The Ethical Imperative Of Recovery Oriented Practices

In discussing the implications of a recovery model on service users/survivors and mental health services, it is essential to define recovery. In illustrating the controversial nature of this concept it is pragmatic to discuss service users and workers in mental health because implications of the recovery model affect both, but in different ways. It is important to realize there is a division in the focus of each group; service users generally want independence from services while health care providers focus on methods and models (Bonney & Stickley, 2008). In working together both groups can improve the provision of recovery services.

It was a question that was left unanswered by many behavioural health professionals even as late as 1989 who did not believe recovery was possible, it is a mind set that is eventually disappearing and has progressed significantly. Little did mental health care providers realise that they actually had examples of recovery and beacons of hope in their care or had even

Not only does recovery help a person in their health it also helps them socially. A person that turns to drugs, alcohol, or tobacco usually does so because they feel like they’re not wanted. They also have a rough childhood or they are having a rough adulthood so they also turned to bad things because of that. I think recovery is a great thing and I think everyone should do it, it could really help them out and they could benefit from it a lot. The people that don’t want to go through the recovery process have already been doing bad things to long and think that’s the only thing they can live for. But they are wrong they can still recover all they have to do is believe in themselves and they can do it because I am sure that their families want them to recover and get better. Recovery also helps a person out because if they want a job then they have to get sober and not do anymore bad things. I have seen people that should recover from all these bad things but they wouldn’t and I knew the person had the support to do it but the person was too stubborn to go through with it and they never did end up recovering fully but they did

Research suggests that recovery is nurtured by positive relationships. These relationships encapsulate those with friends, family, service providers and connections with their personal community and culture. Such connections support individuals in becoming more than their “mental illness” identity. Important in fostering these connections are concepts of treating people with dignity, compassion and understanding.

In mental health the concept of recovery is a contrast to the medical context to which we are accustomed to. Individuals experiencing mental illnesses have expressed recovery to be “elusive, not perfectly linear… erratic, we flatter, slide back and regroup…establish a sense of integrity and purpose” (Roads to recovery, n.d.), which reflects

The recovery model is a tool that is used to help a client live their lives through the best of their abilities. By working with a therapist using the recovery model, goals are made by both the client and the therapist based upon what the client would like to achieve. This allows for clients to take control of their own lives and allows for the client to know that they have different options that they can choose. Clients are better able to come up with goals and the outcome that they desire to see in their everyday life by giving the client a sense of hope, support, and purpose.

However, the aim of a recovery-oriented practice is to support individuals, to build a meaningful, satisfying life and a personal identity, whether or not there are symptoms of a mental illness. (Department of health, 2011).

According to Beyond Blue (2012) a recovery-orientated model recognizes and understands the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples experiences, values, and views of mental health and wellbeing. Further stating this understanding is essential in delivering culturally appropriate recovery-oriented care. Recovery-oriented centers around the needs of the service user. A recovery-oriented model encourages holistic and individualised care and is suitable for ensuring that the particular needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service users are met (Victorian Government Department of Health, 2011). Following a recovery-oriented model offers service users effective and culturally support towards developing a positive outcome in regards to their social and emotional

First, this paper will first provide a brief overview of the history of recovery, followed by the different shades of ‘recovery’ in the mental health literature, with a specific focus on Pilgrim and McCranie’s (2013),

Both authors covered the topic of recovery using antipsychotic and other prescribed medication to aid in recovery. Though Powers incorporated Bedlam and the process of how mental illness improved, and Ghaemi included examples of world

However, patients who recover from a substance abuse problem see a vast improvement in their overall mental wellbeing and they often report feeling much happier. A number of factors play a role in this improvement in

Now that there is an understanding of the person centred approach it needs to be put into practice. In his recovery David needs to come first, before his illness and its symptoms. An important factor in recovery is that David has someone who believes in him. Mental health professionals must form a collaborative relationship with David built on respect and trust. Goodwin and Happell (2007, p. 612) outline this in a study where they found that ‘Participants felt that an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect was essential for effective collaboration to occur.’ Mental

According to the research done by psychologist Larry Davidson (2003), at Yale University, described in his article “Living outside schizophrenia” (in his volume“Living Outside Mental Illness: Qualitative Studies of Recovery in Schizophrenia” published by New York University Press),what are the psychosocial factors, identified in his qualitative research, which help patients with a severe mental illness recover?

Mental health problems are considered to “interfere with how a person thinks, feels and behaves” (Australian Government Department of Health, 2007, para. 3). Considered to be more prominent, yet less severe than mental illnesses, mental health problems are experienced for

One of the key factors associated with recovery is the phenomenon of hope. This is perhaps defined best by Miller (1992), who suggested it is the ‘anticipation of a continued good state, or a release from a perceived entrapment. The anticipation may or may not be founded on concrete real world evidence. Hope is an anticipation of a future which is good and which is based upon mutuality, a sense of personal competence, coping ability, psychological well-being, purpose and meaning in life, as well as a sense of “the possible”.’