Adventure Camps for Young Adults and Adults With Mental Illness

Cotton, Sue; Butselaar, Felicity

doi:10.1176/appi.ps.1154

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“…). All attendees engage in activities, such as a flying‐fox, rock climbing, a giant swing, and archery, and the activities foster a sense of adventure, independence, support, and social connectedness (Bowen & Neill, ; Cotton & Butselaar, ).…”

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“…Recovery Camp uses the activities as a therapeutic means to improve health and quality of life of those with a lived experience of mental illness . All attendees engage in activities, such as a flying-fox, rock climbing, a giant swing, and archery, and the activities foster a sense of adventure, independence, support, and social connectedness (Bowen & Neill, 2013;Cotton & Butselaar, 2012).…”

Section: Non-traditional Mental Health Clinical Placementmentioning

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Effect of immersive workplace experience on undergraduate nurses’ mental health clinical confidence

Patterson

Moxham

Taylor

et al. 2017

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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Preregistration education needs to ensure that student nurses are properly trained with the required skills and knowledge, and have the confidence to work with people who have a mental illness. With increased attention on non-traditional mental health clinical placements, further research is required to determine the effects of non-traditional mental health clinical placements on mental health clinical confidence. The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of a non-traditional mental health clinical placement on mental health nursing clinical confidence compared to nursing students undergoing traditional clinical placements. Using the Mental Health Nursing Clinical Confidence Scale, the study investigated the relative effects of two placement programmes on the mental health clinical confidence of 79 nursing students. The two placement programmes included a non-traditional clinical placement of Recovery Camp and a comparison group that attended traditional clinical placements. Overall, the results indicated that, for both groups, mental health placement had a significant effect on improving mean mental health clinical confidence, both immediately upon conclusion of placement and at the 3-month follow up. Students who attended Recovery Camp reported a significant positive difference, compared to the comparison group, for ratings related to communicating effectively with clients with a mental illness, having a basic knowledge of antipsychotic medications and their side-effects, and providing client education regarding the effects and side-effects of medications. The findings suggest that a unique clinical placement, such as Recovery Camp, can improve and maintain facets of mental health clinical confidence for students of nursing.

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Effect of immersive workplace experience on undergraduate nurses’ mental health clinical confidence

Patterson

Moxham

Taylor

et al. 2017

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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“…Allsop et al (2013) also found participation in TR and camp activities has a positive influence on adolescents with chronic illness showing improvements in levels of social self-efficacy and social performance. Additional benefits associated with therapeutic camps include positive experiences of enjoyment, interest, relaxation, and freedom of choice or intrinsic motivation (Cotton & Butselaar, 2012;Moxham et al, 2015;Patterson, 2007). Improvements in self-determination, self-confidence, family relationships, and social life have all increased due to active participation in TR activities within a camp setting as well , 2013Hebblethwaite, 2013;Moxham et al, 2015;Pilchak, 2008; "Benefits of therapeutic outdoor recreation," 2012).…”

Section: Outdoor Therapeutic Camps For Youth Developmentmentioning

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Positive Youth Development for Youth With Disabilities in a Therapeutic Camp Setting

Wozencroft

Scott

Waller

et al. 2019

JYD

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The purpose of this article is to describe the value of the outdoor camp experiences among youth with disabilities participating in an outdoor therapeutic camp. The focus of the analysis is to understand the dimensions of positive youth development amongst youth campers with disabilities. A total of 12 campers were interviewed, 6 male and 6 female. Emerging themes included: (a) social, (b) character building, and (c) self-confidence and provide linkages to positive youth development domains. Findings identified the benefits that youth receive from attending an outdoor therapeutic recreation camp program such as opportunities to interact with old and new friends, feeling like a member for the camp family, feeling accepted and able to be themselves. Other benefits included becoming more independent, autonomous, and more self-confident.

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“…In their evaluation of an outdoor camp as 'adventure therapy' for individuals with mental illness, Cotton and Butselaar [5] found that participation in the program resulted in improvements in self-esteem, social connectedness and wellbeing. Recreation activities partaken by people with mental illness were, according to Fullagar [10], found to be associated with counter-depressive positive emotions, thereby facilitating recovery.…”

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Interdisciplinary Capstone Course: Synthesising Theory and Practice through an Innovative Mental Health Clinical Placement

Moxham

Johnston²,

Patterson

et al. 2015

3rd Annual Worldwide Nursing Conference (WNC 2015)

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Adventure Camps for Young Adults and Adults With Mental Illness

Cited by 7 publications

References 12 publications

Effect of immersive workplace experience on undergraduate nurses’ mental health clinical confidence

Effect of immersive workplace experience on undergraduate nurses’ mental health clinical confidence

Positive Youth Development for Youth With Disabilities in a Therapeutic Camp Setting

Interdisciplinary Capstone Course: Synthesising Theory and Practice through an Innovative Mental Health Clinical Placement

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