Recovery from Mental Illness: Enhancing through Health Care Practice

RECOVERY FROM MENTAL
ILLNESS MIGHT BE
ENHANCED THROUGH
HEALTH CARE PRACTICE

RECOVERY
 Recovery can be defined as a process through which a person can return to a normal or
healthy state.
 Recovery can mean different things to different individuals. It is about realization of
goals in order to support a person and their positive life style and can reduce their
mental illness.

RECOVERY FOCUSED MODEL
 Recovery focused model focuses upon building resilience of people with mental health
problems so that their self- esteem and identity can be supported.
 It is a strength- based model that does not focus upon symptoms but it also focuses
upon self-esteem, identity and control over life challenges.
 With the help of this model people with mental illness can be helped so that they can
move forward, bring improvement within their health, set new goals and participate
within meaningful activities.