Resources – IMR

Resources – IMR:

IMR Manuals

IMR Practitioner Guides and Handouts
Enhanced IMR
IMR-3 -Each Amae office has purchased copies of the IMR-3 manual for your use.

IMR Video Demonstrations

Orientation

Introduction to IMR (Spanish)

Introduction to IMR (English)

Module 2: Practical Facts about Mental Illness

Module 3: Stress Vulnerability Model

Module 4: Building Social Support

Module 8: Coping with Stress

Introductory film to IMR (SAMHSA)
IMR graduation ceremony from Places for People, St. Louis, MO

Presentations on IMR by Susan Gingerich and Kim Mueser in Oslo, Norway, January, 2018:
Part 1 & Part 2

Interview about IMR with Susan Gingerich and Kim Mueser in Oslo, Norway, January, 2018:

Translations of the IMR Program

Arabic
Chinese (3 versions)
Danish
Dutch
French
Hebrew
Hmong
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Laotian
Mexican Spanish
Norwegian
Portuguese
Russian
Somalian
Spanish
Swahili
Swedish
Urdu

References

Journal Articles

Bartels, S. J., Pratt, S. I., Mueser, K. T., Wolfe, R., Santos, M. M., Naslund, J. A., Xie, H., & Riera, E. G. (2014). Integrated psychiatric and medical illness self-management for adults with serious mental illness: A randomized clinical trial. Psychiatric Services, 65, 330-337.

Bartholomew, T., & Kensler, D. (2010). Illness Management and Recovery in state psychiatric hospitals. American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 13, 105-125.

Bartholomew, T., Zechner, M. (2014). The relationship of illness management and recovery to state hospital readmission. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 202, 647-650.

Beentjes, T. A. A., Goossens, P. J. J., Vermeulen, H., Teerenstyra, S., Nijhuis-van der Sanden, M. W. G., & van Gaal, B. G. I. (2018). E-IMR: e-health added to face-to-face delivery of Illness Management & Recovery programme for people with severe mental illness, an exploratory clustered randomized controlled trial. BMC Health Services Research, 18, 962.

Beenthjes, T. A. A., van Gaal, B. G. I., Goossens, P. J. J., & Schoonhoven, L. (2016). Development of an e-supported illness management and recovery programme for consumers with severe mental illness using intervention mapping, and design of an early cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Health Services Research, 16.

Bond, G. R., Drake, R. E., McHugo, G. J., Rapp, C. A., & Whitley, R. (2009). Strategies for improving fidelity in the National Evidence-Based Practices Project. Research on Social Work Practice, 19, 569-81.

Bond, G. R., Drake, R. E., McHugo, G. J., Peterson, A. E., Jones, A. M., & Williams, J. (2014). Long-term sustainability of evidence-based practices in community mental health agencies. Administration & Policy in Mental Health,, 41, 228-36.

Bullock, W. A., Sage, M. A., Hupp, D., Ozbey, T., O’Rourke, M., Smith, M. K., Wesp, K., Wilcox, D., Rich, S., Pieples, G., Pesta, Z., Spiegelberg, J., & Garrity, J. (2009). From illness to wellness: An evaluation of Ohio’s Wellness Management and Recovery (WMR) program in community mental health and consumer-operated service agencies. New Research in Mental Health, 18, 312-321.

Burgess, P., Pirkis, J., Coombs, T., & Rosen, A. (2011). Assessing the value of existing recovery measures for routine use in Australian mental health services. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 45, 267-280.

Daass-Iraqi, S., Mashiach-Eizenberg, M., Garber-Epstein, P., & Roe, D. (2020). Impact of a culturally adapted version of illness management and recovery on Israeli Arabs with serious mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 71, 951-4.

Daass-Iraqi, S., Garber-Epstein, P., & Roe, D. (2021). Cultural adaptation of the illness management and recovery intervention among Israeli Arabs. Psychiatric Services, 78, 848-52.

Dalum, H. S., Korsbek, L., Mikkelsen, J. H., Thomsen, K., Kistrup, K., Olander, M., Hansen, J. L., Nordentoft, M., & Eplov, L. F. (2011). Illness management and recovery (IMR) in Danish community mental health centre. Trials, 12(195).

Dalum, H. S., Pedersen, I. K., Cunningham, H., & Eplov, L. F. (2015). From recovery programs to recovery-oriented practice? A qualitative study of mental health professionals’ experiences when facilitating a recovery-oriented rehabilitation program. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 29, 419-25.

