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    Can social support be improved in people with a severe mental illness? A systematic review and meta-analysis

    People with a severe mental illness often have less social support than other people, yet these people need social support to face the challenges in their lives. Increasing social support could benefit the per...

    Thijs Beckers, Niek Maassen, Bauke Koekkoek, Bea Tiemens in Current Psychology (2023)

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    Measuring the intensity of mental healthcare: development of the Mental Healthcare Intensity Scale (MHIS)

    There are considerable differences among mental healthcare services, and especially in developed countries there are a substantial number of different services available. The intensity of mental healthcare has...

    Thijs Beckers, Bauke Koekkoek, Bea Tiemens, Giel Hutschemaekers in BMC Psychiatry (2023)

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    Measuring personal recovery in a low-intensity community mental healthcare setting: validation of the Dutch version of the individual recovery outcomes counter (I.ROC)

    Measuring progress in treatment is essential for systematic evaluation by service users and their care providers. In low-intensity community mental healthcare, a questionnaire to measure progress in treatment ...

    Thijs Beckers, Bauke Koekkoek, Giel Hutschemaekers, Bridey Rudd in BMC Psychiatry (2022)