Effects of a peer-run course on recovery from serious mental illness: A randomized controlled trial

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-60

  Van Gestel Timmermans, Hanneke ^a,c   Brouwers, Evelien P M ^a   Van Assen, Marcel A L M ^b   Van Nieuwenhuizen, Chijs ^a,d  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Knowledge Center for Self Help and Consumer Expertise   (Netherlands)

^d Institute of Mental Health Care   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DUTCH EMPOWERMENT SCALE; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HERTH HOPE INDEX; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONELINESS; LONELINESS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANCHESTER SHORT ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CONFIDENCE SCALE; NETHERLANDS; PEER GROUP; PEER RUN COURSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF HELP; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EFFICACY; SELF REPORT; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857873747     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201000450     Document Type: Article

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