Empowerment, lifelong learning and recovery in mental health : towards a new paradigm

Ryan, Peter, 1945- (Added Author). Ramon, Shulamit, 1939- (Added Author). Greacen, Tim. (Added Author).

Summary: "An exploration of how empowerment, lifelong learning and social inclusion are closely connected to the concept of recovery from mental illness, showing how mental health services in general need to restructure to enable people with the lived experience of mental illness to lead a meaningful life with and beyond the illness"--

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ISBN: 9780230292857 (hardback)
ISBN: 0230292852 (hardback)
Physical Description: print
xiv, 240 p. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Introduction / Peter Ryan, Shulamit Ramon and Tim Greacen -- Part I. Recovery: 1. Recovery, lifelong learning, empowerment and social inclusion: is a new paradigm emerging? / Helen Glover; 2. TREE: towards recovery, empowerment and experiential expertise of users of psychiatric services / Wilma Boevin; 3. Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) / Barbara Evans and Kate Sault; 4. The role of mental health service users in recovery from professional stigma / Rovert W. Surber; 5. Developing successful recovery-oriented mental health services / Jed Boardman and Geoff Shepherd -- Part II. Social Inclusion and Employment: 6. Designing policies to foster the community inclusion of people in recovery / Larry Davidson, Elizabeth Flanagan and Thomas Styron; 7. Employment and social inclusion: implementing the model and facing the reality / Justine Schneider ; 8. Overcoming varriers to empowerment / Tim Greacen and Emmanuelle Jouet -- Part III. Empowerment and Lifelong Learning: 9. Empowerment: key concepts and evidence base / Peter Ryan, Anja Esther Baumann and Chris Griffiths; 10. Evaluating service-user involvement in mental health services / David Crepaz-Keay; 11. Lifelong learning, mental health and higher education: a UK focus / Jill Anderson and Janet Holmshaw; 12. Lifelong learning and well-being: the health benefits of lifelong learning for people with mental illness / James Ogunleye, Chris Griffiths, Ian Dawson and Klavs Nybjerg; 13. Stakeholders' lifelong learning and organisational change experiences in the context of the EMILIA Project / Marja Kaunonen and Shulamit Ramon; 14. Getting on with your life: a user's experience of participating in the EMILIA Project / Torill Klevan Nilsen; 15. Service users' experiences of lifelong learning / Irja Nieminen, Torill Klevan Nilsen, Isard Vila, María Trinidad Solá and the Fenix Users Group; 16. Mental health service users as trainers in the context of the EMILIA Project / Terese Stenfors-Hayes and Peter Ryan.