Recovery is the model of care presently advocated for mental health services internationally.
The aim of this study was to examine the knowledge and attitudes of mental health …

Accessible summary• This qualitative study investigated the subjective experiences of
recovery in mental health with service users and mental health nurses.• Data from two focus …

Accessible summary What is known about the subject? The Advancing Recovery in Ireland
(ARI) project (Health Service Executive, 2012) promotes recovery‐orientated services. A …

Background: The concept of recovery is contested throughout the existing literature and in
mental health services. Little research exists that gives voice to service user perspectives of …

Accessible summary What is known on the subject? Nationally and internationally there has
been a movement away from the traditional medical model towards a more holistic recovery …

Recovery is not a new concept within mental health, although in recent times, it has come to
the forefront of the policy agenda. However, there is no universal definition of recovery, and …

The concept of recovery is now widely promoted as the guiding principle for the provision of
mental health services in Australia and overseas. While there is increasing pressure on …

InternatIonal and natIonal Context In relatIon to reCovery the concept of recovery entered
the lexicon of the mental health services in the 1980s following the publication of a series of …

The language of recovery is now widely used in mental health policy, services, and
research. Yet the term has disparate antecedents, and is used in a variety of ways. Some of …

In the last 10 years the concept of recovery has entered the discussion on mental health.
Since then it has been surrounded in debate–from advocates who suggest that there is a …