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Personal Recovery and Mental Illness: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals
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Recovery is a concept which has emerged from the experiences of people with mental illness. It involves a shift away from traditional clinical preoccupations such as managing risk and avoiding relapse, towards new priorities of supporting the person in working towards their own goals and taking responsibility for their own life. This book sets an agenda for mental health services internationally, by converting these ideas of recovery into an action plan for professionals. The underlying principles are explored, and five reasons identified for why supporting recovery should be the primary goal. A new conceptual basis for mental health services is described - the Personal Recovery Framework - which gives primacy to the person over the illness, and identifies the contribution of personal and social identity to recovery. These are brought to life through twenty-six case studies from around the world.
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“The concept of clinical recovery derives from research led by mental health professionals: it involves diagnosis, and measures of symptoms and psychosocial functioning designed and rated by professionals (5, 6).”
From Recovery from Severe Mental Health Problems: A Systematic Review of Service User and Informal Caregiver Perspectives (2021) · cites this paper as [5]
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“This approach aims to have users' perspective at the heart of service development and research, and it is considered distinct from “clinical recovery” that focuses on achieving clinically-defined goals (10–13).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Slade, M.
- Affiliations
- King's College London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Slade, Mike
- ORCID
- Slade, Mike
- Venue
- Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Published
- 2009-05-28
- OpenAlex
- W2736859773
- Cited by
- 147
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 19 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 23 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 13
- FWCI
- 15.74
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Keywords
- personal recovery, mental illness, mental health services, person-centred care, social identity, recovery-oriented care, mental health professionals
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