EMILIA project: Used lifelong learning as a means of achieving social Adults with Qualitative case Most participants experienced inclusion and paid employment. Occupational opportunities were created enduring [65,66] improvement in their social life, for mental health service users as trainers/educators, researchers/auditors psychoses, social contacts and networks. and direct service providers in user-led services or mainstream services. schizophrenia or However, maintaining social Training packages, learning pathways, employment and support pathways bipolar disorder relationships was perceived to be were created. Training programmes were created in dual diagnosis; difficult. empowering people in recovery; family network support; personal development plan; post-traumatic stress disorder intervention; powerful voices; social competences (work related); social network; strengths support; suicide intervention; and user research skills. Peer support interventions Guided peer support trial: 16 sessions of 90 mins of peer support group, Adults with Randomised Intervention group increased minimally guided by a psychiatric nurse. Sessions discussed daily life psychoses controlled [70] contact and improved experiences relationships with peers but not wider friends or family Improvements in network measures were Adding peer support to case management: people with mental health Adults with Randomised observed in all arms of the total problems were employed in community mental health services to work psychoses controlled trial [71] number of others involved in social alongside mental health professionals. Professional staff provided activities, reciprocity in social network conventional crisis management and therapeutic services using a and network density. Peer-assisted care strengths-based case management model. Peers were responsible for was no more efficacious than other forms relationship building, facilitating social networks and providing social of care.
EMILIA project: Used lifelong learning as a means of achieving social inclusion and paid employment. Occupational opportunities were created for mental health service users as trainers/educators, researchers/auditors and direct service providers in user-led services or mainstream services. Training packages, learning pathways, employment and support pathways were created. Training programmes were created in dual diagnosis; empowering people in recovery; family network support; personal development plan; post-traumatic stress disorder intervention; powerful voices; social competences (work related); social network; strengths support; suicide intervention; and user research skills. Adults with enduring psychoses, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder Qualitative case [65,66] Most participants experienced improvement in their social life, social contacts and networks. However, maintaining social relationships was perceived to be difficult. Peer support interventions Guided peer support 16 sessions of 90 mins of peer support group, minimally guided by a psychiatric nurse. Sessions discussed daily life experiences Adults with psychoses Randomised controlled [70] Intervention group increased contact and improved relationships with peers but not wider friends or family Adding peer support to case management: people with mental health problems were employed in community mental health services to work alongside mental health professionals. Professional staff provided conventional crisis management and therapeutic services using a strengths-based case management model. Peers were responsible for relationship building, facilitating social networks and providing social Adults with psychoses Randomised controlled trial [71] Improvements in network measures were observed in all arms of the trial: total number of others involved in social activities, reciprocity in social network and network density. Peer-assisted care was no more efficacious than other forms of care.
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