Journal article
Uses and abuses of recovery: Implementing recovery-oriented practices in mental health systems
M Slade, M Amering, M Farkas, B Hamilton, M O'Hagan, G Panther, R Perkins, G Shepherd, S Tse, R Whitley
World Psychiatry | Published : 2014
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20084
Abstract
An understanding of recovery as a personal and subjective experience has emerged within mental health systems. This meaning of recovery now underpins mental health policy in many countries. Developing a focus on this type of recovery will involve transformation within mental health systems. Human systems do not easily transform. In this paper, we identify seven mis-uses ("abuses") of the concept of recovery: recovery is the latest model; recovery does not apply to "my" patients; services can make people recover through effective treatment; compulsory detention and treatment aid recovery; a recovery orientation means closing services; recovery is about making people independent and normal; an..
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Awarded by National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
Awarded by National Institutes of Health Research (NIHR)
Funding Acknowledgements
The REFOCUS intervention is independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) under its programme grants for applied research (grant reference no. RP-PG-0707-10040), and in relation to the NIHR Specialist Mental Health Biomedical Research Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London and the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of any healthcare organization or funding agency.