A qualitative study exploring the outcomes of Recovery College attendance for carers / families of services users

到目前为止，康复学院(RC)的评估主要是根据其对精神健康服务使用者的好处进行的。在这方面，研究忽视了家庭照顾者的经验和需求。这项研究的第一阶段将通过小组访谈来探索家庭/照顾者如何从参加RCS中受益。第二阶段将测试这些机制和结果，通过评估一组照顾者在他们参加RC之前和之后，将其与对照组进行比较。此外，还将辅以调查数据和观察样本的实际传递方式，以加深我们对在不同情况下如何帮助照顾者/家庭的了解，从而使扶轮社能够提高他们满足这些群体的需求的能力，并在决策时向照顾者和投资者提供信息。

To date, Recovery Colleges (RC) have primarily been evaluated in terms of their benefits for users of mental health services. Research has neglected the experiences and needs of family carers in this context. Stage 1 of this study will explore how family/ carers' benefit from attending RCs, using group interviews. Stage 2 will test these mechanisms and outcomes by assessing a group of carers before and after their RC attendance, comparing this to a control group. This will be complemented with survey data and observations of how the sample's RC are delivered in practice to increase our understanding of what helps carers / families in different circumstances, thereby enabling RCs to increase their ability to meet this groups' needs, as well as inform carers and investors in decisionmaking.