Empowering Adults in Recovery from Depression: A Community-Based Self-Management Group Program
Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
14 September 2016
Abstract
This paper reports on the development and evaluation of the Depression Self-Management Workshop (DSMW) that aims to empower participants to implement self-management behaviours in their daily lives in order to improve their mental health and prevent relapse. The 10-session intervention was delivered to 46 adults with depression who completed pre-, post- and follow-up structured interviews and questionnaires. Depressive symptoms were significantly reduced at the end of the intervention and at follow-up. Improvements in participants’ knowledge about depression, self-management behaviours and self-efficacy were also observed. These results were corroborated by the participants’ strong convictions regarding the DSMW’s usefulness.
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Cet article porte sur le développement et l’évaluation de l’Atelier d’Autogestion de la Dépression (AAD) qui vise à habiliter les participants à adopter des comportements d’autogestion dans leur vie quotidienne, afin d’améliorer leur santé mentale et prévenir les rechutes. Au total, 46 adultes souffrant de dépression ont participé à l’atelier de 10 séances et ont complété des questionnaires et des entrevues pré, post et suivi. Les résultats indiquent que les symptômes dépressifs ont significativement diminués suite à l’intervention, ainsi que lors du suivi. Des améliorations concernant les connaissances de la dépression, les comportements d’autogestion et l’auto-efficacité ont également été observées. Ces résultats ont été corroborés par la conviction des participants en ce qui concerne l’utilité de l’ADD.
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Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 35 • Number 2 • October 2016
Pages: 55 - 68
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Janie Houle, Geoffrey Gauvin, Bruno Collard, Sophie Meunier, Nancy Frasure-Smith, François Lespérance, Benjamin Villaggi, Pasquale Roberge, Martin D. Provencher, and Jean Lambert. 2016. Empowering Adults in Recovery from Depression: A Community-Based Self-Management Group Program. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health.
35(2): 55-68. https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2016-033
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