... and formulate their opinions on medication and recovery. Findings Participants in the current study emphasized that mental health problems exist along a continuum and highlighted the inherent complexity in defining them. They stressed feelings of being unacknowledged and reported the pervasive nature...

... and implementation effort for 13 local mental health authorities and two state hospitals. Design/methodology/approach The learning collaborative used a Recovering Citizenship approach, which holds that recovery occurs in the context of people’s lives in their communities and society, that is, their citizenship...

.... Costa Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe six recovery-oriented peer support experiences and strategies implemented in different regions of Brazil in the past 12 years, and explore challenges to their development and potential for empowerment and citizenship. Design/methodology/approach...

... that service users should be offered an active part in decision-making with regard to their own care and treatment. The results of this project bring improvement opportunities to light. Mental health Recovery Shared decision-making User participation When a planning document is to be prepared...

... mean score of MAKS (4.37 ± 1.08) was found with 68%–94% answering the knowledge items correctly. The mean score of SF-CAMI was 46.50 ± 8.74 with the most positive attitude toward fear and exclusion. Approximately half had heard about a similar concept of RC and 79%–94.3% agreed with people in recovery...

...Gerald Jordan; Christina Mutschler; Sean A. Kidd; Michael Rowe; Srividya N. Iyer Purpose Varying stakeholders have highlighted how recovery-oriented mental health services such as youth mental health services have traditionally focused on supporting individual resources to promote recovery (e.g...

... recovery and decisional participation in clinical practice after an educational intervention. Design/methodology/approach Users of mental health care want to participate in decisions regarding their own mental health care. Shared decision-making as a method is coherent with recovery orientation...

...). As such, individuals who self-injure often experience ambivalence about the behaviour. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of recognising ambivalence as a natural and expected part of the recovery process. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws on literature regarding NSSI recovery...

...Nicola Ann Cogan; Matthias Schwannauer; Sean Harper Purpose The onset of psychosis typically develops during adolescence, a crucial period for beginning the transition from family to independence and developing a stable sense of self. Recovery amongst adolescents experiencing early onset psychosis...

...Lindsay Sheehan; Nathalie Oexle; Michael Bushman; Anthony Fulginiti; Laura M. Frey Purpose People who have lived experiences with suicide often struggle with concealable stigmatized identities that threaten their inclusion and recovery. While disclosure of a stigmatized identity can promote...

... experience of MHPs of recovering their citizenship. Citizenship Recovery Mental health Community-based participatory research Community integration Gillian MacIntyre can be contacted at: gillian.macintyre@strath.ac.uk 01 04 2019 01 04 2019 02 04 2019 © Emerald...

...Ian Yates; Guy Holmes; Helena Priest Purpose This paper seeks to discuss recent research concerning the subjective experience of recovery from severe mental health difficulties, with the aim of appraising the extent to which this literature has attended to the role of environmental and social...

... into practice. Hindrances included isolation and lack of opportunity. The paper concludes that ongoing support is essential to encourage the post‐course development and practice of IPS. Peer support Self‐help Recovery Mental health Evaluation How to support peer support: evaluating the first steps...

... highlights some of the difficulties in undertaking service user research and suggests recommendations as to how to overcome some of these complex issues. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Mental health Service users Recovery Oral history No one knows like we do the narratives...

...Karleen Gwinner; Marie Knox; Sue Hacking Arts participation fosters social inclusion in a way that other social and recovery programmes do not. The professional role of an artist is an appealing and socially valid role in the community. For many people with a mental illness, arts‐based programmes...

... part in her recovery. She now teaches others to understand and manage the traumatic impact of large‐scale disaster. Here, she tells the story of her recovery and subsequent work as an educator. Hillsborough Disaster Trauma Recovery Education Public mental health case study: learning...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Arts Mental health Social inclusion Cultural citizenship Recovery Mental health via cultural citizenship Arts can make an important contribution to the social inclusion of marginalised groups such as those with mental health problems. In this article...

...Heather Straughan; Michael Buckenham This paper reports outcomes from a holistic, recovery‐based, user‐led group training for people with DSM‐IV bipolar disorder. Drawn from professional therapies and personal experience of the illness by the user‐researcher, the training was delivered over 12...