Christine Wright

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the effectiveness of facilitated physical activity as an adjunctive treatment for adults with depression presenting in primary care, and found no evidence that participants offered the physical activity intervention reported improvement in mood by the four month follow-up point compared with those in the usual care group; adjusted between group difference in mean Beck depression inventory score −0.54 (95% confidence interval −3.06 to 1.68).

TL;DR: This research is indicative of potential benefits for mental health service teams of introducing Peer Worker roles and suggests that if the emergence of a distinctive body of peer practice is not adequately considered and supported, there is a risk that the potential impact of any emerging role will be constrained and diluted.

TL;DR: Institutions should, ideally, be community based, operate a flexible regime, maintain a low density of residents and maximise residents' privacy, and attention should be paid to service users' physical health through regular screening.

TL;DR: Core recovery concepts of hope, self-acceptance, and autonomy are more problematic and appear to be less meaningful to individuals, who are detained for serious and violent offences.

TL;DR: Results indicate incidences of falls during turning following stroke may not be due to impaired movement patterns but due to the many other factors that are associated with falls, such as deficits in cognitive processes—attention or central integration—and/or sensory deficits.