The Experience of Service Users with Session-Limited Psychosocial Interventions
Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
21 December 2022
Abstract
This brief report focuses on the experience of service users in the context of a new public institutional framework limiting the number of psychosocial intervention sessions offered per person. Qualitative data of nine group discussions composed of 12 past service users and 12 professionals working in local community health centres were analyzed with content analysis. The study revealed that service users expressed mostly negative emotions and views attributed to session limits. This brief report suggests that rigid session-limited psychosocial interventions are perceived negatively and could have adverse consequences on recovery in vulnerable individuals.
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Ce bref rapport explore l’expérience d’utilisateurs de services dans le contexte d’un nouveau cadre institutionnel public limitant le nombre de séances d’intervention psychosociale offertes par personne. Les données qualitatives de neuf discussions de groupe composées de 12 anciens utilisateurs et de 12 professionnels de centres locaux de services communautaires ont été analysées avec une analyse de contenu. L’étude suggère que les utilisateurs exprimaient des émotions et des points de vue plus négatifs concernant les limites du nombre de séances. Les résultats suggèrent que ces limites rigides de séances d’interventions psychosociales pourraient avoir des conséquences négatives sur le rétablissement des personnes vulnérables.
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Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 41 • Number 4 • October 2022
Pages: 67 - 74
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Corentin Montiel, François Lauzier-Jobin, Stephanie Radziszewski, Julie Bordeleau, Annie Beaudin, Pasquale Roberge, Martin D. Provencher, Catherine Hudon, Hélène Provencher, and Janie Houle. 2022. The Experience of Service Users with Session-Limited Psychosocial Interventions. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health.
41(4): 67-74. https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2022-032
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