Recovery Principles for Students Mid West Aries Project

Recovery Principles for Students Mid West Aries Project

Session Aims • Some key Recovery studies • Some key Recovery concepts • Personal Recovery • Discussion, Q & A

Patricia Deegan, Ph. D I was 18 years old. I asked the psychiatrist I was working with, What’s wrong with me? He said, You have a disease called chronic schizophrenia. It is a disease that is like diabetes. If you take medications for the rest of your life and avoid stress, then maybe you can cope. And as he spoke these words I could feel the weight of them crushing my already fragile hopes and dreams and aspirations for my life. Even some 22 years later, those words still echo like a haunting memory that does not fade.

The Landmark Recovery Studies Study Sample Size Follow Up (in years) % Recovered and Significantly improved Bleuler (1974) 208 23 68% Huber et al (1979) 502 22 57% Ciompi (1988) 289 37 53% Tsuang et al. (1979) 186 35 46% Harding et al. (1987) 269 32 68% Total 1, 454 http: //www. power 2 u. org/ Daniel Fisher Average = 58%

Two Definitions of Recovery • Symptom remission; full- or part-time involvement in work or school; independent living without supervision by family or surrogate caregivers; not fully dependent on financial support from disability insurance; and having friends with whom activities are shared on a regular basis. sustained for a period of 2 years. (Liberman et al, 2002) • A deeply personal, unique process of changing one’s attitudes, values, feelings, goals, skills and roles. It is a way of living a satisfying, hopeful and contributing life even with limitations caused by the illness. Recovery involves the development of new meaning and purpose in one’s life as one grows beyond the catastrophic effects of mental illness. (Anthony, 1993)

The C. H. I. M. E.

CHIME • • • Connectedness Hope Identity Meaning Empowerment 1. What does this mean to me as a person? 2. What does it mean to me as a professional?

Personal narratives

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