Effectiveness of a collaborative recovery training program in Australia in promoting positive views about recovery.
OBJECTIVE
This study examined the impact of a two-day, recovery-based training program for mental health workers on knowledge, attitudes, and hopefulness related to the recovery prospects of people with enduring mental illness.


METHODS
A self-report pre-post training repeated-measures design was used with 248 mental health workers from the community-based government health sector (N=147) and nongovernment organizations (N= 101) in eastern Australia.


RESULTS
Staff attitudes and hopefulness improved after training. Trainees significantly increased their knowledge regarding principles of recovery and belief in the effectiveness of collaboration and consumer autonomy support, motivation enhancement, needs assessment, goal striving, and homework use.


CONCLUSIONS
This preliminary evidence indicates that staff recovery orientation can improve with minimal training.
Crowe
Trevor P
TP
School of Psychology, University of Wollongong, Illawarra Institute for Mental Health, New South Wales, 2522, Australia. tcrowe@uow.edu.au
Deane
Frank P
FP
Oades
Lindsay G
LG
Caputi
Peter
P
Morland
Kim G
KG
D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001315:Australia; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D003289:Convalescence; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D006076:Government; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D016730:Program Development; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching