Introduction: The recovery approach aims to have users' perspectives at the heart of service
development and research; it is a holistic perspective that considers social needs, personal …

Participatory action research (PAR) is a research approach that creates spaces for
marginalized individuals and communities to be co-researchers to guide relevant social …

An increasing focus on health equity across a number of health disciplines is generating
more consistent prioritizations of trauma-informed approaches, cultural responsiveness, and …

Support from caregivers is an important element of mental health recovery. However, the
mechanisms by which social support influences the recovery of persons with depressive …

Photovoice offers creative participatory action methods for conveying community strengths
and challenges with the goal of addressing health inequities. Accelerated by COVID-19 …

Background Non-specialist healthcare providers, including primary and community
healthcare workers, in low-and middle-income countries can effectively treat mental illness …

Living with anxiety can be a complex, biopsychosocial experience that is unique to each
person and embedded in their contexts and lived worlds. Scales and questionnaires are …

Aims. The aims of this paper are to:(i) explore the experiences of involvement of mental
health service users, their caregivers, mental health centre heads and policy makers in …

The voices of women in recovery have long been absent in treatment studies and addiction
recovery debates. Available qualitative research primarily applies interview and focus group …

People with depression often suffer from severe social seclusion, and the lack of an agreed
upon etiology for depression makes it difficult to satisfactorily narrate and “ritually control” it …