Promising Practices for Making Recreation Programming Matter for People who Experience Mental Illness.

Promising Practices for Making Recreation Programming Matter for People who Experience Mental Illness. Community Ment Health J. 2017 Aug 31;: Authors: Hutchinson SL, Fenton L Abstract There is merit in understanding how recreation-oriented programs for adults living with mental illness address barriers to participation and how programming is structured to create safe and inclusive environments, resulting in programming that amplifies the benefits of recreation for mental well-being. Following an environmental scan of programs targeting adults living with mental illness in Canada, ten coordinators in community mental health settings were interviewed. Four themes were constructed to reflect characteristics deemed to be 'promising practices' related to recreation-oriented programming: (a) barriers and solutions to individual participation, (b) characteristics of welcoming and supportive environments, PMID: 28861745 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Community Mental Health Journal - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Community Ment Health J Source Type: research