Recovery in Action was a two-year service improvement project developed by the Strategic Network for Mental Health, an alliance of four voluntary sector mental health provider organisations: Advance, Mind in Birmingham, Second Step and Sussex Oakleaf. The project explored ways of embedding recovery in mental health services. The key elements were to: develop a recovery training programme; produce a set of service user recovery outcomes; produce an outcomes measurement tool for recovery; produce a recovery checklist for organisations. Seven sites were identified to pilot new ways of recovery orientated working. The report summarises the key findings from the pilot projects and results of a formal evaluation exercise. Following a 'what we have learned section', the report concludes with recommendations for policy makers, commissioners, organisations, service delivery and a message to service users. The appendix includes the recovery checklist for organisations.
Recovery in Action was a two-year service improvement project developed by the Strategic Network for Mental Health, an alliance of four voluntary sector mental health provider organisations: Advance, Mind in Birmingham, Second Step and Sussex Oakleaf. The project explored ways of embedding recovery in mental health services. The key elements were to: develop a recovery training programme; produce a set of service user recovery outcomes; produce an outcomes measurement tool for recovery; produce a recovery checklist for organisations. Seven sites were identified to pilot new ways of recovery orientated working. The report summarises the key findings from the pilot projects and results of a formal evaluation exercise. Following a 'what we have learned section', the report concludes with recommendations for policy makers, commissioners, organisations, service delivery and a message to service users. The appendix includes the recovery checklist for organisations.
Subject terms:
instruments, mental health problems, mental health services, outcomes, rehabilitation, user participation, voluntary organisations;
Examines self help strategies for people with mental health problems. The first half of the book is a series of personal accounts from people living through mental distress; the second a series of articles on individual coping strategies, with reference to issues such as working with the media; voluntary self help organisations; black and minority ethnic users; crisis cards and advance directives; self management with hearing voices and manic depression; and using complementary remedies.
Examines self help strategies for people with mental health problems. The first half of the book is a series of personal accounts from people living through mental distress; the second a series of articles on individual coping strategies, with reference to issues such as working with the media; voluntary self help organisations; black and minority ethnic users; crisis cards and advance directives; self management with hearing voices and manic depression; and using complementary remedies.
Subject terms:
mass media, mental health problems, mental health services, self-help, self-help groups, service users, severe mental health problems, user participation, user views, advance decision, bipolar disorder, black and minority ethnic people, case studies, complementary therapies, coping behaviour, depression, group therapy;