Does the scientific evidence support the recovery model?

Does the scientific evidence support the recovery model? The Psychiatrist, Jan 2010, 34  pg 3-5 Richard Warner, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry University of Colorado, and Director, Colorado Recovery, Boulder, Colorado, USA. Abstract: This editorial addresses the question of whether some of the basic tenets of the recovery model – optimism about outcome, the value of [...]

Choice in mental health: participation and recovery

Choice in mental health: participation and recovery, The Psychiatrist 2010 v. 34, p. 1-3 (formely Psychiatric Bulletin, name change January 2010) Philip Sugarman, Elected Member, George Ikkos, Honorary Treasurer and Sue Bailey, Registrar Central Executive Committee, Royal College of Psychiatrists, London Abstract: The Royal College of Psychiatrists has established a Working Group on Choice in [...]

Nurses’ attitudes towards people who are homeless: a literature review

Nurses’ attitudes towards people who are homeless: a literature review, Diversity in Health and Care, Volume 16, Number 4, December 2009 , pp. 227-240 Parkinson, Ruth Abstract: There is a well-established link between homelessness and poor health, so most nurses are likely to care for a homeless person at some point in their career. This literature [...]

Art Therapy – Mapping the Maze: An Art Therapy Intervention following Disclosure of Sexual Abuse

Mapping the Maze: An Art Therapy Intervention following Disclosure of Sexual Abuse, Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, v26 n1 p12-18 2009 Pifalo, Terry Abstract: Disclosures of child sexual abuse create an immediate crisis within the child’s family unit. Reactions of nonoffending caregivers in particular may prevent them from being emotionally available to [...]