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Release of SRN event film

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Thursday, 15 May 2008
Following the successful completion of the ‘Recovering Mental Health in Scotland’, where we visited Glasgow, Dumfries, Dundee, Inverness, Aberdeen and Edinburgh to share and promote the findings from the SRN narrative research project, we are pleased to announce the release of a film made at the launch event in Glasgow on October 9th.

The film features former Celtic Captain, Neil Lennon, who opened the event and spoke of his own personal experience of depression and how has he coped with it. Quoted in the Scotsman, Lennon said: "You do come out the other side a stronger person. I am actually not ashamed of having depression. I'm actually quite proud, proud of the fact that I have had it and come through it. I still regard myself very much as being in recovery and think I will always be."

View the film via the Multimedia section of our website.

The film highlights the day’s events and the main findings from the narrative research project, which shows that people can and do recover from even the most serious and long-term mental health problems and that while recovery is a unique and individual process the research identified a number of common themes including the central role of hope which allowed people to see that it is possible to recover a life beyond illness.

Common factors found to promote recovery include:
  • Forming a positive identity; believing you can recover and forming a new more positive identity can be the first step to recovery.
  • Having people around you who believe in you; and seeing and hearing other people in recovery inspires hope.
  • Being in control and taking responsibility of your own recovery is important.
  • Focusing on positives promotes hope. Having an optimistic outlook and celebrating achievements helps to maintain wellbeing.
  • Finding meaning and purpose helps. Involvement in activities such as volunteering, education or work and feeling you are contributing creates sense of worth.
  • Finding the right treatment and support to support your needs is key.
  • There is no ‘one size fits all’; it’s crucial to find what works for you as an individual.
The presentation about the project and the main findings from the events is available on our Event Resources page.
 
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