News News Archive 2008 Opportunity for Carers groups
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| Tuesday, 02 December 2008 |
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In an effort to continue work around exploring the experiences of carers and the role they can play in recovery, we are looking to visit 4 or 5 carers groups in Scotland during January-March 2009 to discuss recovery and the experiences of carers, family members, and informal supporters of people experiencing mental health problems in supporting recovery. We are keen to meet with existing groups of informal carers to gather more information to help us in this work. If you are interested in hosting a session then we would come and meet with group members in a suitable location. We envisage that a session would last approximately 2 hours and would consist of:
This is an exciting opportunity for people to discuss recovery and its implications for family members, informal supporters and carers of people experiencing mental health issues. The information generated from these discussion groups will feed into this exploratory project which has been designed to inform and encourage further work around the role of carers/informal supporters in promoting recovery. If your group is interested in being a part of this work, please complete the Expression of Interest Form and return it to us by 19th December 2008. We will select groups based on the criteria below:
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| 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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