title: How the Illness Management and Recovery Program Enhanced Recovery of Persons With Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders: A Qualitative Study.
abstract: This study aims to describe how the Illness Management and Recovery program enhanced recovery of persons with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders from their own perspective. Participants valued learning how to divide huge goals into attainable steps, how to recognize and prevent a relapse by managing symptoms, practicing skills, and talking openly about illness related experience. They learned from the exchange with peers and from the information in the IMR textbook. Nurses should have continuous attention and reinforcement for progress on goals, skills practice and exchange of peer information. A peer-support specialist can contribute to keep this focus.
authors.affiliation: Dimence Group Mental Health Care Centre, Deventer, the Netherlands; GGZ-VS, Institute for Education of Clinical Nurse Specialist in Mental Health, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Electronic address: w.vanlangen@dimence.nl.
authors.forename: Wilma J M
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: van Langen
authors.affiliation: Dimence Group Mental Health Care Centre, Deventer, the Netherlands; Radboud university medical center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, IQ healthcare, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Center for Nursing Research, Saxion University of Applied Science, Deventer/Enschede, the Netherlands. Electronic address: titus.beentjes@radboudumc.nl.
authors.forename: Titus A A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Beentjes
authors.affiliation: Radboud university medical center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, IQ healthcare, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Betsie G I
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: van Gaal
authors.affiliation: Radboud university medical center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, IQ healthcare, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Maria W G
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Nijhuis-van der Sanden
authors.affiliation: Dimence Group Mental Health Care Centre, Deventer, the Netherlands; GGZ-VS, Institute for Education of Clinical Nurse Specialist in Mental Health, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Radboud university medical center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, IQ healthcare, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; University Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Peter J J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Goossens
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010379:Peer Group; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012648:Self Care