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Recovery in psychosis from a service user perspective: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of current qualitative evidence.
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There is a growing number of qualitative accounts regarding recovery from psychosis from a service user perspective. The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of these qualitative accounts. A thematic synthesis was utilised to synthesise and analyse seventeen studies included in the review. Studies were included if they used a qualitative methodology to explore service users' experiences of recovery from psychosis as a primary research question. All included studies were subjected to a quality assessment. The analysis outlined three subordinate themes: the recovery journey, facilitators of recovery (e.g. faith and spirituality, personal agency and hope), and barriers to recovery (e.g. stigma and discrimination, negative effects of mental health services and medication). Recovery is an idiosyncratic process but includes key components which are important to people who experience psychosis. These should be explored within clinical practice.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Wood, L., & Alsawy, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Essex (GB)
- Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Wood, L.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Community Mental Health Journal
- Published
- 2017-11-29
- Volume
- 54
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 793-804
- ISSN
- 0010-3853 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2789
- OpenAlex
- W2770744071
- Cited by
- 116
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 0.77
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Community Mental Health Journal (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Open Access at Essex (University of Essex) (acceptedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Keywords
- psychosis, recovery, service user perspectives, lived experience, recovery journey, faith and spirituality, individual agency, hope, stigma and discrimination, mental health services, antipsychotic drugs, barriers to recovery
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Attitude to Health, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Health Services, Middle Aged, Psychotic Disorders, Religion and Psychology, Self Concept, Social Support, Patient Satisfaction, Recovery of Function, Qualitative Research, Young Adult, Social Stigma
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