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Informationen zum Autor Mike Slade is a Reader in Health Services Research, Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. Klappentext Focuses on a shift away from traditional clinical preoccupations towards new priorities of supporting the patient. Zusammenfassung This book sets an agenda for mental health services internationally! by converting ideas of recovery into an action plan for professionals. The principles are explored! and five reasons identified for why supporting recovery should be the primary goal. These are illustrated by twenty-six case studies from around the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. Mental Illness and Recovery: 1. Overview of the book; 2. The nature of mental illness; 3. What is recovery?; Part II. The Primacy of Personal Recovery: 4. Epistemological rationale; 5. Ethical rationale; 6. Effectiveness rationale; 7. Empowerment rationale; 8. Policy rationale; Part III. Recovery-Focussed Mental Health Services: 9. The Personal Recovery Framework; 10. Fostering relationships with a higher being; 11. Fostering close relationships; 12. Peer relationships; 13. Professional relationships; 14. Promoting well-being; 15. The foundations of a recovery-focussed mental health service; 16. Assessment; 17. Action planning; 18. Supporting the development of self-management skills; 19. The contribution of medication to recovery; 20. The contribution of risk-taking to recovery; 21. Recovery through crisis; 22. Recognising a recovery focus in mental health services; 23. Improving social inclusion; Part IV. Challenges: 24. Concerns held by clinicians; 25. Concerns held by consumers; 26. Organisational transformation; Web resources; References; Index.
