Main description:

This book offers a succinct model of recovery from serious mental illness, synthesizing stories of lived experience to provide a framework for clinical work and research in the field of recovery. * Places the process of recovery within the context of normal human growth and development * Compares and contrasts concepts of recovery from mental illness with the literature on grief, loss and trauma * Situates recovery within the growing field of positive psychology -- focusing on the active, hopeful process * Describes a consumer-oriented, stage-based model of psychological recovery which is unique in its focus on intrapersonal processes

Contents:

Foreword by Jon Strang. Preface. Part I - Recovery in Historical Context. Chapter 1 Introduction: Recovery from schizophrenia. Chapter 2 Conceptualising recovery: A consumer-oriented approach. Part II - Elaboration of the model: from Hopelessness to Flourishing. Chapter 3 Moratorium - The first stage of psychological recovery. Chapter 4 Awareness - The second stage of psychological recovery . Chapter 5 Preparation - The third stage of psychological recovery. Chapter 6 Rebuilding - The fourth stage of recovery. Chapter 7 Growth - the fifth stage of psychological recovery. Chapter 8 Common questions regarding the stage model of psychological Recovery. Part III - Measuring recovery. Chapter 9 Recovery-oriented outcome measurement. Part IV- Towards a positive future. Chapter 10 Psychological Recovery and Positive Psychology. Chapter 11 Reflections and future directions. Afterword. Index.