Dalum, H. S., Waldemar, A. K., Korsbek, L., Hjorthøj, C. R., Mikkelsen, J. H., Thomsen, K., Kistrup, K., Olander, M., Lindschou, J., Nordentoft, M., & Eplov, L. F. (2018). Participants’ and staffs’ evaluation of the Illness Management and Recovery program: a randomized clinical trial. Journal of Mental Health, 27, 30-7.

Dalum, H. S., Waldemar, A. K., Korsbek, L., Hjorthøj, C. R., Mikkelsen, J. H., Thomsen, K., Kistrup, K., Olander, M., Lindschou, J., Nordentoft, M., & Eplov, L. F. (2018). Illness management and recovery: Clinical outcomes of a randomized clinical trial in community mental health centers. PLoS One, 13, e0194027.

Egeland, K. M., Ruud, T., Ogden, T., Färdig, R., Lindstrøm, C., & Heiervang, K. S. (2017). How to implement Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) in mental health service settings: Evaluation of the implementation strategy. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 11:13.

Färdig, R., Fredriksson, S., Lewander, T., Melin, L., & Mueser, K. T. (2016). Neurocognitive functioning and outcome of the Illness Management and Recovery Program for clients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 70, 430-35.

Färdig, R., Lewander, T., Fredriksson, A., & Melin, L. (2011). Evaluation of the Illness Management and Recovery Scale in schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. Schizophrenia Research, 132, 157-162.

Färdig, R., Lewander, T., Melin, L., Folke, F., Fredriksson, A. (2011).  Evaluating the Illness Management and Recovery program for schizophrenia: A randomized controlled trial.  Psychiatric Services, 62, 606-612.

 Fujita, E., Kato, D., Kuno, E., Suzuki, Y., Uchiyama, S., Watanabe, A., Uehara, K., Yoshimi, A., & Hirayasu, Y. (2010).  Implementing the illness management and recovery program in Japan. Psychiatric Services, 61, 1157-1161. 

Garber-Epstein, P., Zisman-Ilani, Y., Levine, S., & Roe, D. (2013).  Comparative impact of professional mental health background on ratings of consumer outcome and fidelity in an illness management and recovery program.  Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 36, 236-42.

Garber-Epstein, P., Yamin, A., & Roe, D. (2013).  Promoting recovery in Israel: A decade of efforts to implement Illness Management and Recovery (IMR).  World Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Bulletin, 31, February, 5-11.

Gingerich, S., & Mueser, K. T. (2008). Illness Management and Recovery (IMR): An evidence-based practice that can benefit persons with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression. Society for Social Work Leadership in Healthcare Newsletter, 10(6), 2-3, 8.

Goh, Y. S. S., Ow Yong, J. Q. Y., & Li, A. Z. (2023). Effectiveness of Illness Management and Recovery program on people with severe mental illnesses: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1162288.

Goossens, P. J., Beentjes, T. A., Knol, S., Salyers, M. P., & de Vries, S. J. (2017). Investigating the reliability and validity of the Dutch versions of the illness management and recovery scales among clients with mental disorders. Journal of Mental Health, 26, 489-95.

Hasson-Ohayon, I., Roe, D., & Kravetz, S. (2007). A randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of the illness management and recovery program. Psychiatric Services, 58, 1461-1466.

Hasson-Ohayon, I., Roe, D., & Kravetz, S. (2008). The psychometric properties of the illness management and recovery scale: Client and clinician versions. Psychiatry Research, 160, 228-235. 

Isett, K. R., Burnam, M. A., & Coleman-Beattie, B. (2007). The state policy context of implementation issues for evidence-based practices in mental Health. Psychiatric Services, 58, 914-21.

Ishak, R. B., Tan, S. C. H., Kaur, K., Yeo, T. M., Palaniappan, M., & Leong, J. J. Y. (2012). The effect of illness self-management and recovery program in reducing symptoms and increasing social functioning of the people with mental illness in the community: A preliminary study. Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore, 1, S11.

Islam, S., Appleton, R., Hutchings-Hay, C., Lloyd-Evans, B., & Johnson, S. (2023). A systematic review of influences on implementation of supported self-management interventions for people with severe mental health problems in secondary mental health care settings. PLoS One, 18, e0282157.

