Summary

People who completed the programme showed significant gains in mindfulness, psychological flexibility/acceptance, behavioural activation and functioning as measured by the available psychometrics. Comparisons show consistent results across 2016, 2015 and 2014. A recording and analysis of the five distinct subscales of the FFMQ has provided clinically useful data about how participants are learning and utilising different aspects of mindfulness. This also allows for the potential comparison with published research. Programme facilitators added a measure of self-compassion in 2014 (Neff, 2003) and analysis of this measure suggests that promising change has continued between pre and post intervention scores, in its third year of use.

Community Based Services (Dean Clinics)

The SPMHS strategy, Mental Health Matters: Empowering Recovery (2013-2018), reinforces the organisation’s commitment to the development of community mental health clinics. Since 2009 a nationwide network of multi-disciplinary community mental health services known as Dean Clinics has been established by the organisation. SPMHS operates a total of seven Adult Dean Clinics and two Adolescent Clinics. Free of charge multi-disciplinary mental health assessments continue to be offered through the Dean Clinic network to improve access for service users.

SPMHS’s Inpatient Care

The SPMHS strategy, Mental Health Matters: Empowering Recovery (2013-2018), reinforces the organisation’s commitment to the development of community mental health clinics. Since 2009 a nationwide network of multi-disciplinary community mental health services known as Dean Clinics has been established by the organisation. SPMHS operates a total of seven Adult Dean Clinics and two Adolescent Clinics. Free of charge multi-disciplinary mental health assessments continue to be offered through the Dean Clinic network to improve access for service users.