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Mental health recovery

From theory to practice

The recovery model places the individual at the center of their process and maintains that supportive relationships, hope, identity and social participation, empowerment, and effective coping strategies are fundamental elements for recovery. But what are the implications? How can we implement it in mental health care?

Coordinated by:

Dr. Francisco José Eiroa-Orosa

Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow. Member of the First-Person Mental Health Research Group (GR1P)

Federació Catalana d'Entitats de Salut Mental en 1ª Persona – VEUS

Hernán Sampietro. Psicólogo. Coordinador de Proyectos ActivaMent Catalunya Associació

Hernán María Sampietro

Project Coordinator

Activament Catalunya Associació

Maria Ribas Siñol

Attached to the Directorate of Mental Health

Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu

The recovery model, a paradigm shift in the approach to mental health

First-person activism, the world of mental health associations and their representatives, are demanding a change that goes beyond the way we understand treatments and assistance.

Recovery models involve talking about resilience, individual and environmental capabilities and resources, social inclusion, rights-based care, and advance decision-making.

Hernán María Sampietro

Project Coordinator

Activament Catalunya Associació

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Mutual support groups in the field of mental health

Social support, mutual support, and cooperative relationships are perhaps the most important ways to cope with difficulties, organize ourselves, and build a fulfilling life. Having the support of people who are significant to us is so important that it constitutes one of the many determinants of mental health.

Laura Sicilia Matas

Trainer and co-responsible for the Mutual Aid Groups (MAG) program

Activament Catalunya Associació

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Training mental health professionals from the recovery model

One of the perhaps less visible aspects of implementing the recovery model is the training and awareness-raising activities for professionals in the sector. Motivating change requires, at a minimum, explaining the proposed changes and conducting activities where these professionals can connect with the desires of service users for a different kind of care.

Dr. Francisco José Eiroa-Orosa

Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow. Member of the First-Person Mental Health Research Group (GR1P)

Federació Catalana d'Entitats de Salut Mental en 1ª Persona – VEUS

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Implementation of the peer support agent role in mental health

One of the distinctive elements of the recovery model is the interventions carried out by people with lived experience. Peer support embraces the principles of equality and respect. It assumes that each person, by definition endowed with a unique individuality, can and should undergo an equally unique and individual process, without necessarily having to do it alone.

Cecilia Rebeca Sanchez Moscona

Member of the First Person Mental Health Research Group (GR1P)

Federació Catalana d'Entitats de Salut Mental en 1ª Persona – VEUS

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"Self-management in recovery processes is a very important factor"

The Manual for Recovery and Self-Management of Well-being helps you reflect and continuously observe how you are at that moment, to assess what your short-term goals are, how you feel when you are well, and how you feel when you are unwell.