STORY MINE is rated feasible and acceptable as a supplement to specialized mental health care, with positive user-friendliness ratings¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? In a pilot RCT, adult outpatient service users rated the STORY MINE module user-friendly (mean 7.77, SD 2.52) and reported it contributed at least somewhat to recovery. → Lases Mitch N 2026

Evidence¶

Lases Mitch N 2026¶

Lases Mitch N, Bruins Jojanneke, van Balkom Ingrid DC, Castelein Stynke. (2026). The STORY MINE Digital Recovery Narrative Intervention for Personal Recovery in Mental Health Care: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Formative Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/83948

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Acceptability assessment (n=13) within the pilot feasibility RCT of STORY MINE among adult outpatients at a Dutch psychiatric institute, using study-specific postintervention items. The module was rated user-friendly with a mean of 7.77 (SD 2.52), and participants reported "contributed at least somewhat to their recovery" and connectedness with narrators.

"Quantitatively, the user-friendliness of the STORY MINE module was rated positively (mean 7.77, SD 2.52; with n=8/13 rating ≥8)."

Discussion¶

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