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Service Users’ Perceptions of an Outreach Wellbeing Service: A Social Enterprise for Promoting Mental Health
- Source :
- Community Mental Health Journal
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Springer US, 2017.
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Abstract
- Inadequate provision and limited access to mental healthcare has been highlighted with the need to offer more contemporary ways to provide clinically effective interventions. This study aimed to present an insight into service users’ perceptions of an outreach Wellbeing Service (WBS), providing psychological therapy in social settings. Descriptive and thematic analysis was undertaken of 50 returned surveys. Comparison of initial and final mental health measures demonstrated a significant improvement in all outcomes with 96% of participants reporting being helped by attending. Participants were assisted to rebuild social connections in a safe and supportive environment and were facilitated to become more self-determining as their resourcefulness to self-manage was cultivated. Situated within different settings within the community, the WBS offers a workable example of a novel approach to supporting and promoting citizens to become more resilient and lead a more fulfilling and independent life in the community.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Mental Health Services
050103 clinical psychology
Collaborative partnerships
Health (social science)
Social enterprise
Health Promotion
Anxiety
Health(social science)
03 medical and health sciences
Social support
0302 clinical medicine
Patient satisfaction
Nursing
Self-management
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
030212 general & internal medicine
Aged
Retrospective Studies
Service (business)
Original Paper
Wellbeing
Depression
05 social sciences
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Social Support
Middle Aged
Mental health
Outreach
Psychotherapy
Psychiatry and Mental health
Health promotion
Mental Health
Patient Satisfaction
Female
Thematic analysis
Psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15732789 and 00103853
- Volume :
- 53
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Community Mental Health Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....110c87dfc33f509b6304bf7cf965bb4b