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Recovery, non-profit organisations and mental health services: 'Hit and miss' or 'dump and run'?
Citation
Hungerford, C and Hungerford, A and Fox, C and Cleary, M, Recovery, non-profit organisations and mental health services: 'Hit and miss' or 'dump and run'?, International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 62, (4) pp. 350-360. ISSN 0020-7640 (2016) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2016 The Authors
DOI: doi:10.1177/0020764016634384
Abstract
Aims: The focus of the research reported in this article includes the benefits and challenges encountered by the community workers when working with clinicians.
Method: The research was undertaken as part of a single-case embedded study, which evaluated the implementation of Recovery-oriented approaches to the delivery of clinical mental health services in a major urban centre located in south-eastern Australia.
Results: Generally, community workers employed by the non-profit organisations perceived the implementation of Recovery-oriented clinical mental health services to be a positive step forward for consumers. Challenges to the delivery of Recovery-oriented services included issues arising from the many different understandings of what it means to experience mental health Recovery, the quality of communication between the community workers and clinicians and the clinicians' lack of understanding of the role of non-profit organisations and community workers.
Conclusion: The article concludes with recommendations to address the challenges involved, with a view to improving the partnerships between community workers and clinicians, and the Recovery journey of people with serious mental illness.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | recovery-oriented services, non-profit organisation, community-managed organisation, community workers, serious mental illness |
Research Division: | Health Sciences |
Research Group: | Health services and systems |
Research Field: | Mental health services |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Public health (excl. specific population health) |
Objective Field: | Mental health |
UTAS Author: | Cleary, M (Professor Michelle Cleary) |
ID Code: | 109353 |
Year Published: | 2016 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 3 |
Deposited By: | Health Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2016-06-09 |
Last Modified: | 2017-12-22 |
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