Jensen, S. B., Dalum, H. S., Korsbek, L., Hjorthøj, C. R., Mikkelsen, J. H., Thomsen, K., Kistrup, K., Olander, M., Lindschou, J., Mueser, K. T., Nordentoft, M., & Eplov, L. F. (2019). Illness management and recovery: one-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial in Danish community mental health centers: long-term effects on clinical and personal recovery. BMC Psychiatry, 19, 65.

Jensen, S. B., Eplov, L. F., Gammelgaard, I., Mueser, K. T., & Petersen, K. S. (2019). Participants’ lived experience with the illness management and recovery (IMR) program in relation to their recovery-process. Community Mental Health Journal, 55, 983-93.

Jensen, S. B., Eplov, L. F., Mueser, K. T., & Petersen, K. S. (2021). Participants’ lived experience of pursuing personal goals in the Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) program. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 67, 360-7.

Johnson, D. P., E.J., R., Lyimo, A., Nolan, J., & Whetten, K. (2009). Implementation of group psychoeducation for severe mental illness in East Africa: Lessons learned in Tanzania. International Psychology Bulletin, 12, 17-9.

Kinter, K., Cook, R., Saafigueroa, A. P., Lu, W., & Siriram, A. (2020). Measuring fidelity and inter-rater reliability of illness management and recovery groups in state psychiatric hospitals. American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 23, 166-88.

Korsbek, L., Dalum, H. S., Lindschou, J., & Eplov, L. F. (2014). Illness management and recovery programme for people with severe mental illness (protocol). The Cochrane Library(4), 1-14.

Kukla, M., Salyers, M. P., & Lysaker, P. H. (2103). Levels of patient activation among adults with schizophrenia: Associations with hope, symptoms, medication adherence, and recovery attitudes. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 201, 339-44.

Levitt, A., Mueser, K. T., DeGenova, J., Lorenzo, J., Bradford-Watt, D., Barbosa, A., Karlin, M., & Chernick, M. (2009). A randomized controlled trial of illness management and recovery in multi-unit supported housing. Psychiatric Services, 60, 1629-1636.

Lin, E. C.-L., Chan, C. H., Shao, W.-C., Lin, M.-F., Shiau, S., Mueser, K. T., Huang, S.-C., & Wang, H.-S. (2013). A randomized controlled trial of an adapted Illness Management and Recovery program for individuals with schizophrenia awaiting discharge from a psychiatric hospital. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 36, 243-49.

Lin, E. C., Shao, W. C., Chan, C. H., Shiau, S., Wang, H. S., & Huang, S. C. (2013). A pilot study of an illness management and recovery program in discharged patients with schizophrenia. Journal of Nursing Research, 21, 270-7.

Luther, L., Fukui, S., Firmin, R. L., McGuire, A. B., White, D. A., Minor, K. S., & Salyers, M. P. (2015). Expectancies of success as a predictor of negative symptoms reduction over 18 months in individuals with schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research, 229, 505-10.

MacKain, S., & Mueser, K. T. (2009). Training in illness self-management for people with mental illness in the criminal justice system. American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 12, 31-56.

Martín-Ordiales, N., Hidalgo, M. D., Martín-Chaparro, M. P., Ballester-Plané, J., & Barrios, M. (2024). Assessing the Psychometric Properties of the Illness Management and Recovery Scale: A Systematic Review Using the Consensus-Based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN). Behavioral Science (Basel), 14, 340.

McGuire, A. B., Bonfils, K. A., Kukla, M., Myers, L., & Salyers, M. P. (2013). Measuring participation in an evidence-based practice: Illness management and recovery group attendance. Psychiatry Research, 210, 684-8.

McGuire, A.B., Kean, J., Bonfils, K., Presnell, J., Salyers, M.P. (2014). Rasch analysis of the illness management and recovery scale-clinician version. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 20, 383-389.

McGuire, A. B., Kukla, M., Green, A. K., Mueser, K. T., & Salyers, M. P. (2014). Illness management and recovery: A review of the literature. Psychiatric Services, 65, 171-179.

McGuire, A. B., Luther, L., White, D., White, L. M., McGrew, J., & Salyers, M. P. (2016). The “critical” elements of Illness Management and Recovery: Comparing methodological approaches. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 43, 1-10.

McGuire, A. B., Salyers, M. P., White, D. A., Gilbride, D. J., White, L. M., Kean, J., & Kukla, M. (2015). Factors affecting implementation of an evidence-based practice in the veterans health administration: Illness management and recovery. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 58, 300-5.

