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Recovery: a selective review of the literature and resources
- Authors:
- CARSON Jerome, McMANUS Gordon, CHANDER Anant
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 14(1), February 2010, pp.35-44.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
There has been a huge increase in the literature and resources devoted to the topic of recovery. Recovery is a concept that has been embraced by service users, professionals, mental health planners, and governments. In this review, the authors offer a selection of what they feel are the top 10 on the topic of recovery in the following categories: journal papers; policy papers and reports; books; and websites. In addition, Gordon McManus, who has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, gives his personal thoughts on his reading around recovery. The review ends with some reflections on the topic. It concludes that recovery was grounded in a ‘grassroots advocacy movement’, but there are real dangers that mental health professionals may try and divert the movement away from its focus on service users, towards scientific research and randomised controlled trials.