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Mental Health Recovery in Social Psychiatric Policies: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis

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  • Jacob M. Nielsen

    (Psychiatric Research Unit, Centre for Relation & De-Escalation, Mental Health Services, 4200 Slagelse, Denmark)

  • Niels Buus

    (Monash Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Australia
    Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense, Denmark)

  • Lene L. Berring

    (Psychiatric Research Unit, Centre for Relation & De-Escalation, Mental Health Services, 4200 Slagelse, Denmark
    Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense, Denmark)

Abstract

The realisation of recovery as an overarching goal of mental health care services has proven difficult to achieve in practice. At present, concepts of recovery are contested and unclear, which affects their implementation in psychiatric practices. We examined social psychiatric policies about recovery with the aim to explore their underlying assumptions about recovery. Relevant texts from the policies’ knowledge bases were subjected to reflexive thematic analysis. We developed a central theme: “A clinical standardisation of the concept of recovery”. The theme involved meaning clusters that encompassed conflicting and commonly shared assumptions about recovery across the text corpus. We discussed the findings from discourse analytical and governmentality perspectives. In conclusion, the policies’ aim of providing clarity about recovery was circumvented by the very knowledge bases used to support their endeavours.

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  • Jacob M. Nielsen & Niels Buus & Lene L. Berring, 2023. "Mental Health Recovery in Social Psychiatric Policies: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(12), pages 1-9, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:12:p:6094-:d:1167729
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