McGuire, A. B., Stull, L. G., Mueser, K. T., Santos, M., Mook, A., Nicksic, C., Rose, N., White, L., & Salyers, M. P. (2012). Development and reliability of a measure of clinical competence in providing illness management and recovery. Psychiatric Services, 63, 772-78.

McGuire, A. B., White, D. A., Bartholomew, T., Flanagan, M. F., McGrew, J. H., Rollins, A. L., & Mueser, K. T. (2017). The relationship between provider competence, content exposure, and consumer outcomes in illness management and recovery programs. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 44, 81-91.

McGuire, A. B., White, D. A., White, L. M., & Salyers, M. P. (2013). Implementation of illness management and recovery in the Veterans Administration: An on-line survey. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 36, 264-71.

McHugo, G. J., Drake, R. E., Whitley, R., Bond, G. R., Campbell, K., Rapp, C. A., Goldman, H. H., Lutz, W. J., & Finnerty, M. T. (2007). Fidelity outcomes in the National Implementing Evidence-Based Practices Project. Psychiatric Services, 58, 1279-1284.

Monroe-DeVita, M., Morse, G., Mueser, K. T., McHugo, G. J., Xie, H., Hallgren, K. A., Peterson, R., Miller, J., Akiba, C., York, M. M., Gingerich, S., & Stiles, B. (2018). Implementing Illness Management and Recovery within Assertive Community Treatment: A pilot trial of feasibility and effectiveness. Psychiatric  Services, 69, 562-71.

Morgan, R. D., Kroner, D. G., Mills, J. F., Bauer, R. L., & Serna, C. (2014). Treating justice involved persons with mental illness: Preliminary evaluation of a comprehensive treatment program. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 41, 902-16. 

Morse, G., Monroe-DeVita, M., York, M. M., Peterson, R., Miller, J., Hughes, M., Carpenter-Song, E., Akiba, C., & McHugo, G. J. (2020). Implementing illness management and recovery within assertive community treatment teams: A qualitative study. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 43, 121–31.

Mueser, K. T., & Cook, J. A. (2013). Introduction to special issue on illness self-management. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 36, 229-30.

Mueser, K. T., Corrigan, P. W., Hilton, D., Tanzman, B., Schaub, A., Gingerich, S., Essock, S. M., Tarrier, N., Morey, B., Vogel-Scibilia, S., & Herz, M. I. (2002). Illness management and recovery for severe mental illness: A review of the research. Psychiatric Services, 53, 1272-1284.

Mueser, K. T., & Gingerich, S. (2011). Relapse prevention and recovery in patients with psychosis: The role of psychiatric rehabilitation. Psychiatric Times, 28(6), 66-71.

Mueser, K. T., Meyer, P. S., Penn, D. L., Clancy, R., Clancy, D. M., & Salyers, M. P. (2006). The Illness Management and Recovery program: Rationale, development, and preliminary findings. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 32 (Suppl. 1), S32-S43.

Mueser, K. T., Torrey, W. C., Lynde, D., Singer, P., & Drake, R. E. (2003). Implementing evidence-based practices for people with severe mental illness. Behavior Modification, 27, 387-411.

Nakamura, R., Asami, T., Yoshimi, A., Kato, D., Fujita, E., Takaishi, M., Yoshida, H., Yamaguchi, H., Shiozaki, K., Kase, A., & Hirayasu, Y. (2019). Clinical and brain structural effects of the Illness Management and Recovery program in middle-aged and older patients with schizophrenia. Psychiatry and Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 73, 731-7.

Ørjasæter, K. B., & Mueser, K. T. (2023). Meaningful goal setting: Practitioners’ perspectives on goal setting in the illness management and recovery program. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 46, 94-100.

Ørjasæter, K. B., Winnem, T., Heiervang, K., Ness, O., & Mueser, K. T. (2025). The Illness Management and Recovery program: A contribution to recovery-oriented secondary mental health services. BMC Health Services Research, 25, 750.

Petros, R., & Solomon, P. (2015). Reviewing illness self-management programs: A selection guide for consumers, practitioners, and administrators. Psychiatric Services, 66, 1080-93.

Polat, S., & Kutlu, Y. (2021). The effectiveness of illness management and recovery program in patients with schizophrenia. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 25, 162-7.

