NCT00375167

Efficacy of the Recovery Workbook as a Psychoeducational Tool for Facilitating Recovery

Efficacy of the Recovery Workbook as a Psychoeducational Tool for Facilitating Recovery in Persons With Severe and Persistent Mental Illness

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 33 (actual)
• Sponsor: Queen's University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The present study will determine if Spaniol and colleague's (1994) Recovery Workbook group intervention is an effective clinical tool to move a person with SMI along in their journey of recovery. The primary outcome measurements of this study will be the participants' perceived level of empowerment, hope and optimism, knowledge of recovery, and life satisfaction. This kind of information would add to the current body of knowledge about how principles of recovery can be used in psychoeducational programs used by outpatient community mental health services.

Detailed description

ABSTRACT: Objective: Adopting the principles of recovery into the mental health field has been a growing area for discussion at many different levels of care. The present study will determine if Spaniol and colleague's (1994) Recovery Workbook group intervention can be used as an effective clinical tool to move a person with a severe mental illness along in their journey of recovery. The primary outcome measurements of this study will be the participants' perceived level of empowerment, hope and optimism, knowledge of recovery, and life satisfaction. Method: The study will be a multicenter, prospective, single-blinded, randomized control trial. Sixty participants will be recruited from three Assertive Community Treatment Teams (ACTT) in Kingston, Ontario and individuals will be randomized to either the control or intervention arm of the study. The control arm of the study will receive their regular services from ACTT. The intervention arm will participate in a 10-week psychoeducational group program in addition to receiving their regular services from ACTT. Results: Analysis will be performed by intention to treat, based on total scores of four assessments which will be performed at the trial commencement and termination.

Conditions

• Mental Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Recovery Workbook Training (psychoeducational training)	The Recovery Workbook uses an educational process to increase awareness of recovery, increase knowledge and control of the illness, increase awareness of the importance and nature of stress, enhance personal meaning, build personal support, and develop goals and plans of action. The intervention period of 30 weekly sessions recommended by Spaniol and colleagues was shortened to 12 weekly sessions to accommodate for clinical and participant commitment. No workbook content was excluded, and all practice exercises were covered.
BEHAVIORAL	ACT as usual	Assertive Community Treatment services provided as per established and evidence-based fidelity standards.

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-09-01
• Primary completion: 2007-01-01
• Completion: 2007-05-01
• First posted: 2006-09-12
• Last updated: 2019-03-06
• Results posted: 2019-03-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada