Conceptualisation of personal recovery in a private hospital mental health service

Abstract

There has been limited research on personal recovery during a hospital admission. However, studies in this setting indicate that consumers' experiences of personal recovery, during an inpatient admission, may not mirror the experiences of consumers living in the community, which has been conceptualised by the CHIME processes of Connectedness, Hope, Identity, Meaning and Empowerment. Findings to date posit that inpatients may be more likely to experience disconnection and hopelessness. To investigate this further, staff working in a private hospital mental health service designed and implemented a research project to understand personal recovery from patients' perspectives. The method compris..