title: The trees and the forest: mixed methods in the assessment of recovery based interventions' processes and outcomes in mental health.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Recent developments in mental health have emphasized recovery as an outcome for people with serious mental illness (SMI). Accordingly, several studies have attempted to evaluate the process and outcome of recovery-oriented psychosocial interventions.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To review and discuss quantitative and qualitative findings from previous efforts to study the impact of five recovery-oriented interventions: Illness Management and Recovery (IMR), Narrative Enhancement and Cognitive Therapy (NECT), Supported Employment (SE), Supported Socialization (SS), and Family Psychoeducation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Reviewing the literature on studies that examine the effectiveness of these interventions by using both quantitative and qualitative approach.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Qualitative findings in these studies augment quantitative findings and at times draw attention to unexpected findings and uniquely illuminate the effects of these interventions on self-reflective processes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a need for further exploration of how mixed-methods can be implemented to explore recovery-oriented outcomes. Critical questions regarding the implications of qualitative findings are posed.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , Bar Ilan University , Ramat Gan , Israel.
authors.forename: Ilanit
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hasson-Ohayon
authors.affiliation: b Department of Community Mental Health , Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa , Haifa , Israel.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roe
authors.affiliation: c Department of Psychology , John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York , NY , USA , and.
authors.forename: Philip T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Yanos
authors.affiliation: d Department of Psychiatry , Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indiana University School of Medicine , Indianapolis , IN , USA.
authors.forename: Paul H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Lysaker
mesh_terms: D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods; D016832:Employment, Supported / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D008603:Mental Health; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: mixed methods; psychosocial interventions; recovery