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National programme for improving mental health and well-being: small research projects initiative 2005-06: plotting the story of recovery in Edinburgh and Scotland
- Authors:
- TILLEY Stephen, ASQUITH Stewart
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Supporting and promoting recovery is one of the four key aims of Scotland’s National Programme for Improving Mental Health and Well-being. The Scottish Recovery Network is funded to work towards this aim. The study on which this discussion paper is based (completed mid-2006) aimed to contribute to development of recovery in Scotland through critical inquiry. Three linked methods were used: review of key local, national and international texts on experience, policy, practice and recovery-focused research, semi-structured, informal interviews with 11 key actors from the four constituencies on their perceptions of the emergence and development of ‘recovery’ and implications for implementation of a recovery agenda, and notes taken at local and national recovery events, meetings or conferences documenting content and use of recovery language in public settings.
Recovery and mental health
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.9.08, 2008, p.32,34.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
There is increasing national and international interest in the concept of "recovery" in the field of mental health. This article discusses the role of mental health services in personal recovery.
Putting recovery into mental health practice
- Authors:
- SHEPHERD Geoff, BOARDMAN Jed, SLADE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, May 2008, pp.28-31.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
While the concept of recovery requires further development, the author argues that it provides a framework that could bring a radical transformation of mental health services in the UK. This article, based on a longer policy paper produced by the Sainsbury Centre, presents some of the key ideas and their implications for the delivery of mental health services.
Recovery: the true meaning of recovery
- Author:
- O'HAGAN Mary
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, December 2008, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The author voices her support for the recovery approach in mental health care, drawing on her knowledge of the mental health systems in New Zealand and England. She draws attention to two different versions of the recovery model - one from the service user movement and one from the psychiatric rehabilitation. She calls for mental health professionals to tackle their misplaced institutional beliefs.
Group gardening in mental outpatient care
- Authors:
- RAPPE Erja, KOIVUNEN Taina, KORPELA Elli
- Journal article citation:
- Therapeutic Communities: the International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, 29(3), Autumn 2008, pp.273-284.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This aim of this study was to assess the suitability and effectiveness of group gardening in contributing to the rehabilitation of mental health outpatients. Participants were mental health outpatients and their support persons at a hospital in Helsinki. The participants completed a questionnaire about the importance of health-related effects of gardening and four returned their diaries at the end of the study. The researchers participated in 17 weekly meetings, observing and making notes in their personal diaries The participants reported feeling calmer and invigorated, and their ability to concentrate was improved due to gardening. The social support of the group and the atmosphere of approval contributed to the autonomy and coping resources of the outpatients. The study indicates that group gardening can promote the development of healthy communities in which individuals have equal opportunities for a fulfilling everyday life despite their health or social state.
Branching out
- Author:
- MOORE Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 18.9.08, 2008, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Exeter mental health and learning disability trust has helped one of its rehabilitation schemes become a social firm providing gardening services. The scheme employs former mental health service users and offers work experience to those recovering from mental health problems. The author looks at the process and the factors contributing to the success of establishing Hillcrest Branch as a social firm.
Getting to the heart of recovery: methods for studying recovery and their implications for evidence-based practice
- Authors:
- STANHOPE Victoria, SOLOMON Phyllis
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 38(5), July 2008, pp.885-899.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The mental health recovery movement in the USA has reaffirmed the vital role that human processes play in service delivery and the ways in which social workers collaborate with clients to bring about change. However, social interaction between social workers and their clients continues to be an understudied aspect of interventions. Recovery places an emphasis on therapeutic relationships, demanding that providers collaborate closely with each consumer to discover their unique path to healing. As a result, researchers must also reorient their focus from the structure of services to the processes that take place during service delivery. The authors examine how process has been studied within the context of services for people with mental health problems, how process relates to outcomes and some of the methodological issues related to studying social interaction. Qualitative methods are recommended to enhance micro-level study of complex human processes within their social context. The authors consider the implications for evidence-based practice and argue that a broader understanding of evidence, which takes into account the role of process, is needed in order to ensure that research is relevant to social work practice.
Recovery: an holistic approach
- Author:
- REEVES Alison
- Publisher:
- P and P
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- Wormit
Alison Reeves life approach to reclaiming your life from times of madness, through a journey of self-discovery, and ultimately, finding some sense of ease with oneself in the world. For Reeves, focusing on the experience of growth as an individual has been her source of inspiration for recovery. Looking back in time and acknowledging that every thing that happens, happened for a reason, has helped Reeves become the person she is today; someone who values friendship, love and honesty, someone who does not take these values for granted, and who can hopefully give something of this to other people.
Making recovery a reality
- Authors:
- SHEPHERD Geoff, BOARDMAN Jed, SLADE Mike
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 16p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Helping people to recover their lives should be the top priority for mental health services. This means giving service users the chance to determine what future they want for themselves and offering practical support to help them to achieve it. While recovery is already government policy, the reality is that mental health services still focus more on managing people's symptoms than their work, education and family life. Yet these are what matter most to most people. The authors say "Recovery is a truly radical idea. It turns mental health services' priorities on their heads. Traditional services wait until a person's illness is cured before helping them to get their life back. Recovery-focused services aim from day one to help people to build a life for themselves. The medical care they give is in support of that bigger purpose." Making Recovery a Reality says mental health services need to change radically to focus on recovery. They need to demonstrate success in helping service users to get their lives back and giving service users the chance to make their own decisions about how they live their lives.
Recovery and beyond
- Authors:
- ASLAN Marion, SMITH Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, March 2008, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The authors explain the THRIVE approach to wellness and recovery. The THRIVE approach believes that the individual is the expert on his or her own experiences, and that every person has the necessary resources to facilitate the reclaiming of their life.