Personal Recovery and Mental Illness : A Guide for Mental Health Professionals Paperback / softback
by Mike (King's College London) Slade
Part of the Values-Based Practice series
Paperback / softback
Description
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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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:288 pages, 20 Tables, unspecified; 1 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:28/05/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521746588
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:288 pages, 20 Tables, unspecified; 1 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:28/05/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521746588
