Symphony of Success: Leader-Practitioner Reciprocity during Evidence-Based Practice Implementation.

This study aimed to explore the reciprocal relationships between implementation leadership and practitioner implementation citizenship behavior during the implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs). Data were collected at two timepoints with a time lag of six months during a national implementation of evidence-based treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder in Norwegian mental health clinics. Data from 72 leaders and 346 practitioners were analyzed with a two-wave cross-lagged panel model, accounting for the nested structure and adjusting for demographic variables.

Individual-level associations between implementation leadership, climate, and anticipated outcomes: a time-lagged mediation analysis.

Background: Leaders can improve implementation outcomes by developing an organizational climate conducive to the implementation of evidence-based practices (EBP). This study tested the lagged associations between individual-level perceptions of implementation leadership, implementation climate, and three anticipated implementation outcomes, that is EBP acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility.

Methods: Screening tools and treatment methods for posttraumatic stress disorder were implemented in 43 Norwegian mental health services.

Recovery-oriented care: mental health workers' attitudes towards recovery from mental illness.

Background: The Recovery Knowledge Inventory (RKI) was developed to operationalise the recovery construct and in turn contribute to moving mental health services towards recovery-oriented practice. This study validated the RKI in a sample of Norwegian mental health care practitioners and examined mental health workers' knowledge of and attitudes towards patient recovery.

Methods: The RKI was translated into Norwegian and tested on 317 mental health workers from 7 primary and 22 specialised mental health care units within a defined geographical area of Norway.

Psychometric Properties of the General Organizational Index (GOI): A Measure of Individualization and Quality Improvement to Complement Program Fidelity.

To assess the implementation of effective practices, mental health programs need standardized measures. The General Organizational Index (GOI), although widely used for this purpose, has received minimal psychometric research. For this study, we assessed psychometric properties of the GOI scale administered four times over 18 months during the implementation of a new program in 11 sites.

Psychometric Properties of a Fidelity Scale for Illness Management and Recovery.

This study examined the psychometric properties and feasibility of the Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) Fidelity scale. Despite widespread use of the scale, the psychometric properties have received limited attention. Trained fidelity assessors conducted assessments four times over 18 months at 11 sites implementing IMR.

How to implement Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) in mental health service settings: evaluation of the implementation strategy.

Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the implementation strategy used in the first-phase of implementation of the Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) programme, an intervention for adults with severe mental illnesses, in nine mental health service settings in Norway.

Methods: A total of 9 clinical leaders, 31 clinicians, and 44 consumers at 9 service settings participated in the implementation of IMR. Implementation was conducted by an external team of researchers and an experienced trainer.