This paper provides a perspective on the recent concept of recovery-oriented systems of
care with respect to its origins in the past and its status in the present, prior to considering …

Background Mental health policy is for staff to transform their practice towards a recovery
orientation. Staff understanding of recovery-orientated practice will influence the …

Objective: While the recovery approach in mental health currently enjoys immense support,
it is not without its critics. The most persistent criticisms focus on the individualism …

This article investigates recovery from mental health problems with reference to recent
geographical analysis of affective atmospheres. In so doing, my research responds to recent …

Objective: Mental health services in the UK, Australia and other Anglophone countries have
moved towards supporting personal recovery as a primary orientation. To provide an …

Recovery is now widely acknowledged as the dominant approach to the management of
mental distress and illness in government, third-sector and some peer-support contexts …

Objective: While mental health peer support originated in its contemporary form in English-
speaking countries, it is now spreading rapidly across the globe. This rapid growth presents …

In this ethnography of addicted, pregnant, and poor women living in daily-rent hotels in San
Francisco, Kelly Ray Knight examines the myriad struggles these women face, as well as …

Recovery has come to mean living a life beyond mental illness, and recovery orientation is
policy in many countries. The aims of this study were to investigate what staff say they do to …

Recovery as a process through which people reclaim their lives even while continuing to
experience symptoms of mental illness has at times been misunderstood or misinterpreted …