Open AccessEliciting recovery narratives in global mental health: Benefits and potential harms in service user participation.
Author(s) -
Bonnie N. Kaiser,
Saiba Varma,
Elizabeth CarpenterSong,
Rebecca Sareff,
Sauharda Rai,
Brandon A. Kohrt
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psychiatric rehabilitation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1559-3126
pISSN - 1095-158X
DOI - 10.1037/prj0000384
Subject(s) - narrative , psycinfo , context (archaeology) , mental health , service (business) , psychology , public relations , medical education , nursing , applied psychology , medicine , political science , business , medline , marketing , psychotherapist , philosophy , linguistics , paleontology , law , biology
The engagement of peers and service users is increasingly emphasized in mental health clinical, educational, and research activities. A core means of engagement is via the sharing of recovery narratives, through which service users present their personal history of moving from psychiatric disability to recovery. We critically examine the range of contexts and purposes for which recovery narratives are elicited in global mental health.