Living a Meaningful Life While Struggling with Mental Health: Challenging Aspects Regarding Personal Recovery Encountered in the Mental Health System

Janne Brammer Damsgaard and Sanne Angel
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Janne Brammer Damsgaard: Research Unit of Nursing and Healthcare, Institute of Public Health, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
Sanne Angel: Research Unit of Nursing and Healthcare, Institute of Public Health, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 5, 1-10

Abstract: Based upon academic and clinical experience from Denmark, this article aims to highlight international research-based knowledge concerning challenging aspects about the understanding and implementation of recovery-oriented practice. Three key points are located: (a) An integrative biopsychosocial approach considering both the clinical and personal recovery perspectives is relevant for research and practice. (b) Barriers in implementing a recovery-oriented approach include both individual and systemic challenges. This is well documented in the research-based literature, highlighting the need for changes. (c) A shift from professional control to a service-user orientation is seen as crucial. Examples of a positive shift are seen, helping the health professionals in their development and practicing of skills and competences through education and personal formation. Within these perspectives, a paradigm shift from a one-dimensional biomedical approach to a biopsychosocial approach is suggested. Instead of focusing on rapid stabilisation and symptom relief as a clinical outcome, a humanistic approach building on social- and person-oriented values is fundamental for social and personal recovery leading to a meaningful life.

Keywords: mental health; recovery-orientation; psychosocial; personal recovery; social recovery; biopsychosocial; policy; education; personal formation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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