Community-Based Recreation Therapy (RT) for Mental Health Recovery
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https://doi.org/10.56294/hl2024.406Keywords:
Mental Health Recovery (MHR), Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder (SSD), Research Team on Patient Outcomes (RTPO), and Community-Based Recreation Therapy (RT)Abstract
Community-Based Recreation Therapy (RT) is a ground-breaking and successful method that supports people in their mental health rehabilitation by using recreational activities in the community. This treatment method acknowledges the value of social interaction, leisure, and recreation in fostering overall well-being. Medication and psychosocial therapy, such as community-based RT, can help manage the signs of schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SSD), for which there is currently no recognized cure. RT offer services to persons with SSD to advance their standard of life by integrating relaxation activities and particular desires into dealing. By employing clinically validated techniques include the Mental Health Recovery (MHR) framework and suggestion from the Research Team on Patient Outcomes (RTPO), Community-Based RT has the prospect of more useful and successful in providing SSD patients with therapy in a variety of settings. The intention of this research was to examine whether recreational therapists employ clinically proven procedures by conducting a qualitative evaluation, particularly the RTPO guidelines and the principles of the MHR model, into treatment services for SSD patients. 126 RTs who presently treat or have previously treated people with SSD filled out questionnaires that gathered, processed, and reported data. Quantitative information showed that most participants use the RTPO suggestions and the MHR model's guiding principles in their RT. Through community-based recreational activities, community-based RT provides a viable path to mental health treatment. By using examples provided by respondents to show how the concepts and proposals are applied in reality, qualitative data helped to support the quantitative findings.
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