Beschreibung:
This book offers a succinct model of recovery from serious mentalillness, synthesizing stories of lived experience to provide aframework for clinical work and research in the field ofrecovery.* Places the process of recovery within the context ofnormal human growth and development* Compares and contrasts concepts of recovery frommental illness with the literature on grief, loss and trauma* Situates recovery within the growing field of positivepsychology - focusing on the active, hopeful process* Describes a consumer-oriented, stage-based model ofpsychological recovery which is unique in its focus onintrapersonal processes
Foreword by Jon Strang.Preface.Part I - Recovery in Historical Context.Chapter 1 Introduction: Recovery from schizophrenia.Chapter 2 Conceptualising recovery: A consumer-orientedapproach.Part II - Elaboration of the model: from Hopelessness toFlourishing.Chapter 3 Moratorium - The first stage of psychologicalrecovery.Chapter 4 Awareness - The second stage of psychologicalrecovery .Chapter 5 Preparation - The third stage of psychologicalrecovery.Chapter 6 Rebuilding - The fourth stage of recovery.Chapter 7 Growth - the fifth stage of psychologicalrecovery.Chapter 8 Common questions regarding the stage model ofpsychological Recovery.Part III - Measuring recovery.Chapter 9 Recovery-oriented outcome measurement.Part IV- Towards a positive future.Chapter 10 Psychological Recovery and Positive Psychology.Chapter 11 Reflections and future directions.Afterword.Index.