abstract: 'Psychosocial support is recognized as important for recovery for service

  users with schizophrenia, in addition to provision of antipsychotic

  medication. This study aimed to develop a community-based psychosocial

  rehabilitation programme for service users with schizophrenia to be

  facilitated by auxiliary social workers, and to investigate

  acceptability and feasibility of the programme. A task-sharing approach

  was adopted in which auxiliary social workers were trained to facilitate

  psychosocial rehabilitation groups. In-depth individual qualitative

  interviews were conducted with six group members at baseline, midpoint,

  and end point (18 interviews in total). NVivo 10 was used to store data

  and conduct qualitative framework analysis. Participants reported

  benefits of the programme, including improvements in group members''

  self-esteem, social support, illness knowledge, self-care, and

  contribution to their households. A key barrier to acceptability was the

  lack of provision of income generating opportunities. Implementation

  challenges include difficulties in tracing and engaging service users

  and families, lack of an appropriate venue, and issues with supply of

  antipsychotic medication. This study has provided evidence for the

  benefits and acceptability of this contextually adapted programme. Key

  barriers to implementation can be addressed through the provision of the

  necessary resources for auxiliary social worker input in the community.'
affiliation: 'Brooke-Sumner, C (Corresponding Author), Univ KwaZulu Natal, Sch Appl
  Human Sci, Durban, South Africa.

  Brooke-Sumner, Carrie; Selohilwe, One; Petersen, Inge, Univ KwaZulu Natal, Sch Appl
  Human Sci, Durban, South Africa.

  Lund, Crick, Univ Cape Town, Alan J Flisher Ctr Publ Mental Hlth, Dept Psychiat
  \& Mental Hlth, Cape Town, South Africa.'
author: Brooke-Sumner, Carrie and Lund, Crick and Selohilwe, One and Petersen, Inge
author-email: Carrie.brookesumner@gmail.com
author_list:
- family: Brooke-Sumner
  given: Carrie
- family: Lund
  given: Crick
- family: Selohilwe
  given: One
- family: Petersen
  given: Inge
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1080/15332985.2016.1220439
eissn: 1533-2993
files: []
issn: 1533-2985
journal: SOCIAL WORK IN MENTAL HEALTH
keywords: 'Acceptability; auxiliary social workers; feasibility; low-and

  middle-income country; mental health; psychosocial intervention;

  psychosocial rehabilitation; schizophrenia; social support; social work;

  South Africa; task-sharing'
keywords-plus: 'MENTAL-HEALTH-CARE; GROUP PSYCHOEDUCATION; INTERVENTION; ACCEPTABILITY;

  FEASIBILITY; DISORDERS; PEOPLE; INCOME; MODEL; CAREGIVERS'
language: English
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '57'
orcid-numbers: 'Petersen, Inge/0000-0002-3573-4229

  Brooke-Sumner, Carrie/0000-0002-9489-8717

  Lund, Crick/0000-0002-5159-8220

  Selohilwe, One/0000-0002-2692-5605'
pages: 249-283
papis_id: e4d11eb81ff111c07e3e75375192d204
ref: Brookesumner2017communitybasedpsycho
researcherid-numbers: 'Petersen, Inge/AFW-5663-2022

  Lund, Crick/F-4405-2011

  Brooke-Sumner, Carrie/L-3764-2019

  '
times-cited: '11'
title: 'Community-based psychosocial rehabilitation for schizophrenia service users
  in the north west province of South Africa: A formative study'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000411488700003
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '7'
volume: '15'
web-of-science-categories: Social Work
year: '2017'