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Anju Lata answered on Apr 06 2020
Running Head: RECOVERY ORIENTED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
RECOVERY ORIENTED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 8
ASSESSMENT 2
RECOVERY ORIENTED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
INTRODUCTION
Recovery is a unique and highly personal task of changing one's attitude, feelings, roles, skills and goals (Caldwell, Sclafani, Swarbrick & Piren,2010). It is an approach of living a contributing and hopeful life even amidst the constraints of mental trauma. The recovery methods adopted for treatment of mental illness must include a combination of personal as well as clinical approaches to bring about the most effective results in recovery of the mentally ill patient.
Firstly this essay will analyze the concept of the lived experience of mental health and illness. Secondly, it will illustrate the concept of recovery in the experience of mental health and illness. Thirdly it will present an outline of main ideas from the National framework for recovery-oriented mental health services. Lastly, it will provide examples from the work of Sandy Jeffs to elaborate how mental health professionals can implement recovery-oriented practice. The work refers two poems by Sandy Jeffs as examples.
LIVED EXPERIENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH & ILLNESS
People, who have experienced mental illness at some point of time, may feel self-conscious and stigmatized about their illness. In Australia, around 3% adults live with mental illness. Around half of these people suffer from bipolar disorders while remaining people suffer from anxiety and depression. According to a research, Schizophrenia is the most common type of mental illness. In Australia, around 47% mentally ill people suffer from Schizophrenia(Mikesell et al,2016).
Mentally ill people generally live in harsh conditions like alcoholism or health-related problems in addition to mental illness. 58% men and 39% women with mental illness are found to be alcoholic (Stanton et al,2017). It ruins their life, even more, isolating them from the society. They lose self-confidence and generally lose their jobs due to inability to work effectively. They perceive hopelessness, living without any purpose or meaning in life. In few marginal communities, where the problem prevails enormously, the access to mental health care is below standard level. In many rural areas, people are deprived of any treatment due to unavailability of services.
Additionally, Mental illness is highly disturbing for the family members and friends who extend care and support to the patient. Often they have to leave their jobs, social gatherings while ignoring their own health issues.
RECOVERY
With the perspective of mentally ill patient, the recovery refers to acquiring and retaining optimistic attitude, believing in one’s own potential, actively participating in daily activities, social recognition, personal freedom, purpose and meaning in life, and positive self-perception (Stanton et al,2017). Recovery is not equivalent to cure. It involves both external as well as internal perceptions of the patient. Internal perceptions include all the feelings of healing, empowerment, positivity building up inside the patient and external factors involve execution of human rights, positive environment, and recovery mediated external support.
To execute the principles of recovery, the healthcare workers must interpret the significance of personal recovery. Recovery is extremely individual and personal in nature (Caldwell et al, 2010). Therefore, it cannot be explained in a single definition. Mentally ill people require timely assessment, peer support, and adequate access to healthcare services. Ideally, the healthcare workers must establish an affinity with these patients, to win their confidence and to ensure a certain personal recovery level for that patient. This client-centered relationship is the foundation for the faster recovery and leads to self-reliance, reduced dependence on medicines and resumed the original level of functioning in patient (Stanton et al, 2017).
NATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR RECOVERY ORIENTED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
“Supporting the mentally ill people to...