Pratt, C. W., Lu, W., Swarbrick, M., & Murphy, A. (2011). Selective provision of illness management and recovery modules. American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 14, 245-258.

Reilly, S., Hobson-Merrett, C., Gibbons, B., Jones, B., Richards, D., Plappert, H., Gibson, J., Green, M., Gask, L., Huxley, P. J., Druss, B. G., & Planner, C. L. (2024). Collaborative care approaches for people with severe mental illness. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 5, CD009531.

Roe, D., Hasson-Ohayon, I., Salyers, M. P., & Kravetz, S. (2009). A one year follow-up of Illness Management and Recovery: Participants’ accounts of its impact and uniqueness. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 32, 285-291.

Roe, D., Penn, D. L., Bortz, L., Hasson-Ohayon, I., Hartwell, K., & Roe, S. (2007). Illness management and recovery: Generic issues of group format implementation. American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 10, 131-147.

Roosenschoon, B. J., Deen, M. L., van Weeghel, J., Kamperman, A. M., & Mulder, C. L. (2024). Illness (self) management, clinical and functional recovery as determinants of personal recovery in people with severe mental illnesses: A mediational analysis. PLoS One, 19, e0313202.

Roosenschoon, B.-J., Kamperman, A. M., Deen, M. L., van Weeghel, J., & Mulder, C. L. (2019). Determinants of clinical, functional and personal recovery for people with schizophrenia and other severe mental illnesses: A cross-sectional analysis. PLoS One, 14, e0222378.

Roosenschoon, B.-J., Mulder, C. L., Deen, M. L., & van Weeghel, J. (2016). Effectiveness of illness management and recovery (IMR) in the Netherlands: A randomised clinical trial. BMC Psychiatry, 16(73).

Roosenschoon, B.-J., van Weeghel, J., Bogaards, M., Deen, M. L., & Mulder, C. L. (2016). Illness Management & Recovery (IMR) in the Netherlands: A naturalistic pilot study to explore the feasibility of a randomized controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry, 16(391).

Roosenschoon, B. J., van Weeghel, J., Deen, M. L., van Esveld, E. W., Kamperman, A. M., & Mulde, r. C. (2023). Fidelity and clinical competence in providing Illness Managerment and Recovery: An explorative study. Community Mental Health Journal, 59, 1508-20.

Roosenschoon, B. J., van Weeghel, J., Deen, M. L., van Esveld, E. W., Kamperman, A. M., & Mulder, C. L. (2021). Effects of Illness Management and Recovery: A multicenter randomized controlled trial. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, Article 723435.

Rychener, M., Salyers, M. P., Labriola, S., & Little, N. (2009). Thresholds’ wellness management and recovery implementation. American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 12, 172-84. 

Salerno, A., & Margolies, P. (2010). Wellness self-management for chronic illnesses. National Council Magazine (3), 68-69. 

Salerno, A., Margolies, P., Cleek, A., Pollock, M., Gopalan, G., & Jackson, C. (2011). Wellness self-management: An adaptation of the illness management and recovery program in New York State. Psychiatric Services, 62, 456-458.

Salyers, M. P., Godfrey, J. L., McGuire, A. B., Gearhart, T., Rollins, A. L., & Boyle, C. (2009). Implementing illness management and recovery for consumers with severe mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 60, 483-490. 

Salyers, M. P., Godfrey, J. L., Mueser, K. T., & Labriola, S. (2007). Measuring illness management outcomes: A psychometric study of clinician and consumer rating scales for illness self management and recovery. Community Mental Health Journal, 43, 459-480.

Salyers, M. P., Hicks, L. J., McGuire, A. B., Baumgardner, H., Ring, K., & Kim, H.-W. (2009). A pilot to enhance the recovery orientation of Assertive Community Treatment through peer provided illness management and recovery. American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 12, 191-204.

Salyers, M. P., & Macy, V. R. (2005). Recovery-oriented evidence-based practices:  A commentary. Community Mental Health Journal, 41, 101-103.

Salyers, M. P., McGuire, A. B., Kukla, M., Fukui, S., Lysaker, P. H., & Mueser, K. T. (2014). A randomized controlled trial of Illness Management and Recovery with an active control. Psychiatric Services, 65, 205-211.

Salyers, M. P., McGuire, A. B., Rollins, A. L., Bond, G. R., Mueser, K. T., & Macy, V. R. (2010). Integrating assertive community treatment and illness management and recovery for consumers with severe mental illness. Community Mental Health Journal, 46, 319-329.

