INCRESE

What is INCRESE?

Inventory of Characteristics of Recovery Stories (INCRESE) is a 77-item instrument to characterise mental health recovery narratives. It has been developed as part of the NEON Programme.

Download INCRESE

The English version of INCRESE can be downloaded for free as a PDF here and as an editable Word document here.

Worked examples of coding INCRESE for publicly-available narratives:

INCRESE example 1 (video)

INCRESE example 2 (video + text)

Worked examples of coding INCRESE for narratives in the NEON Collection but not publicly available (needs NEON Intervention login):

INCRESE example 3 (picture)

INCRESE example 4 (text)

INCRESE example 5 (poem + picture)

Citing INCRESE

The reference for INCRESE is:

Llewellyn-Beardsley J, Barbic S, Rennic-Egglestone S, Ng F, Roe J, Hui A, Franklin D, Deakin E, Hare-Duke L, Slade M (2020) INCRESE: Development of an Inventory to Characterize Recorded Mental Health Recovery Narratives, Journal of Recovery in Mental Health, 3, 25-44.

Please cite this reference whenever using the measure.

Using INCRESE

INCRESE is distributed using an Attribution 4.0 International Public Licence (CC BY 4.0), which means that it can be used without permission for clinical, educational or research purposes. You do not need to contact us for this permission.

We authorise you to add further items to the end of INCRESE, providing you report the core 77 items from INCRESE separately from your added items, and as long as you comply with all other conditions of the CC BY 4.0 license. You do not need to contact us for permission to add items.

Translating INCRESE

You have permission to translate the measure providing all these conditions are met:

a) The translation is clearly labelled both in English and in the translated language, e.g. INCRESE (German).

b) The translation must be compatible with the original English measure. Minor modifications can be made to the anchor points for each item to maximise conceptual equivalence and ensure cultural compatibility, but other elements (e.g. structure, number and focus of items, rating scale etc.) cannot be changed. We encourage but do not require the development of high-quality translations, for example by following a formal methodology for translation such as described here. The paper reporting the Dutch translation of INCRESE here is a good example.

b) The following statement is made in English and (where meaningful) in the translated language:

INCRESE was developed as part of the NEON Programme (researchintorecovery.com/neon).

© Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

This translation was published in year by name and contact details of translator(s).

Distributed using Creative Commons License: CC BY 4.0. Further information: researchintorecovery.com/INCRESE

This means that your translation is distributed using an Attribution 4.0 International Public Licence (CC BY 4.0) so it can be used without permission for clinical, educational or research purposes.

c) You send us a PDF copy of your translation which we will make available as a download in our translations list.

If you plan to make a translation please send us your name and email details to list in the translator table.