Recovery - a Collaborative Project

Development of Recovery Oriented Practices, Knowledge and Collaboration in a Norwegian Municipality. An Explorative Study

In Norway, official guidelines and policies state that recovery oriented services in the field of mental health and substance abuse services is a desirable goal.

This collaborative research project aims to provide in-depth knowledge of how recovery oriented practices and collaboration in the mental health and substance abuse services in the municipality of New Drammen develop over a three-year period.

Using qualitative methods, the main aim of the study is to explore what recovery orientation of services in mental health and substance abuse presupposes and involves related to roles, collaboration and knowledge.

To explore these issues, service users will be interviewed together with their primary mental health professional.

The study will also apply observational fieldwork in order to observe recovery oriented practices between service users and professionals and between professionals.

An advisory group consisting of people with background as service users, mental health clinicians and service leaders will contribute throughout the project.

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Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Substance Abuse; Mental Health Impairment
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Not an interventional study. This is a qualitative, explorative study of recovery orientation of community mental health services

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 20

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Trude G Klevan, PhD; Phone Number: 004735575420 004735575420; Email: Trude.Goril.Klevan@usn.no
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Marit c Borg, PhD; Phone Number: 0047481995 004747289487; Email: marit.borg@usn.no

Study Locations

• Norway
  • Drammen, Norway
    • Recruiting
    • Trude G Klevan
    • Contact: Trude G Klevan; Phone Number: 004735575420 004735575420; Email: Trude.Goril.Klevan@usn.no
    • Contact: Marit Borg; Phone Number: 004735575420 004747289487; Email: marit.borg@usn.no

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Adults who have received community mental health and / or substance abuse services for the past year or longer, due to moderate or severe mental health and / or substance abuse problems.

Description

1. Adults who have received community mental health and / or substance abuse services for the past year or longer, due to moderate or severe mental health and / or substance abuse problems.

   Inclusion Criteria:

   • receives community mental health services due to mental health and /or substance abuse related problems
   • Above 18 years old

   Exclusion Criteria:

   • Under the age of 18
2. Mental health workers in the municipality, working in mental health and substance abuse services

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Qualitative exploration; Ten community mental health service users will be interviewed with their most important mental health worker to explore how recovery orientation of services affects roles and collaboration.	Other: Not an interventional study. This is a qualitative, explorative study of recovery orientation of community mental health services; Explore recovery orientation of mental health services in a municipality through: Qualitative, in-depth interviews with service users and mental health professionals and; Observational fieldwork

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Contribute to the knowledge base on what recovery orientation of services involves	The anticipated outcome is to obtain insight on how recovery orientation of mental health services affects roles, knowledge and collaboration in a Norwegian municipality.	The aims of the study will be explored through interviews and fieldwork over an anticipated period of 2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University College of Southeast Norway
• Collaborators: Extrastiftelsen
• Investigators: Study Chair: Heidi c Kapstad, PhD, University of South-Eastern Norway

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 30, 2019
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): December 15, 2020
• Study Completion (Anticipated): December 31, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 26, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 23, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): October 24, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 24, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 23, 2019
• Last Verified: October 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders
• Other Study ID Numbers: UCSNorway

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No