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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 in mental health
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.11.07, 2007, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article looks at the research findings and issues for practice in the area of recovery in mental health.
Living well
- Author:
- O'HAGAN Mary
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 118, November 2002, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Describes how recovery had been redefined in New Zealand mental health services.
Mental health treatment requirements: guidance on supporting integrated delivery
- Author:
- NATIONAL OFFENDER MANAGEMENT SERVICE
- Publisher:
- National Offender Management Service
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 24
- Place of publication:
- London
This (non-statutory) guidance seeks to provide support to service commissioning and provider agencies so that appropriate mental health service provision and inter-agency partnerships enable MHTR delivery locally. The MHTR is intended for the sentencing of offenders convicted of an offence(s) which is below the threshold for a custodial sentence and who have a mental health problem which does not require secure in-patient treatment. The guidance reflects the changes to responsibility for probation services in England and Wales from 2014 resulting from the Government's Transforming Rehabilitation reforms and the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014. It outlines the legal framework and the challenges in delivering MHTR and sets out an integrated delivery model. This comprises: partnership, contributions and responsibilities; clerks of the court and sentencers; consent; health agencies; providers of probation services; and mental health assessments. (Edited publisher abstract)
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.
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.
Help us do it our way
- Author:
- MORGAN Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, July 2006, pp.31-33.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
HUG, the Highland Users Group, is a network of people who use, or have used, mental health services in the Highlands, with approximately 360 members and 13 branches. After being given a presentation by the Scottish Recovery Network (SRN), HUG discussed the idea of recovery in 11 of its branches, involving 67 people in total. This article reports on some of the main findings of the groups discussion about recovery, what it is and what helps and hinders people in their journeys. This includes thoughts on the role of mental health professionals and mental health services in recovery.
Through pain and isolation to acceptance
- Authors:
- WILLIAMS Shaun, BERTRAM Mark
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 10(2), May 2006, pp.13-17.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The importance of employment for people who use mental health services has been highlighted with the release of the Mental Health and Social Exclusion report. However, what remains less clear is what this process actually involves for service users and vocational rehabilitation staff. This article describes the process from the perspective of a person receiving mental health services and someone working in a vocational support role. Both accounts highlight how crucial supportive relationships and time are in helping people on their vocational journeys.
There is a house in Nottingham
- Author:
- YATES Fred
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.6.90, 1990, pp.22-24.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Nottingham's Zulu Road project is a rehabilitative hostel which has built bridges into the community for many psychiatric patients.