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Trial Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) Effects of IMR on patients with severe mental illness

Completed
Conditions
Serious and Persistent Psychiatric Illness / Chronic Psychiatric Problems(Ernstige en Langdurige Psychiatrische Problematiek/ Chronische psychiatrische problematiek)
Registration Number
NL-OMON20008
Lead Sponsor
Parnassia Groep
Brief Summary

Roosenschoon BJ., Mulder CL., Deen, ML and Weeghel J. van (2016), Effectiveness of illness management and recovery (IMR) in the Netherlands: a randomised clinical trial; study protocol, BMC Psychiatry 16:73 DOI 10.1186/s12888-016-0774-0 - Roosenschoon BJ., Weeghel J. van, Bogaards M., Deen, ML and Mulder CL. (2016), Illness Management & Recovery (IMR) in the Netherlands; a naturalistic pilot study to explore the feasibility of a randomized controlled trial, BMC Psychiatry 16:391 DOI 10.1186/s12888-016-1096-y - Roosenschoon BJ, Kamperman AM, Deen ML, Weeghel JV, Mulder CL. (2019). Determinants of clinical, functional and personal recovery for people with schizophrenia and other severe mental illnesses: a cross-sectional analysis. PLoS ONE [Electronic Resource]. 14(9):e0222378, https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222378

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
200
Inclusion Criteria

Patients with serious and persistent psychiatric illnesses. Most of them will be patients who have a psychotic disorder, schizoaffective disorders or bipolar disorders with or without comorbid disorders (such as substance abuse and personality disorders)
- The patient is treated on an outpatient basis
- Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

- Having done an IMR-training
- Organic brain syndrome.
- Incompetence regarding the giving of informed consent.
- Patients with severe cognitive impairments who are unable to follow the training
- Insufficient knowledge of the Dutch language (they can not participate in the group)

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Primary outcome measure is the score on the self-rated Illness management and recovery scale (Mueser et al. 2004)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
- The IMR-scale clinician-rated version (Mueser et al 2004)<br>- The Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) (Derogatis & Melisaratos 1983)<br>- The number of relapses (operationalized in the number of hospital admissions) <br>- The Social Functioning Scale (Birchwood et al.1990)<br>- The Mental Health Recovery Measure (MHRM, Young & Bullock, 2003) <br>- The Internal Stigma of Mental Illness (ISMI, Ritsher et al 2003)<br>- The Self-Esteem Rating Scale-Short Form (SERS-SF, Lecomte et al. 2006)
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