title: Evaluation of a recovery-oriented care training program for mental healthcare professionals: effects on mental health consumer outcomes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the effects of a recovery-oriented care training program for mental healthcare professionals on mental health consumer outcomes.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Mental Health Recovery Measure (MHRM) and the Recovery-Promoting Relationship Scale (RPRS) were administered to a sample of 142 consumers with severe mental illness. A repeated measurement design with six measurement occasions was used.
  
  
  METHODS
  Separate analyses were performed for the MHRM and RPRS subscales. Data were analyzed by means of the software package AMOS for structural equation modeling. First, the means of the five scales were computed at each measurement occasion. Next, two series of regression analyses were conducted: the first series aimed to ascertain whether gender and age have a significant effect on the MHRM and RPRS scores, and the second series aimed to detect a systematic trend in the average scale response of the MHRM and RPRS.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Scores showed a significant change over time for the subscale 'Learning & new potentials' of the MHRM. Significant effects were also found for gender, with men scoring higher than women on the subscales 'Self-empowerment' and 'Learning & new potentials'. Age had no effect on the MHRM and RPRS. The scores on the RPRS showed no significant change over time.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  One year after completion of the recovery-oriented training program for professionals, positive results were found for two subscales of the MHRM, that is, 'Self- empowerment' and 'Learning & new potentials'.
authors: Scientific Center for Care and Welfare (Tranzo), University of Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands GGzBreburg, Institute of Mental Health Care,Tilburg, The Netherlands G.K.M.L.Wilrycx@uvt.nl.
authors: Greet
authors: G
authors: Wilrycx
authors: Department of Methodology and Statistics, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
authors: Marcel
authors: M
authors: Croon
authors: GGzBreburg, Institute of Mental Health Care,Tilburg, The Netherlands.
authors: Anneloes
authors: A
authors: Van den Broek
authors: Scientific Center for Care and Welfare (Tranzo), University of Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands GGz Eindhoven, Institute of Mental Health Care, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
authors: Chijs
authors: C
authors: van Nieuwenhuizen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008603:Mental Health / Q000193:education*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010358:Patient Participation; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Mental health; recovery; recovery and gender; recovery-promoting relationship