How do recorded mental health recovery narratives create connection and improve hopefulness?

Mental health recovery connection hope narratives predictors

Journal

Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England)
ISSN: 1360-0567
Titre abrégé: J Ment Health
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9212352

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Apr 2022
Historique:
pubmed: 6 1 2022
medline: 30 3 2022
entrez: 5 1 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Mental health recovery narratives are an active ingredient of recovery-oriented interventions such as peer support. Recovery narratives can create connection and hope, but there is limited evidence on the predictors of impact. The aim of this study was to identify characteristics of the narrator, narrative content and participant which predict the short-term impact of recovery narratives on participants. Independent studies were conducted in an experimental ( The experimental study found that narratives portraying a narrator as living well with mental health problems that is intermediate between no and full recovery, generated higher self-rated levels of hopefulness. Participants from ethnic minority backgrounds had lower levels of connection with narrators compared to participants from a white background, potentially due to reduced visibility of a narrator's diversity characteristics. Narratives describing partial but not complete recovery and matching on ethnicity may lead to a higher impact. Having access to narratives portraying a range of narrator characteristics to maximise the possibility of a beneficial impact on connection and hopefulness.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Mental health recovery narratives are an active ingredient of recovery-oriented interventions such as peer support. Recovery narratives can create connection and hope, but there is limited evidence on the predictors of impact.
AIMS OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to identify characteristics of the narrator, narrative content and participant which predict the short-term impact of recovery narratives on participants.
METHOD METHODS
Independent studies were conducted in an experimental (
RESULTS RESULTS
The experimental study found that narratives portraying a narrator as living well with mental health problems that is intermediate between no and full recovery, generated higher self-rated levels of hopefulness. Participants from ethnic minority backgrounds had lower levels of connection with narrators compared to participants from a white background, potentially due to reduced visibility of a narrator's diversity characteristics.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Narratives describing partial but not complete recovery and matching on ethnicity may lead to a higher impact. Having access to narratives portraying a range of narrator characteristics to maximise the possibility of a beneficial impact on connection and hopefulness.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34983300
doi: 10.1080/09638237.2021.2022627
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

273-280

Auteurs

Fiona Ng (F)

School of Health Sciences, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.

Christopher Newby (C)

School of Health Sciences, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.

Clare Robinson (C)

Centre for Primary Care & Public Health, Pragmatic Clinical Trials Unit, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.

Joy Llewellyn-Beardsley (J)

School of Health Sciences, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.

Caroline Yeo (C)

School of Health Sciences, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.

James Roe (J)

National Institute for Health Research, Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) East Midlands, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.

Stefan Rennick-Egglestone (S)

School of Health Sciences, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.

Roger Smith (R)

NEON Lived Experience Advisory Board, Nottingham, UK.

Susie Booth (S)

NEON Lived Experience Advisory Board, Nottingham, UK.

Sylvia Bailey (S)

NEON Lived Experience Advisory Board, Nottingham, UK.

Stynke Castelein (S)

Lentis Research, Lentis Psychiatric Institute, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Felicity Callard (F)

School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.

Simone Arbour (S)

Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

Mike Slade (M)

School of Health Sciences, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.

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