach to mental healthcare, with positive effects on the three areas of: a purposeful life; connection and belonging; and optimism and hope.
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