Understanding everyday life and mental health recovery through CHIME
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how daily life reflects the recovery journeys of individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) living independently in the community. Design/methodology/approach The go-along technique, which blends participant observation and interviewing, was used to gather data from 19 individuals with SMI living in supported housing. Data were analyzed through the CHIME framework of personal recovery, which includes social connectedness, hope and optimism, identity, meaning in life, and empowerment. Findings Applying the CHIME framework to qualitative data reveals the multiple ways in which everyday experiences, within and beyond formal mental healthcare environments, shapes personal recovery processes. Research limitations/implications Combining novel methods and conceptual frameworks to lived experiences sharpens extant knowledge of the active and non-linear aspects to personal recovery. The role of the researcher must be critically considered when using go-along methods. Practical implications Practitioners working with this population should account for the role of socially supportive and financially accessible spaces and activities that support the daily work of recovery beyond the context of formal care and services. Originality/value This study utilizes an innovative method to illustrate the crucial role of daily and seemingly banal experiences in fostering or hindering personal recovery processes. It is also the one of the first studies to comprehensively apply the CHIME framework to qualitative data in order to understand the recovery journeys of individuals with SMI living in supported housing.
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Opportunities to engage in personally and socially meaningful activities have consistently been identified by people living with severe mental illness as an important element of personal recovery.
“Furthermore, opportunities to engage in personally and socially meaningful activities have consistently been identified by people living with severe mental illness as an important element of personal recovery, a process that differs individually but broadly involves creating a life of well-being and meaning with or without the continuing presence of illness (23–26).”
From Contributions of a time use perspective in community mental health practice: a scoping review (2024) · cites this paper as [25]
Everyday activity experiences, within and beyond mental health care, shape personal recovery processes.
“A more recent study [19], using the CHIME framework to analyze the daily life of people with severe mental illness, found that everyday activity experiences, within and beyond mental health care, shape personal recovery processes [19].”
From Exploring mediators of the recovery process over time among mental health service users, using a mixed model regression analysis based on cluster RCT data (2020) · cites this paper as [19]
Previous qualitative research shows that being more active in daily life and participating in the surrounding community were important factors for personal recovery.
“That would be in agreement with previous qualitative research showing that being more active in daily life and participate in the surrounding community were important factors for personal recovery [9, 17, 19].”
From Exploring mediators of the recovery process over time among mental health service users, using a mixed model regression analysis based on cluster RCT data (2020) · cites this paper as [19]
The finding that increased recovery co-varied with increased engagement in activity is in agreement with both qualitative and quantitative research, suggesting a well-established connection between these phenomena.
“The finding that increased recovery co-varied with increased engagement in activity is in agreement with both qualitative [2, 19, 43] and quantitative [20] research, suggesting a well-established connection between these phenomena.”
From Exploring mediators of the recovery process over time among mental health service users, using a mixed model regression analysis based on cluster RCT data (2020) · cites this paper as [19]
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- Authors
- Piat, M., Seida, K., & Sabetti, J.
- Affiliations
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute (CA)
- McGill University (CA)
- Venue
- Mental Health and Social Inclusion
- Publisher
- Emerald
- Published
- 2017-11-13
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 271-279
- ISSN
- 2042-8308 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2756900768
- Cited by
- 46
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3
- FWCI
- 2.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Mental Health and Social Inclusion (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
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Homelessness and Social Issues
- Keywords
- severe mental illness, personal recovery, CHIME framework, everyday life, supported housing, community living, social connectedness, hope and optimism, meaning in life, empowerment, identity, lived experience, informal support
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