Evaluation of a recovery-oriented care training program for mental healthcare professionals: effects on mental health consumer outcomes.

Objectives: To examine the effects of a recovery-oriented care training program for mental healthcare professionals on mental health consumer outcomes.

Methods: The Mental Health Recovery Measure (MHRM) and the Recovery-Promoting Relationship Scale (RPRS) were administered to a sample of 142 consumers with severe mental illness. A repeated measurement design with six measurement occasions was used.

Psychometric evaluation of the Dutch version of the mental health recovery measure (MHRM).

Background: During the past decade, the mental health consumer movement has drawn the attention of mental health providers, researchers and policy makers to the concept of recovery. Traditionally, recovery primarily refers to the remission of symptoms. Nowadays, recovery is also regarded in a sense that all individuals, even those with severe psychiatric disabilities, can improve.

Psychometric properties of three instruments to measure recovery.

Background: The process of recovery is gaining more and more attention within health care for patients with severe mental illness. Therefore, instruments to measure recovery can be useful for clinical and research purposes.

Aims: This study evaluates the psychometric properties of three instruments pertaining to recovery for possible application in the Netherlands.