Independence through community access and navigation: A supported leisure intervention for individuals with negative symptoms.

Objective: Promoting leisure participation requires a collaborative approach that emphasizes personal interests, strengths, and motivations. The purpose of this article was to test the effectiveness of the Independence through Community Access and Navigation (ICAN) intervention on community participation, recreation participation, and positive emotions among individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Using motivational interviewing and an individualized placements and support framework, the ICAN intervention focuses on working with participants to identify and participate in personally meaningful leisure activities by connecting with personal motivations and mainstream community opportunities.

The Role of Acceptance in Everyday Loneliness Among Adults with Serious Mental Illness.

There is a high prevalence of loneliness among adults with serious mental illness (SMI) with most research focusing on stable contributing factors. This study sought to identify the role of dispositional loneliness and internalized stigma, as well as the momentary feelings of acceptance on experiential loneliness among adults with SMI. Data were collected using ecological momentary assessment via smart phones, and 89 adults with a SMI were included.

The Relationship between Community Participation and Physical Activity among Individuals with Serious Mental Illnesses.

Introduction: The importance of physical activity (PA) and health outcomes for individuals with serious mental illnesses (SMI) has been well documented. It is also established that individuals with SMI engage in high amounts of sedentary behavior and low amounts of physical activity, which contributes to poor health outcomes. This study explores the relationship between community participation, physical activity, and sedentary behavior among individuals with SMI.

"Getting out of the house: The relationship of venturing into the community and neurocognition among adults with serious mental illness": Correction.

Reports an error in "Getting out of the house: The relationship of venturing into the community and neurocognition among adults with serious mental illness" by Bryan P. McCormick, Eugene Brusilovskiy, Gretchen Snethen, Louis Klein, Greg Townley and Mark S. Salzer (, Advanced Online Publication, Apr 01, 2021, np).

Getting out of the house: The relationship of venturing into the community and neurocognition among adults with serious mental illness.

[Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported online in on May 20 2021 (see record 2021-48272-001). In the original article, the following acknowledgments were missing from the author note: : "The contents of this article were developed under a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR; Grant 901F0065-02-00; Mark S. Salzer, principal investigator).

The association of depression stigma with barriers to seeking mental health care: a cross-sectional analysis.

Stigma is one of several barriers to seeking mental health care. However, few studies have examined how stigma relates to other common barriers (e.g.

Effects of high-intensity interval versus mild-intensity endurance training on metabolic phenotype and corticosterone response in rats fed a high-fat or control diet.

The aim of the present study was to compare the effects of high-intensity interval training (HI) to mild-intensity endurance training (ME), combined with a high-fat diet (HFD) or control diet (CD) on metabolic phenotype and corticosterone levels in rats. Fifty-three rats were randomized to 6 groups according to diet and training regimen as follows: CD and sedentary (CS, n = 11), CD and ME (CME, n = 8), CD and HI (CHI, n = 8), HFD and sedentary (HS, n = 10), HFD and ME (HME, n = 8), and HFD and HI (HHI, n = 8). All exercise groups were trained for 10 weeks and had matched running distances.

Can didactic continuing education improve clinical decision making and reduce cost of quality? Evidence from a case study.

Introduction: Administration of human serum albumin (HSA) solutions for the resuscitation of critically ill patients remains controversial. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of continuing medical education (CME) on health care professionals' clinical decision making with regard to HSA administration and the costs of quality (COQ). A quasi-experimental study of time series association of CME intervention with COQ and use of HSA solution was conducted at the Surgery Department of the Hospital Valjevo, Serbia.

Physical activity and psychiatric symptoms in adults with schizophrenia spectrum disorders.

People diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs) experience significant health disparity due to cardiovascular disease. One key to cardiovascular health is physical activity (PA). In addition, sedentary behavior is recognized as a health threat, independent of PA levels.

Emotional episodes in the everyday lives of people with schizophrenia: the role of intrinsic motivation and negative symptoms.

Research on emotional experience has indicated that subjects with schizophrenia experience less positive, and more negative emotional experience than non-psychiatric subjects in natural settings. Differences in the experience of emotion may result from differences in experiences such that everyday activities may evoke emotions. The purpose of this study was to identify if everyday experience of competence and autonomy were related to positive and negative emotion.

Community involvement, planning and coping skills: pilot outcomes of a recreational-therapy intervention for adults with schizophrenia.

Purpose: The Independence through Community Access and Navigation (I-CAN) intervention was developed to increase community participation in adults with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) through identification of interest-based recreation activities and supported participation.

Method: Ten individuals consented to participate in a 10-week pilot intervention. Eight individuals participated in the intervention, during which time they worked with a recreational therapist to identify interest-based recreation activities, develop participation goals and coparticipate with the recreational therapist.

Metacognition and social function in schizophrenia: associations of mastery with functional skills competence.

Research has suggested that many with schizophrenia experience deficits in the ability to form complex ideas about their own mental states and those of others and to use that in the service of responding to the challenges of both everyday life and the illness itself. Preliminary evidence suggests that deficits in such metacognitive and social cognitive functions are a predictor of function independent of other aspects of schizophrenia. In this study, we explored whether the domain of metacognition that reflects the ability to form knowledge about one's own mental states and those of others and to use that knowledge to respond to psychological challenges, known as Mastery, was related to performance on a test of functional skills competence.

Flow experience in the daily lives of older adults: an analysis of the interaction between flow, individual differences, serious leisure, location, and social context.

This study examined how serious leisure, individual differences, social context, and location contribute to older adults' experiences of flow - an intense psychological state - in their daily lives. The Experience Sampling Method was used with 19 older adults in a Midwestern city in the United States. Experience of flow was the outcome measure, and the data were analyzed using hierarchical linear modeling.

Predicting transitory mood from physical activity level among people with severe mental illness in two cultures.

Background: Previous studies have indicated that physical activity (PA) is positively related to health-related quality of life and well-being among people with severe mental illness (SMI). Physical activity is broadly defined in this research as any skeletal muscle movement resulting in energy expenditure, including common daily activities such as housework and gardening, as well as walking for transportation and formal exercise. Although the physical health benefits of PA are well documented, evidence suggests that PA provides psychological benefits as well.

Does attitude toward epilepsy mediate the relationship between perceived stigma and mental health outcomes in children with epilepsy?

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which children's attitude toward epilepsy mediates the relationship between perceived stigma and the mental health outcomes of self-concept, behavioral problems, and social competence.

Method: Subjects were 173 youth aged 9-14 who had been diagnosed and treated for epilepsy for at least 6 months. A secondary data analysis from a larger study was completed to test if the children's attitude mediated the relationship between stigma and mental health outcomes using multiple regression.