Kristin B Ørjasæter, Tone Winnem, Kristin Heiervang, Ottar Ness, Kim T Mueser
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Background: In recent decades, mental health services have been challenged to offer evidence-based practices (EBPs) that are person-centered, human rights- and recovery-oriented. The Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) program aims to promote recovery and enhance individuals' ability to live well. Investigating the IMR program from the perspective of mental health practitioners is crucial to improve recovery-oriented care and optimize program delivery.
Methods: This study aimed to develop knowledge whether IMR, as an EBP, can function as a recovery-oriented practice (ROP) within secondary mental health care services. Seven focus groups were conducted, each consisting of two to eight mental health practitioners with different professional backgrounds and experiences. Altogether, 36 practitioners from five mental health hospitals and district psychiatric centers in Norway participated. Reflexive thematic analysis was used to analyze the data.
Results: The results show that IMR (a) actively facilitates the alignment of coping mechanisms with patients' lives, and (b) emphasizes a recovery-oriented approach in the delivery of services. Mental health practitioners perceive IMR as inherently recovery-oriented. Although ROPs and EBPs are often considered to function in opposition, to the practitioners in our study they were neither contradictory nor mutually exclusive but complementary and with the potential to bring out the best in each other to support patients' recovery processes.
Conclusion: IMR, as an evidence-based, recovery-oriented program, bridges psychiatry and mental health recovery. However, challenges arise from its illness-oriented approach and language, as well as its emphasis on individual recovery aspects. While IMR underscores the social aspects of recovery, it is essential to highlight the social, and societal factors in individuals' recovery processes within the program.
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BMC Health Services Research is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of health services research, including delivery of care, management of health services, assessment of healthcare needs, measurement of outcomes, allocation of healthcare resources, evaluation of different health markets and health services organizations, international comparative analysis of health systems, health economics and the impact of health policies and regulations.
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