News News Archive 2010 ‘Recovery – from social movement to policy goal’
‘Recovery – from social movement to policy goal’ |
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| Monday, 08 November 2010 |
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New research provides a fascinating insight to the development of recovery approaches in Scotland. ‘Recovery – from social movement to policy goal’ was developed as part of a European Commission funded project which investigates knowledge in relation to health and education policies within eight European countries.
In Scotland the focus has been on mental health policy and this report represents the second of two case studies led by researchers at the University of Edinburgh. 
The report tells the story of the development of recovery in Scotland as understood by key informants involved in mental health and repeated within official documents. The story we are told leads us from the psychiatric rehabilitation movement in the 1950s, to service users organising in the 1970s and 1980s and on to the emergence of recovery into policy via the Mental Health Commission in New Zealand in the 1990s. From here the concept moved to Scotland through personal and organisational links where a group of key actors was instrumental in its move into Scottish Government policy.
The report describes how the concept developed as it was applied within ‘key technologies’ such as the Scottish Recovery Indicator tool, Wellness Recovery Action Planning and Peer Support. The story finishes with a challenge by service users who are pushing for the concept to be taken yet further still. The researchers position the story of recovery in Scotland as an example of a successful social movement and highlight key structural factors which facilitated its adoption within policy. KnowandPol Scotland health team website. |
| 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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