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Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP)

An Evidence-Based Practice

Description

First launched in 1997, the Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) is a group intervention for adults with mental illness. WRAP aims to teach participants how to implement the key concepts of recovery in their daily lives, identify and understand their wellness resources, create advance directives to guide family members or supporters when their involvement is required, and develop individualized post-crisis plans.

The WRAP program includes lectures, discussions, and individual and group exercises. Two trained peer facilitators lead each WRAP group, which usually consists of 8 to 12 participants. A typical intervention takes place over eight weeks with two-hour weekly sessions, although participants often choose to continue meeting after the formal eight week period.

Goal / Mission

The goal of WRAP is to teach participants recovery and self-management skills and strategies.

Impact

The WRAP program shows that the efficacy and effectiveness of peer-led self-management interventions has the potential to enhance self-determination and promote recovery for people with psychiatric disabilities.

Results / Accomplishments

Two studies conducted in 2009 and 2010 found that WRAP participants performed significantly better in four outcome areas than a control group that did not receive WRAP services. The intervention group had a significantly greater reduction (p<0.05) in the number and severity of certain mental illness symptoms than the control group. The intervention group also experienced significantly greater (p<0.05) improvements in hopefulness over time, recovery from mental illness, self-advocacy, and physical and mental health.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.
Primary Contact
Mary Ellen Copeland
Mental Health Recovery and WRAP (Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery)
PO Box 6471
Brattleboro, VT 05302
978-261-1444
info@mentalhealthrecovery.com
http://mentalhealthrecovery.com/
Topics
Health / Mental Health & Mental Disorders
Organization(s)
Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.
Date of publication
Feb 2009
Date of implementation
1997
Location
USA
For more details
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19176420
https://copelandcenter.com/
Target Audience
Adults
Additional Audience
Mental Health patients

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An Evidence-Based Practice meets the following HCI criteria:

  1. The program description includes at a minimum: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program implementation steps, and outcomes that have demonstrated program success in achieving the program goal in one or more localities.
  2. The results from an evaluation of the program include quantitative measures showing improvement in the outcome(s) of interest after the implementation of the program (i.e. increase in smoking cessation, not just the delivery of a smoking cessation program). The outcome measure(s) is/are compared at relevant time periods before and after the intervention or program implementation. Alternatively, the evaluation study compares the outcome(s) between an intervention group and an appropriate control group.
  3. The study is of peer-review quality and presents numbers in a scientific manner; measurements of precision and reliability are included (e.g. confidence intervals, standard errors), results from statistical tests show a significant difference or change in the outcome measure(s), and relevant point estimates and p-values are presented. Note: if the results from an evaluation of a program are presented in a scientific manner and the outcome measure is improved compared to the baseline measurement or the control group but the difference is not statistically significant, the practice is classified as effective and not evidence-based.
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