News News Archive 2009 Carers and supporting recovery report
Carers and supporting recovery report |
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| Friday, 28 August 2009 |
This unique report entitled 'Carers and supporting recovery' was commissioned by the Scottish Recovery Network and is the result of a long-standing project to investigate carers' perspectives of recovery and experiences supporting recovery. From February 2009 to April 2009, SRN and Dr. Hester Parr visited four carers groups across Scotland and spoke with an estimated 60 carers about their thoughts on recovery and their experiences of caring and supporting recovery. The report findings suggest that carers can play an important role in supporting and recognising recovery and highlights some of the intensive and creative ways they have done so. It also suggests that formal services could benefit from working with carers as a means of developing better informed recovery focused relationships with the people who use their services. In addition to these points, the report highlights some of the challenges faced by carers in terms of managing risk, letting go and their own recovery. SRN view this report as a starting point for work in this area. For instance, SRN plans to do use the information gathered from this project to influence the continued development of the Scottish Recovery Indicator (SRI). We are also considering how to share this information with a wider audience and investigating the option of creating smaller publications with particular messages aimed at specific audiences. We would welcome any comments or thoughts about this work and are particularly interested to hear suggestions about how this information could be disseminated or used to influence policy and practice developments. Please contact us on 0141 240 7790 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  Carers and supporting recovery (338.38 kB) |
| 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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