Conceptual framework for personal recovery in mental health: systematic review and narrative synthesis

• Published in: British journal of psychiatry Vol. 199; no. 6; pp. 445 - 452
• Main Authors: Leamy, Mary, Bird, Victoria, Boutillier, Clair Le, Williams, Julie, Slade, Mike
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.12.2011
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Attitude to Health; Bibliographic data bases; Black people; Collectivism; Concept Formation; Cultural sensitivity; Empowerment; Ethnic groups; Ethnicity; Female; Health services; Hope; Humans; Identity; Male; Meaning; Mental disorders; Mental Disorders - rehabilitation; Mental Health; Mental health care; Mental illness; Minority groups; Minority Groups - psychology; Models, Psychological; Narratives; Optimism; Psychiatry; Recovery; Recovery of Function; Research Design; Review article; Reviews; Self Concept; Social sciences; Spirituality; Stigma; Subject heading schemes; Systematic review; Transtheoretical model; United Kingdom > UK; England

No systematic review and narrative synthesis on personal recovery in mental illness has been undertaken. To synthesise published descriptions and models of personal recovery into an empirically based conceptual framework. Systematic review and modified narrative synthesis. Out of 5208 papers that we...