1. Recovery in Mental Health: A Movement Towards Well-Being and Meaning in Contrast to an Avoidance of Symptoms.
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Clarke, Samantha, Oades, Lindsay G., and Crowe, Trevor Patrick
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MENTAL health services , *MENTAL illness , *CHI-squared test , *CONVALESCENCE , *EMPLOYMENT , *GOAL (Psychology) , *HEALTH , *INTERPERSONAL relations , *MENTAL health personnel , *PEOPLE with intellectual disabilities , *REHABILITATION of people with mental illness , *MATHEMATICAL models of psychology , *QUALITY of life , *RESEARCH funding , *SCALES (Weighing instruments) , *STATISTICS , *DATA analysis , *WELL-being , *INTER-observer reliability , *DATA analysis software , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
Objective: This paper examines the types of goals being set by individuals in the context of Australian mental health services and whether goal type differs across the stages of recovery. Methods: Goal records of 144 individuals accessing services were reviewed to examine goal content, ratio of approach and avoidance oriented goals and changes across stages of psychological recovery. Results: Individuals further along in their recovery set significantly more approach goals and types of goals set appeared to reflect broader life roles. Conclusions and Implications for Practice: Setting approach goals and goals that reflect broader life roles tends to support the definition of psychological recovery as being "the movement towards" greater meaning and enhanced sense of self. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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