Abstract
Youth can experience improved psychological changes (i.e., posttraumatic growth, or PTG) following the onset of psychosis. Case managers play an important role in the treatment of first episode psychosis but may be unaware that PTG occurs, a topic that has yet to be explored. This study compared service users’ PTG following a first episode of psychosis and case managers’ perceptions of service users’ PTG. Service users receiving treatment for a first episode of psychosis and their case managers completed separate versions of the PTG inventory. Service users’ ratings were higher than case managers’ on the PTG inventory subscales measuring appreciation of life, new possibilities, personal strength, and religious/spiritual change. Case managers may lack an awareness of service users’ PTG. Early intervention services seeking to facilitate PTG may require greater training on how to best recognize and facilitate it.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 271-279 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | International Journal of Mental Health |
Volume | 49 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 Jul 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:GJ has received funding from the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University; the Franke Program in Science and the Humanities; the Fonds de recherche du Québec- Santé; and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. AM is funded through the Canada Research Chair Program. AM has received research funding, unrelated to the present study, from BMS, Pfizer, Otsuka and Lundbeck as well as honoraria related CME lectures, research consultation and advisory board participation from, Otsuka and Lundbeck.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Keywords
- case manager
- corroborated ratings
- early intervention services for first episode psychosis
- first episode psychosis
- Posttraumatic growth
- recovery
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health Policy
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Psychiatry and Mental health