Personal Recovery and Satisfaction Among Service Users with Psychosis
Abstract
The main theme in this thesis is the personal recovery of people with psychosis and their satisfaction with mental health services. More specifically, the following areas of investigation were examined: the perceived importance and support for personal recovery (paper I), the relationship between personal and clinical recovery (paper II) and the relationship between satisfaction with services and personal recovery (paper III). Collectively, the studies in this thesis contribute to the literature on personal recovery by showing that personal recovery is important for many service users with psychosis regardless of their clinical level of symptoms and functioning. In addition, it shows that clinical and personal recovery are associated, but more strongly through affective symptoms and social connection than psychosis-specific symptoms. Finally, it shows that satisfaction with services is associated to perceived support for personal recovery.List of papers
Paper I. Skar-Fröding, R., Clausen, H. K., Šaltytė Benth, J., Ruud, T., Slade, M., & Sverdvik Heiervang, K. (2021). The Importance of Personal Recovery and Perceived Recovery Support Among Service Users With Psychosis. Psychiatric Services, 72(6), 661–668. doi: appi.neuropsych.2020.00223. The article is included in the thesis. Also available at: https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000223 |
Paper II. Skar-Fröding, R., Clausen, H. K., Šaltytė Benth, J., Ruud, T., Slade, M., & Sverdvik Heiervang, K. Associations between personal recovery and service user-rated versus clinician-rated clinical recovery, a cross-sectional study (2022). BMC Psychiatry, 22, 42. doi: 10.1186/s12888-022-03691-y. The article is included in the thesis. Also available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-03691-y |
Paper III. Skar-Fröding, R., Clausen, H. K., Šaltytė Benth, J., Ruud, T., Slade, M., & Sverdvik Heiervang, K. (2021). Relationship between satisfaction with mental health services and quality of life among service users with psychosis: a cross-sectional study. BMC Health Services Research, 21, 439. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06409-0. The article is included in the thesis. Also available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06409-0 |