Empowerment, lifelong learning and recovery in mental health
Subtitle: towards a new paradigm
By: edited by Peter Ryan, Shula Ramon, Tim Greacen
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230292857
Subjects: Mentally ill; PSYCHOLOGY / Practice Management; Services for; PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology; Mental health services
Description: "An exploration of how empowerment, lifelong learning and social inclusion are closely connected to the concept of recovery from mental illness, showing how mental health services in general need to restructure to enable people with the lived experience of mental illness to lead a meaningful life with and beyond the illness"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: List of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgements<B>Notes on Contributors<B>Introduction; P.Ryan, S.Ramon & T.Greacen<B>PART I: RECOVERY<B>Recovery, Lifelong Learning, Empowerment & Social Inclusion: Is A New Paradigm Emerging?; H.Glover <B>TREE: Towards Recovery, Empowerment and Experiential Expertise of Users of Psychiatric Services; W.Boevink<B>Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP); B.Evans & K.Sault<B>The Role of Mental Health Service Users in Recovery from Professional Stigma; R.W.Surber<B>Developing Successful Recovery-Oriented Mental Health Services; J.Boardman & G.Shepherd<B>PART II: SOCIAL INCLUSION AND EMPLOYMENT<B>Designing Policies to Foster the Community Inclusion of People in Recovery; L.Davidson, E.Flanagan, & T.Styron<B>Employment and Social Inclusion: Implementing the Model and Facing the Reality; J.Schneider <B>Overcoming Barriers to Empowerment; T.Greacen & E.Jouet<B>PART III: EMPOWERMENT AND LIFELONG LEARNING<B>Empowerment: Key Concepts and Evidence Base; A.Baumann, P.Ryan &C.Griffiths<B>Evaluating Service User Involvement in Mental Health Services; D.C.Keay<B>Lifelong Learning, Mental Health and Higher Education: A UK Focus; J.Anderson & J.Holmshaw<B>Lifelong Learning and Wellbeing: The Health Benefits of Lifelong Learning for People With Mental Illness; J.Ogunleye, C.Griffiths, I.Dawson & K.Nyberg <B>Stakeholders' Lifelong Learning and Organisational Change Experiences in the Context of the EMILIA Project; M.Kaunonen & S.Ramon<B>'Getting on with Your Life': A User's Experience of Participating in the EMILIA Project; T.K.Nilsen<B>Service Users' Experiences of Lifelong Learning; I.Nieminen & T.K.Nilsen<B>Mental Health Service Users as Trainers in the Context of the EMILIA Project; T.Stenfors-Hayes & P.Ryan<B>Index.