| Title: |
Using a digital personal recovery resource in routine mental health practice: feasibility, acceptability and outcomes |
| Authors: |
Farhall, John; Castle, David; Constantine, Emma; Foley, Fiona; Kyrios, Michael; Rossell, Susan; Arnold, Chelsea; Leitan, Nuwan; Villagonzalo, Kristi-Ann; Brophy, Lisa; Fossey, Ellie; Meyer, Denny; Mihalopoulos, Cathrine; Murray, Greg; Nunan, Cassy; Sterling, Leon; Thomas, Neil |
| Contributors: |
Swinburne University of Technology |
| Source: |
Journal of Mental Health, Vol. 32, no. 3 (May 2023), pp. 567-574 |
| Publisher Information: |
Informa UK Limited |
| Publication Year: |
2023 |
| Collection: |
Swinburne University of Technology: Swinburne Research Bank |
| Description: |
Background: Digital technologies enable the dissemination of multimedia resources to support adults with serious mental illness in their self-management and personal recovery. However, delivery needs to accommodate engagement and accessibility challenges. Aims: We examined how a digital resource, designed for mental health workers and consumers to use together in session, would be used in routine practice. Methods: Thirty consumers and their workers participated. The web-based resource, Self-Management And Recovery Technology (SMART), was available to use within and between sessions, for a 6-month period. Workers initiated in-session use where relevant. Feasibility was explored via uptake and usage data; and acceptability and impact via questionnaires. A pre-post design assessed recovery outcomes for consumers and relationship outcomes for consumers and workers. Results: In participating mental health practitioner-consumer dyads, consumers gave strong acceptability ratings, and reported improved working relationships. However, the resource was typically used in one-third or fewer appointments, with consumers expressing a desire for greater in-session use. Improvements in self-rated personal recovery were not observed, possibly contributed to by low usage. Conclusions: In-session use was found helpful by consumers but may be constrained by other demands in mental health care delivery: collaborative use may require dedicated staff time or more formal implementation. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
unknown |
| Relation: |
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/468749; https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2022.2118688 |
| DOI: |
10.1080/09638237.2022.2118688 |
| Availability: |
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/468749; https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2022.2118688 |
| Rights: |
Copyright © 2022 the authors. This is the final peer-reviewed accepted manuscript version, hosted under the terms and conditions of the Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.C8288555 |
| Database: |
BASE |