title: Psychological Transformation by an Intervention to Facilitate Benefit Finding Among People With Chronic Mental Illness in Japan.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to preliminarily explore the psychological transformation effected by a newly developed intervention program for facilitating benefit finding among individuals with chronic mental illness in Japan.
  
  
  METHODS
  An intervention study with three weekly group sessions was implemented, and qualitative data on the participants' experience of benefit finding were obtained by a questionnaire survey and analyzed using content analysis technique.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 31 participants, 23 responded that they realized some sort of benefit finding through the intervention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The program component in question may contribute to enhanced benefit finding for people with chronic mental illness while longitudinal studies involving more participants are desirable.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: Rie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chiba
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Human Sciences, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Harada
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Benefit finding; intervention study; mental disorders; positive psychology; recovery