ArticleBJPsych open2024
Evaluating the impact of a UK recovery college on mental well-being: pre- and post-intervention study.
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- State-of-the-art literature review of Recovery College evaluative studies between 2013-2024.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Substance use recovery among college students in the US: data from the Healthy Minds Study 2021-2024.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of Recovery Colleges: A Nonrandomised Clinical Trial Across Two Years Using Propensity Score Matching: Efficacité des collèges de rétablissement: essai clinique non randomisé sur deux ans utilisant l'appariement par score de propension.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2026Observational
- Organisational variation in Recovery College implementation: 31-college qualitative study.BJPsych open · 2026Article
- The content of Recovery College courses in England: a 71 college document analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Clustering change patterns among learners of an online Recovery College in Quebec.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundRecovery colleges provide personalised educational mental health support for people who self-refer. The research evidence supporting them is growing, with key components and the positive experiences of attendees reported. However, the quantitative outcome evidence and impact on economic outcomes is limited.
aimsTo evaluate the impact of attending a UK recovery college for students who receive a full educational intervention.
methodThis is a pre- and post-intervention study, with predominantly quantitative methods. Participants recruited over an 18-month period (01.2020-07.2021) completed self-reported well-being (Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS)) and recovery (Process of Recovery (QPR)) surveys, and provided details and evidence of employment and educational status. Descriptive statistics for baseline data and Shapiro-Wilk, Wilcoxon signed-rank and paired
resultsOf 101 student research participants, 84 completed the intervention. Well-being (mean SWEMWBS scores 17.3 and 21.9;
conclusionsFindings detail the largest self-reported pre-post data-set for students attending a recovery college, and the first data detailing outcomes of remote delivery of a recovery college.
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