Merly McPhilbin, Katy Stepanian, Caroline Yeo, Daniel Elton, Danielle Dunnett, Helen Jennings, Holly Hunter-Brown, Jason Grant-Rowles, Julie Cooper, Katherine Barrett, Mirza Hamie, Peter Bates, Rebecca McNaughton, Sarah Trickett, Simon Bishop, Simran Takhi, Stella Lawrence, Yasuhiro Kotera, Daniel Hayes, Larry Davidson, Amy Ronaldson, Tesnime Jebara, Cerdic Hall, Lisa Brophy, Jessica Jepps, Sara Meddings, Claire Henderson, Mike Slade, Vanessa Lawrence
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Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health problems increased as access to mental health services reduced. Recovery colleges are recovery-focused adult education initiatives delivered by people with professional and lived mental health expertise. Designed to be collaborative and inclusive, they were uniquely positioned to support people experiencing mental health problems during the pandemic. There is limited research exploring the lasting impacts of the pandemic on recovery college operation and delivery to students.
Aims: To ascertain how the COVID-19 pandemic changed recovery college operation in England.
Method: We coproduced a qualitative interview study of recovery college managers across the UK. Academics and co-researchers with lived mental health experience collaborated on conducting interviews and analysing data, using a collaborative thematic framework analysis.
Results: Thirty-one managers participated. Five themes were identified: complex organisational relationships, changed ways of working, navigating the rapid transition to digital delivery, responding to isolation and changes to accessibility. Two key pandemic-related changes to recovery college operation were highlighted: their use as accessible services that relieve pressure on mental health services through hybrid face-to-face and digital course delivery, and the development of digitally delivered courses for individuals with mental health needs.
Conclusions: The pandemic either led to or accelerated developments in recovery college operation, leading to a positioning of recovery colleges as a preventative service with wider accessibility to people with mental health problems, people under the care of forensic mental health services and mental healthcare staff. These benefits are strengthened by relationships with partner organisations and autonomy from statutory healthcare infrastructures.
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Announcing the launch of BJPsych Open, an exciting new open access online journal for the publication of all methodologically sound research in all fields of psychiatry and disciplines related to mental health. BJPsych Open will maintain the highest scientific, peer review, and ethical standards of the BJPsych, ensure rapid publication for authors whilst sharing research with no cost to the reader in the spirit of maximising dissemination and public engagement. Cascade submission from BJPsych to BJPsych Open is a new option for authors whose first priority is rapid online publication with the prestigious BJPsych brand. Authors will also retain copyright to their works under a creative commons license.
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