Psychological Recovery
| Author | : Retta Andresen |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 234 |
| Release | : 2011-07-13 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781119975168 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1119975166 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (166 Downloads) |
Download or read book Psychological Recovery written by Retta Andresen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-07-13 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
