Revisiting current approaches of treatment and outcomes : the users' perspectives

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dc.contributor.authorPoirel, Marie-Laurence
dc.contributor.authorCorin, Ellen
dc.contributor.authorRodriguez Del Barrio, Lourdes
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-03T17:10:58Z
dc.date.available2014-11-03T17:10:58Z
dc.date.copyright2011
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractA qualitative exploratory study was conducted in community-based centers that have developed nonmedical treatment approaches and programs for people with profound disorders of thought, emotions, and relationships. This report focuses in the users’ perspective. It addresses the complex issue of improvement and change associated with the treatment. The users views about their treatment experiences are reported through semistructured interviews. Users’ narratives describe different forms of improvement and change associated with their attendance at these community treatment centers. The transformations evoked cluster around a few recurring topics: the experience of oneself, the relationships with others, the reasons for living and their personal stance toward the common world. The findings of this exploratory study put forward a number of indications for both psychiatric practice and research. They confirm the importance of reinforcing holistic and human approaches to treatment. Similarly, they suggest that outcomes studies need to give an important place to qualitative methods, which give access to the users’ subjective experience of change and allow them to situate themselves within a larger life frame.en
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dc.format.extent1 digital file (p. 77-91)en
dc.identifier.citationPoirel, M.L., Corin, E., & Rodriguez Del Barrio, L. (2011). Revisiting Current Approaches of Treatment and Outcomes: The Users' Perspectives. International Journal of Mental Health, 40(3), 77-91. doi:10.2753/IMH0020-7411400305en
dc.identifier.issn0020–7411
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/53248
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectMENTAL HEALTHen
dc.subjectJOURNAL ARTICLEen
dc.subjectUSE STUDIESen
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICEen
dc.subjectMEDICAL TREATMENTen
dc.subjectLIFE VIEWen
dc.titleRevisiting current approaches of treatment and outcomes : the users' perspectivesen
dc.typeJournal Article (peer-reviewed)en
idrc.copyright.holderM.E. Sharpe, Inc.
idrc.dspace.accessIDRC Onlyen
idrc.noaccessDue to copyright restrictions the full text of this research output is not available in the IDRC Digital Library or by request from the IDRC Library. / Compte tenu des restrictions relatives au droit d'auteur, le texte intégral de cet extrant de recherche n'est pas accessible dans la Bibliothèque numérique du CRDI, et il n'est pas possible d'en faire la demande à la Bibliothéque du CRDI.en
idrc.project.componentnumber104518014
idrc.project.number104518
idrc.project.titleInternational Community-University Research Alliance Program (ICURA)en
idrc.recordsserver.bcsnumberIC01-3485-78
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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