Salyers, M.P., Rollins, A.L., Clendenning, D., McGuire, A.B., & Kim, E. (2011). Impact of Illness Management and Recovery on Medicaid service utilization: A retrospective study of Assertive Community treatment teams. Psychiatric Services, 62, 509-515.

Skar-Fröding, R., Clausen, H., Marciuch, A., Ruud, T., Šaltyte Benth, J., Veland, M., & Heiervang, K. S. (2025). The roles of stress, illness management, and goal setting on the association between personal and clinical recovery – a prospective study. BMC Psychiatry, 25, 848.

Sklar, M., Sarkin, A., Gilmer, T., & Groessl, E. (2012). The psychometric properties of the Illness Management and Recovery scale in a large American public mental health system. Psychiatry Research, 199, 220-227. 

Tan, C. H. S., Ishak, R. B., Lim, T. X. G., Marimuthusamy, P., Kaurss, K., & Leong, J.-Y. J. (2017). Illness management and recovery program for mental health problems: reducing symptoms and increasing social functioning. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26, 3471-85.

Tierney, K. R., & Kane, C. F. (2011). Promoting wellness and recovery for persons with serious mental illness: a program evaluation. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 25, 77-89.

Tsai, J., Salyers, M. P., & Lobb, A. L. (2010). Recovery-oriented training and staff attitudes over time in two state hospitals. Psychiatric Quarterly, 37, 385-99.

Tsai, J., Salyers, M. P., & McGuire, A. B. (2011). A cross-sectional study of recovery training and staff attitudes in four community mental health centers. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 34, 186-93.

van Langen, W. J. M., Beentjes, T. A. A., van Gaal, B. G. I., Nijhuis-van der Sanden, M. W. G., & Goossens, P. J. J. (2016). How the Illness Management and Recovery Program enhanced recovery of persons with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders: A qualitative study. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 30, 552-7.

White, D. A., McGuire, A. B., Luther, L., Anderson, A. I., Phalen, P., & McGrew, J. H. (2017). Consumer factors predicting level of treatment response to illness management and recovery. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 40, 344-353.

Whiteman, K. L., Naslund, J. A., DiNapoli, E. A., Bruce, M. L., & Bartels, S. J. (2016). Systematic review of integrated general medical and psychiatric self-management interventions for adults with serious mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 67, 1213-25.

Whitley, R. E., Gingerich, S., Lutz, W. J., & Mueser, K. T. (2009). Implementing the Illness Management and Recovery program in community mental health settings: Facilitators and barriers. Psychiatric Services, 60, 202-209.

Wong, R. H. K., Au, R. W. C., Lan, C. W., Fan, C. P., Chiu, F. P. F., Chu, M. M. K., Kong, T. C. L., Lo, A. W. Y., Mak, D. C. S., Wong, J. K. P., & Yam, S. Y. P. (2023). A randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of the abridged illness management and recovery program for people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Hong Kong Journal of Occupational Therapy, 36, 118-27.

Wright-Berryman, J. L., Salyers, M. P., O’Halloran, J. P., Diazoni, A. J., & Mueser, K. T. (2013). Consumer and provider responses to a computerized version of the Illness Management and Recovery Program. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 36, 231-35.

Book Chapters

Gingerich, S., & Mueser, K. T. (2005).  Illness management and recovery. In R. E. Drake, M. R. Merrens, & D. W. Lynde (Eds.), Evidence-Based Mental Health Practice: A Textbook (pp. 395-424). New York: Norton.

Meyer, P. S., Gingerich, S., & Mueser, K. T. (2010). A guide to implementation and clinical practice of illness management and recovery for people with schizophrenia. In R. Rubin & D. W. Springer & K. R. Trawver (Eds.), Psychosocial Treatment of Schizophrenia (pp. 23-87). New York: Wiley.

Mueser, K. T., & Gingerich, S. (2013). Illness management and recovery. In V. L. Vandiver (Ed.), Best Practices in Mental Health: A Pocket Guide. Chicago: Lyceum Books (pp. 29-46).

Mueser, K. T., & Gingerich, S. (2005). Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) Scales. In T. Campbell-Orde, J. Chamberlin, J. Carpenter, H. S. Leff (Eds.), Measuring the Promise: A Compendium of Recovery Measures (Vol. II, pp. 124-132). Cambridge, MA: Evaluation Center @ Human Services Research Institute.

