Effects of an eating club for people with a psychotic disorder on personal recovery: Results of a randomized controlled trial.

Background And Objectives: Many people with a psychotic disorder are coping with severe psychosocial limitations related to their illness. The current randomized controlled trial (RCT) investigates the effects of an eating club intervention (HospitalitY (HY)) aimed to improve personal and societal recovery.

Methods: In 15 biweekly sessions participants received individual home-based skill training and guided peer support sessions in groups of three participants from a trained nurse.

Satisfaction with social connectedness as a predictor for positive and negative symptoms of psychosis: A PHAMOUS study.

Purpose: This study examines satisfaction with social connectedness (SSC) as predictor of positive and negative symptoms in people with a psychotic disorder.

Methods: Data from the Pharmacotherapy Monitoring and Outcome Survey (PHAMOUS) was used from patients assessed between 2014 and 2019, diagnosed with a psychotic disorder (N = 2109). Items about social connectedness of the Manchester short assessment of Quality of Life (ManSA) were used to measure SSC.

Measuring personal recovery in people with a psychotic disorder based on CHIME: A comparison of three validated measures.

Living well in spite of residual symptoms of mental illness is measured with the construct of personal recovery. The CHIME framework might be suitable to evaluate personal recovery measures and guide instrument choice. Three validated measures were evaluated in Dutch patients with a psychotic disorder (N = 52).

The effect of mind-body and aerobic exercise on negative symptoms in schizophrenia: A meta-analysis.

Objective: This meta-analysis aims to evaluate the effects of different types of physical exercise (PE) on negative symptoms in schizophrenia patients. Mind-body exercise (MBE), aerobic exercise (AE) and resistance training (RT) will be investigated.

Method: The Cochrane Library, Medline, Embase and PsycINFO were searched from their inception until April 26, 2018.

Peer support and skills training through an eating club for people with psychotic disorders: A feasibility study.

Objective: The HospitalitY (HY) intervention is a novel recovery oriented intervention for people with psychotic disorders in which peer support and home-based skill training are combined in an eating club. A feasibility study was conducted to inform a subsequent randomised trial.

Methods: This study evaluated three eating clubs consisting of nine participants and three nurses.