From impact factors to real impact: translating evidence on lifestyle interventions into routine mental health care

Jeroen Deenik; Louise Czosnek; Scott B Teasdale; Brendon Stubbs; Joseph Firth; Felipe B Schuch; Diederik E Tenback; Peter N van Harten; Erwin C P M Tak; Oscar Lederman; Philip B Ward; Ingrid J M Hendriksen; Davy Vancampfort; Simon Rosenbaum

doi:10.1093/tbm/ibz067

From impact factors to real impact: translating evidence on lifestyle interventions into routine mental health care

Transl Behav Med. 2020 Oct 8;10(4):1070-1073. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibz067.

Authors

Jeroen Deenik^{1

2}, Louise Czosnek³, Scott B Teasdale^{4

5}, Brendon Stubbs^{6

7}, Joseph Firth^{8

9}, Felipe B Schuch¹⁰, Diederik E Tenback¹¹, Peter N van Harten^{1

2}, Erwin C P M Tak¹², Oscar Lederman^{5

13}, Philip B Ward^{4

14}, Ingrid J M Hendriksen¹⁵, Davy Vancampfort^{16

17}, Simon Rosenbaum^{4

18}

Affiliations

¹ Scientific Research Department, GGz Centraal, Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
² School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
³ The Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Melbourne, Australia.
⁴ School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
⁵ Keeping the Body in Mind Program, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia.
⁶ Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
⁷ Physiotherapy Department, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁸ NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia.
⁹ Division of Psychology and Mental Health, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
¹⁰ Department of Methods and Sports Techniques, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Brazil.
¹¹ Center for Transcultural Psychiatry Veldzicht, Balkbrug, The Netherlands.
¹² Tak Advies en Onderzoek, Leiden, The Netherlands.
¹³ School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
¹⁴ Schizophrenia Research Unit, Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, Liverpool, NSW, Australia.
¹⁵ LivIng Active, Santpoort-Zuid, The Netherlands.
¹⁶ Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
¹⁷ University Psychiatric Center, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
¹⁸ Black Dog Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

Abstract

The scandal of premature mortality in people with serious mental illness is well established. Despite an increase in studies evaluating the efficacy of lifestyle interventions, translating this evidence into routine clinical care and policies is challenging, in part due to limited effectiveness or implementation research. We highlight the challenge of implementation that is increasingly recognized in clinical practice, advocate for adopting implementation science to study the implementation and systematic update of effective interventions in practice and policy, and provide directions for future research.

Keywords: Implementation; Lifestyle; Physical activity; Schizophrenia; Severe mental illness.

MeSH terms

Humans
Life Style
Mental Disorders* / therapy
Mental Health*

Grants and funding

ICA-CL-2017-03-001/DH_/Department of Health/United Kingdom