The Recovery Model: Principles, Consumer Role, Theory & Decisions

This essay provides a comprehensive overview of the Recovery Model in mental health care, defining it as a holistic and person-centered approach. It outlines the model's core principles, including patient-directed recovery, individualized care, and respect for patient autonomy. The essay discusses the role of supported decision-making and less restrictive interventions, as emphasized by the Mental Health Act 2014, in empowering patients to actively participate in their treatment. Furthermore, it examines the significant impact of the mental health consumer movement in shaping the Recovery Model and highlights the theoretical underpinnings, encompassing behavioral, biological, psychodynamic, and cognitive aspects of recovery. The essay concludes by emphasizing the crucial role of the Recovery Model in supporting and treating individuals with mental illness.

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Recovery model is defined as the holistic and person-centred method in mental health
care. It is considered as the standard model in psychological health care because of the
momentum it gained in last decade. The model is constructed on two basic premises where
the first premises focus on the concept of recovery in a mental health patient and the second
premises includes that the most efficient way of recovery is patient directed (Health.gov.au,
2019). Recovery model is based on providing appropriate care to the patient and help the
mental patient to take control of their individual lives and develop effective meaning. There
are various principles involved in this recovery model that includes evaluating recovery of
the patient, determining the uniqueness of patient, identifying the real choices with effective
rights and attitudes and maintaining the respect and dignity if the patient while
communicating and treating the patient with psychological health issue (Health.gov.au,
2019).
The Mental Health Act 2014 had established a novel model that focused on
developing support to the patient under the supported decision-making model that will help
the patient to participate in their decision of treatment and understand the overall process of
their recovery. Hence, this supported decision making will enable the patient to involve in
their treatment method and gain sufficient knowledge of their individual recovery path. In
case of recovery model, less restrictive intervention will allow the nurses and healthcare
professional to support the patient in their recovery path without any lag or restriction that
will help them in their recovery while maintaining their rights, freedom and dignity
(Www2.health.vic.gov.au, 2019).
The patient, consumers or survivors of mental illness who were successfully
diagnosed from the condition of mental illness have joined hands and are involved in working
together in order to create change within the society and help the current patient to recover
from mental health illness by guiding them, assisting them and motivating them from their

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own past experiences that will help the current patient to gain motivation and recover as soon
as possible (Scholz, Gordon, & Happell 2017). This movement was eventually known as
mental health consumer movement that had recently grown on a large scale and include
various people to motivate and help the patient in their recovery process.
The primary philosophy involved in the recovery model of mental illness is that
recovery defines the method of retaining and gaining hope, understanding the disability and
abilities of the individual, personal autonomy, positive aspect of own identity often termed as
self-capability, understanding the purpose and meaning of life, assisting in effectively
involving in the active life that will help them to be motivated and come out if the mental
illness and establishing social identity (Collins, 2016). The theoretical concept of recovery
model involves the four different aspect of recovery that evaluates the patient’s behavioural,
biological, psychodynamic and cognitive aspect of life. The treatment included in these
individual aspect of model will help the patient in recovering and determining appropriate
treatment using various approaches (Docs2.health.vic.gov.au, 2019). Hence, it can be
established that recovery model plays a major role in helping and treating the patient with
mental illness.

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