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Characteristics of mental health service users attending Recovery Colleges in England: baseline findings from
Simon Lawrence1, Amy Ronaldson1, Thomas Allen2
1Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), https://ror.org/0220mzb33King's College London, UK.
Aims And Method:
Recovery Colleges are adult education initiatives supporting personal recovery for individuals with mental health difficulties. We characterised a national (England) inception cohort of mental health service users, students from the Recovery Colleges Characterisation and Testing 2 programme, and compared those attending different Recovery College types on sociodemographic, clinical, service use and student-reported outcomes over the 4 months prior to enrolment. Mixed-effects regression models were used to assess differences.
Results:
The cohort comprised 498 students from 36 Recovery Colleges across England; 77.7% attended strengths-oriented Recovery Colleges. Mean age was 39 years (s.d. 12); most were female (72.1%) and White (81.5%). Common diagnoses were mood (31.3%) and anxiety disorders (29.7%). No significant differences were found between students attending strengths- versus community-oriented Recovery Colleges.
Clinical Implications:
Strengths- and community-oriented Recovery Colleges have similar service user student populations. Certain groups that may be underrepresented in Recovery Colleges and Recovery College research include older adults, men, those with developmental disorders and ethnic minority populations.
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