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Recovery and Resilience. A sociological critique of strength-based models of mental health
Event Details
Time: June 16, 2014 from 10am to 5pm
Location: Room G.19, University Square Stratford, University of East London
Street: 1 Salway Road, Stratford
City/Town: London E15 1NF
Website or Map: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/r…
Event Type: one, day, workshop
Organized By: School of Psychology, University of East London
Latest Activity: Jun 6, 2014
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Event Description
What is recovery? Are all conceptions of recovery the same, or are they contradictory?
Has the idea of recovery been compromised?
What are the progressive elements in recovery?
Does it individualise social problems?
Over a relatively short space of time the concept of recovery has become ubiquitous – for example, many mental health services re-titled services so they included the term ‘recovery’ and there are numerous conferences, articles, books and training programmes all focused on recovery. At one level this seems a wholly positive development: services are oriented to optimistic positive outcomes rather than the pessimism that many services users felt characterized services in the past. However, there has been increasing debate about recovery. Given the ubiquity of recovery discourse and its centrality in government and third sector policy development it is, perhaps, timely to reflect on its development, to consider critiques and to formulate possible ways forward. For example, should it be abandoned and replaced with something else? Or can it be transformed in response to critiques?
This meeting will bring together: two leading experts by experience who have written and researched widely on the topic of recovery; a mental health researcher involved in the development of current recovery models (either from the third sector or the academy); and researchers from the disciplines of social work, sociology and psychology critical of current approaches to recovery. The objectives of the meeting will be to review the way in which recovery has been conceptualised, discuss a range of mainstream and critical perspectives and to outline possible alternative approaches to theory, research, policy and practice.
Places are limited to ensure an opportunity for dialogue across all sessions. This event is free to attend but registration is required. All tickets available on a ‘first come first served’ basis and 4 travel bursaries of £50 are available to Postgraduate Researchers and Early Career Researchers (further details available upon registration). Refreshments and lunch are provided free for all registered attenders.
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