The Health Foundation’s fourth film from its’ award winning series focuses on mental health.
The film follows Heather’s journey, from mental health patient to recovery student at Severn & Wye Recovery College, where she participated in peer support-which proved to be of significant value to her.
The Severn & Wye Recovery College, featured in the film, was set up by the 2gether Trust in 2013 to provide a new way to support people living with mental illness.
Supporting recovery is the aim of national mental health policy in many countries. However, only one measure of recovery has been developed in England: the Questionnaire about the Process of Recovery (QPR), which measures recovery from the perspective of adult mental health service users with a psychosis diagnosis. Library Services do not currently have access to this journal, but you can request a copy of the article online and we will try to get a copy to you: http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
There is an emerging evidence base about best practice in supporting recovery. This is usually framed in relation to general principles, and specific pro-recovery interventions are lacking.
Aims:To develop a theoretically based and empirically defensible new pro-recovery manualised intervention – called the REFOCUS intervention. Library Services do not currently have access to this journal, but you can request a copy of the article online and we will try to get a copy to you: http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
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