Recovery After Psychosis: Qualitative Study of Service User Experiences of Lived Experience Videos on a Recovery-Oriented Website.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Digital interventions offer an innovative way to make the experiences of people living with mental illness available to others. As part of the Self-Management And Recovery Technology (SMART) research program on the use of digital resources in mental health services, an interactive website was developed including videos of people with lived experience of mental illness discussing their recovery. These peer videos were designed to be watched on a tablet device with a mental health worker, or independently. OBJECTIVE:Our aim was to explore how service users experienced viewing the lived experience videos on this interactive website, as well as its influence on their recovery journey. METHODS:In total, 36 service users with experience of using the website participated in individual

SUBMITTER: Williams A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5964305 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature