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- Title
Empowering Adults in Recovery from Depression: A Community- Based Self-Management Group Program.
- Authors
Houle, Janie; Gauvin, Geoffrey; Collard, Bruno; Meunier, Sophie; Frasure-Smith, Nancy; Lespé rance, François; Villagg, Benjamin; Roberge, Pasquale; Provencher, Martin D.; Lambert, Jean
- Abstract
This paper reports on the development and evaluation of the Depression Self-Management Workshop (DSMW) that aims to empower participants to implement self-management behaviours in their daily lives in order to improve their mental health and prevent relapse. The 10-session intervention was delivered to 46 adults with depression who completed pre-, post- and follow-up structured interviews and questionnaires. Depressive symptoms were significantly reduced at the end of the intervention and at follow-up. Improvements in participants' knowledge about depression, self-management behaviours and self-efficacy were also observed. These results were corroborated by the participants' strong convictions regarding the DSMW's usefulness.
- Subjects
DISEASE relapse prevention; CONVALESCENCE; MENTAL depression; HEALTH behavior; INTERVIEWING; LONGITUDINAL method; RESEARCH methodology; HEALTH self-care; SELF-efficacy; COMMUNITY-based social services; PRE-tests &; post-tests; EVALUATION of human services programs
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 2016, Vol 35, Issue 2, p55
- ISSN
0713-3936
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7870/cjcmh-2016-033