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What does recovery mean for me? Perspectives of Canadian mental health consumers

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Piat, Myra, Sabetti, Judith, Couture, Audrey, Sylvestre, John, Provencher, Helene, Botschner, Janos, Stayner, David·2009·Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal
DOI 10.2975/32.3.2009.199.207PMC PMC4828182
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OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to explore the meaning of recovery from the perspectives of consumers receiving mental health services in Canada. METHODS: Sixty semi-structured interviews were conducted with 54 mental health consumers in Montreal, Québec City and Waterloo-Guelph, Ontario. RESULTS: Two contrasting meanings of recovery emerged. The first definition strongly attached recovery to illness while the second definition linked recovery to self-determination and taking responsibility for life. CONCLUSIONS: The prominence of biomedical definitions of recovery suggests the need to find common ground between these two perspectives, if conceptualizations of recovery are to include the views of consumers who routinely experience the mental health system.

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  • The personal recovery approach aims to have users' perspective at the heart of service development and research, and is considered distinct from clinical recovery that focuses on achieving clinically-defined goals.

    “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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  • Piat et al. (12) remarked that "The prominence of the illness perspective of recovery among consumers was unexpected. Many looked for recovery outside of themselves: in a cure, or in dreams of disappearing symptoms."

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Authors
Piat, M., Sabetti, J., Couture, A., Sylvestre, J., Provencher, H., Botschner, J., & Stayner, D.
Affiliations
  • Douglas Mental Health University Institute (CA)
  • University of Ottawa (CA)
  • Université Laval (CA)
  • Yale University (US)
ORCID
Venue
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2009
Volume
32
Issue
3
Pages
199-207
ISSN
  • 1095-158X (ISSN-L)
  • 1559-3126
DOI
10.2975/32.3.2009.199.207
PMC
PMC4828182
OpenAlex
W2085767577
Cited by
92
References
54
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FWCI
14.52
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (7451)
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
recovery, mental health service users, meaning of recovery, self-determination, customer perspective, mental illness, mental health services
MeSH terms
Mental Disorders, Canada, Community Participation, Convalescence, Humans, Mental Health Services, Self Concept, Treatment Outcome, Recovery of Function

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