Psychological Recovery
Beyond Mental Illness
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Clinical Psychology
| Author: | Retta Andresen, Lindsay G. Oades, Peter Caputi | ISBN: | 9781119975168 |
| Publisher: | Wiley | Publication: | July 13, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell | Language: | English |
| Author: | Retta Andresen, Lindsay G. Oades, Peter Caputi |
| ISBN: | 9781119975168 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication: | July 13, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Language: | English |
This book offers a succinct model of recovery from serious mental illness, synthesizing stories of lived experience to provide a framework for clinical work and research in the field of recovery.
• Places the process of recovery within the context of normal human growth and development
• Compares and contrasts concepts of recovery from mental illness with the literature on grief, loss and trauma
• Situates recovery within the growing field of positive psychology – focusing on the active, hopeful process
• Describes a consumer-oriented, stage-based model of psychological recovery which is unique in its focus on intrapersonal processes
This book offers a succinct model of recovery from serious mental illness, synthesizing stories of lived experience to provide a framework for clinical work and research in the field of recovery.
• Places the process of recovery within the context of normal human growth and development
• Compares and contrasts concepts of recovery from mental illness with the literature on grief, loss and trauma
• Situates recovery within the growing field of positive psychology – focusing on the active, hopeful process
• Describes a consumer-oriented, stage-based model of psychological recovery which is unique in its focus on intrapersonal processes
