Recovery from mental illness: The guiding vision of the mental health service system in the 1990s.

Anthony, William A.

doi:10.1037/h0095655

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“…Personal recovery, in their usage, is defined as “a deeply personal, unique process of changing one’s attitudes, values, feelings, goals, skills and/or role“ (Anthony, 1993, p. 15), in finding meaningful ways to live with challenges rather than aiming to get rid of them. However, defining personally meaningful ways to live with challenges presupposes a certain degree of autonomy.…”

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Living a successful weight loss after severe obesity

Natvik

Råheim

Andersen

et al. 2018

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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Purpose: Losing weight and keeping it off for the long term is difficult. Weight regain is common. Experiences of successful non-surgical weight loss after severe obesity are largely unexplored. We know little about long-term weight loss processes, and how health care services can be of help to those living them. Methods: Drawing on in-depth interviews of 8 women and 2 men, the aim of this phenomenological study is to describe the experiences of adults who have been severely obese, who have lost weight and maintained weight loss for the long term (>5 years). Results: Findings show that after severe obesity, sustained weight loss has no endpoint, yet is always easy to end. Keeping weight off means committing to oneself, continuing profound changes and cultivating sensitivity towards oneself and others. A phenomenological understanding of sustained weight loss can inform professionals who deal with health issues and challenges occurring in the life of people leaving severe obesity.

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Living a successful weight loss after severe obesity

Natvik

Råheim

Andersen

et al. 2018

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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“…They refer to the establishment of a meaningful and fulfilling life, a positive sense of identity and taking responsibility for one's own wellbeing (e.g. Anthony, 1993;Andresen et al, 2003;Resnick et al, 2005;Slade et al, 2008).…”

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Do clinical outcome measures assess consumer-defined recovery?

Andresen

Caputi

Oades

2010

Psychiatry Research

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There is an international call for mental health services to become recovery-oriented, and also to use evidence based practices. Addressing this call requires recovery-oriented measurement of outcomes and service evaluation.Mental health consumers view recovery as leading as meaningful life, and have criticised traditional clinical measures for being too disability-oriented. This study compares three measures of consumer-defined recovery fromenduring mental illness: the Recovery Assessment Scale, the Mental Health Recovery Measure and the Self-Identified Stage of Recovery, with four conventional clinical measures. Correlational analyses supported the convergent validity of the recovery measures, although certain subscaleswere unrelated to each other. More importantly, little relationship was found between consumer-defined recovery and the clinical measures. Analyses of variance revealed that scores on the recovery measures increased across self-identified stage of recovery, but scores onmost clinicalmeasures did not improve consistently across stage of recovery. The findings demonstrate the qualitative difference between the two types of measures, supporting the claim by consumers that clinical measures do not assess important aspects of recovery. There is a need for further research and refinement of recovery measurement, including assessment of stages of recovery, with the aimof including such measures as an adjunct in routine clinical assessment, service evaluation and research. © 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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“…The group of interviewed participants was heterogeneous, which is important when exploring recovery (Anthony, 1993). …”

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“What an eye-opener” – a qualitative study of vulnerable citizens participating in a municipality-based intervention

Ilvig

Kjær

Jones

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International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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Purpose: To explore how psychologically vulnerable citizens experienced performing their everyday-life activities, identify activities experienced as particularly challenging and evaluate the significance of the Acceptance and Commitment Theory-based (ACT)-based program, Well-being in Daily Life, had on the participants everyday-life activities. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight participants from the Well-being in Daily Life program. Data were analysed using Systematic Text Condensation. Results and Conclusion: The participants experienced anxiety, fatigue, lack of structure, and chaos when performing their everyday-life activities; in addition to being uncertain about the limitations of their own resources. Furthermore, balancing between demands and resources was challenging, also leading to uncertainty and identity conflicts that contributed to the participants’ concerns about re-entering the workforce. The program enabled the participants to develop social skills and trust which contributed to providing the participants with confidence, individually-tailored-possibilities for developing new competencies and courage; thus, facilitating their recovery process.

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Recovery from mental illness: The guiding vision of the mental health service system in the 1990s.

Cited by 2,852 publications

References 14 publications

Living a successful weight loss after severe obesity

Living a successful weight loss after severe obesity

Do clinical outcome measures assess consumer-defined recovery?

“What an eye-opener” – a qualitative study of vulnerable citizens participating in a municipality-based intervention

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