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Recovering mental health in Scotland: report on narrative investigation of mental health recovery
- Authors:
- BROWN Wendy, KANDIRIKIRIRA Niki
- Publisher:
- Scottish Recovery Network
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 168p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
This report is the result of what the authors describe as an innovative approach to research. By using a narrative method it states that people in recovery from long-term mental health problems are experts by experience and it reminds us that people can and do recover. The purpose of collecting recovery narratives across Scotland was to learn from each individual’s experience and identify common factors, share stories to inspire hope and offer tools and techniques for recovery among service users, carers, friends and families, service providers and the wider community, establish a Scottish evidence base of factors that help or hinder an individual’s recovery from long-term mental health problems, use the evidence to contribute to the development of policy and practice across all sectors, promoting a better understanding of what supports recovery and wellbeing, and guide and inform the work of the Scottish Recovery Network. Across the stories consistent internal and external elements could be found.
The possibility of wellness
- Authors:
- BROWN Wendy, KANDIRIKIRIRA Niki
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, September 2007, pp.23-26.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
In 2006 the Scottish Recovery Network (SRN) launched a narrative research project to collect the recovery stories of people in Scotland living with and recovering from mental health problems. A total of 64 individuals were interviewed, using a semi-structured interview schedule. This article draws on the narrators' perceptions of the role of identity in recovery, and highlights the importance of positive identity and self-perceptions to recovery.