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Recovery
Evidence & Policy
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Recovery in future mental health services
This position paper was jointly commissioned by the Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP), the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) and the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), to provide a succinct account of the meaning of recovery, its underlying principles and implications.
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In 2009, the Scottish Recovery Network (SRN) commissioned Health in Mind and Penumbra to deliver a new training course, aimed at people who worked in the voluntary sector, called Recovery in Practice.
Given the nature of this new course they were keen to learn more about how well it had worked so SRN commissioned an independent evaluation of the training, led by Jacki Gordon + Associates.
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An independent evaluation of SRN communications
New independent research commissioned to assess the appropriateness and effectiveness of SRN communications has welcomed the narrative approach adopted to sharing the messages of recovery at the same time as making a number of recommendations on how to improve the reach and understanding of printed and electronic resources.
Communicating the Message of Recovery, which was carried out by Jacki Gordon and Associates, found that in general SRN's messages of recovery, and the associated resources, were valued for being positive, optimistic and affirming.
Counter to this some participants felt that the concept of recovery could be interpreted to mean either a state of full recovery or a journey or process and the research suggests a need to clarify that both interpretations are possible.
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From NIMHE, these were developed as a guide for users of mental health services to explore their understanding of their potential roles in the recovery process and as self-advocates for the delivery of quality services by staff.
This model attempts to clarify some of what people in recovery have discovered during their personal recovery journeys about their roles and the roles of other people in the recovery process.
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From the National Mental Health Development Unit, a short document outlining key facts and figures on ensuring greater access to Talking Therapies.
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A methodology for organisational change
Recovery describes the struggles of people with mental health problems to live meaningful and satisfying lives. The principles of recovery now underpin developments in mental health services in a number of countries. In England, they figure prominently in New Horizons and have received widespread support from the major professional bodies.
This paper presents a practical methodology to help mental health services and their local partners become more recovery-oriented in their organisation and practices, and thereby to support these processes more effectively.
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Paper from the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, highlighting the principles of Recovery and how it can be achieved.
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Illustrated by twenty-six case studies from around the world, this book written by Mike Slade of King's College London, sets an agenda for mental health services internationally by converting ideas of recovery into an action plan for professionals.
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A Compendium of Information
This document updates the first compendium of information on LTCs, published in May 2004. It will further inform all those who are involved in both commissioning and providing care and support services for people with LTCs.
It focuses on the outcomes that people with LTCs said they want from services and describes how more effective management of LTCs in a number of areas is delivering high-quality, personalised care.
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Release of Scottish Recovery Network narrative launch film.
On October 9th 2007 with the help of former Celtic Captain, Neil Lennon, the Scottish Recovery Network offically lauched the findings from the SRN Narrative Research Project entitled: 'Recovering Mental Health in Scotland'
In an attempt to share the findings from the research more widely the SRN have created a film of the day to highlight the event as well as the key messages shared.
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This report is extremely relevant to the personalisation of services. It shows how two public employers put an innovative form of personalisation called ‘the recovery approach’ into practice.
The essence of the recovery approach is to give personal control, hope and opportunities to those experiencing mental distress – the challenge is that it demands a radical change in attitude to mental illness and to those suffering from it.
Paper written by Jan Wallcraft.
Jan has been associated with Develop through her consultancy and through joint authorship with Judy Turner-Crowson, Community Options Trustee and Develop Partner.
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The Government's vision for mental health care
This booklet provides a short explanation of the policies Government has adopted to improve mental health services for people of working age, what will be achieved for those who use them - and what more still needs to be done.
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The Survivors History Group was founded in April 2005 to value and celebrate the contribution that mental health service users/survivors have made and are making to history.
This website records a comprehensive history of mental health and survivors'
movements and context.
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This review aims to draw on published literature to describe the role of intentional or formal peer support workers and their impact on the experience of people who they work with; the system they work in; and the effect of the role upon their own well being. It also examines considerations and concerns that are raised in the literature around definitions, roles, relationships and some of the challenges presented in the employment of peer support workers.
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