The history of mental health care has been marked by various struggles in maintaining the
dignity of service users. Some reform movements have started to use educational strategies …

Objective: Social support is an important component of recovery-based interventions for
individuals living with severe mental illness (IWSMI). Clubhouses are local community …

Background The home is imperative for the possibilities for meaningful everyday activities
among people with psychiatric disabilities. Knowledge of whether such possibilities vary …

Accessible summary• The aim of the study was to get a picture of the self‐reported health
and physical activity among persons with psychiatric disabilities who were community …

Background People with psychiatric disability have been found to have a poorer quality of
life (QOL) compared to the general population, and QOL is an important outcome from …

Background/aim Day centres for people with psychiatric disabilities need to be evaluated for
effectiveness in order to provide the best possible support. This study aimed at investigating …

This study investigated the experience of meaningfulness in occupations at day centers
among people with psychiatric disabilities from an empowerment and gender perspective …

Background: Meaningful everyday occupations are important for mental health and recovery
and are provided by both community-based day centres (DCs) and clubhouses. It is …

Self-report measures can be used to accurately assess client outcomes, providing evidence
for the effectiveness of occupational therapy. Rasch analysis, a psychometric research …

There is a scarcity of instruments for assessing opportunities for residents with psychiatric
disabilities to engage in meaningful home-based activities. We thus developed the …