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Emotional CPR
What
is eCPR?
Feasibility
and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Peer-Developed and
Virtually Delivered Community Mental Health Training Program
(Emotional CPR): Pre-Post Study
What is eCPR?
Emotional CPR (eCPR) is an educational program designed
to teach people to assist others through an emotional crisis
by three simple steps:
C = Connecting
P = emPowering, and
R = Revitalizing.
The Connecting process of eCPR
involves deepening listening skills, practicing presence,
and creating a sense of safety for the person experiencing a
crisis. The emPowering process helps people better
understand how to feel empowered themselves as well as to
assist others to feel more hopeful and engaged in life. In
the Revitalizating process, people re-engage in
relationships with their loved ones or their support system,
and they resume or begin routines that support health and
wellness which reinforces the persons sense of mastery
and accomplishment, further energizing the healing
process.
eCPR is based on the principles found
to be shared by a number of support approaches:
trauma-informed care, counseling after disasters, peer
support to avoid continuing emotional despair, emotional
intelligence, suicide prevention, and cultural attunement.
It was developed with input from a diverse cadre of
recognized leaders from across the U.S., who themselves have
learned how to recover and grow from emotional crises. They
have wisdom by the grace of first- hand
experience.
For more information, to schedule an
introductory workshop or a certification training in eCPR,
or If you would like to be an eCPR Ambassador and help
spread the word about this exciting program, send us an
email via the contact form, or call 877-246-9058.
What is emotional
crisis?
Crisis as Universal
Experience
Emotional crisis is a universal
experience. It can happen to anyone, at any time. When we
are exposed to this extraordinary situation, we develop
amazing and creative ways to protect ourselves, To
onlookers, these protective mechanisms may look very odd,
even "crazy". To us, they have meaning. Through using eCPR
we can better understand and overcome our fear of seemingly
unusual behavior brought on by an emotional crisis. Through
eCPR we learn how to form supportive connections that
empower the person in emotional crisis so they are able to
feel revitalized and quickly resume meaningful roles in the
community.
Source: emotional-cpr.org/about-ecpr.htm
Feasibility
and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Peer-Developed and
Virtually Delivered Community Mental Health Training Program
(Emotional CPR): Pre-Post Study
To access the full-text publication, visit:
jopm.jmir.org/2021/1/e25867
Background:
- The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a
global mental health crisis, highlighting the need for a
focus on community-wide mental health. Emotional CPR
(eCPR) is a program and practice developed by persons
with lived experience of recovery from trauma or mental
health challenges to train community members from diverse
backgrounds to support others in the community through
mental health crises.
Study Objective:
- This study examined the
feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of the delivery
of eCPR trainings in a digital environment.
Methods:
- 560 individuals, including peer
support specialists, service users, clinicians, family
members, and nonprofit leaders, who participated in
virtual eCPR trainings between April 20, 2020, and July
31, 2020.
- Of the 560 participants, 151
individuals responded to both pre- and post-training
surveys.
- The administered surveys included
the Herth Hope Scale; Empowerment Scale; Flourishing
Scale (perceived capacity to support individuals);
Mindful Attention Awareness Scale; Active-Empathic
Listening Scale (supportive behaviors toward individuals
with mental health challenges); Social Connectedness
Scale (feelings of belonging and connection with others);
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule; and UCLA 3-item
Loneliness Scale (symptoms and emotions). Additionally,
the eCPR fidelity scale was used to determine the
feasibility of delivering eCPR with fidelity.
- We examined post-training
improvements related to each scale and identified
pre-post training differences by role.
Research Findings:
- It is feasible for people with
lived experience of a mental health condition to develop
a program and train people to deliver eCPR with
fidelity.
- Statistically significant pre-post
improvements were found related to ones ability to
identify emotions, support others in distress,
communicate nonverbally, share emotions, and take care of
oneself, as well as to ones feelings of social
connectedness, self-perceived flourishing, and positive
affect.
- Findings indicated promising
evidence of pre-post improvements (not statistically
significant) related to loneliness, empowerment,
active-empathetic listening, mindfulness awareness, and
hope.
- Nonprofit leaders and workers
demonstrated the greatest improvements related to
loneliness, social connectedness, empathic listening, and
flourishing.
- Peer support specialists
demonstrated the greatest improvements related to
positive affect.
- Clinicians demonstrated the
greatest improvements related to mindfulness
awareness.
Conclusions:
- Promising evidence indicates that
eCPR, a peer-developed and peer-delivered program, may
increase feelings of belonging while increasing
supportive behaviors toward individuals with mental
health problems and improving clinical outcomes related
to positive and negative affect and feelings of
loneliness.
Future
Recommendations:
- Examine the impact of the training
on whether participants exhibit these reported changes in
everyday practice with others in their community,
clinical practice, and social circles.
- Examine the impacts of increased
levels of hope, positive affect, flourishing, and
decreased loneliness on the daily life of eCPR training
participants.
Source: emotional-cpr.org/jopm-study-3.4.2021.htm
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