College of Nursing and Health Science, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Nurs Health Sci. 2019 Dec;21(4):523-530. doi: 10.1111/nhs.12637. Epub 2019 Sep 8.
Recovery colleges are formal learning programs that aim to support people with a lived experience of mental illness. In this study, we aimed to explore the experiences of participants in a pilot recovery college that opened in Adelaide, South Australia, in 2016. A qualitative exploratory study was conducted involving interviews with learners (n = 8) and focus groups with lived experience facilitators (course facilitators with a lived experience of mental illness, n = 5), Clinician facilitators (mental health service staff facilitators, n = 4), and care coordinators (staff providing case management support, n = 5). Three main themes (hope, identity, and the recovery college as a transition space) and two subthemes (recovery college experience and outcomes) were identified. The results showed that the recovery college provided a transition space for shifting learners' identities from patient to student, facilitated by the experiences and outcomes of the recovery college, providing hope for the future. This study highlights the importance of providing mentally healthy and non-stigmatizing learning environments to promote and cement recovery for people with a lived experience of mental illness.
康复学院是旨在为有精神疾病经历的人提供支持的正规学习项目。在这项研究中，我们旨在探讨 2016 年在南澳大利亚州阿德莱德开办的一所试点康复学院的参与者的经验。进行了一项定性探索性研究，包括对学习者（n=8）进行访谈以及对有生活经验的辅导员（有精神疾病生活经验的课程辅导员，n=5）、临床医生辅导员（心理健康服务人员辅导员，n=4）和护理协调员（提供案例管理支持的工作人员，n=5）进行焦点小组讨论。确定了三个主要主题（希望、身份和康复学院作为过渡空间）和两个副标题（康复学院的经验和结果）。结果表明，康复学院为学习者从患者到学生的身份转变提供了一个过渡空间，这是由康复学院的经验和结果促成的，为未来带来了希望。这项研究强调了提供心理健康和无污名化的学习环境的重要性，以促进和巩固有精神疾病经历的人的康复。
