The content of Recovery College courses in England: a 71 college document analysis
RCs support mental health recovery through a diverse curriculum. Community-facing and strengths-based, health service-affiliated RCs offer similar courses. RCs prioritize equipping students with knowledge about living with mental health issues. Courses targeted to informal carers are lacking. Further cross-cultural extension of the typology is needed.
Authors
- Daniel Hayes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4948-3333)
- Holly Hunter Brown
- Merly McPhilbin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5746-3829)
- Katherine Barrett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9052-4961)
- Mike Slade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7020-3434)
- Amy Ronaldson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8369-9168)
- Hans Kroon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2259-1628)
- Tesnime Jebara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6848-8845)
- Katy Stepanian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8460-1433)
- Claire Henderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6998-5659)
- Danielle Dunnett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9592-6898)
- Sara Meddings
- Yasuhiro Kotera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0251-0085)
- Jonathan Simpson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4285-5782)
- Mariam Namasaba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7941-3769)
- Vanessa C. Lawrence (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7852-2018)
- Jane Rennison
- Simran Kaur Takhi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3248-8912)
- Yuki Miyamoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2192-0469)
- Sarah Lawrence
- Caroline Yeo
- Joie Rowles
- Riddhi Daryanani
- Agnieszka Kapka
- Benjamin Rose Ingall
Institutions
- Department of Health and Social Care (GB)
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- Tilburg University (NL)
- Nord University (NO)
- Institute of Mental Health (GB)
- International Mining Consultants (GB)
- Trimbos Institute (NL)
- Osaka International Cancer Institute (JP)
- University College London (GB)
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
- The University of Osaka (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-06-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1605498
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.63
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre