"RECOVERY is a process not a place. It is about recovering what was lost: rights, roles, responsibilities, decisions, potential and support. It is not about symptom elimination, but about what an individual wants, how s/he can get there and how others can help/support them to get there. It is about rekindling hope for a productive present and a rewarding future -- And believing that one deserves it. Recovery involves people having a personal vision of the life they want to live, seeing and changing patterns, discovering symptoms can be managed and doing it, finding new ways and reasons, doing more of what works and less of what doesn't. Recovery is about reclaiming the roles of a "healthy" rather than a "sick" person. Recovery is about getting there."
-- Laurie Curtis (1998).
 
CONFERENCE:- a recovery conference was held on 19th September 2007 at Portsmouth Guildhall from which a number of initiatives were formulated. These will be publicised on this page over the coming weeks but in the meantime please feel free to download the documents below.
 

SEE ALSO: CONFERENCE UPDATE PAGE

CONFERENCE DOCUMENTS
 
Biographies, plus Workshop Aims and Objectives - Wrap Project (Word doc)
 
Direct Payments in mental health: what are they being used for? (Word doc)
 
Direct payments for people with mental health problems: A guide to action (PDF doc)
 
An introduction to Direct Payments in mental health services (PDF doc)
 
Julie-Jaye Charles - Biographical (Word doc)
 
Reflection on Recovery (Word doc)
 
WRAP Description (Word doc)
 
Recovery and Social Inclusion (Powerpoint)
 
Biographies of Robin Murray-Neill, Pen Mendonca, Marion Janner, Stephany Carolan, Eric Massey and Joanne Odell (Word doc)
 
Biography for Lesley Herbert (Word doc)
 
Biographies for Barbara, Gerry and Martin (Brighton)
 
Sarah Rapkin Powerpoint Presentation (PPT)
 
Recovery Brighton BHT SUI (PPT - 559kb)
 
 
FURTHER READING MATERIAL
 
"The food and mood handbook", Amanda Geary 2001. Thorsons (Harper Collins) London
 
"Changing minds -our lives and mental illness" - editors R.Ransay, A.Page, T.Goodman & D.Hart 2002 Gaskell. London (Royal College of Psychiatrists)
 
"The Recovery book" - Norwich Mind (01603 625222)
 
"Journeys of Recovery" - (stories of hope and recovery from long term mental health problems)-Scottish recovery movement - www.scottishrecovery.net
 
"Escape to reality" - (five life stories from individuals who share experience of mental illness and real recovery)-David allen Lambert - Norwich mind resource centre
 
"Wellness Recovery Action Plan" - Mary Ellen Copeland, 2002 Peach Press - www.mentalhealthrecovery.com
 
"Wellness Recovery Action Plan" - Mary Ellen Copeland (edited by Piers Allot) 2005 - Sefton Recovery group - www.seftonrecoverygroup.org.uk
 
"Mental Wealth" - United response web - www.unitedresponse.org.uk
 
"Strategies for living" (a report of user led research into people's strategies for living with mental distress)-The mental health foundation web www.mentalhealth.org.uk -£22.50 or £10 users & survivors)
 
"Recovery Compentencies for NZ Mental Health Workers - 2001" Mary O'Hagan mental health commission - www.mhc.govt.nz
 
"One in four" (stories, poetry and art by psych survivors)- Niace & survivors poetry tele 01162044247 susan.parkins@niace.org.uk
 
"Prevention from the inside-out" - Jack Pransky