The Effects on Helplessness and Recovery of An Empowerment Program for Hospitalized Persons With Schizophrenia

Abstract

This study demonstrated that the empowering program can be a useful psychiatric nursing intervention.

Recovery in Supported Accommodations: A Scoping Review and Synthesis of Interventions for People with Severe Mental Illness

“…One study focussed especially on elderly patients and showed a small but positive result concerning life satisfaction (Willemse et al 2009). Park and Sung (2013) reported results of a study on a 6-week, recovery-oriented nursing intervention. This study also showed positive results on helplessness and recovery, but due to the non-controlled design, these results need further confirmation in replication studies.…”

Mediating effects of empowerment on the relationship between global function and recovery among community-dwelling patients with schizophrenia: A cross-sectional study

“…However, in actual situations where global function is di cult to modify immediately, our research has veri ed that empowerment can completely mediate the in uence of global function on recovery. Despite the relationship between global function and degree of empowerment, limited general cognitive function can affect the degree of empowerment given its requirement of self-re ection, which consequently affects recovery owing to the close relationship between degree of empowerment and recovery [26,30,31,52]. The current study veri ed that empowerment is indeed an important element for recovery, despite the negative impact of global function on recovery [8,28].…”

“…Transitioning to an empowerment-oriented care strategy can effectively reduce the negative impact of poor global function on recovery. The empowerment strategy that assist in achieving recovery [31,53].…”

“…Although studies have suggested that empowerment is an element of recovery [8,28,31], few have explored the mediating effect of empowerment on global function needed for recovery. Even after prolonged functional rehabilitation, patients with schizophrenia nd it hard to improve global functions [23,24].…”

Effects of an empowerment program for community-dwelling people with mental illness in South Korea

“…6,10 Empowered people with mental illness tend to resist unfair social situations or public discrimination. 9 Although many studies 8,11,12 have indicated that psychiatric rehabilitation should aim to promote empowerment among people with mental illness, most community mental health programs for people with mental illness in South Korea have focused on stress management or psychoeducation 13 and crisis intervention. 14 Few studies have investigated how empowerment programs (EP) affect people with mental illness living in the community.…”