Mueser, K. T., & Gingerich, S. (2008). Illness self-management training. In K. T. Mueser & D. V. Jeste (Eds.), Clinical Handbook of Schizophrenia (pp. 268-278). New York: Guilford Press. 

Mueser, K. T., & Gingerich, S. (2011). Illness self-management programmes. In G. Thornicroft, G. Szmukler, K. T. Mueser, & R. E. Drake (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Community Mental Health. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press (pp. 211-219).

Mueser, K. T., & Gingerich, S. (2025). Illness self-management programmes. In G. Thornicroft , R. E. Drake, O. Gureje, K. T. Mueser & G. Szmukler (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Community Mental Health (Second ed., pp. 243-52). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. 

Mueser, K. T., Gingerich, S., Salyers, M. P., Mcguire, A. B., Reyes, R. U., & Cunningham, H. (2005). Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) Scales. In T. Campbell-Orde, J. Chamberlin, J. Carpenter & H. S. Leff (Eds.), Measuring the Promise: A Compendium of Recovery Measures (Vol. II, pp. 32-5). Cambridge, MA: The Evaluation Center @ Human Services Research Institute.

Dissertations, Manuals and Other Documents

Adams, E. L. (2014). The Impact of Internalized Stigma, Patient Activation, Autonomy Preference, and Illness Self-Management on Intensive Service Use among Individuals with Schizophrenia. Masters’ thesis, Department of Psychology, Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN.

Färdig, R. (2012). Illness Management and Recovery: Implementation and Evaluation of a Psychosocial Program for Schizophrenia and Schizaffective Disorder. Doctoral dissertation, Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

Farkas, M., Hutchinson, D., & Gagne, C. (2015). Vocational Illness Management and Recovery: Wellness for Work. Boston: Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

Gingerich, S., Arnold, K., & Mueser, K.T. (2009).  The Healthy and Happy Life Class: An Adaptation of the Illness Management and Recovery Program.  Philadelphia: Jewish Employment and Vocational Services. (Translated into Italian 2018)

Gingerich, S., Miller, J., Monroe-DeVita, M., Morse, G., Mueser, K.T, and Hamilton, A.  ACT+IMR:  Integrating Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) into Assertive Community Treatment (ACT). (2013). 

Gingerich, S., & Mueser, K. T. (2004). Illness Management and Recovery Implementation Resource Kit. Rockville, MD: Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Gingerich, S., & Mueser, K. T. (2010). Illness Management and Recovery Implementation Resource Kit (Revised). Rockville, MD: Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.  Downloadable at: http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA09-4463.

Gingerich, S., & Mueser, K. T. (2011). Illness Management and Recovery: Personalized Skills and Strategies for Those with Mental Illness (3rd ed.). Center City, MN: Hazelden.

Gingerich, S., Mueser, K. T., Meyer-Kalos, P. S., Fox- Smith, M., & Freedland, T. (2018). Enhanced Illness Management and Recovery E-IMR. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Center for Chemical and Mental Health, School of Social Work, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota.

Description and preview of the manual are available at: https://mncamh.umn.edu/clinical-training/e-imr/

Translated into Norwegian (2019). Handouts available at:  www.imr-nettverket.no 

Myhren Egeland, K.E. (2018). The Role of Practitioners in the implementation of evidence-based practices in mental health services: Attitudes, Participation, and Experiences. Doctoral dissertation, Faculty of Social Science.  University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

Mueser, K. T. (2013). Illness Management and Recovery. Fact brochure. SAMHSA’s GAINS Center for Behavioral Health and Justice Transformation: Washington, DC.

Mueser, K.T., & Gingerich, S. (April, 2007). Special issues in implementing the IMR program with mentally ill offenders. Unpublished manuscript.

Pratt, S. I., Santos, M., Mueser, K. T., Bartels, S. J., & Meyer-Kalos, P. (2014). Integrated Illness Management and Recovery Manual. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Center for Chemical and Mental Health.

Roosenschoon, B.-.J. (2024).  Illness Management and Recovery: Implementation and Effects.  Doctoral dissertation, Department of Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Toto, A.M., Swain, N., Gingerich, S., Mueser, K.T. (2008). IMR Implementation in New Jersey: A Practical Tips Guide. Piscataway, NJ: UMDNJ-UBHC Center for Excellence in Psychiatry.