Illness management and recovery: Clinical outcomes of a randomized clinical trial in community mental health centers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) is a psychosocial intervention with a recovery-oriented approach. The program has been evaluated in different settings; however evidence for the effects of IMR is still deficient. The aim of this trial was to investigate the benefits and harms of the IMR program compared with treatment as usual in Danish patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.

Method

The trial was designed as a randomized, assessor-blinded, multi-center, clinical trial investigating the IMR program compared with usual treatment. 198 people diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder participated. The primary outcome was the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF-F) at the end of intervention and the secondary and explorative outcomes included sever

SUBMITTER: Dalum HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5886399 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature