News News Archive 2008 'Emerging from a cocoon'
'Emerging from a cocoon' |
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| Wednesday, 09 July 2008 |
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"I am no longer the same person who started this journey at sixteen. At the time I didn't know or feel I was on a journey, but looking back over twenty-two years I can see it was a very long journey that actually, if I had anything to do with it, would have ended very abruptly. I almost feel I had to go through this whole journey to emerge a better and more capable person, and most of all grab back and attain my own identity." Read Catherine Eadie's newly posted recovery story. |
| New SRN research explores the experience of recovery over time |
16 May Since the first discussions about bringing recovery based approaches to Scotland began, one thing has always been clear: that people's personal narratives - the stories and experiences they share - are central to understanding and encouraging mental health recovery. |
| Black women, recovery and resilience |
16 May In a specially commissioned article for SRN, researcher and psychiatric survivor Dr Jayasree Kalathil explores the issues of recovery and resilience from the perspective of black women interviewed for a 2011 study by Survivor Research and the Mental Health Foundation. While the article focuses on recent data from England, there are important lessons to be learnt everywhere, including Scotland. |
| What mental health practitioners talk about, when they talk about SRI 2 |
16 May Having recently facilitated Learning Networks on the use of the updated Scottish Recovery Indicator (SRI 2), SRN’s John McCormack was keen to hear from practitioners about their use of the tool and how it affects practice in the field. Here John shares his discussions with Lindsay Kerr and Jan Thomson who both work in NHS Ayrshire and Arran’s Mental Health Services. |
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