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Objective Spirituality offers a vital coping resource that can bolster mental health and psychosocial well-being for individuals with serious mental illnesses (SMI). However, limited research on spirituality-infused evidence-based interventions exists to assist providers in mobilizing spirituality as a mental health resource. This article presents the cognitive-behavioral intervention Spiritual Strategies for Psychosocial Recovery (SSPR), developed to promote recovery among ethnoculturally diverse individuals with SMI by strengthening their coping mechanisms for internal and external distress through spiritual means. Methods SSPR was developed in 5 steps: (1) observation of current recovery services at a partnering psychosocial rehabilitation center; (2) creation of a treatment manual based on extant literature, the authors' evidence-based practice expertise, and observational data; (3) testing of specific SSPR skills with consumers; (4) refinement of the manual by using testing data; and (5) testing of the manual for feasibility with 37 consumers. Results Initial feasibility testing indicated that the intervention was accepted and valued by participants and providers; did not trigger psychiatric disturbances; and provided accessible spirituality-based distress coping tools for helping participants manage psychological difficulties in the community. Conclusions and implications for practice SSPR and its nondenominational spirituality-based distress coping skills appear to be well tolerated by consumers and providers. Thus, SSPR might be useful for providers seeking to address consumers' distress coping by capitalizing on their existing or potential spiritual strengths. Future research is needed to evaluate the intervention's effectiveness with randomized controlled trial designs in clinical and community settings. (PsycINFO Database Record

Topic This article describes a collaboration between academic researchers and Clubhouses to develop and implement a statewide Clubhouse performance indicator system. Purpose Given the challenging funding climate, it is important that Clubhouses are able to gather service provision and performance data. However, establishing the necessary data structures can be a daunting task, and partnerships with academic researchers can aid in this process. We detail one such collaboration, utilizing a participatory research public-academic liaison framework, between researchers and Hawai'i's Clubhouses. Sources used Sources used include published literature, personal communication, and personal observation. Conclusions and implications for practice Lessons learned during the collaboration include the importance of face-to-face contact, technology training, duplicated and unduplicated variables, and tailoring data structures to the culture and work-ordered day of each Clubhouse. Experiences in this collaboration confirm that with support Clubhouse members are capable of fulfilling the rigorous responsibilities of contributing to a performance indicator system.

Objective The present study evaluated the feasibility of integrating a clinical feedback mechanism into trauma-focused psychosocial recovery research. Methods Ethnoculturally diverse mental health consumers (N = 172) participating in a study of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder were provided the option to have their personal research data disclosed to their treatment providers to guide recovery treatment. Results The majority of consumers (68%) requested that researchers disclose their personal trauma information to their treatment providers. Disclosure rates were similar across gender and racial background; however, rates were significantly higher for consumers exposed versus not exposed to childhood sexual abuse (81% vs. 64%, respectively). Conclusions and implications for practice Study findings suggest that consumers are open to sharing sensitive information collected during research participation including history of trauma exposure and trauma-related difficulties with recovery providers, and support the viability of incorporating individualized clinical feedback into trauma research to promote recovery care.