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There seems no place for place: a gap analysis of the recovery literature. |
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Journal of Public Mental Health, 10(3), 2011, pp.140-150. |
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1746-5729 |
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In this paper, the authors initially provide an overview of research focusing on the relationship between people's mental health and their social and physical environment, and then present the findings of a literature search on these factors and recovery from mental health difficulties. Database searches were used to identify specific literature exploring the role of place and people's social environments in terms of recovery from mental health problems. The paper presents the findings from thematic analysis of the 11 studies selected, which identified 4 main themes: place, social context and identity; safety and security; social connectedness; contradictory impacts of the mental health system. The authors argue that recent qualitative research has over emphasised the subjective experience of recovery at the expense of a rich description of the place in which research is conducted, and that this dislocates recovery from its geographic location and the wider social, political and economic systems in which it occurs. They conclude that there is a gap in the current literature concerning recovery, and that in order to understand the environmental factors that contribute to recovery research needs to include rich descriptions of the physical and social environment. |
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ecological approach; environment; environmental factors; mental health problems; recovery approach; |
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www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=883bc6af-2e27-4478-95ba-c0b3b350a7f2 |
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