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Table 1 An overview of the interventions’ aims and methods

From: The missing link-participants’ perspectives on transfer from psychosocial interventional contexts to everyday community life: a qualitative synthesis of interventional studies

 

Illness management and recovery (IMR)

Individual placement and support (IPS)

Peer-led program 1 (Turning pointsa)

Peer-led program 2 (“Lean how to tackle anxiety and depression”)

Aim

To help people with severe mental illness, acquire knowledge and skills to better manage their illness as well as setting and achieving personal recovery goals

To help people with severe mental illness obtain competitive employment

Overarching aim is to assist people with mental illness in developing skills and strategies to pursue recovery

To help people with anxiety and depression acquire tools to gain control over their symptoms and to handle the challenges that accompany the illness. Additionally, to provide an opportunity where they can share experiences and thoughts with others in the same situation

Principles and/or methods

Curriculum-based psychoeducation, cognitive behavioural approaches to medication adherence, relapse prevention, social skills training and coping skills training

Focus on competitive employment, rapid job search, in-vivo support, benefit counselling, attention to client’s preference, integration with mental health teams

Peer-exchange, self-directed learning. Equal and mutual support

Curriculum-based psychoeducation, coping skills training, role modelling, peer-exchange

Duration

Nine months

Unlimited

Approximately three months depending on the course

7 weeks

Peer-support

Yes—group-based sessions

No

Yes—group-based sessions

Yes—group-based sessions

Sessions are led by mental health professionals (e.g. nurses)

 

Sessions are led by peer-workers

Sessions are led by peer-workers

  1. aTurning Points contains a range of courses (designed to meet different needs among the participants)