Hope and improvements in mental health service providers' recovery attitudes following training.
BACKGROUND
Service providers' attitudes towards recovery can improve with formal training. However, it is unclear whether improvements depend on dispositional hope.


OBJECTIVE
To determine whether attitudinal improvements following formal recovery training vary depending on participants' dispositional hope.


METHODS
One hundred and three providers attended formal recovery training and completed measures of recovery knowledge, attitudes, hopefulness and optimism.


RESULTS
Training improved providers' recovery knowledge, attitudes, hopefulness and optimism. Providers with both high and low dispositional hope achieved similar gains.


CONCLUSIONS
Attitudinal improvements following formal recovery training were not dependent on baseline levels of dispositional hope. Institutions committed to recovery-oriented care should consider utilizing formal training.
Salgado
Janaka David
JD
University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Deane
Frank P
FP
Crowe
Trevor P
TP
Oades
Lindsay G
LG
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001315:Australia; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult