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Adjusting the focus of mental health nursing: incorporating service user's experiences of recovery
- Author:
- REPPER Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 9(6), December 2000, pp.575-587.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Mental health nursing is currently torn by debate about its proper focus and function, with the two dominant 'camps' competing for ascendancy. Although both traditions stress the need to involve service users in their own care, the hegemonic nature of these professional theories tends to relegate the expertise of those who experience mental health problems. This article considers service users' views and experiences, particularly their accounts of recovery, and finds a place for both approaches. Users also highlight the importance of strategies for social inclusion (facilitating access to roles, responsibilities, relationships and communities) an area of work that has not been prioritised by mental health nurses in either approach. Service users differ from each other and have a range of different roles in different settings. In developing their own strategies for living they need choices, multiple perspectives, a range of approaches and skills.