As HOP is a compact three-session program and showed positive effects on stigma and disclosure variables as well as on symptoms and quality of life, it could help to reduce stigma's negative impact among adolescents with MI.
Background: People with long-term unemployment and mental health problems often find it difficult to take active steps toward help-seeking and job search and to navigate the complex system of available services. Likewise, job center staff would welcome interventions to improve the reintegration of long-term unemployed individuals with mental health problems into the labor market. Aim: To examine the efficacy of a peer-led group program that supports unemployed people with mental health problems in terms of help-seeking, job search and recovery. Methods: Based on participatory research, a four-session group program was designed and evaluated in a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 42 participants, randomized to the program ( n = 23) or treatment as usual ( n = 19). Outcomes were assessed at baseline (T0), 3 weeks (T1), 6 weeks (T2) and 6 months later (T3). Results: There were no significant intervention effects on primary outcomes (job search self-efficacy and help-seeking). But compared to the control group, intervention participants showed significant improvements in depressive symptoms ( p = .02) and recovery ( p = .04) at T2 with medium effect sizes. There were trend-level positive program effects on self-stigma, hopelessness and secrecy. Conclusion: This pilot RCT provides initial evidence for the efficacy of a peer-led group program to improve symptoms and recovery among unemployed participants with mental health problems.
ZUSAMMENFASSUNGAngesichts in der Gesellschaft verbreiteter stigmatisierender Einstellungen kämpfen Jugendliche mit psychischen Erkrankungen häufig mit der Entscheidung, ob sie Anderen von ihrer Erkrankung berichten sollen. Die Entscheidung für oder gegen Offenlegung stellt dabei oft eine Schlüsselreaktion im Umgang mit Stigmatisierung dar. Offenlegung und Geheimhaltung können Vor- und Nachteile haben, je nach Kontext und Person. ,In Würde zu sich stehen‘ (IWS) ist ein peer-geleitetes Gruppenprogramm, um Jugendliche bei solchen Offenlegungsentscheidungen zu unterstützen. Hier werden Grundlagen, Ansatz, Aufbau, Inhalt und Daten zu Wirksamkeit sowie Erfahrungen mit IWS für Jugendliche vorgestellt. Eine randomisiert-kontrollierte Studie mit überwiegend in stationärer kinder- und jugendpsychiatrischer Behandlung befindlichen Jugendlichen zeigte signifikante positive Effekte von IWS auf Stigma-Variablen (Selbststigma, Stigma-Stress) sowie auf Lebensqualität, depressive Symptomatik, Recovery und Einstellungen zu Behandlungsteilnahme. Schließlich werden Implikationen für die Implementierung und Stigma-Interventionen diskutiert.
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