Depression, Anxiety, Personality disorders Mental health
Conditions
Interventions
The narrative intervention “An empowering story” is offered to a group of 8-12 participants with 2 trained professionals during 12 weeks.
Sponsors
University of Twente
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Being in regular treatment at one of the respective centresNot being recovered during intake (i.e., score of 35 or lower on the Questionnaire about the Process of Recovery (QPR; Kraiss et al., 2019);Being able to invest time to come to the sessions (12*1.75 hours) and do the homework assignments (12*max.1.5 hours);Being able and willing to share stories and listen to stories in a group;Adequate language proficiency in written and spoken DutchBasic computer skills, like MicroSoft Word for making the life story book.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: severe instability or acute crisis; presence of psychosis;acute suicidality;substance dependency;being in recovery stage 1 ("being overwhelmed by the disease"; Gagné, 2004).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Personal recovery (as measured with the Dutch version of the Questionnaire about Personal Recovery; Kraiss et al., 2019) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| (a) level of psychopathological symptoms (b) participants’ experiences with regard to personal recovery during the intervention. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Contacts
Public ContactG. J. Westerhof
University of Twente
Outcome results
None listed