Mike Watts, Agnes Higgins

Narratives of Recovery from Mental Illness (eBook, ePUB)

The role of peer support

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the mental health recovery experiences of 26 people attending the international mutual help group 'GROW'. Using a narrative approach, the book presents richly detailed personal recovery stories and considers how different kinds of help facilitated, aided, or impeded recovery.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317536338
• Artikelnr.: 49377075

Autorenporträt

Mike Watts was, for many years the National Program Coordinator for GROW in Ireland. Based in Kilkenny he is currently involved in recovery research and works with diverse groups of service users, family members, mental health professionals, students and policy makers as part of a national endeavour to create a recovery oriented mental health service.



Agnes Higgins has worked in the area of mental health practice and education for over thirty years and is currently is Professor in Mental Health at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. She is involved in a number of research projects that are advancing understanding of the recovery experiences of people who experience mental health problems, as well as providing templates of collaborative and empowering research methods.

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1 1. Genesis of the book and setting the context 2. The
medicalisation of human distress 3. Towards Recovery: beyond the
psychiatric system 4. Towards equality and reciprocity: mutual help/mutual
support 5. Generating recovery narratives for this study Section 2 6.
Personal journeys into severe emotional distress 7. Attempting to Escape
from Distress and Terror 8. A Time of Healing: Struggling through Fear to
Encounter Hope and Trust 9. A Time of Healing: the healing power of
reciprocal relationship 10. A Time of Healing: Leadership, Choosing
'Goodness' New identities and Resilience 11. A time of Growth: successful
social involvements 12. Flourishing Selves and a Re-enchantment with life
Section 3 13. Recovery through mutual help: recovery processes revisited
14. An exploration of recovery through graphic illustrations 15. Journey's
End and New Beginnings