A substantive theory of recovery from the effects of severe persistent mental illness

Anthony R. Henderson

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2011, vol. 57, issue 6, 564-573

Abstract: Background : This study investigated Western Australian consumer perspectives of recovery from the effects of a severe mental illness. Method : The grounded theory method was used to collect and analyze data acquired through 15 face-to-face interviews. Discussion : Participants described recovery as a three-phase process of overcoming loss in biomedical, psychological and/or social dimensions. This process was facilitated by personal protective factors and external mechanisms and further explained in the context of role theory. Conclusions : Recovery can occur in any one or all of the three dimensions and thus can be complete or partial. It is important to ask, therefore: recovery from what, recovery of what, and recovery to what?

Keywords: grounded theory; schizophrenia; loss; consumers; Western Australia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1177/0020764010374417

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