TY - JOUR

T1 - From recovery values to recovery-oriented practice?

T2 - A qualitative study of professionals' experience when facilitating a recovery-oriented rehabilitation program

AU - Dalum, Helle

AU - Pedersen, Inge Kryger

AU - Cunningham, Harry

AU - Eplov, Lene F.

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - Introduction: The recovery model has influenced mental health services and fostered new standards for best practice. However, knowledge about how mental health care professionals (HCPs) experience recoveryoriented programs is sparse.Aim/Question: This paper explores HCPs' experiences when facilitating a recovery-oriented rehabilitation program. The research question is howdo HCPs experience a change in their attitude and practicewhen applying recovery-oriented programs?Methods: This paper draws on semi-structured in-depth qualitative interviews conducted with 16 HCPs experienced in facilitating a recovery-oriented rehabilitation program in either the USA or Denmark.Results: Three themes emerged from the HCPs' reflections on changes in attitudes and practices: “Hopeful Attitude” captures a change in the HCPs' attitude toward a more positive view on the future for clients' livingwith mental illness; “A New Focus in the Dialogue With Clients” thematizes how the HCPs focus more on the individual's own goal for recovery rather than disease-induced goals in the dialog with clients; “A Person-CenteredRole” comprises a shift in the professional role whereby the HCPs value the client's own ideas in addition to the professional's standards.Conclusion: This study supports the theory of the recoverymodel by its empirical findings and indications that when facilitating a recovery-oriented program, HCPs experience recovery-oriented changes in their attitude toward lifewith mental illness, and it alters their professional practice toward a stronger focus on client's own goals during treatment. More studies are needed to further clarify how changes in HCPs' attitudes translate into changes in mental health practices.

AB - Introduction: The recovery model has influenced mental health services and fostered new standards for best practice. However, knowledge about how mental health care professionals (HCPs) experience recoveryoriented programs is sparse.Aim/Question: This paper explores HCPs' experiences when facilitating a recovery-oriented rehabilitation program. The research question is howdo HCPs experience a change in their attitude and practicewhen applying recovery-oriented programs?Methods: This paper draws on semi-structured in-depth qualitative interviews conducted with 16 HCPs experienced in facilitating a recovery-oriented rehabilitation program in either the USA or Denmark.Results: Three themes emerged from the HCPs' reflections on changes in attitudes and practices: “Hopeful Attitude” captures a change in the HCPs' attitude toward a more positive view on the future for clients' livingwith mental illness; “A New Focus in the Dialogue With Clients” thematizes how the HCPs focus more on the individual's own goal for recovery rather than disease-induced goals in the dialog with clients; “A Person-CenteredRole” comprises a shift in the professional role whereby the HCPs value the client's own ideas in addition to the professional's standards.Conclusion: This study supports the theory of the recoverymodel by its empirical findings and indications that when facilitating a recovery-oriented program, HCPs experience recovery-oriented changes in their attitude toward lifewith mental illness, and it alters their professional practice toward a stronger focus on client's own goals during treatment. More studies are needed to further clarify how changes in HCPs' attitudes translate into changes in mental health practices.

U2 - 10.1016/j.apnu.2015.06.013

DO - 10.1016/j.apnu.2015.06.013

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 26577557

VL - 29

SP - 419

EP - 425

JO - Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

JF - Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

SN - 0883-9417

IS - 6

ER -